>Sorry, Bree, but I must disagree with you here. The tournament you are >probably referring to is the U.S. Women's Open of a few weeks back, won by >Juli Inkster at the age of 42.
Yes, this is the tournament I was referring to. Yeah...Juli,with I believe, several holes-in-one over the course of the weekend. :-) I did not hear most of the commentary, and so don't know the tone in which the references to Inkster's age were delivered. But the fact is, Inkster has enjoyed a remarkable career resurgence in recent years, winning 3 or 4 major championships in her late 30s and early 40s, including this one. I understand where you are coming from here; she beat women who were in some cases fifteen to twenty years younger than she. And of course not to comment on her age would be odd, but to go on and on....I thought the announcer just made too many comments about her being 42. His tone, as I remember, was fine. >Announcers have made and do make similar comments about male golfers. In 1998, when Mark O'Meara won both the Masters and the British Open in the same year, quite a lot of attention was given to the fact that he was 41 years old at the time, and that these were his first majors. And as recently as last Sunday, when forty-somethings predominated in the top ten spots at the Greater Milwaukee Open, announcers at ABC went so far as to **post the ages** of all those on the first page of the leaderboard. The tournament was won by Jeff Sluman, whose age of 44 was mentioned half a dozen times if it was mentioned once. Being new to the game, I'm glad to hear this. I saw the seniors tour out here at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Center and not much was said about age.(Mason,Ohio) Maybe because they were all old? ;-) >OK. Off my soapbox! But you see, golf is my secret passion. ;-) Get on your soapbox anytime....I'm always open to learning new things. I never could understand the fascination with the little ball, but now I do. IT is the greatest place in the world to think!! Bree, who still stinks.. but is determined to get better. >Mary P., >who stood no more than 5 feet away from Jack Nicklaus himself last >Thursday, a fellow spectator in the gallery following his son Gary in the >first round of the GMO. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
