Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Wild Goose

Two of the things I've often pondered are a) having laser surgery and b) growing a beard. Both are no longer considerations.

These big decisions have been made in the last 10 minutes having read that Retief Goosen will not defend his Qatar Masters title after complications following recent eye surgery.

If, as you would suspect, that Retief has splashed out and paid for the best that money can get, and is still not right, then it does not bode well for me scratching around looking for the cheapest deal on the market.

The second was more of a curiosity rather than a genuine dilemma and the picture here confirms that nobody looks better with any facial hair, let alone a full-on beard.

The suave South African now resembles a distant relative of Chris Bonington and, to make matters worse, there appears to be a hint of ginger and grey in there. No, I will battle on with an in-built laziness and get the old Gillette out when things start to get a bit itchy up top.

By Mark Townsend

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As a woman, I have to disagree. I think Retief looks rather dishy! But then maybe it's just me and those lovely strong/silent types...

Anonymous said...

The Goose looks like a slimmed-down version of Kenny Ferrie!

Anonymous said...

Tiger's also had eye surgery and he doesn't seem to have suffered any ill effects.
However, looks like Retief needs his eyes testing if he thinks that beard looks good.
He's just one bet with Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott and Tim Clark away from being Grizzly Adams!