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Nicknames, stealing glory and lots of birdies The 8th bad word I have 30 days to live, an engineer concludes I got Robbed Ham and egg, a good meal on links I was a loser...but not forever Natalie, a beautiful win Road trip, old girlfriend and tricky greens Playing golf with the sheriff Golf — as low as you can go July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 December 09 January 10 February 10 
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Natalie, a beautiful win
I am one of legions of men who are fans of Natalie Gulbis.
She is (please forgive me Almighty Spirit for the Essence of Womanhood) a babe. She has been on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour for five years, where she has been dubbed the Anna Kournikova of the tour. Anna, like Natalie, has model beauty, but Anna never won a professional tennis tournament. Yesterday in France with a birdie on the first playoff hole, Natalie won the Evian Masters Tournament, picking up a $611,470 paycheck. Last year, she lost in another playoff at the Jamie Farr Kroger Corning Classic. She's had quite a few top-five finishes in the last couple years, proving she's no slouch, but the victory over some of the top golfers in the world is the credential she's been looking for. Natalie was born 24 years ago in Sacramento, took up the game at age 4, broke par for the first time when he was 10, played the No. 1 position on the boys team in her high school, was an All-American at the University of Arizona, and placed fourth in last year's U.S. Open. Her swing looks like it would hurt her back, and indeed, it did so she had some recuperation earlier this year. Her beauty put her on sexy calendars, a show on The Golf Channel, several commercials and lots of magazine covers. But she's always had charm beyond her looks. And she's obviously worked hard to make her golfing talent pay off. There are other very pretty and very talented women on the tour — Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie, Morgan Pressel, Carin Koch and Christie Kerr to name a few — but Natalie is in a glamour category above the rest. Yesterday, she was on a leader board above the rest. A little vindication for her and the men in the world who like to see the beautiful win. Posted by Steve E. Swenson 32 comments from 11 users
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posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 09:42 AM
Kinda skinny isn't she? Grandma needs to cook her up some chicken and Biscuits, wit some good ole brown gravy. posted by
NancyII
on Jul 30, 2007 at 09:45 AM
Oh my lord TK..are you CRAZY? Everyone knows you don't use brown gravy with chicken and biscuits. What kind of American ARE you anyway?
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 09:50 AM
Ukrainian America. I didn't have white gravy until about 3 years ago. posted by
robbwillis
on Jul 30, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Jill McGill: hubba, hubba posted by
johnburnssucks
on Jul 30, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Kinda skinny isn't she?
Natalie is skinny compared to a lot of gals on that tour. A 100-foot yacht is a good-sized craft, but it looks small sitting next to an aircraft carrier. I've been to several LPGA tournaments, and you wouldn't believe how many of the players are carrying something the size of an aircraft carrier behind them. Plenty of room for advertising, even if it's a freeway billboard. Natalie is a head-turning babe.
posted by
anglo1
on Jul 30, 2007 at 10:51 AM
That was funny JBS, looks almost good enough to start watching golf, naw. posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 10:52 AM
You got a picture of her from her good side? posted by
johnburnssucks
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:00 AM
You got a picture of her from her good side?
How's this one? posted by
sagefever
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:11 AM
*she is a golf player*...bet she'd rather have comments on that than her looks,but then even in this sport it's all about the $ and the buzz~contracts,calenders,endorsements.My Scottish ancestors are clutching their clubs and turning over in their burial mounds.
posted by
johnburnssucks
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:15 AM
*she is a golf player*...bet she'd rather have comments on that than her looks, Natalie, along with her father, decided three years ago to go with the sex appeal angle, which led to the great FHM pictorial and quite a few lucrative endorsements. posted by
sagefever
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:20 AM
yeap, thought so
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:26 AM
posted by
johnburnssucks
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:31 AM
I saved the best for last:
posted by
AudreyB
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Nancy's right. It's white (milk) gravy with fried chicken and biscuits. Brown gravy with roast and mashed potatoes. Darn I made myself hungry. posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM
Why on earth would you have White gravy with chicken and Brown gravy with turkey?
Their both birds. White gravy for your Goose? Not a chance.
Sorry to say. You people are all mixed up.
Now I have been introduced to sausage/pork, White gravy and biscuits/mashed potatoes.. That is a reasonable meal. And I accept that as part of my Americanization. (along with my admiration of beautiful young women, who may or may not play golf). posted by
randomfactor
on Jul 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM
No white gravy after Labor Day.
posted by
sagefever
on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Actually it is not "white" gravy it's called "caucasian",okay at least it's off white..
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Southern girls know their country breakfasts:
Southern girls know bad manners when they see them:
Southern girls don't sweat...they glisten. posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Red eye gravy
Red-eye gravy is an American Southern specialty. The gravy is made by frying a piece of ham such as Smithfield or Virginia ham then removing it from the pan. Hot black coffee, is added to the pan, scraping up the browned ham bits. The liquid is then reduced to form a gravy which is poured over the ham. Craig Claiborne's book "Southern Cooking" states that the name "red-eye" comes from the fact that a circle or oval of liquid fat with a slightly reddish cast will form on the surface of the gravy when it is reduced. Those who prefer a more lively bit of lore may prefer the story that then-General Andrew Jackson had asked his cook to prepare him ham and gravy. The cook had over-embibed on corn whiskey the night before. Mr. Jackson asked the cook to make the gravy as red as the cooks eyes. The conversation was overheard by some of the other men and the ham and gravy became know as red-eye gravy. 
posted by
AudreyB
on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:09 PM
Tkozy Brown gravy with turkey, are you nuts? It's giblet gravy with turkey. A kind of whitish gray goo, if it's done right. Southern etiquette demands: brown gravy with ham, white gravy with pork chops, white gravy with chicken fried steak. And, if you don't take the time to make gravy after frying sausage, then your totally worthless. posted by
OldBlue56
on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:16 PM
I would love to play in a pro/am with her. I would even offer to carry her bag, as long as she agreed to carry my putter.
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:26 PM
 
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:29 PM
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 01:35 PM
posted by
steveeswenson
on Jul 30, 2007 at 03:03 PM
You know when I think of Natalie Gulbis, I don't think of biscuits and gravy. At all!
posted by
tkozy
on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:00 PM
Cheese Cake maybe?
posted by
NancyII
on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:19 PM
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...or .........................................
posted by
NancyII
on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:27 PM
This business of sex appeal didn't start with this golfer. The tennis sisters (name, name? snap, snap) didn't just accidently cut their tennis skirts that short either.
posted by
randomfactor
on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Venus & Serena?
posted by
NancyII
on Jul 30, 2007 at 04:34 PM
Ah yes thanks RF. Those would be the two. Slapping my forehead didn't help loosen my brain at all.
posted by
johnburnssucks
on Jul 30, 2007 at 05:41 PM
This business of sex appeal didn't start with this golfer.
Laura Baugh still turns heads today at age 52.
Laura Baugh was the first golfer to really get noticed for her looks. I saw her at Bernardo Heights CC near San Diego in 1986, and, wow, did 110 pounds go a long way on that 5'4" gal. She looked terrific, but her slimness hurt her in the stamina department. Six times she had the lead after 54 holes, six times she lost. In 1987 I was a standard bearer at that same tournament, and one of the women in the Friday threesome was Cindy Rarick. Talk about being easy on the eyes; she was 5'8" with long silky blonde hair. I kept my sunglasses on even though it was overcast, because I could not stop looking at her. Lotsa fun.
Recent photo of Cindy. posted by
allRED
on Jul 31, 2007 at 01:01 PM
I know Michelle Wie will never be the great golfer she would like to be but, I would Caddy for her free for life and console her after each loss. I really think a lady golfer should have longggggggggg legs and a back breaking swing. Just my .02cents worth. Ron, red all over for long legged lady golfers.
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