The Links: Condoleezza Rice greets golfer by saying 'Roll Tide'
Former NFL players gather for a tournament, Condoleezza Rice has Alabama/Notre Dame club covers, photo of Paulina Gretzky.
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| Condoleezza Rice was an interesting follow on the course Thursday. (Getty Images) |
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Great story on Condoleezza Rice's round with Jason Bohn on Thursday:
When [Bohn] finally met Rice on Thursday morning, less than a half-hour before their tee time, her first words to him, he said, were, “Roll Tide.” (New York Times)
PGA Tour
Another great Rice piece. She has club covers for Notre Dame, Stanford, Alabama and Augusta. (AP)
Justin Verlander got razzed by the pro-San Francisco crowd: "Yesterday I hit a drive pretty good and somebody said, 'Not quite as far as Sandoval hit that ball.' That was pretty funny.'' (USA Today)
Phil Mickelson skipping the Match Play Championship. Not unexpected, but still a bummer considering how star-studded that field is. (AP)
Bill Murray's mustache is real -- and it's spectacular. (PGA Tour)
Lee Westwood on living in Florida: "Feels weird not having to get wrapped up and push the ice off the green.” (Golf Channel)
Matt Every throws his club into the Pacific Ocean (photo). (WUP)
Good post on two guys (Heath Slocum and Joe Durant) trying to regain their former magic. (GolfWeek)
Awesome post on former NFL stars playing golf together in New Orleans; talking about life after football and how good they are at smacking the golf ball around. (Golf)
Wait, Sam Snead won an LPGA event?? (Golf Channel)
Some great notes here on Thursday's round; Mickelson talks about how much more difficult it is to putt at Pebble than the Phoenix Open. (GolfWeek)
Ryan Lavner has some strong thoughts about PEDs and Vijay Singh. (Golf Channel)
Hunter Mahan leads Pebble Beach, making a fellow OSU grad look a lot smarter than I actually am. (CBS Sports)
International
This is cool. Stephen Gallacher pens a column for the BBC about how much his win in Dubai meant to him. (BBC)
Equipment/Travel
Heh, good point here about the new Tiger Woods Nike ad. (Geoff Shackelford)
Rickie Fowler says he likes the way Ian Poulter dresses. No surprise there. (ESPN)
Aff Retief Goosen to the "against anchored putters" list. (Golf.com)
Good ol' zoysia fairways for the 2016 Olympics. (Geoff Shackelford)
Amateur
If you like college golf, you should be reading Ryan Herrington. (GolfDigest)
On TV
3-6 p.m. -- Pebble Beach Pro-Am -- Golf Channel
Social
Aaron Rodgers on playing Pebble.
Great time at MPCC today with @andyroddick, weather was amazing!Golf was up and down. Spyglass tomorrow#pbproam
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) February 8, 2013
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| Paulina Gretzky looking stealthy at Pebble Beach. (Getty Images) |
Boomer -- struggling.
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