The Toronto Star has an article on Zohar Sharon, three time World Blind Golf Champion. It’s inspirational.

This one caught my eye because I love archaeology: Water runoff from a golf course in South Africa apparently is threatening a stone age archaeological site.

The LA Daily News has a preview of The Golf Channel’s new show, Fore Inventors Only, in which inventors of golf gadgets compete against one another. At the bottom of the article is a list of inventions by show.

I just hope it’s better produced than The Big Break.

Josh Olson is a golf trick shot artist and long drive specialist who has hit seven holes-in-one—four of them on par fours. And while he’s doing touring golf demonstrations, Olson preaches the gospel through his Drive the Distance organization.

Olson apparently is sponsored—at least in part—by Ping. According to Olson,

The Solheim family (the owners of Ping) is noted for their Christian ideals, with many top-level executives being people of the Christian faith, Olson said. When Olson approached Ping to tell them of his Christian message through golf, the company quickly realized the good fit.

You can read an article on Olson’s efforts here.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that:

Golfer John Daly scratched his own face last week to cover up his sexual assault of his wife and then falsely reported that she attacked him with a knife, Sherrie Daly said in court papers filed Monday.

According to the Appeal, Daly denied the allegations:

Reached Monday, John Daly said, “It’s just not true, Bub. It’s just not true. That’s all I can say.” Asked if he planned to file criminal charges, he said, “Let’s just go with that. Nah. It’s just not true. She did what she did, and that’s all I can say right now.”

You can read the story here.

There’s also a fairly damning editorial that appeared in the Appeal on Saturday, before the latest allegations surfaced.

I don’t know that to think about all of this. I sympathize with Big John—mostly because I have a good friend who has gone through a series of bad divorces and bad women, all of whom have taken advantage of him. He’s been robbed by, and assaulted by these women, and had to get restraining orders. And he doesn’t seem to be able to stop making bad decisions—even when his friends tell him he’s about to make another. (I should also point out that he doesn’t have Daly’s millions, or the alcohol problems, either).

But I suppose that the police will sort all of this out. I would think that they could tell in very short order whether the wounds on Daly’s face are self-inflicted or not. And a medical examiner should be able to tell if there is evidence of sexual assault.

It’s all very sad.

Thanks to reader Martin for the heads up.

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Will the trials and tribulations never end for John Daly? In the latest installment of the saga, Big John says his wife atttacked him with a knife.

This is the same wife who has served time on charges related to an apparent gambling ring. Her parents also were indicted in the same conspiracy.

I think John needs to give up on the whole marriage thing. It’s apparently not his strong suit and some people just aren’t meant to be married.