September - Kansas City Sports & Fitness Magazine

presents THE GOLF REPORT
30 SEPTEMBER 2010 KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS
Tiger vacates golfing throne
The Party is over. The Tiger Woods era
has come to the end. What at one time
looked to be the greatest the golf profession
has developed ended in a
Florida court room. The judge
awarded the trophies – the
children to both parties with a
high priced Nanny to watch
over them. Tiger walked out of
the room with memories of
what might have been.
Monday – both parties
ended up with a bundle, but
Tiger had only half a bundle
plus enough endorsements to
take him to the moon and
beyond. It brought to an end what looked
like a perfect blend – the great golfer and the
blond Swedish model. The bright, bright
lights and glamour of Las Vegas proved too
much for the great one to handle.
Part of the downfall can be blamed on
love notes, then phone calls, and then the
stupidity of trying to keep a quickie love
affair into the real thing. Other guys have
tried along the way, used more discretion
and survived, but this time you just have to
call it stupidity on the part of Tiger.
The girls had set their trap – and it was
much tougher than any sand trap Tiger had
ever found himself in on the golf course -and
the game of golf has lost the best ever
and is looking for a new leader.
There is no one like him in the current
HARRAHS MMA| FROM PAGE 20
had been warming up in. After a minute or
so, the judges scored 30-27, 29-28, and 29-
28, giving Brooker the win, again to a
shocked crowd of Davis supporters.
“I knew that he was saving up for that one
punch, and he got off a couple, but lucky for
me, I can take a punch pretty well,” Brooker
said. “I gave him a lot of trouble with the
jab, just working my combination. I was trying
to keep away for a while, because I
know he has a lot of power. I thought he was
going to be aggressive right out of the gate,
that’s why I came out being aggressive
because I wanted him to know this would be
my fight, and it worked out for me.”
Brooker said that he heard the entire room
cheering for Davis, but it was not a problem.
roster of players, none
coming close to his
accomplishments, but a
handful of
young
stars have
stepped
forward in
the past,
so the
game goes
on.
As they
Bill
Grigsby
Contributing
Writer
say in the barber shop – next
– and another great or near
great sits in the chair vacated
by Tiger. Frankly I think it will help the
game of golf. The money paid out in the
purses is getting out of hand. A half a million
dollars are far too much for a secondplace
finish.
Now we can turn to the regular season
fare with the NFL and college football taking
over. With the changes in the Big 10 and
Big 12 things will be different. Watch for
Missouri to take over the Big 12 North, with
Nebraska defecting to the Big 10 in 2011.
Kansas – under a new coach (Turner Gill)
and new players – will likely struggle this
season. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will
battle to get to the title game. Texas will be
in the mix at the top and don’t be surprised
if Iowa State, which went to a minor bowl
game last year, stages a couple of upsets.
“All my fights have been like that,”
Brooker continued. “I like it. There is not
as much pressure that way, and I’m motivated
more.”
Brooker, who is 23, is originally from
Overland Park, Kansas. Brooker said his
brother, who is an ex-marine, got him interested
in MMA to begin with.
“It feels great to accomplish something
with this,” Brooker said with a huge smile.
Be sure to check these guys out the next
time MMA comes to Harrah’s Voodoo
Lounge if you are ready for an incredible
night of fighting, but make sure you get your
tickets ahead of time, so you don’t face a
sold out sign the day of the bouts. My thanks
to the MMA staff, Harrah’s, the fighters, and
the many fans who gave me information on
the participants throughout the night.