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On ESPN.com yesterday, you might have read Jason Sobel's gory tale of the man man who shot a 66 on one nightmarish golf hole. (The 17th at TPC Sawgrass, if you're into that type of thing.) It's a terrifying tale, no less scary that we don't play golf. But then we recognized the last name of the golfer ...
The golfer's name is Angelo Spagnolo, who is the father of Don Spagnolo, who runs the great Pittsburgh blog Mondesi's House.
Sobel's story is entertaining, but it can't compare with Mondesi's House description of the incident, which is filtered through a son's bewildered seven-year-old eyes. Our favorite part:
As recently as a few years ago, Dateline NBC found a swing guru with a wildly different style swing that turns the left hand backwards and places it in front of the right hand. Dateline figured, "what better way to see if this guy's method works?", and sent my dad to his golf school. Eventually, they returned to the scene of the crime, TPC, and my father shot a 157, slicing 100 strokes from his game. So yes, I guess you could say it worked. But on the rare occasion when he hits the links these days, I can vouch that he's just as bad as ever.
We suppose it makes sense that the "World's Worst Avid Golfer" would give birth to a filthy blogger. Serves him right.
Sawgrass Takes Me Back [Mondesi's House]
Crunch These Numbers [ESPN]
Comments
I think he's full of shit.
How many mulligans did that include?
I'm glad I wasn't behind Spagnolo's group that day.
So what? So let's dance!
[turns on Journey]
Based only on the picture, and not the story, I'm waiting for either a Martin Lawrence joke or a "no smirre" joke. Unfortunetly, Deadspin/KSK has yet to coin a common fat person joke.
@Kccal: Isn't that the guy from Lost?
/have never seen an episode of Lost
He needs to start playing more rounds with Kim Jong-Il.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a 10 is the worst you can take on any hole. Making an official score of 180 the highest score possible.
257 on 18 holes? How many beers did that group drink?
@Kccal: There is no common fat person joke, but we tried our best in the Dwyane Wade-Star Jones column earlier.
Mondesi's House forgot to mention he drained a 40-foot putt on 18 for the 157.
/Noonan
@FEAST:
I've got about 50 of my own scorecards that prove you wrong.
The Spagnolos are now on the Duval family's Christmas card list.
The darkest man on earth. Details at eleven.
His partner, Jean Van de Velde, showed up and hit a 71.
@Suss--: +2, spit out my Red Bull
@Kccal: Sshhhhhhhhh! We made it through the whole LeBron post without a Martin Lawrence joke. Don't ruin it.
@Gourmet Spud: I'm saying officially!
official like a ref with a whistle
/rap
"...gory tale of the man man..."
/fat joke?
@FEAST:
In competition you count as many as it took. I think maybe for handicap purposes there is a limit though?
The point is, I suck at golf.
@Kccal: How about "Why is John Daly wearing a shirt in that picture?"
@asliceofbacon:
I think you answered your own question.
@FEAST:
There's no limit.
BUT if you're a low Handicaper, it's capped at double bogey...so you don't sandbag your handicap up.
I can't wait for this year's version:
"10-handicapper cannot break 100 on the US Open Course"
Seriously.
@FEAST: Spagnolo's round was part of a competition to find the country's worst avid golfer. Infinity would have been a valid (and winning) score.
So the Wheel Chair Guy from Oz that was in Romeo and Juliet, the Guy that kinda looks and sounds like the Guy from Herman's Head but isn't, and the Asian FBI dude from season 2 of 24 are playing golf on a deserted island...umm...I got no punchline, sorry.
sadly, I remember the coverage of the event when it happend. That just proves two things:
1. I'm old.
2. i'm an absolute dork, who's mind is cluttered with such useless information.
By that math, what will the blogger spawn? Answer: a litter of Mariottis.
I would gladly show the world how bad I suck at golf to be able to play Sawgrass.
Wow! And to think that I thought the 126 (81 on the front, 45 on the back) was the worst anyone could possibly do.
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