tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post3003566873696616557..comments2024-03-29T05:08:30.047-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: Oh, KentuckyGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-28243537130437624172013-07-27T13:01:16.250-04:002013-07-27T13:01:16.250-04:00Our man Russ played the third round of the Senior ...Our man Russ played the third round of the Senior British Open today in even par. That, for the moment, has advanced him to a tie for 16th on the leaderboard but also dropped him to 12 strokes behind Bernhard Langer of Anhausen, West Germany, who is still on the course. "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Langer" rel="nofollow">He was the inaugural World Number 1 when the Official World Golf Rankings were introduced in 1986</a>," Wikipedia notes of Langer. who <a href="http://golfweek.com/photos/galleries/2011/mar/07/1993-masters/4917/" rel="nofollow">looked great with his wife and kids after the 1993 Masters</a> and <a href="http://newshopper.sulekha.com/bernhard-langer-vikki-langer_photo_1486824.htm" rel="nofollow">still did in 2010</a>. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-84441706041392496102013-07-27T10:33:32.496-04:002013-07-27T10:33:32.496-04:00Wow, Caldwell County quarterback Elijah Sindelar--...<a href="https://twitter.com/CaldwellTigerFB/status/361127788406784002" rel="nofollow">Wow, Caldwell County quarterback Elijah Sindelar--a rising junior who is said to be a big target of UK's--really does look pretty darned good in this montage.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-53108020448085534242013-07-26T19:06:05.111-04:002013-07-26T19:06:05.111-04:00Well, heck. Sorry, Mr. Augenstein.<a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869329&year=2013&type=pairing8" rel="nofollow">Well, heck.</a> Sorry, Mr. Augenstein.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-44226453017576988882013-07-26T18:04:26.835-04:002013-07-26T18:04:26.835-04:00OK, I'm jinxing Mr. Augenstein. Mr. Davis has ...OK, I'm jinxing Mr. Augenstein. Mr. Davis has birdied two of three holes and Mr. Augenstein has bogeyed one since I started typing that comment about the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. Mr. Davis is now 3-Up through 10. In hopes that Mr. Augenstein can somehow come back, I am not going to post anymore about <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869329&year=2013&type=051" rel="nofollow">this match</a> until it is over.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-86482862313352320892013-07-26T17:44:51.805-04:002013-07-26T17:44:51.805-04:00And here's an absolutely great Billy Reed stor...And here's <a href="http://catholicsportsnet.com/louisville/articles/2013/7/26/billy-reed--norton%E2%80%99s-injury-changed-the-course-of-uk-football" rel="nofollow">an absolutely great Billy Reed story about Rick Norton, a former Louisville Flaget and UK quarterback star who was the Miami Dolphins' first-round draft choice in 1966</a>. (Rest in peace, Mr. Norton.) <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1147916/1/index.htm" rel="nofollow">And here's the 1962 <i>Sports Illustrated</i> story to which Billy Reed refers in his story.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-40091984466795412142013-07-26T17:40:48.181-04:002013-07-26T17:40:48.181-04:00Also, Big Red is on ESPN, and Peter King is all ov...Also, <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130726/SPORTS12/307260061/1002/rsslink" rel="nofollow">Big Red is on ESPN</a>, and <a href="http://mmqb.si.com/2013/07/26/quanterus-smith-von-miller-denver-broncos/" rel="nofollow">Peter King is all over ex-Hilltopper/Broncos-hopeful Quanterus Smith</a>.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-22068118257177665052013-07-26T17:38:35.504-04:002013-07-26T17:38:35.504-04:00Mr. Riley, the Mississippi Class 3A high-school st...Mr. Riley, <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventArticle.aspx?id=21474858336" rel="nofollow">the Mississippi Class 3A high-school state medalist in three of the last four years</a>, is now 2-Up at the turn.<br /><br />GO, MR. AUGSENSTEIN! GOOOOOO!!!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-29088133438041985962013-07-26T17:35:36.392-04:002013-07-26T17:35:36.392-04:00However, the big, developing story among Kentucky ...However, the big, developing story among Kentucky Catholic-school golfers is that <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869329&year=2013&type=051" rel="nofollow">John Augenstein, a 15-year-old sophomore from Owensboro Catholic, is behind one hole with David Riley of Hattiesburg, Miss., through eight of an 18-hole semifinal match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in Trucklee, Calif.</a> (<a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=21474852921" rel="nofollow">Here's a great explanation of match play from the United States Golf Association</a>, and <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventScore.aspx?id=17179869329&year=2013&type=051" rel="nofollow">here's a link where you can follow the scoring of the current match</a>.)<br /><br />In the round of 32 yesterday, Mr. Augenstein upset John Liu, a 17-year-old from Smithtown, N.Y., who had already earned medalist in this year's stroke-play event and, in doing so, became one of only three two-time stroke-play medalists in <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=21474852889" rel="nofollow">the 65-year history of the event</a> (another one of those three is named Tiger Woods, who also happened to win three match-play titles). Then, today, our boy from Owensboro in the round of 32 beat a kid from Madison, Conn, and in the quarterfinals outlasted in 20 holes a Brit who has lived in Florida since he was 5 and won that state's amateur tournament by 11 strokes earlier this year. <a href="http://www.usga.org/ChampEventContent.aspx?id=21474856229" rel="nofollow">It stinks that we missed the quarterfinal matches on the Golf Channel this afternoon; they aren't showing the semis. We will have to hope Mr. Augenstein comes back against Mr. Riley and advances to tomorrow evening's championship, which the Golf Channel does plan to air.</a><br /><br />Mr. Augenstein is playing in his first United States Golf Association championship. He started golfing when he was 4. When my 4-year-old daughter wakes up from her nap here in a half-hour or so, I'm going to yell at her for wasting last week at DisneyWorld and make her get out in the backyard and start swatting some practice balls.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-91232575503812135602013-07-26T17:02:19.096-04:002013-07-26T17:02:19.096-04:00So Russ Cochran shot 3-over today in the Senior Br...So Russ Cochran shot 3-over today in the Senior British Open. That drops him to 4-over for the tournament and into a tie for 29th (with Tom Watson and others), nine strokes behind co-leaders Mark Wiebe and Bernhard Langer. You will recall that Kenny Perry came back from 10 behind after two rounds to win the U.S. Senior Open, so I am still holding out hope for St. Mary's Russ.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-77791799997376805092013-07-26T08:14:02.332-04:002013-07-26T08:14:02.332-04:00Middlesboro is also renovating its press box!<a href="http://middlesborodailynews.com/bookmark/23219524" rel="nofollow">Middlesboro is also renovating its press box!</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com