Ferguson's AP Tales From The Tour 2017...
Always a fun read from the Associated Press golf writer, this year's tales highlight plenty of inside-the-ropes style moments.
Just a sampler from Riviera this year...
Padraig Harrington was holding court in the clubhouse at Riviera, talking about his ailing shoulder and options for surgery. He stopped in the middle of a sentence, pointed to a reporter and then motioned to the wall.
There was a framed photograph of Katherine Hepburn, wearing a skirt past her knees and a smile that made her one of Hollywood's most revered stars.
"This is the difference," Harrington said. "He's looked at that and said, 'Lovely, isn't she?' And I've looked at that and said, 'She can play golf.'"
The photo showed Hepburn with her wrists cocked as she began to rehearse the swing. That's what got Harrington's attention.
"If you can waggle like that, you can play golf," Harrington said. "She's able to hit the golf ball. That's how you tell. That's old-school. That's what Hogan used to do."
Does every PGA Tour player see the same thing?
Apparently not.
Sergio Garcia came through an hour later. He was asked to study the picture and share the first thing that came to mind.
"Her skirt is too long," Garcia said with a smile.
Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 10:11 AM
Reader Comments (10)
But geez, he's only 46. I can't take another 5 years of Miller waiting for Paddy to hang up the cleats.
Eh......
not sure what you are talking about
I remember seeing something on Golf Channel a few years ago where Harrington was talking about something and his speech was so unintelligible they indeed had to put subtitles on the screen to translate. He was supposedly speaking English at the time.