Illegal, But Awesome

I asked for a lot of golf equipment for Christmas this year and chief among the requested was a new driver. Now, I'm still not to the point of my golf obsession that I can justify spending $300 for a driver, so when I found a one online that was not only inexpensive, but also perfect for me I was very excited for Christmas morning.


The driver is from Nextt, was only $44 (plus shipping) and it's called the "Green Monster" (perfect for me, no?). Now, it has a 520 cc head which is so large that it is actually considered illegal. But, I'm sure that means for tournament play and it's not like I'm going to be entering into any tournaments any time soon, so what do I care? It's like the new groove rules. Change them all you want, I'm not going to be a PGA Pro. The head is huge though. It looks like a cantaloupe on the end of a toothpick.

The face is also monstrous, with a huge sweet spot and designed to give me even more power off the tee. Now, I took it to the driving range today and unfortunately discovered that even with the new, large, illegal driver and a month off to refine my mechanics, I still had the same swing. The only difference is that my shots are no longer gentle fades to the right, they are rockets in that direction. Good thing I was in the last stall or I could have killed somebody.


Also, I got a new, large head cover so even if it is illegal for me to use this driver, no one will be able to see it under the Fighting Irish head cover. This thing is the size of a muppet.

I Love This One

Normally, I have a sort of take-it-or-leave it attitude towards the "This is SportCenter" ads. They're funny for a viewing or two, but that's enough for me. Not this one, I can't watch it enough.



It's brilliance is it's simplicity.

I like to imagine that this is really how the cafeteria is at ESPN, even though I know that isn't the case. Also, if you've never had an Arnold Palmer you should try one, cause they aren't bad (add a little Absolut Citron to make it a John Daly).