Do you suck a little bit or a lot a bit at golf? You’re not alone. Mayor Mike used to be– some of you would say still is– pretty bad himself. But you can do something about it, provided money’s no object. Herewith, a few tips from the king.
This mostly goes out to the Jimmy Caynes in the audience. Suck so bad you have to cheat? Get yourself some professional help.
He took up the game around 2000, but “you probably wouldn’t want to call that golf, what he played,” said Daniel M. Donovan Jr., the Staten Island district attorney, who has played with Mr. Bloomberg for years. “He was confused by it,” said Morris Offit, a longtime friend and golf buddy of Mr. Bloomberg’s. “He felt that if he tried hard, gave it the appropriate attention and got good instruction, that he would improve rapidly.” He did not.
Frustrated by his poor play, Mr. Bloomberg plunged himself into the game, becoming a regular at the Randalls Island driving range, and stealing away for weekend golf outings in Westchester, the Caribbean and the Hamptons. And he often brings an instructor with him. (One of them, Tom Sutter, commands $130 an hour.)
Get angry.
Those who play with Mr. Bloomberg said the mayor, 67, who stands 5 feet 8 inches and appears fit, hits the ball straight but not especially far. He is a decent putter, but loudly scolds himself when he hits a bad shot — “Come on, Mike!”
Really angry.
Mr. Bruno recalled playing with the mayor in Bermuda. The mayor’s intensity kicked in when his ball landed on the edge of the woods.
“He didn’t have a clear swing,” Mr. Bruno recalled. “He had the right to move it a club’s length and take a one-stroke penalty.”
He added: “He insisted that he would hit it. It proved unplayable after a couple of swings. He was not a happy guy. The steam was coming right out of his ears.”
Keep prying eyes out of your zone. Tell no one nothing, ever. They can piss off.
Aides to Mr. Bloomberg refuse to make public his handicap. The United States Golf Association listed it at 18, but that appears to be based on scores he posted when he was just starting to play (like the 121 he scored in 2002 at a country club at Purchase, N.Y.).
If you really want to be great, and apparently Bberg doesn’t, quit your job and all other time commitments and responsibilities. Only then will you receive high-praise from above.
Donald Trump, who has played with Mr. Bloomberg, said: “If he had more time to play, he’d be a terror.”
Still, his unbridled fervor for a game associated with the country club set has occasionally landed him in hot water. During his weekly radio address in 2006, Mr. Bloomberg was asked to name a typical job performed by illegal immigrants. He immediately thought of golf.
“You and I are beneficiaries of these jobs,” the mayor told his co-host, John Gambling, adding, “Who takes care of the greens and the fairways in your golf course?” The remarks drew howls of protests.
The Mayor cheats!
-E*Trade baby
The Mayor cheats!
-E*Trade baby
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is not much of a sports fan. In baseball-mad New York, he has a passion for neither local team, has famously called Joe Torre “Joe Torres,”
I fail to see how this is relevant to DB.
He is the size of a leprechaun.
Jimmy Cayne? What about Madoff? Never shot below 82 or above 84! I’m sure he can find a true “Country Club Prison”
@5- because you’re an idiot?
@9 but JC was the one better known for cheating.
@1- amazing
LEAVE BLOOMY ALONE!!!
@5- because no one in finance ever plays golf, or uses it to get ahead. nope, never. ever.
I would like to put Bloomey in a formaldehyde filled glass case and proudly display him in the lobby of my building.
Having played behind him…he is the slowest golfer that ever lived.
steve@15- sign your posts.
@TGNC- how’s his ass?
@18
Pounded…totally!
He should switch to bowling.
His swing doesn’t look that bad. His legs are pretty quiet, and he doesn’t look like he hits it that long, but I’d bet he can be socially competitive on shorter courses.
This analysis provided free from a location where we can actually play golf this time of the year…
@20 agreed.
-The Dude
Blooms loves himself some fishsticks. Loves to put them in his mouth.
Methinks he needs a new tailor, unless he’s taken to borrowing from the MC Hammer wardrobe
I paid my way through college as a professional Putt-Putt player.
@19 I meant, from your view, was it fit, flabby, etc but good to know Blooms is such a massive slut.
@26 I think your keen interest in the Mayor’s ass is a bit unnerving.
SECURITY!
@TG- who isn’t interested in MM’s ass?
2 legit, 2 legit 2 quit.
“If you cut the back of his hamstring, he’ll keep pushing the ball to the right. He’ll quit the game.”
Who cares, he’s a billionaire!
@31 we’re having a conversation about his golf game. the response that, because he’s a billionaire, “who cares” is that of retards and children.
@32 i’m reading comments on his ass, care to elaborate?
How can he possibly find time to work on his game between his mayoral duties and stealing all the presents from Who-ville at christmas time?
LEAVE BLOOMY ALONE!!!
anyone here got a foot fetish?
I def do. Love summer when the guys in my office show up on saturdays with shorts and flips. Compensates for working on the weekend.
relevance: bloomy belongs to macarthur in hobe sound, fl (north of jupiter). guess who else spends his time on that very same course…tricky dick fuld. I must say, it’s a little unnerving to have the secret service people hiding in the trees as you’re teeing it up.