Every Tuesday and Friday, ESPN.com's Michael Collins (@ESPNCaddie) will dive into the vast world of golf on Twitter. Covering players, caddies, wives and more, he'll share his take on the best of the best.
The moustache was the start of things this week …
@IanJamesPoulter Ian PoulterIt's Movember now … not sure might get the full chop. #TwitPict twitpic.com/7fcyf9
@SirDoubleL Luke List
Getting dialed movember #blond to black pic.twitter.com/DwI4NCHc
@LukeDonald Luke Donald
Love that Schwartzel grew a stache overnight! Would take me a month #babyface
C'mon, Luke … you shave barely once a month; you couldn't grow a peach-fuzz 'stache. Although, speaking of hair, your wife does bring up an interesting question …
@DianeDonald Diane Donald
I wonder if you can tell in person that John Travolta wears a wig, or if they are so good you can't tell.
Answer …
@DianeDonald Diane Donald
That answers my question then -- they are that good! "@DanHicksNBC: @jimmyrobertsnbc tells me Travolta not wearing wig"
Do you believe them? Me neither.
Presidents Cup tweets …
@TheChristinaKim Christina KimNone of the gents from the intl team got a smile from Tiger. Saved it for only the Americans. Cheeky The most intimidating guy with a losing record I have ever … wait, that sounds ridiculous.
@Amanda_Balionis Amanda Balionis
Furyk-"I have a feeling Phil asked to play with me because he felt he could get a lot out of me. I didn't expect to play this well this week"
The marshalls are having an issue …
@geoffogilvy Geoff OgilvyGoosen on 18 from my perspective yfrog.com/ocpxegj @geoffogilvy Geoff Ogilvy
Kuchar getting ready yfrog.com/khsydkej
"I'm not gonna tell him to put away his camera phone; YOU tell him."
@geoffogilvy Geoff OgilvyDay and Day still smiling #presidentscup yfrog.com/kjervwdj
@HunterMahan Hunter Mahan
Fanatics at the @PresidentsCup … Great fans! Great week for Australia, proud to be an American!! yfrog.com/nu6mvrxj
@_Soki_ Paul Tesori
Here's a Pic of 'Team Leadoff' holding the Presidents Cup! @jtedscott @bubbawatson Thanks boys for the memories! #TwitPict twitpic.com/sZeKI6gf
@bubbawatson Bubba Watson
Our 4 fans here to support us "down under" !!!! #GoUSA lockerz.com/s/157971908
@bubbawatson Bubba Watson
Thanks to all the caddies & congrats!!!! #GoUSA lockerz.com/s/157970302
THANK YOU, Bubba, for giving props to the guys who carry the bags.
Nice gesture from an NFL kicker …
@JaxsonDeVille Jaxson DeVilleCongrats to the US team for bringing home the #presidentscup Hey @bubbawatson you wanna bring the cup to our 12/5 MNF game? @JoshScobee10
Ten minutes later …
@JoshScobee10 Josh Scobee
Desean Jackson is a punk. #growuputinybastard
*sigh* This is one of those "Once a football player …" things. I LOVE it!
Eat your vegetables …
@jteater12 Josh Teater
Just ordered grilled cheese minus the tomato but got a bowl of tomato soup. Doesn't make much sense.
Your mom called the waitress.
Home at last!
@BeatrizRecari Beatriz Recari
Finally home after 7 weeks on the road, but I forgot my dear Plant … Ops!! yfrog.com/h2a3tggj
The Arbor Day Foundation police need to talk to you about a murder.
You have good friends …
@Ben_Martin87 Ben Martin
What happens when friends come over. They go to work. yfrog.com/3vHZYvGl
You're losing them at an alarming rate!
Treat this like the old E.F. Hutton commercial …
@TrevorImmelman Trevor Immelman
right now Adam Scott. "@LiamKi1: @TrevorImmelman Hey Trevor who do you consider to be the best ball striker on the pga tour"
When he talks, you better listen.
If we were in junior high, I'd know you were lying but …
@jeehaeda Jeehae Lee
Side of your neck is not the best place to get a visible burn mark from a curling iron. #hickeyorabruise #NeitherISwear
Since we're all adults now, I do believe you. And who gets hickeys nowadays?
I bet he was thinking something similar standing next to you …
@elkpga Steve Elkington
9 gold medals … Carl freaking Lewis … And Sam elk … ESPN … College gameday pic.twitter.com/j2uLNaQD
"This is easier than singing the national anthem with a cold."
Careful whom you make fun of on Twitter …
@ToddABailey Todd Bailey
Wow … Kelly Clarkson …even your hair is fat.
Apology in 3 … 2 … 1 …
@ToddABailey Todd BaileySorry, Kelly Clarkson just gained weight for this prohibition era song to look more realistic … my bad.
Todd, she has about a million followers for every one of yours.
I'm heading to the recruiters' office right now!
@ThePCreamer Paula Creamer
I want to go to the Marine Corps Ball!!! Please take me!!!
You BETTER wait for me!
I guess it IS that time of year …
@JamieSadlowski Jamie Sadlowski
You know it's hunting season when all the back roads have NY style traffic everywhere. #hideyourpetsitsnovember.
@bobbygatesgolf Bobby Gates
First fairway at spyglass …pic.twitter.com/lS6EMU7J
And now we know where all the deer are hiding. Golf course or next to a highway.
Did I say people were waiting for hunting season to really get going?
@lisacink Lisa Cink
Love a butcher with a sense of humor … img.ly/awDS
That's funny and freaky at the same time. Someone get that butcher some venison; he's bored.
Wow factor …
@EllingYelling Steve Elling
Yani Tseng is 22 and has amassed 20 of 27 points needed to get into Hall of [F]ame. Think I have sleeve of Wilson Pro Staffs older than her.
She's becoming a bit like the UConn women's basketball team, with people realizing the greatness a little late.
Yeah, but there's a difference between you and us …
@
RStanleyJohnson Richard S. Johnson
Golf is a game of patience. Started with a triple. Finished birdie, eagle, par to make it on the number:-) Hit it great all week.
If that were us, we'd finish bogey, double, triple. It's why you have your name on your bag. Strong mind, strong game.
THE MEDAL STAND
Bronze -- You think guys wear cologne because we like it?
@erictmeller Eric Thomas Meller
Got talked into going for a run in Central Park at 3. Funny how that happens when a 5-10 Polish beauty is the one inviting you :) #menreasy
I think he's still running, poor guy.
Silver -- Who's going to be Mario?
@jeehaeda Jeehae Lee
Ogilvy vs. Luigi. Uncanny resemblance:pic.twitter.com/LEdRBMHW
I definitely want him to keep the 'stache, but every time I see him, I'm going to hear that music in my head.
Gold
@KyleThompsonPGA Kyle ThompsonNice rack! /lockerz.com/s/157643663
Good way to wrap up all those deer tweets I gave you earlier.
Michael Collins covers golf for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPNcaddie@gmail.com.
Michael Collins
Golf- Senior writer/video talent for ESPN.com
- Worked for several players as PGA Tour caddie
- Former stand-up comedian
ABOUT THIS BLOG
Michael Collins has been writing for ESPN.com since yesterday. He started out as a stand up comedian and fell into PGA Tour golf and caddying completely by accident in 1998.
He started looping for fun in 1999 but by 2003 had decided to make it a full time gig. He won the Nationwide Tour Championship with Chris Couch in 2003 and was on the bag for Kevin Streelman when they captured the inaugural Kodak Challenge in 2009.
Michael has never won an award for his writing, probably because he failed high school English and still types with his index fingers. But he's smart, funny, and most importantly knows the game/players/caddies and what they go through on a week-to-week basis and brings a caddie perspective that's different than anything you've ever seen when it comes to golf coverage.
Farrell Evans grew up in Forsyth, Ga., 60 miles south of Atlanta, where he learned the game at the Forsyth Golf Club, an 18-hole public course. After high school, he played on the golf team at Florida A&M University and interned with the PGA Tour at the TPC at Sawgrass.
Before joining ESPN.com in August 2011, he was a golf writer for nine years at Sports Illustrated. He currently lives in Harlem and can be contacted at evans.espn@gmail.com.
Bob Harig is a golf writer for ESPN.com and has been covering the game for more than 20 years, first at the St. Petersburg Times and for the last four years at ESPN.com. He began contributing to ESPN.com in 1997.
Harig is a native of Barrington, Ill., where he got his first exposure to golf as a caddie at Inverness Golf Club, where he earned an Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University. He graduated with degrees in journalism and history.
Harig lives in Florida and can be reached at BobHarig@gmail.com
Kevin Maguire is the senior golf editor for ESPN.com and covered his first PGA Tour event in 1994 while at American University in Washington, D.C. He played collegiately for the Eagles and graduated with a degree in print journalism.
Maguire grew up in the Philadelphia, Pa. area and now resides outside of Hartford, Conn. He has been with ESPN since February, 2007 and can be reached at Kevin.Maguire@espn.com.
Justin Ray is a senior researcher with ESPN Stats and Information. He has contributed to ESPN's golf coverage since joining the network out of college in 2008. He is based in Austin, Texas with the new Longhorn Network.
He can be contacted at Justin.Ray@espn.com.
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