Sports Week: Page 2

Page 2 is usually reserved for a story that would qualify as a "the lighter side of..." story. After a bit of a downer with yesterday's post, let's try to lighten it up a little, shall we? How about a golf story then.

Picture this. It's the third round of the Ford Championship at Doral. Phil Mickelson is hitting his approach shot into the green at the 10th hole. His shot goes a little wild and ends up striking a spectator standing beside the green. It hits him in the wrist. More accurately, it hit him on his watch breaking the clasp. Probably a cheap watch anyway. A real watch could withstand being struck by a golf ball right?

Well, Phil felt bad. After he got to the green, he went over to the guy to see if he was alright. He saw he was OK, but that his watch was broken. Ever the gentleman, Phil reached into his pocket for a couple of bucks to pay for a replacement watch. He ended up giving the guy 200 bucks.

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!

Phil, I hate to break it to you, but not all of us have $200 watches. Just because he's got enough cash to watch you play golf while sucking down $7 beers doesn't mean he spends 2 bills on timepieces.

But what I found more amazing was that Phil didn't pull out the 2 one-hundred dollar notes from his wallet. He simply fished them out of his pocket...all crumpled up. Kinda like when a 6-year-old puts a couple of wadded up bills up on a counter when they're buying candy. They just happened to be floating around in his pocket along with his ball marker, a couple of tees, a pocket knife, and his Chap Stick. When I have a $100 bill, I iron it, laminate it, and only take it out for special occasions.

Sure he lost the tournament, but it's gotta be good to be Phil.