Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-20 Thread Scott Stroz
Here are some other things, besides the $400,000, that Davis gave up when he called the penalty on himself. a 2011 Masters Invite a 2-year exemption to the PGA Tour an invite to the 2011 SBS Tournament just to start. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Ras Tafari rastaf...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-20 Thread Ras Tafari
and it will come back in spades. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: Here are some other things, besides the $400,000, that Davis gave up when he called the penalty on himself. a 2011 Masters Invite a 2-year exemption to the PGA Tour an invite to the 2011

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-20 Thread Scott Stroz
I agree. If it were possible, I'd love to see Augusta give him an invite anyway - assuming he does not qualify in other ways. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Ras Tafari rastaf...@gmail.com wrote: and it will come back in spades. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Scott Stroz

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-20 Thread G Money
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: I agree. If it were possible, I'd love to see Augusta give him an invite anyway - assuming he does not qualify in other ways. Yeah right.if you are looking for character and grace, the Augusta Club is the wrong place

If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Scott Stroz
..I will consider my child rearing a success... http://bit.ly/ayRLtI Guy calls himself on a foul no one else saw knowing it would cost him $400,000. Kudos to Brian Davis. -- Scott Stroz --- The DOM is retarded. http://xkcd.com/386/

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Ian Skinner
On 4/19/2010 1:27 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: ..I will consider my child rearing a success... http://bit.ly/ayRLtI Guy calls himself on a foul no one else saw knowing it would cost him $400,000. Kudos to Brian Davis. I might understand what was going on, if I had some inkling of a clue

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Casey Dougall
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Scott Stroz boyz...@gmail.com wrote: ..I will consider my child rearing a success... http://bit.ly/ayRLtI Guy calls himself on a foul no one else saw knowing it would cost him $400,000. Kudos to Brian Davis. -- Scott Stroz $1,026,000 for first place

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
I agree. He showed us how it should be done. I also loved when Michael Johnson (he of the famed golden sprinter shoes) returned his relay gold medal when he learned a relay teammate admitted to steroid use. Good story, thanks Scott.

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Vivec
I think that was a little ridiculous. The reed didn't affect his play, and therefore it was totally unnecessary. It also was not intentional. It is possible to be stupidly honest. Michael Johnson was a better example of this type of honesty in my view.

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Jerry Johnson
It isn't stupidly honest, it is scrupulously honest. No, it didn't affect his play. Yes, it WAS a rules violation. Yes, he was on the honor system. No, probably no one would have called him on it. But, as many a person has said before, character is what you do when no one is watching. In

Re: If my kids grow up with half the character of this guy...

2010-04-19 Thread Ras Tafari
a, if ye are not golfers, ye'd not get it its about the integrity of the game, and we follow it strictly. there is only you, and you can go play by yourself, with no one watching, so without that integrity, there is nothing. now, probably what REALLY went through his mind... for each and