Matthew Every is charged with possession of pot -- two days before teeing it up at the John Deere Classic yesterday (shot -1). He's made 13 starts this year with a T8 at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.

At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents were called to the hallway outside a room in the Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf’s north tower because of a strong odor of marijuana, the affidavit states.

Authorities knocked on the door, and the marijuana odor intensified when an occupant opened the door.

One person admitted providing the marijuana and three of the four room occupants admitted to smoking it, the affidavit states.

Every was arrested and booked into the Scott County Jail. He was released Tuesday evening after posting bond.

Possession of marijuana and other illegal drugs violates the program’s policy, the manual states. Sanctions may include disqualification, forfeiture of prize money and points, ineligibility in other PGA Tour competitions and fines of up to $500,000, according to the manual.

The manual does not address what happens if a participant is arrested on drug possession charges.

Something tells me the manual won't be updated either. The Tour doesn't like to admit one of their own isn't pristine.


Rick Arnett

Matthew Every is charged with possession of pot -- two days before teeing it up at the John Deere Classic yesterday (shot -1). He's made 13 starts this year with a T8 at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.

At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents were called to the hallway outside a room in the Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf’s north tower because of a strong odor of marijuana, the affidavit states.

Authorities knocked on the door, and the marijuana odor intensified when an occupant opened the door.

One person admitted providing the marijuana and three of the four room occupants admitted to smoking it, the affidavit states.

Every was arrested and booked into the Scott County Jail. He was released Tuesday evening after posting bond.

Possession of marijuana and other illegal drugs violates the program’s policy, the manual states. Sanctions may include disqualification, forfeiture of prize money and points, ineligibility in other PGA Tour competitions and fines of up to $500,000, according to the manual.

The manual does not address what happens if a participant is arrested on drug possession charges.

Something tells me the manual won't be updated either. The Tour doesn't like to admit one of their own isn't pristine.


Rick Arnett

Matthew Every is charged with possession of pot -- two days before teeing it up at the John Deere Classic yesterday (shot -1). He's made 13 starts this year with a T8 at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.

At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents were called to the hallway outside a room in the Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf’s north tower because of a strong odor of marijuana, the affidavit states.

Authorities knocked on the door, and the marijuana odor intensified when an occupant opened the door.

One person admitted providing the marijuana and three of the four room occupants admitted to smoking it, the affidavit states.

Every was arrested and booked into the Scott County Jail. He was released Tuesday evening after posting bond.

Possession of marijuana and other illegal drugs violates the program’s policy, the manual states. Sanctions may include disqualification, forfeiture of prize money and points, ineligibility in other PGA Tour competitions and fines of up to $500,000, according to the manual.

The manual does not address what happens if a participant is arrested on drug possession charges.

Something tells me the manual won't be updated either. The Tour doesn't like to admit one of their own isn't pristine.


Rick Arnett

Matthew Every is charged with possession of pot -- two days before teeing it up at the John Deere Classic yesterday (shot -1). He's made 13 starts this year with a T8 at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix.

At 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents were called to the hallway outside a room in the Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf’s north tower because of a strong odor of marijuana, the affidavit states.

Authorities knocked on the door, and the marijuana odor intensified when an occupant opened the door.

One person admitted providing the marijuana and three of the four room occupants admitted to smoking it, the affidavit states.

Every was arrested and booked into the Scott County Jail. He was released Tuesday evening after posting bond.

Possession of marijuana and other illegal drugs violates the program’s policy, the manual states. Sanctions may include disqualification, forfeiture of prize money and points, ineligibility in other PGA Tour competitions and fines of up to $500,000, according to the manual.

The manual does not address what happens if a participant is arrested on drug possession charges.

Something tells me the manual won't be updated either. The Tour doesn't like to admit one of their own isn't pristine.


Rick Arnett

The popular and sardonic Paul Goydos blistered the John Deere Classic layout with a historical 59, joining Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval to do it in an official Tour event. He's the oldest player to accomplish it and the first to do it in the first round.

He birdied the last three holes to do it including a 7-foot birdie putt on 18 and birdied 8 of 9 holes on the back side. His longest putt made was 39 feet.

"Standing over that last putt, I was probably as nervous as I've ever been over a putt in my life," he said. "The putt would have gone in thimble."

Asked what it meant, Goydos replied, "Well, 12-under isn't going to win this event."

Maybe more amazing is Steve Stricker nearly covered Goydos' score going 30-30.


Rick Arnett

The popular and sardonic Paul Goydos blistered the John Deere Classic layout with a historical 59, joining Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval to do it in an official Tour event. He's the oldest player to accomplish it and the first to do it in the first round.

He birdied the last three holes to do it including a 7-foot birdie putt on 18 and birdied 8 of 9 holes on the back side. His longest putt made was 39 feet.

"Standing over that last putt, I was probably as nervous as I've ever been over a putt in my life," he said. "The putt would have gone in thimble."

Asked what it meant, Goydos replied, "Well, 12-under isn't going to win this event."

Maybe more amazing is Steve Stricker nearly covered Goydos' score going 30-30.


Rick Arnett

The popular and sardonic Paul Goydos blistered the John Deere Classic layout with a historical 59, joining Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval to do it in an official Tour event. He's the oldest player to accomplish it and the first to do it in the first round.

He birdied the last three holes to do it including a 7-foot birdie putt on 18 and birdied 8 of 9 holes on the back side. His longest putt made was 39 feet.

"Standing over that last putt, I was probably as nervous as I've ever been over a putt in my life," he said. "The putt would have gone in thimble."

Asked what it meant, Goydos replied, "Well, 12-under isn't going to win this event."

Maybe more amazing is Steve Stricker nearly covered Goydos' score going 30-30.


Rick Arnett

The popular and sardonic Paul Goydos blistered the John Deere Classic layout with a historical 59, joining Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval to do it in an official Tour event. He's the oldest player to accomplish it and the first to do it in the first round.

He birdied the last three holes to do it including a 7-foot birdie putt on 18 and birdied 8 of 9 holes on the back side. His longest putt made was 39 feet.

"Standing over that last putt, I was probably as nervous as I've ever been over a putt in my life," he said. "The putt would have gone in thimble."

Asked what it meant, Goydos replied, "Well, 12-under isn't going to win this event."

Maybe more amazing is Steve Stricker nearly covered Goydos' score going 30-30.


Rick Arnett

The U.S. Women's Open first round was a humbling experience for many. Only 4 players were in red with Brittany Lang (-2) leading by one at Oakmont. Michelle Wie shot an 82 with 3 doubles in 4 holes on the back nine.


Rick Arnett

The U.S. Women's Open first round was a humbling experience for many. Only 4 players were in red with Brittany Lang (-2) leading by one at Oakmont. Michelle Wie shot an 82 with 3 doubles in 4 holes on the back nine.


Rick Arnett

The U.S. Women's Open first round was a humbling experience for many. Only 4 players were in red with Brittany Lang (-2) leading by one at Oakmont. Michelle Wie shot an 82 with 3 doubles in 4 holes on the back nine.


Rick Arnett

The U.S. Women's Open first round was a humbling experience for many. Only 4 players were in red with Brittany Lang (-2) leading by one at Oakmont. Michelle Wie shot an 82 with 3 doubles in 4 holes on the back nine.


Rick Arnett

Amidst Tiger's divorce settlement with Elin, Forbes Sports Monthly attempts to calculate how much Woods is worth.

Last year he became the first athlete to earn a cumulative $1 billion through his income from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements and his golf course design business. Nike has been his biggest benefactor paying the world's top golfer in the neighborhood of $250 million since 1996.

Yet those earnings are before the tax man and his agents at IMG took their cut. And if you think Tiger made a killing in the stock market, think again. The S&P 500 is at the same level it was at 12 years ago.

But Woods was an early, pre-IPO investor in Google, according to this April 25, 2004, article in The New York Times.

Tiger Woods has his small stake. So do Shaquille O'Neal, Henry A. Kissinger and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All can be counted among that small club of people lucky enough to own a sliver of Google, one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley and what could be the hottest deal on Wall Street this year.

According to The Times, Woods and other famous names invested in Google through a venture fund called Angel Investors. The venture fund made two separate investments in Google, in 1998 and 1999. If Woods was an "Angel 1" investor in Google, he could have bought in at 50 cents a share. Since Google today trades at around $439 a share, a $200,000 investment -- assuming a 1:1 conversion -- would have netted Woods $175.6 million today.

Continue Reading "So, What is Tiger Really Worth?"

Amidst Tiger's divorce settlement with Elin, Forbes Sports Monthly attempts to calculate how much Woods is worth.

Last year he became the first athlete to earn a cumulative $1 billion through his income from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements and his golf course design business. Nike has been his biggest benefactor paying the world's top golfer in the neighborhood of $250 million since 1996.

Yet those earnings are before the tax man and his agents at IMG took their cut. And if you think Tiger made a killing in the stock market, think again. The S&P 500 is at the same level it was at 12 years ago.

But Woods was an early, pre-IPO investor in Google, according to this April 25, 2004, article in The New York Times.

Tiger Woods has his small stake. So do Shaquille O'Neal, Henry A. Kissinger and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All can be counted among that small club of people lucky enough to own a sliver of Google, one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley and what could be the hottest deal on Wall Street this year.

According to The Times, Woods and other famous names invested in Google through a venture fund called Angel Investors. The venture fund made two separate investments in Google, in 1998 and 1999. If Woods was an "Angel 1" investor in Google, he could have bought in at 50 cents a share. Since Google today trades at around $439 a share, a $200,000 investment -- assuming a 1:1 conversion -- would have netted Woods $175.6 million today.

Continue Reading "So, What is Tiger Really Worth?"

Amidst Tiger's divorce settlement with Elin, Forbes Sports Monthly attempts to calculate how much Woods is worth.

Last year he became the first athlete to earn a cumulative $1 billion through his income from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements and his golf course design business. Nike has been his biggest benefactor paying the world's top golfer in the neighborhood of $250 million since 1996.

Yet those earnings are before the tax man and his agents at IMG took their cut. And if you think Tiger made a killing in the stock market, think again. The S&P 500 is at the same level it was at 12 years ago.

But Woods was an early, pre-IPO investor in Google, according to this April 25, 2004, article in The New York Times.

Tiger Woods has his small stake. So do Shaquille O'Neal, Henry A. Kissinger and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All can be counted among that small club of people lucky enough to own a sliver of Google, one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley and what could be the hottest deal on Wall Street this year.

According to The Times, Woods and other famous names invested in Google through a venture fund called Angel Investors. The venture fund made two separate investments in Google, in 1998 and 1999. If Woods was an "Angel 1" investor in Google, he could have bought in at 50 cents a share. Since Google today trades at around $439 a share, a $200,000 investment -- assuming a 1:1 conversion -- would have netted Woods $175.6 million today.

Continue Reading "So, What is Tiger Really Worth?"

Amidst Tiger's divorce settlement with Elin, Forbes Sports Monthly attempts to calculate how much Woods is worth.

Last year he became the first athlete to earn a cumulative $1 billion through his income from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements and his golf course design business. Nike has been his biggest benefactor paying the world's top golfer in the neighborhood of $250 million since 1996.

Yet those earnings are before the tax man and his agents at IMG took their cut. And if you think Tiger made a killing in the stock market, think again. The S&P 500 is at the same level it was at 12 years ago.

But Woods was an early, pre-IPO investor in Google, according to this April 25, 2004, article in The New York Times.

Tiger Woods has his small stake. So do Shaquille O'Neal, Henry A. Kissinger and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All can be counted among that small club of people lucky enough to own a sliver of Google, one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley and what could be the hottest deal on Wall Street this year.

According to The Times, Woods and other famous names invested in Google through a venture fund called Angel Investors. The venture fund made two separate investments in Google, in 1998 and 1999. If Woods was an "Angel 1" investor in Google, he could have bought in at 50 cents a share. Since Google today trades at around $439 a share, a $200,000 investment -- assuming a 1:1 conversion -- would have netted Woods $175.6 million today.

Continue Reading "So, What is Tiger Really Worth?"

As the World Cup winds down on Sunday, we offer a gallery of the eye candy following the games (via SI.com). We say more of this and less yellow cards.

As the World Cup winds down on Sunday, we offer a gallery of the eye candy following the games (via SI.com). We say more of this and less yellow cards.

As the World Cup winds down on Sunday, we offer a gallery of the eye candy following the games (via SI.com). We say more of this and less yellow cards.

As the World Cup winds down on Sunday, we offer a gallery of the eye candy following the games (via SI.com). We say more of this and less yellow cards.

Paul Stankowski's Tweet tipped me off to a big injustice on ESPN. A lacrosse goal was the #1 highlight yesterday over Goydos' 59. Our resident lacrosse expert Craig Rosengarden has to explain this to me...


Rick Arnett

Paul Stankowski's Tweet tipped me off to a big injustice on ESPN. A lacrosse goal was the #1 highlight yesterday over Goydos' 59. Our resident lacrosse expert Craig Rosengarden has to explain this to me...


Rick Arnett

Paul Stankowski's Tweet tipped me off to a big injustice on ESPN. A lacrosse goal was the #1 highlight yesterday over Goydos' 59. Our resident lacrosse expert Craig Rosengarden has to explain this to me...


Rick Arnett

Paul Stankowski's Tweet tipped me off to a big injustice on ESPN. A lacrosse goal was the #1 highlight yesterday over Goydos' 59. Our resident lacrosse expert Craig Rosengarden has to explain this to me...


Rick Arnett

Congrats to Ed Coulton of Dallas for winning the new CG-15 zip groove wedge.

All who register on our site are qualified for the weekly drawing. You should do it...people really do win.

Congrats to Ed Coulton of Dallas for winning the new CG-15 zip groove wedge.

All who register on our site are qualified for the weekly drawing. You should do it...people really do win.

Congrats to Ed Coulton of Dallas for winning the new CG-15 zip groove wedge.

All who register on our site are qualified for the weekly drawing. You should do it...people really do win.

Congrats to Ed Coulton of Dallas for winning the new CG-15 zip groove wedge.

All who register on our site are qualified for the weekly drawing. You should do it...people really do win.