March 12, 2004
THE SPORT WHERE THEY'RE ALL CONSERVATIVES:
Love's Donation to Georgia Church Is Well Above Par (Washington Post, March 12, 2004)
Davis Love III found a way to erase contentious memories from the Match Play Championship, donating his $700,000 from finishing second to his local church on St. Simons Island, Ga."It hits you that there are more important things than golf," Love said yesterday.
Love lost to Tiger Woods in the final match at La Costa two weeks ago, a Sunday that turned sour when he was heckled by a fan during a pivotal stretch of the 36-hole match. [...]
"It was a good week, and that took all the fun out of it," Love said. "I went to David Duval's wedding, and the pastor said some things that made me think. Then our pastor said some things Sunday . . . and it just seemed like the right thing to do."
Wow. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 12, 2004 11:06 PM
That's some gift, though it must be nice to be in an income bracket where you can erase bad memories and put it to a really annoying person with a donation like that (though it would be more fun if the heckler turned out to be the same guy who wrote that Chick-Fil-A review for the OC Weekly...)
Posted by: John at March 13, 2004 12:18 AMIn 2004 ( in four tournaments) he has won 1,181,000. Now he has given away 700,000. Bah humbug must be for tax reasons.
He's just a Georgia good ol' boy,
"Lamps in the windows burnin' bright, over in Santa Fe tonight
Full moon shining down along the border
But the gound is hard and the night is black
Over here by the railroad track
And I wish to the Lord that I was back in Georgia
Blue water in the indian sun,
Calling me when the day is done
Mama mama pray for your son
All of my life I've been told
That the LA streets was paved with gold
Fame and fortune waiting to reward ya
But it didn't take long to understand
California ain't the promised land
But at least a man's a man in georgia
Blue skys in the mornin' there
And there's green trees and breathin' air
Rockabye in my easy chair
Well the St Mary's river in the Georgia moonlight
Flowing up where folks are free
Tthe sun comes up through the long-leaf pine trees
Over 'round the Kingsland ridge
I may be here but my mind is still
About 90 miles north of Jacksonville
Well I may not make it, it's a long long road
But mama I've paid all the debts I owe
And if I don't you know they gonna find me tryin'
They took my songs and they took my soul
They made me hard and they made me old
Hell I just been born, but I feel just like I'm dying
Blue water in the indian sun,
Calling me when the day is done
Mama mama pray for your son"
(CDB)
A positive comment about golf, oj? The world never ceases to amaze...
Posted by: jsmith at March 13, 2004 8:56 AMEver hear of a church turning it down? What a racket.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at March 14, 2004 8:45 PMTurning down a donation? No. But now that I think about, you're right, that does prove...well, nothing.
Love is probably compos mentis and can afford it.
Unfortunately, I know too many people who are neither and who give way too much to churches. The churches know it, but, as you say, they never say, "no thanks."
What a racket.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at March 16, 2004 8:12 PM