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May 15, 2006
Local boys
I'll admit, I like to keep track of what's going on in my hometown. I like to read the local paper online, especially the always coherent letters to the editor. But I have to say, my strangest affectation is that I religiously keep tabs on Lancaster's own PGA Tour Golfer, Joe Ogilvie.
Why do I bother? I suck at golf. I don't really enjoy golf. I can't watch more than five minutes of it on TV. I find golfers to be a pretty insufferable lot at times. So I have to say, I am a bit stunned that I come back week after week to see if Joe made the cut, and if so, how he did. He's never won a PGA event, though he did lose in a playoff once.
I guess it all comes down to the fact that he is making obscene amounts of money to play golf, and I like to see him rake in as much dough as possible. I mean, the guy finished 21st in a tournament last week and took home $64,000. For finishing 21st! I marvel at that. I honestly want to know where it is that golf tournaments get so much money that they can lob 60 g's at a guy who finishes 21st? That's about as much money as I made in two years plugging away at my job. (Which may explain why I spent so much time there, uh, working on this particular "side project".)
Either way, through his golfing exploits, Joe joins a long list of local heroes like Allan Anderson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and, uh, Sgt. Tackleberry. For that, I most definitely must salute you.
Posted by oz115 at May 15, 2006 10:37 PM
Comments
Ohhhh honey! Let's go play some mini golf!
Posted by: christy at May 16, 2006 08:17 AM