Tim O'Neal Looks to Break Out On Tour

Played golf with Tim O’Neal of the Nationwide Tour Wednesday in Richmond. O’Neal has the distinction of being the only other African-American golfer on either the PGA Tour or Nationwide Tour besides one Eldrick T. Woods.

To begin, it’s impossible to say how FLAWLESS his game appears in person. Like a lot of “lesser” Tour pros, it is hard to understand up close, how guys who command the golf ball with such God-like ability can’t be playing on your TV set every Sunday.

Furthermore, Tim is such a down-to-earth good guy, that I am rooting for him to break through on the big tour for one simple reason: HIM! Forget about any social significance. This guy has been busting his Titleists to MAKE IT for years. On a personal level, I want to see him succeed. Any social impact of having the game appeal to more minorities is just gravy.

Now, here’s where YOU readers in the Washington D.C. area can come in handy. Tim and his caddy “A.J.” mentioned that they will be playing in the Melwood Prince Georges County Open on May 24th. As many lower-tour players do, they like to find ways to save all the money they can, and asked me if I “knew” anybody who might be able to “host” them at their house that week.

Of course, I said I’ll do it! But alas, I live probably 50 miles away. So I told Tim and his caddy: “No worries. I’ll go on the air locally, and have at least a half dozen folks who are MORE than willing to make you guys comfortable.”

So far, I’ve got a few names. But if you want to host Tim and his caddy, drop me an e-mail at czabe.radio@gmail.com

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Did you see where Richard Gere now has an ARREST WARRANT out for him in India, because he kissed a popular female actress in the notoriously UPTIGHT country? Well, if they are so worked up over this, they better be sitting down when somebody tells ‘em about the gerbil.

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Looks like sports conspiracy theories are blooming like roadside flower patches in the spring.

First this week, I thrashed about recent theories regarding the 1985 NBA Lottery.

(Side note: A very interesting possibility was floated to me this morning on my radio show. A caller said: “Would it be possible to “paint” the clearly dog-eared envelope that was banged against the drum, so you could follow it as it tumbles and is eventually pulled out by Stern?” Answer: I THINK so. Not sure. But I am guessing 10-12 hours by somebody with a full res copy of the 85 lottery, and a good working knowledge of roto-scoping and a powerful prosumer program like Adobe Premiere could get it done. I would love to somehow spearhead this effort. If anybody wants to join me, I’m all ears.)

Then we had Tony Stewart pop up. (Note to Tony: Your “theory” about NASCAR and wrestling is only, well, at a minimum 10 years old. I heard about when I first moved to Charlotte in ’97.)

Now we have Curt Schilling’s bloody-sock-gate, as exploded by Gary Thorne who insisted Doug Mirabelli “broke” it to him, that it was just “paint.”

Okay, whatever.

I googled up the sock again, and it looks like blood to me. Darker in some spots than others, slightly discolored. Odd shaped blotching. If that’s paint, it’s a helluva paint job.

But believe what you want. I don’t see the motivation to actually go that far. Schilling is somewhat vain, and calls into sports radio shows on his own, but he’s not that much of a knob.

Get a life people. Really. And I thought I would never be the guy that said THAT about a possible “conspiracy.”

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For all you angry screetching liberals who scolded me on being a global warming “skeptic” please read THIS ARTICLE and get back to me on the merits of the points presented. Please note too: these scientists didn’t say: “Everything’s fine.” Instead, they said there are OTHER more pressing problems that can be solved with this kind of effort and money. Things like air pollution and clean water for Africa.

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AND NOW YOUR PIC O' THE DAY!!!

Nothing like monks, ambassadors of peace and understanding, "throwin' knuckles."