Wins the Players walking away while good old Mike Weir goes the opposite way and shoots 79.....Besides winning $1.4 m, Ames gets a five year excemption on the PGA Tour along with excemptions to the Masters,US Open,British Open and the PGA.Perhaps he will even get an excemption into the Bell Canadian Open...Not bad for a 41 year old...Another couple of weeks we will be teeing it up around here...
How About Stephen Ames???
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I thought it was interesting when Costas interviewed him and he said he had to "think about" paticipating in the Masters due to a planned family vacation....
Hey numbnuts take another tournament off, u can pick and choose now...
Hey numbnuts take another tournament off, u can pick and choose now...
I missed that...
I cannot believe he would say that...The guy is 41...Running out of time...
I cannot believe he would say that...The guy is 41...Running out of time...
spiff said:
Vacation...?
While that can be admirable to some people (mainly his family), there are many golfers on tour who'd slap that man in the face without a second thought after hearing him say that.
"Think" about going to the masters? That's like getting the opportunity to play in the Super Bowl and taking the day off to go fishing instead.
While that can be admirable to some people (mainly his family), there are many golfers on tour who'd slap that man in the face without a second thought after hearing him say that.
"Think" about going to the masters? That's like getting the opportunity to play in the Super Bowl and taking the day off to go fishing instead.
Give the man a break, he'd just won a huge tournament, his life will change for teh better. Let him process everything first. He put his family first, he deserves praise for that. BTW this morning on The Fan he announced he is going to play the Masters.
popodaki said:
I admire his dedication to his family and yes good for him. But I think Jody, his wife, hugged him, congratulated him and then slapped him upside the head and asked if had been drinking or just had a brief moment of insanity....
I believe that it was mentioned that he clarified the issue the next day...spiff said:I admire his dedication to his family and yes good for him. But I think Jody, his wife, hugged him, congratulated him and then slapped him upside the head and asked if had been drinking or just had a brief moment of insanity....
Read on the scorewire tonight that Ames is postponing his vacation and accepting the exemption for the Masters
http://forecaster.ca/thescore/golf/news.cgi?notebook
Guess the family can wait afterall.
Long live sport.
http://forecaster.ca/thescore/golf/news.cgi?notebook
Guess the family can wait afterall.
Long live sport.
You're not surprised...
On the other hand, it was also the right thing for A MAN to do a real quick check with his cancer survivor wife, who is the mother of his two kids.
He knew he was going, she knew he was going, but he showed both respect and love by not announcing as much on national TV without giving her a courtesy say in the matter.
Sounds like he is a decent guy...can't believe he is Canadian...
...because it is almost certainly the "right" thing for a PGA tour player to do. The Masters is a privilege, and if given an invitation, you accept.Pargolfer said:
On the other hand, it was also the right thing for A MAN to do a real quick check with his cancer survivor wife, who is the mother of his two kids.
He knew he was going, she knew he was going, but he showed both respect and love by not announcing as much on national TV without giving her a courtesy say in the matter.
Sounds like he is a decent guy...can't believe he is Canadian...
