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Stat's Amazin': Henrik Stenson, Air Warrior

15 Dec, 07 | Tags: Golf Central | Stats Amazing | World Of Random

Stenson: 'Just can't get that Big Ol' Jet Airliner song by Steve Miller out of my head ...'

Gary Player, who proudly boasts of being the "most travelled athlete" in history, has got nothing on Henrik Stenson at the moment. Check out this recent travel itinerary for the tireless Swede:

Fly from home in Dubai to Volvo Masters in Spain (Nov 1-4): approximately 3,510 air miles
Fly to Shanghai for HSBC Championship (Nov 8-11): 6,360 miles
Fly to Japan for the Dunlop Phoenix (Nov 15-18): 1,140 miles
Fly to South Africa for the Nedbank at Sun City (Nov 29-Dec 2): 8,480 miles
Fly to second home in Orlando, Florida: 8,080 miles
Fly to Los Angeles for the Target World Challenge (this weekend): 2,210 miles
Fly back to Orlando for two weeks' rest: 2,210 miles
Fly to Maui for the Mercedes-Benz Championship (Dec. 31-Jan 6): 4,670 miles
Fly back to Dubai home: 8,590 miles

Needless to say, it will have been worth it, as Stenson is making heaps of cash. And while those frequent flyer miles are estimates (presumably Stenson stopped back in Dubai on the way from Japan to South Africa) it all adds up to:

45,250 miles

Which is nearly twice around the world in less than 80 days. Stenson deadpanned: "Air miles are not a problem at the moment." Oh those hilarious Swedes.
Still probably not enough to impress Gary Player though, or Michael Palin ...

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On This Day In History - The Stymie Rule Gets Stymied

Dai Rees, captain of the '57 Great Britain Ryder Cup which beat the US, demonstrates how they used to do the stymie in the good old days ...

On this day, in 1951, a rule which is today considered archaic but was very much a fabric of the game in the first half of the last century, was eliminated from the Rules of Golf: the stymie.

Most golfers born since the 1940s probably wouldn't even know of the stymie, which made golf a heck of a lot more evil and - possibly - a bit more fun.

In singles match play, until 1951, that is, players didn't mark their balls on the green and weren't lifted unless they were laying six inches apart or closer. So, a clever player who was behind on a hole could use a clever putt, and roll his ball in between the hole and his opponent's ball, thereby forcing said opponent to have to putt around or over the ball in the path.

Sound a bit like snooker? ...

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Tournament News - Target World Challenge, Day One, Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California

'I knew I never should have ... played ... this ... stupid ... damn ... game ... ever again!'

So, how did Tiger look after 10 weeks without playing golf?...: Like he's spent a lot of time with his baby daughter.
Why? Was his golf so bad?...: No, it was great, he just looked like he's spent a lot of time with his baby daughter, that's all.
Explain, please. ...: Well, did you see his temper tantrum on the 18th hole? It was an all-time Tiger tantrum classic.
So, he acted a bit like Sam Alexis then?...: Not even she would dare try to chop the hell out of some poor defenceless underbrush with a golf club.
So the Tiger temper is still there. How's the golf?...: Great. Tiger was absolutely brilliant for 17 holes, until he dunked his approach on the 18th hole into the water. He took a double bogey to finish on 3-under and smashed up an iron.
Who's leading then?...: Jim Furyk's out front now at 4-under, trailed by Tiger, his pal Rory Sabbatini, Zach Johnson and Henrik Stenson at 3-under. But almost anyone can make a move except for poor Monty.
What happened to Monty?...: He might be wishing he skipped this trip, except for the splendid weather. He didn't make a birdie and shot 8-over for an 80.
Ouch. Well I suppose it's bad form to withdraw from an invitional tournament ...: Yep, and it's bad form to act like a 6-month-old child at your own invitational as well ...
Let's hope Monty and Tiger get their acts together ...: We can only hope ...

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The Quotable Freddie Couples

'I mean, if a guy hits a good shot, I'm gonna say so, even if I hate him. And I like Phil.'

When putting together our biography of our newest Hall of Fame member, Fred Couples, we couldn't resist compiling a list of some of our favourite quotes from the man with the beautiful swing and a way of twisting up sentences like none other ... From the bizarre to the blatantly obvious, there's a good chance of getting a great quote when Freddie Couples is around:

(By the way, Freddie is available as a corporate speaker through the All-American Speakers bureau, but he'll cost you at least $50,000. If you want Freddie for free, you've got to get yourself a press credential). Here then, is the quotable Freddie:

On his putting woes:
I hit the ball and when I make a few of them, I get a little bit of rhythm and I can make a few. Then when I start missing them, they don't go in. ...