Lefties Of The World Rejoice!

[gh]

Nothing to do with track, but sporting oddities always interesting to note. The Mickleson & Weir 1-2 at Pebble Beach last weekend was the first ever such finish by left-handers in a PGA event.

[Jefferson Buffalo]

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The subject line got me wondering if it was Karl Marx's birthday.

[guru]

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Mickleson not only a lefty, but also now quite hefty. Are golfers even athletes?
:-P

[tafnut]

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>>Are golfers even>athletes?<<

I love bashing golf whenever I get a chance. As I often said when I was in my virile late 20s, any 'sport' where a 68 year old granny can beat me even up, ain't no sport!

[bad hammy]

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Any sport in which smokers can win is not a sport.

[gh]

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I'll mention that to Herb Elliott.

[Per Andersen]

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Don't tell me Sam Snead wasn't an athlete, not to mention the Shark and the Tiger.

[tafnut]

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>Don't tell me Sam Snead wasn't an athlete, not to mention the Shark and the>Tiger.<<

they were athletes, but that doesn't make golf a sport. NASCAR isn't a sport either (hate mail may be addressed to [email protected] - I live 1.5 hours from Daytona), but there are some great athletes driving cars.

[Jon]

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>that doesn't make golf a sport


I agree.

A game where people of this stature:

http://elmundodeporte.elmundo.es/elmund ... erieap.jpg

can make it to the top does not, IMHO, define 'sport.'

Golf belongs in a "Games and Past-times" category, along with Chess, Tiddlywinks and Snooker.

[dukehjsteve]

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>I'll mention that to Herb Elliott.

And Patrik Sjoberg too.
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(Although anyone that smokes is STUPID )

[dukehjsteve]

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All us LEFTIES unite ! We are the chosen people !!!!!

[lefterisp]

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...

[guru]

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>Golf belongs in a "Games and Past-times" category, along
>with Chess


Hey, Hey, HEY!! Dems fightin' words Buster!

guru, aka "King of the Pawns"

[twittering debutante]

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We lefties are the world's least militant minority group. Lefties of the world . . . UNITE!

[Whitman]

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Sir Paul at the Super Bowl halftime and
now Mickelson and Weir. It's been a good week
for southpaws. Sort of makes up for the whole
shorter life-span thing.