The Most Teed Tee

Perhaps I've been spending too much time at the 19th hole, but recently I learned about the 16th hole at the FBR Golf Tournament aka "the loudest hole in golf" at the TPC in Scottsdale AZ this weekend.  The tourney is being covered on The Golf Channel.  For those who don't know, it's basically a stadium surrounding the 166 yrd par 3 16th hole where fans cheer and yell and chant as if they were at a Football Game, a very rowdy football game.  PGA pros get booed by fans if the don't make the green too.

Are they trying to change up the sport a bit from the stuffy elitist image it sometimes has? Making it a bit more Happy Gilmore if you will?  I like the idea of untucking and loosening up the collared shirt a bit, but I feel we should still keep the focus on golf.

What ARE You Going to do with All That Junk?

Recently, while gazing upon all of the booty stowed inside the trunk of my car, I realized that I regularly travel with a literal cornucopia of leisure. I'm rolling with bongos, a tambourine, a tennis bag, a golf bag, some random bottle of water and an earthquake kit. (I was a Boy Scout if you can't tell already.) But seriously, what can't you do out of this boot? Drum circle or band jam? Yes. 36 holes at Pebble? Heck, yeah! Mixed doubles anyone? Wait, where are my bocce balls?

Australian Open: Tennis back on a Hot Streak

Tennis is back in popularity and so is the international past time known as "streaking". Check out this article on yahoo about a streaker at the Australian Open. Was it a harmless prank or an act of nudist terrorism? You be the judge. Female streaker at Wimbledon circa 1985.

GRILL IT! Casting Call. Calling all BBQ Dudes!

You could be on Bobby Flay's Grill It (Season 2)! Here's how...

Casting Call: Food Network is looking for men and women with big personalities to grill alongside Bobby Flay in Season 2 of GRILL IT! If you love to experiment with burgers, seafood, ribs, fish, pork or poultry, and have skills to prove it, we want to hear from you! The show is non-competitive and features grillers from across the country creating unique recipes on the grill!

Interested applicants (who look between 21 and 45) must be outgoing, fun and able to reproduce their own unique recipe on camera. Maybe it’s a new take on pork or seafood or perhaps a recipe passed down from your grandmother? Whatever the dish, it needs to be original and not found in a cookbook!

How to apply:
-Fill out the application (email us for this) and email it along with a current photo to grillitwithbobbyflay@gmail.com
- Make a 3-minute video (DVD or MiniDV) showcasing your personality (anything longer than 3-minutes will not be considered)
- On the casting tape, cook your favorite dish, tell us about the ingredients, how you created the recipe, and why it is special.
- Tell us a little about yourself and what makes you interesting.
- Tell us why you think it would be great to GRILL IT! with Bobby Flay

Please upload your 3-minute video the Food Network “Be On TV” site, then mail us your original DVD or MiniDV along with your written recipe to:
Rock Shrimp
Att: Grill It!
110 Leroy Street
7th Floor
New York, NY 10014

Questions? Email us at mailto:grillitwithbobbyflay@gmail.com

All entries need to be submitted by March 2nd, 2009. You must be available for one day of filming in Los Angeles, CA. March 16-22.

Mr. Flay grillin' it!

Holy $%^&!!!

My favorite part is the lady with the giant beer and cig in the crowd at the end. Ah, the early 80's, so politically incorrect and unhealthy.

They Must Be Stopped

Recently, whilst playing golf at Rancho Park Golf Course in West LA, an unidentified squirrel chewed through my mesh pocket of my golf bag and proceeded to eat a frozen Snickers bar that I had in there.  Please beware: These are not your father's squirrels.   The squirrels these days are more aggressive and braver than any other rodent I have encountered during my tenure as an avid golfer.   Where's Carl (Bill Murray's character) from Caddy Shack when you need him?

CA Golfers Unite Against Golf Tax

Thank you to American Golf and the SCGA for bringing this to my attention. Golf is expensive already. Golf is not tobacco. Golf is not alcohol. Specifically on the public course level, it is a sport not a luxury. It is no longer the elitist game it once was. Is the state trying to make it that again? Or do they not understand what golf is, by thinking its a game for only the rich with plenty of time on their hands and extra income to spend. Taxation of golf would be unfair, unconstitutional, and is unacceptable.

Go to www.forecalifornia.com for more info on how you can help defeat the Golf Tax!