Today was the first round of the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, SC and look who’s already off to a hot start: K.J. Choi. After a solid performance at the Masters, pairing up with and outplaying (and outclassing) Tiger Woods, Choi jumped into the lead with a seven under 64 to lead all players. It looks like a certain someone might have rubbed off on K.J. last weekend (golf-wise). Also in the hunt are Mike Weir (-5) and Sergio Garcia (-4). Naturally, many of the top names took this weekend off after the Masters, so this is not a huge tournament, but will still provide some great golf.
In other news, former 49er, star dancer, and football legend Jerry Rice looks to expand his resume even more by joining professional golf. Now, Jerry is not going to be joining the PGA tour, but is entering a tournament in the Nationwide tour (not the NASCAR one) and hopes to make the cut. This is incredible for a couple of reasons. First of all, it is incredible that this man can dominate one sport and be good enough to compete with professionals at a completely different one. And secondly, and possibly even more impressive, is that the forty-seven year old only started playing golf when he was thirty. He used to wake up at 4 in the morning to go to the driving range before he had practice later in the morning. Now that is dedication.
That is Rice on the right and former Steeler great Jerome Bettis on the left, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to shamelessly plug a movie for one of my favorite actors (Don Cheadle, center). See Iron Man 2 in theaters May 7!
Tags: Jerry Rice, KJ Choi, Verizon Heritage
April 15th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Jerry Rice is a pretty good golfer. Did you see him on Donald Trump’s show on Golf Channel?