Best Ball 33 Answer

"There's something about being over here that just gives me golfing fever." - Rory Sabbatini

Best Ball 33

Short retirement. I'm back for the new season. Here's what Rory Sabbatini had to say about Maui:

SRHIH'G GATHSRMDC LKANS KHMDC AEHI RHIH

SRLS UNGS CMEHG TH CAJOMDC OHEHI.

This blog is retiring...

...but the archives will remain.

Best Ball 32

"To try to win a tournament on that hole, there's just trouble everywhere you look at it." - Padraig Harrington

Best Ball 32

It's about time we fans had another major with a finish like this (minus the ridiculous VDV montage). I thought I was going to be mad at Sergio if he lost, but given the way it played out and with as deserving a champion as Padraig Harrington, the 2007 Open just about made up for the less-than-optimal Masters and U.S. Open this year. I loved it.

And here's what the champion thinks of Carnoustie's 18th:

VN VDU VN SGI M VNODIMCTIV NI VAMV ANET, VATDT'L

POLV VDNORET THTDUSATDT UNO ENNQ MV GV.

Best Ball 31 Answer

"My head say I think you should retire... but my heart was keeping telling me that you would be better to continue playing and compete." - Seve Ballesteros

Best Ball 31

Seve Ballesteros announcing his decision to retire:

EC NALK BLC S PNSHT CWO BNWOFK IAPSIA... DOP EC

NALIP MLB TAAGSHY PAFFSHY EA PNLP CWO MWOFK DA

DAPPAI PW UWHPSHOA GFLCSHY LHK UWEGAPA.

Puzzler Answers

1. Stewart Cink
2. Stuart Appleby
3. Jeev Milka Singh
4. Payne Stewart
5. Stephen Ames
6. Billy Andrade
7. Arjun Atwal
8. Rich Beem
9. Glen Day
10. Nick Faldo

Puzzler

I felt like doing something different this week, so here are some clues to various golfers:

1. Hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby + a small washbasin
2. Hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby + a red delicious + a buzzing insect
3. Ask's butler - s + dairy drink + a + warble
4. Ache + hearty Irish soup + Luke Donald's hobby
5. Stair unit + chicken + goals
6. Debt + y + in addition + pest control spray
7. Pirate growl + sixth month + Cockneyized cap + room separator
8. Wealth + column of light
9. Scottish valley + 24 hours
10. Small cut + tumble + uncooked bread

Scramble 20 Answer

"I did feel like a guppy out there, gasping for breath. That's normal" - Cristie Kerr

Scramble 20

2007 U.S. Women's Open champion Cristie Kerr on walking up to 18 on Sunday:

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Best Ball 30 Answer

"I think that's quite simply the sign of a champion to have pretty much a disastrous first day and still nearly win the thing." - Niclas Fasth on Bernhard Langer

Best Ball 30

Niclas Fasth on Bernhard Langer at the BMW International Open:

L IRLBM IRWI'E DNLIA ELSOKC IRA ELYB UG W

JRWSOLUB IU RWFA OHAIIC SNJR W PLEWEIHUNE

GLHEI PWC WBP EILKK BAWHKC QLB IRA IRLBY.

Best Ball 29 Answer

"Nobody is a golf professional by chance. I think he will have to work hard to be here." - Angel Cabrera

Best Ball 29

Here's what Angel Cabrera had to say about the possibility of his son following in his footsteps:

UFSFKJ MA C EFNO RLFOPAAMFUCN SJ VDCUVP.

M BDMUY DP TMNN DCIP BF TFLY DCLK BF SP DPLP.

"Alice"'s Mel Wins U.S. Open?

Okay, okay, I'm pathetic at keeping this thing going, but at least I finally sat down and got everything archived by puzzle type and by golfer.

In other commentary, I just have to point out the resemblance between Angel Cabrera and Vic Tayback who played Mel on TV's "Alice." Check out their pics here and here.

Best Ball 28 answers

Camellia, Pampas, Juniper, Magnolia, Tea Olive, Holly, Nandina, Redbud, Firethorn, Azalea

Best Ball 28

Here's a coded list of 10 of the holes at Augusta National:


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OTW GCJZT

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Best Ball 27 Answer

"Some guys are better than you. Some guys are better than all of us. One guy is. If he has a criteria he wants to do, fine." - Rocco Mediate

Best Ball 27

Rocco Mediate is opinionated enough he deserves to have this week's puzzle quote. The tricky part was deciding just what part of his soapbox speech to quote.

MRHS UDNM YTS ESAAST AWYF NRD. MRHS UDNM YTS ESAAST

AWYF YBB RP DM. RFS UDN GM. GP WS WYM Y ITGASTGY WS

OYFAM AR LR, PGFS.