I’m not sure exactly what you do with it, but a site called Image Chef has a page where you can type in a phrase and get a jpg image showing it imprinted on a golf ball.

I guess you do what I’m going. Save the photo and embed it in a page of your own.

I had to laugh a bit yesterday at the PGA Tour’s self-important posing at the Fed Ex Cup’s inaugural event. As they finished their round, each player signed a ball, and put it into the Cup. According to the announcers, the signed balls were then going to be whisked away to the golf hall of fame to be enshrined for posterity.

Geeze. My prediction is that the FedEx Cup doesn’t last long enough for these balls to even acquire the veneer of a historical curiosity. The entire operation depends upon Tiger, Phil and a few other stars being willing to play along. And while they might participate for the first couple of years, these guys generally hate playing in back-to-back-to-back-to-back tournaments. The $10 million is impressive, but Tiger and Phil don’t need it.

Three years from now, the finals for the Fedex Cup will consist mostly of guys you’ve never heard of, plus a few troopers like Furyk, and Vijay.

Don’t get me wrong. I like the idea. But I don’t see it working for the log haul.

New Years Resolution #6: Resolve To Loosen Up A Little

Life is too short to take so seriously. And golf is just a game. Laugh a little more—especially at yourself. And once, in a while, buy one of those unbelievably tacky and useless ....

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Anyone have thoughts on The Golf Channel’s 2007 PGA Tour debut?

Here are a couple of mine:

1) I may be looking for faults, but the announcers seemed a bit tentative. In particular, the announcer in the bit at the beginning introducing TGC and the tournament stumbled quite a bit.

2) Production quality was fine.

3) My impression is that they didn’t use nearly as many flashy graphics as the networks. And I don’t think I missed them.

4) I was hoping that TGC would do something a little different ... but they didn’t. I guess, however, that at this stage it would be difficult to re-imagine golf coverage.

5) It was funny to watch Rocco help Immelman find his lost ball. I dont’ think I’ve seen that from a television reporter before.

Here’s a trivia question for the future: Who hit the first tee shot for the inaugural FedEx Cup Season?

Ans. K.J. Choi

... is Anthony Kim

The twenty one year old from the University of Oklahoma played in just two tournaments last year after turning pro. But he earned $338,067, and tied for second at the Valero Texas Open.

Then he went out and tied for 13th at Q School.

The two-time All American could be one to watch in the upcoming year ...

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