I had a couple good nights out with my buddies this weekend. Stories. Chasing girls. Beers. But one of the continuing arguments that I walked away with, was the question of how every guy that you see is completely shredded up top. There are so many guys walking around that have huge upper bodies. And I just don't understand it. Do these guys have jobs? What kind of supplements are they taking? My buddy Danny and I postulated that it was a combination of 3 things: no job, high intensity weight training, and strict supplement taking. Emphasis on no job. But my all knowing friend Bobby cleared it up. Bobby has his pulse on everything. He made it clear when we posed the question. The answer: steroids, steroids, steroids. He said the more he has worked out in gyms where guys have taken steroids, the easier it has become to tell. He said there are a lot of things on the market now, where when you take them together, is an equivalent to steroids. Now this isn't a stone cold rule. Obviously there are a lot of guys who are just lifting really hard and taking supplements, and have the potential to be big guys. But I do with Bobby. I agree that you can point the finger with some certainty at some guys. Just an observation.
US OPEN
Hats off the Lucas Glover for surviving the marathon U.S. Open at Bethpage. He has a lot of game, and showed a lot of balls today. I was really pulling for David Duval, but I thought Lucas was gonna win. I texted my buddy Josh last night that Ricky Barnes was going to shoot 80 in the final round, and Glover was going to win. And ladies and gentlemen, Richard Barnes! Nice finish buddy. Way to close strong. That must have been tough. Gotta feel for the guy a little bit. Actually you really gotta feel for the guy. This was a guy who had the keys to golf kingdom after winning the US Am in 2002. He was a budding star. He was supposed to be playing in Ryder Cups and competing for majors every year. 7 years later, he doesn't even have a win on the Nationwide Tour. O well. Hopefully, he can build some momentum after this week and find his permanent place on the PGA tour.
So what do you think about this particular US Open? Does it have an asterisk on it? Short answer is no. But it was a wacky week. A chaotic week. The thing about these pro golfers is that they are the biggest pussies in the world, both mentally and physically. Any miniscule buck to their routines and they have a really hard time handling it. A lot of them sucked it up because it was our country's major week, but still. But they must have been going crazy. They had no idea what 9 they were teeing off of. Most of them had no clue what round they were playing. They were called off the course. They were called on the course. They started rounds at 6:32pm on a Saturday night. They're post round practice schedules were ruined. They're inbetween routines were scratched. It was a tough week. I thought that's why guys like Barnes and Duval and to an extent Glover were doing well. Barnes and Duval have been playing on low level tour circuits for a while. Glover has had some experience on the Nationwide Tour as well. Guys that were used to more chaotic schedules played well early. The more pampered guys played poorly early, and hung around. At the end of the day though, Glover has a ton of game. And he sucked it up and won the thing. Other guys didn't hand it to him.
US OPEN
Hats off the Lucas Glover for surviving the marathon U.S. Open at Bethpage. He has a lot of game, and showed a lot of balls today. I was really pulling for David Duval, but I thought Lucas was gonna win. I texted my buddy Josh last night that Ricky Barnes was going to shoot 80 in the final round, and Glover was going to win. And ladies and gentlemen, Richard Barnes! Nice finish buddy. Way to close strong. That must have been tough. Gotta feel for the guy a little bit. Actually you really gotta feel for the guy. This was a guy who had the keys to golf kingdom after winning the US Am in 2002. He was a budding star. He was supposed to be playing in Ryder Cups and competing for majors every year. 7 years later, he doesn't even have a win on the Nationwide Tour. O well. Hopefully, he can build some momentum after this week and find his permanent place on the PGA tour.
So what do you think about this particular US Open? Does it have an asterisk on it? Short answer is no. But it was a wacky week. A chaotic week. The thing about these pro golfers is that they are the biggest pussies in the world, both mentally and physically. Any miniscule buck to their routines and they have a really hard time handling it. A lot of them sucked it up because it was our country's major week, but still. But they must have been going crazy. They had no idea what 9 they were teeing off of. Most of them had no clue what round they were playing. They were called off the course. They were called on the course. They started rounds at 6:32pm on a Saturday night. They're post round practice schedules were ruined. They're inbetween routines were scratched. It was a tough week. I thought that's why guys like Barnes and Duval and to an extent Glover were doing well. Barnes and Duval have been playing on low level tour circuits for a while. Glover has had some experience on the Nationwide Tour as well. Guys that were used to more chaotic schedules played well early. The more pampered guys played poorly early, and hung around. At the end of the day though, Glover has a ton of game. And he sucked it up and won the thing. Other guys didn't hand it to him.
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