Steven Ames Takes Oral Hygiene Very Seriously

Perhaps the brightest highlight from the first round of the Masters yesterday was Steven Ames' ever whitening teeth.

Check out that grill!! ->

Stevens teeth seem to be extra white this year, proving once again that too much oral hygiene can be a bad thing...

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Manuel de Los Santos - Remember the Name

When he was eighteen Manuel de Los Santos was a promising baseball player growing up in Cuba, with dreams of playing in the U.S. That was, until he was involved in an awful car accident that cost him his left leg. Most people would crumble under an awful loss like that, but not Manuel.

After moving to France, Mr Santos took up Golf. And when I say 'took up' I mean, 'started kicking ass at'.

Here is a video of Manuel hitting the kind of shots that most amateur golfers can only dream of. And doing it on one leg, ofcourse.

This year Santos will be competing on the European circuit against able bodied golfers from around the world. He has every chance of beating them all too.

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The Lendl Legacy Continues (But Not In Tennis)

Come on now, you remember Ivan Lendl don't you? The Tennis star whose own country tried to stop him from playing?

Well it turns out that instead of becoming star tennis players, Lendls seeds have turned to a different (and far duller) sport. Three of his five daughters have become excellent junior golfers.

Marika, Isabelle and Daniela Lendel, 17, 15 and 14 respectively, regularly take on and beat their Pa over the greens and both Marika and Isabelle have competed on the Us Junior Championship circuit. Marika, the eldest of the three, has even made the Junior American Ryder Cup Team, which probably
sounds more impressive then it actually is.

Whilst Ivan tours the celebrity circuit, where he plays a 2 - handicap, his daughters all have an eye on turning pro. And with a handicap of 1 in their teenage years, it looks like they have every chance.

This is Kinda Like That Snow-Boarding Dude with the Juju.

71 year old golf er... 'legend' Gary Player is insisting that golfers be tested for performance enhancing drugs.

"I would say there are 10 guys taking something. I might be way out. It's definitely not going to be lower, it might be a hell of a lot more."

I mean... come on; How would taking drugs improve your golf game. Ok so maybe roids might make you better at the Par 5's but I'm pretty sure there's nothing out there that can improve your accuracy.

And look at some of these guys for petessake, they aren't exactly finely honed advertisements for fitness are they?

Perhaps Player is having trouble with the idea that he's losing a lot these days because of his age, rather then because the other guys are all doped up to their eyeballs.

[BBC Sport]

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Things I Never Thought I'd Hear Myself Say No. 368: It May Be Time to Get Into Womens Golf.

Is it immoral to start watching a sport purely for the hotness of it's athletes? Or perhaps more importantly, do I care if it is?

I don't know how I failed to notice (actually it probably has something to do with her being a golfer...), but Natalie Gulbis is fizzzine yo. She appears to have that elusive quality in a female athlete; Hotness. And why do we love the few genuinely hot female (and male, if that's the way you swing) athletes? Because their muscle tone and athlecicity adds to their swoondom instead of taking away from it. Yeah, you know what I mean.

I would like to tell you about Gulbis's many golfing achievements, at the very least to try and avoid turning this into a sleaze post (too late!), but unfortunately there aren't that many. Think Kornikova rather than Sharapova. Perhaps that's an unfair comparison... I just don't watch enough LPGA Tour to know. But all that's about to change.

What I will say is that the Sacramento born Gulbis, who is of Latvian descent, has reached a few finals and looks to be on the up. Judging by this article on USA Today.com, Natalie seems to be a pretty cool chick too.

Shit, what else can you say about a Lady who's been judged 'too hot for Golf' by the USGA?

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[Natalie Gulbis Wiki]

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Boring Man wins Boring Tournament

When The Masters is won by a dude with a score of +1 you might be excused for feeling like you've been robbed.

Zach Johnson came through the field on a 'dramatic' final day to win the prestigious green jacket. During the pre-presentation interviews you could feel the atmosphere of disappointment coming from not only the Club Chairman but from the announcers as well.

It's all very well making the course as hard as they did this year, but if you make the greens too unpredictable then, a bit like a badly structured game of poker, you turn the damn thing into a crapshoot. I think Retief Goosen summed it up when he said "Zach has been a very good player for a long time" read: Zach is a nobody, "He hits the ball straight, low and accurately - that's what you need around here" (you don't say...) read: Look I told you, this guy is a nobody and I don't know anything about him, just leave me alone!

My favorite moment of the whole tournament cam when Luke Donald, who at the time was only one shot down from the leader, chipped the ball up onto the green three times only to see it role back down the slope towards him, along with his chance to win.

Quote of the week:
"Somewhere along the way he got it inot another gear. If he's not Superman, who is he? Supermans brother maybe." - Vaughn Taylor

Sometimes this shit just writes itself.

Global Update

Damn, The Masters is hard this year. After the cut there's only three guys above even! The leader-board looks like so:

B Wetterich -2
T Clark SA -2
V Taylor -1
J Kelly even
V Singh Fij even
Z Johnson even
J Rose Eng even
D Howell Eng +1
L Glover +1
P Harrington Ire +1

Tiger Woods ain't lookin' so hot at +3 but I don't think he should be too worried, he's only five shots off the leader and also... well, because he's Tiger Woods.

In College Baseball the Gators managed to blow my theory about them hotting up by losing 12-2 to South Carolina. Ah well, it was fun while it lasted....

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) has claimed pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix (Formula 1) tomorrow. Kimi 'X-nay on the personality-ay' Raikonnen got bumped down to third by Fernando Alonso (Renault) which is great news, because Kimi Raikonnen is the only person in the entire world who can make the worlds fastest Ferrari look boring.

Let's see, what else...

Oh yeah, Track Athlete Christine Ohuruogu is said to be 'stunned' by the loss of her appeal against a 12-month doping ban. Well Christine, that's kinda what happens when you decide to skip a load of drugs tests, it's the same for everybody.

More importantly than this other crap is news that Ricky Williams has officially applied for reinstatement to the NFL. The Dolphins management say they won't comment because Ricky hasn't been reinstated yet. Doesn't that sound like a big old 'Not Interested' resonating from the Phish heads?

Finally, Kentucky have finally found someone to coach their basketball team next year. That man is Billy Gillespie and he doesn't think there's that much work to do in fixing th UK team. Hmm, yeah, good luck with that Billy.

That's it, you're all updated, I hope you're happy. Have a great Easter and don't eat too much eat as much damned chocolate as you can handle. What do I care, it's not my body... you fat bastard.

The only time of the year I'll watch Golf.

Well, I'll have it on in the background anyway... I won't actually watch the damn thing.

Golf? Nope it sucks. BUT...

There's this little tournament they have around about this time every year in a little place called Augusta. You may have heard of it; it's called the US Masters, and it's awesome.

It could be the tradition or the history or perhaps even the top class Golfing action that draws so many people like me into watching it having it on in the background every year, but I think it's much more likely to be the scenery. I'm pretty sure that the Augusta National Golf Club has the only Golf course in the world that I'd actually like to live on. I mean like, if they built a 'Polaris World' on it or something.

Ok, that's a stretch but crazier shit has happened (like me watching Golf for the scenery for instance) and even if they don't build a damn resort around the eighteen holes, it still looks pretty fucking amazing doesn't it?

Perhaps I could move in under that bridge and demand a toll...

'Payup Tiger, I know you're good for it. Hey put that nine iron down!'