Well Hurricane (or tropical storm) Irene affected so many this weekend, in the big picture sporting events were hardly important, but as my broadcast partner Scott Metcalfe once said " they provide a diversion.."
Here are some random musings in no particular order.
* you can see how inflexible TV scheduling can be with both the Barclay's (Saturday at 2pm) and the CN Canadian Women's (2pm Sunday) being well over before NBC and CBC even got on the air.
* the 5 guys in the Johnny Walker playoff played some really sloppy golf and the choice to keep using the par 5 18th (5 times) which because of the wet wind could not be reached in 2 was a poor one because it simply became a 100 yard par 3 which Thomas Bjorn played better than the other 4 to win.. The Centenary Course will be the one they use for the 2014 Ryder Cup..
* we probably can't say this anymore so I will, but sex sells, and some of the gals on display at the CN Canadian this week were "well worth the drive to Acton"..
* I love double headers especially the old Marlie / Leaf Saturday combo at the Gardens in the 60's ( 15,500 at each), but on Saturday the Red Sox decided to take on Mother Nature with a double dip that started at noon and finished at 11pm !! The players were ok, the fans were ok but the poor grounds crew were knackered ! Why didn't they play the double on Friday before Irene moved in ??
* The World Cup of Rugby gets underway next week and it means 2 months away from home for all the teams except the All Blacks however there aren't many nicer places to stay than New Zealand, especially for a rugby nut.
* Kirk Triplett became the oldest winner on the Nationwide tour this weekend in Knoxville at 49 yrs and 5 months, to prove that you can keep playing this game for a long time if you take care of yourself. He beat all the kids and will join all the senior guys in April 2012 and make a whack of cash..He last won on the PGA tour in '06
* well done to CN Canadian Women's Open who raised $2.1 million for the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Ste-Justine UHC Foundation through the CN Miracle Match program.
* while Brittany Lincicome with Canuck AJ Eathorne on her bag won, it was great to see 6 of our gals make it to the weekend although Sunday proved to be a tough one especially for Maude-Aimee LeBlanc who didn't have a bogey in 52 holes but slumped to an 80, and Lisa Meldrum who was a horrible 85.
*Jessica Shepley ended up as low Canadian and kudos to 16-year-old Jisoo Keel who was low amateur for the tournament Shepley, finished with a 2-over-par 74 to post a 1-under total of 287 Keel was in her first LPGA tournament. She closed with a 74 to end it tied for 66th at 4-over 292.
*Lorie Kane finished with a 75 to finish tied for 63rd at 3 over and was never a factor.
*Samantha Richdale started with a 66 on Thursday, finished with a 77 at 9 over to end tied for 75th.
* the Jays have the same problem beating the Rays as they used to have when the Brewers were in the AL with Molitor and company. David Price is 9-1 against them and the Jays are 4-10 this year. 14k's for Price, 18 in total for the Rays while it took our nine over 200 pitches to get through the 12-0 shellacking.
* where has this summer gone ? Labour Day is already right on top of us, then all the little beggers return to school and start leaving their garbage and graffiti all over the neighbourhood !!
* Jack Layton fought for the average guy and we need many more like him. RIP Jack..
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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