Phil at the PGAs: ’The Best Theater Ever in a Major’
(Special contributor Steve Brandon, an afficionado of watching golf’s majors on television, filed this report about Phil Mickelson’s victory at last week’s PGA Championship. Mickelson, who turns 51 on June 16, is the oldest man ever to claim a major title.
Like the guy said while trying to get his ball out of the pit of a bunker in the Workday commercial:
“Phil? Phil? Phil!”
Thoughts on Tyler Shough, Ryan Crouser, Paul Castro, the Hops and Volcanoes, NBA-All-Star Weekend and the real G.O.A.T
A wintry weekend? Snow way!
Thoughts on some sporting subjects:
• Item: Oregon quarterback Tyler Shough enters the NCAA transfer portal.
Cinderella’s slippers come in size 14 for ex-Beaver tackle Mike Remmers
There will be dozens, maybe hundreds or personal stories that come out of the lead-up to Super Bowl LV. I’m not sure any are more Walter Mitty-ish of nature than that of Mike Remmers.
The Beaverton resident and Jesuit High and Oregon State grad will be starting at left tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs as they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.
On Pac-12 football, Pat Casey and Bud Ossey, MLB to PDX, Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat and Chad Doing and the Denver Broncos …
The Pac-12 football schedule was (finally) announced Saturday, with Oregon fans happy with the Ducks’ lone crossover game, Oregon State fans not so much.
The Ducks, ranked 14th in the latest AP poll, play host to Chip Kelly’s UCLA Bruins on Nov. 20. The Bruins were 4-8 a year ago. The Beavers’ only game against a South Division opponent, meanwhile, is at defending South champion Utah on Dec. 5.