Tus yeej 7-lub sij hawm Cy Young muaj, zoo li txhua tus, nws cov phooj ywg golf zoo tshaj plaws, tab sis nws tsis yog leej twg koj yuav xav. … [+]
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Tom qab 24 lub caij nyob rau hauv Major League Baseball thiab ib txoj hauj lwm uas muaj xya lub npe ERA, xya Cy Young Awards, ob lub Ntiaj Teb Series yeej, thiab 1986 American League MVP khoom plig, koj tuaj yeem hais tias Roger Clemens yog-los ntawm qhov-tus neeg ua haujlwm.
Tab sis ntawm chav golf, nws tau txais qhov ntawd mus rau nws thiab me ntsis ntxiv. Tawm ntawm chav kawm tom qab Hnub Ob ntawm LPGA's Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club hauv Orlando, Florida, Clemens saib ob qho tib si refreshed thiab exhilarated.
Kuv tau tshwm sim los piav txog nws tus cwj pwm ntawm txoj kev ncaj ncees thiab cov zaub ntsuab uas zoo li "so."
"Zoo, koj cov lus nyob ntawd, twb ua rau kuv zoo siab," nws hais rau kuv. "Kuv yuav tsum coj koj mus rau tag nrho 18 qhov ua kuv tus kws qhia viav vias," Clemens tso dag.
Tab sis Clemens kuj tau sau tseg tias ib qho zoo tshaj plaws txog kev ntaus golf, tom qab ze li peb lub hlis twg ntawm lub xyoo pua ntawm lub pitching mound, yog qhov rov qab los ntawm kev phooj ywg tab sis kev sib tw.
Clemens tau hais tias nws kuj tau xav txog kev mus ua si nrog LPGA pro Danielle King, tus lej 17 golfer hauv Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, leej twg yeej xyoo tas los ntawm qhov kev sib tw los ntawm peb strokes ntawm 16 nyob rau hauv par. Lub sijhawm ntev Red Sox thiab Yankees pitcher kuj tau ua nws puag ncig nrog HGV tus CEO Mark Wang.
Clemens tau hais tias "Nws yog qhov zoo rau kev sib tw dua thiab ua si rau qhov laj thawj zoo," Clemens tau hais. "Ua si nrog Danielle (Kang) thiab Mark (Wang), CEO - ob leeg nyob ntawd, sib tsoo."
Clemens tau hais tias nws zoo siab heev uas tau nyob hauv "hauv cov hlua" txij li Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions' pib.
Xyoo tas los, HGV tau xaiv Annika Sörenstam's ANNIKA Foundation ua tus thawj coj tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm kev sib tw. Lub koom haum tau pib xyoo 2007 los muab sijhawm rau cov poj niam ntaus golf ntawm cov qib junior, collegiate thiab cov kws tshaj lij thaum txhawb cov menyuam yaus coj noj qab haus huv, ua neej nyob. Lub tuam txhab tus tswv kuj tseem tsom ntsoov rau kev muab rov qab los ntawm HGV Kev Pabcuam, kev mob siab rau kev pab daws teebmeem kev puas tsuaj, txo kev tsis muaj tsev nyob, thiab txhawb nqa cov qub tub rog.
“Nws pheej loj dua thiab loj dua txhua xyoo. LPGA thiab HGV (d0) yog ib txoj haujlwm zoo, ua rau cov poj niam ua ntej ntawm chav golf, "nws hais ntxiv. "Tab sis, yog, koj pom ntau tus txiv neej tau sib tw tawm ntawm no, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog tuaj rau hnub Saturday thiab Hnub Sunday."
Thaum kuv nug nws pes tsawg zaus nws tawm txhua xyoo mus ntaus golf, Clemens taw rau nws tus poj niam, Debra, hais tias, "nws yog tus golfer tiag tiag hauv tsev neeg. Tab sis, kuv zoo siab tiag tiag txhua tus ntawm kuv cov tub ua si thiab nyiam ntaus golf," Clemens hais txog nws plaub tus tub, "thiab tej zaum kuv tau ntsib ntau lub sijhawm ua lag luam ntawm kev ntaus golf dua li kuv tau ua dhau los ntawm kev ntaus pob."
HGV's CEO tau ntsuas qhov kev sib tw ntawm Champions' kos cov npe zoo los ntawm thoob plaws kev ua si.
"Cov (LPGA players) tau zoo heev thiab xis nyob nrog. Thiab lawv paub tias lawv tau txais dab tsi. Lawv tau pom tag nrho, "Wang hais. "Thiab cov neeg nto moo uas tuaj rau hauv txheej yog amazing, thiab lawv kuj yooj yim ua hauj lwm nrog.
Tom qab yeej lub lim tiam dhau los HGV Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions, Brooke Henderson tau nce ib qho chaw hauv Rolex World Rankings, ntawm No 7 txog 6, thaum. banking txias $225,000 rau qhov yeej. Meanwhile, Henderson tua ncaj nraim mus rau No. 1 hauv LPGA Ncig Saib Xyuas tus kheej golf stands.
Danielle Kang, uas yeej 2022 HGV Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions, tau ua khub nrog Roger Clemens thiab … [+]
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Ntawm qee lub npe loj dua hauv HGV Kev Sib Tw ntawm Champions' lub pas dej ua yeeb yam yog cov neeg ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam Larry The Cable Guy, Brian Baumgartner (aka "Kevin" los ntawm NBC's lub chaw ua hauj lwm, thiab actor Michael Peña ntxiv Niaj hnub no Qhia tus tswv tsev thiab lub hnub qub Dylan Dreyer. Tsis tas li ntawd hauv lub pas dej ua yeeb yam yog NFL cov lus dab neeg Marcus Allen thiab Charles Woodson, ntev NHL lub hnub qub Jeremy Roenick, thiab ntau lwm tus.
Wang hais qhia tias nws ntshai me ntsis txog kev ua si hauv kev sib tw nrog rau qee tus neeg ntaus golf zoo tshaj plaws nrog rau ntau qhov kev ua kis las ua tiav.
Wang hais tias "Yog lawm, kuv tau siv los ua si nrog cov neeg uas zoo dua kuv," Wang hais. “Txog lub lim tiam sawv thiab tsis ua mob rau leej twg lossis kuv tus kheej. Tus kheej kuv tsuas yog tawm ntawm no kom txaus siab rau nws. "
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Clemens tsis yog thawj lub hnub qub MLB ntev mus rau tsiaj qus txog golf, lossis ex-pitcher los ntaus cov kev sib txuas ntau npaum li tib neeg ua tau.
Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, leej twg ua tau zoo rau Atlanta Braves ua ntej pib thiab tom qab ntawd los ze zog, tau tso cai los ntawm Braves tus thawj coj Bobby Cox los tawm tsam nws hnub pitching, txawm tias thaum ua si. Peb lub sij hawm Cy Young yeej Justin Verlander supposedly thov ib tug 4 tsis txaus siab. Thiab Derek Lowe, 17-xyoo-laus MLB qub tub rog uas tau ntev ntev nrog Red Sox thiab Dodgers, tsis yog tus ntaus golf-nws yeej Annika Sörenstam kom yeej xyoo dhau los kev sib tw nto moo ntawm Lake Nona.
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Thiab rau ntau npaum li lub Ib Hlis yog qhov pib ntawm LPGA lub caij, nyob rau hauv uas perennial zoo xws li Nelly Korda, Brooke Henderson, thiab Lexi Thompson pib fim, nws kuj qhia txog kev ncaws tawm rau cov neeg nyiam nyiam nyiam Clemens.
Clemens, 60, tau hais tias "Nws yog lub sijhawm xyoo no thaum kuv mus thiab ua si ob, peb, hnub ua ke," Clemens, XNUMX, hais. "Thiab tom qab no, kuv tau mus rau qhov kev tshwm sim txias tiag tiag rau Ace Hardware thiab Children's Miracle Network thiab ua si qhov ntawd."
Thaum lub Ace Shootout, ntawm qhov zoo nkauj Mauna Kea Golf Course hauv Hawaii, Ace Hardware thiab lawv cov neeg muag khoom koom tes tau koom tes los nrhiav ntau dua $ 35 lab rau Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
Nyob ntawd, Clemens yuav koom nrog lwm cov ncaws pob ncaws pob zoo xws li Shane Victorino thiab Kenny Lofty, nrog rau NBA txiv neej Shane Battier thiab Pro Basketball Hall of Fame tus tswv cuab. Julius Erving: XNUMX Lab tus kiv cua tos koj rau Webtalk!. Ace Shootout yog tuav los ntawm TV golf kws tshuaj ntsuam thiab ex-PGA Ncig saib tus neeg ua si Charlie Ryder thiab tus neeg ua yeeb yam Rob Riggle.
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Clemens tau hais tias kev ua si golf yog "tus neeg muaj koob npe" koom nrog thiab feem ntau yog qee yam nws nyiam. Nws kuj hais tias nws lub sij hawm nyob rau hauv baseball yog ib qho tsim nyog thiab.
Clemens tau hais tias "Baseball, kuv hais rau tib neeg, yog ib yam uas kuv tau ua thiab tsis yog kuv tus kheej," Clemens hais. “Nws yog ib tiam neeg hloov pauv rau kuv. "Kuv loj hlob tuaj, kuv saib kuv niam ua haujlwm peb txoj haujlwm, ntaus pob tau muab sijhawm ntau rau kuv lub neej zoo dua."
Thaum nug txog nws qhov chaw nyiam ntaus golf, Clemens hais txog Cypress Point Club ntawm Pebble Beach thiab Hawaii Kapalua, npe ob peb. Nws hais tias, zoo li ntau tus golfers, nws kuj muaj nws "kev npau suav" pawg ntawm cov neeg uas nws yuav nyiam ua si golf nrog.
“Kuv yuav nyiam ua si nrog leej twg, yav dhau los lossis tam sim no? Pom tseeb, kuv qhov kev sib koom ua ke rau Cy Young, txij li thaum kuv tuav ob peb yam khoom plig, "Clemens hais. "Tom qab ntawd muaj John F. Kennedy thiab Elvis Presley."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyfrye/2023/01/26/roger-clemens-reveals-which-ex-president-hed-love-to-golf-with/