Ok Breaking 80 fans,

Just finished Gary McCord’s book Just a Range Ball in a Box of Titleists – On and Off the Tour with Gary McCord. It was a great book that gave some insight on his humor (which got him black listed from the Master’s as a commentator), life on the tour as a player just trying to qualify on Mondays to play in PGA tournaments, his friendships with not only other PGA players, but his home course players with nick names such as “Mad Max”, “Fairway Louie”, “Unemployed Lloyd”, “the Kitchen” (he was a rather large man), “Brain Damage”, and “Grave Digger” (he took deep divots).

It was a pretty quick read at 206 pages, and I laughed a lot. I see a lot a my friends when I read the book, especially the silly bets, the partaking of a fine frosty beverage at the end of a round, changing rules on the fly, and basically having a blast when golfing with friends. If you get a chance, take the time to read it, you will enjoy.

Gary McCord-isms

• The Cellophane Bridge – A putt that crawls over the lip
• Full Flaps – A ball that is rolling or flying to far
• Pull a hamstring – A putt that need to slow down
• A Roseanne – A shot that is hit fat
• Skid Row – A low unfortunate shot
• Bat Turn – A putt that lips out
• He Needs a Putter Enema – Your putter needs a bowel movement
• Golf – An itch you can’t scratch
• Darth Fader – A slice
• Hormel – A chili dip, a shot with more turf then ball
• Grass Sloth – A slow player
• Bilingual Illiterate – Can’t read the putt from either direction

I am now reading Cinderella Story, My Life in Golf by Bill Murray I will let you know how it reads.


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