The SBL Report

My colleague and fellow blogger Kevin Maguire is a dimple-head. He lives and breathes golf. When the big boss doled out this assignment, Kevin was like a pig in you-know-what when he was informed he should pack his bags for suburban Chicago.

Maguire did a heck of a job for AOL blogging the Masters earlier this year. Then he hit the jackpot and won a lottery for the chance to play Augusta. He spent nearly has much money in the Augusta clubhouse as Phil Mickelson wins each week "investing" in the NFL. When found out he could play Medinah on Monday, he considered having his wife FedEx his golf clubs to Chicago.

The other day while we waited to catch the media bus I said "I wonder if we will see a condor this year." Mr. Dimple-Head said "What's a condor? That is not a golf term." I then told him it's the rarest shot in golf - a four-under par. I know this because I recently read a golf rule book.

It turns out the condor is the Lock Ness Monster of golf. People have heard about it, no one has ever seen one. According to the people at the PGA the rarest shot in golf is called an albatross. I will give the PGA the benifit of the doubt. I should also stop using wikipedia as a source. Never trust anything that anyone with an Intenet connection can update.

The albatross has seen for only the third time in PGA Championship history. Joey Sindelar recorded a double eagle on the 537-yard No. 5 hole. He hit a 3-wood from 241 yards.

Sindelar joins other household names like Darrell Kestner and Per-Ulrick Johansson.

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