Battler Archives
A Local Story of the Battle to Stay on Course is how we describe Brandon, who rather than close up shop when the golf course he ran became affected by the recession, chose to take the bull by the horns, and Keep Battlin', and find a way to keep the Links Golf Course of Paso Robles running. In doing so, Brandon earns his stripes as the latest Team Bogey Battler. More...
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Having lost his wife to cancer a couple of years ago, the 42 year old Irishman Darren Clarke continued to Keep Battlin', overcoming personal loss off the course, and most recently, the elements and his opponents on the course, to win the 2011 Open Championship, and his first Major PGA Title; as well as to provide an example of a Team Bogey Battler. more
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Steve Stricker wins back to back to back John Deere classic tournaments as he battles back from losing the lead with three holes to go to birdie the last two making an unbelievable sand shot and putt on number 18, for birdie to clinch the victory and avoid sudden death playoff. He is indeed worthy of being the latest team bogey battler.
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A Father's Day Feat...setting 12 major PGA championship records to win the 2011 U.S. Open, especially after having blown a four shot lead in the final round of the 2011 Masters, make Rory McIlRoy the lastest Team Bogey Battler.
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Just when you might have thought that there was not much to be interested in, with the lack of big names in the St. Jude Classic final pairings, a true Team Bogey Tale unfolded, as Harrison Frazer provided an inspirational story for those of us who may have begun to think that our best days might be behind us. More
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This Time He Finished The Job! After a heartbreaking loss on the first playoff hole last week, David Toms recovered from losing a 7 shot lead, and won his first tournament on the PGA tour in over six years at the Crown Plaza Invitational. It also makes him the latest Team Bogey Battler.
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Seve Ballesteros is said to have lost his battle with cancer this week, but we will all lose a similar battle sooner or later, and ultimately will be judged on the example we set while we were here.
Such is the case for Seve this week, who had a reputation on the course for continuing to battle, no matter the predicament, and who ultimately fought an unbeatable foe off the course, with the spirit and dignity he displayed on it.
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The young bull wilted under the pressure, and the old bull wore out in the end...but
birdies on the last four holes led to South African Charl Schwartzel winning by one stroke, and becoming only the second Masters Champion in 22 years to come from other than the final pairing on Sunday. As such, he deserves recongnition not only as the 2011 Masters Champion, but as an example of a
Team Bogey Battler!
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Coming from well back in the pack, Phil Mickelson battled back with rounds of 63 and 65 on the weekend to win the Houston Open, and qualifying him as the latest
Team Bogey Battler!
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Back to Back Team Bogey Battlers
The Title Town Road Warrior Green Bay Packers started fast, overcame dropped passes, injuries to several key players, as well as third and fourth quarter runs by the Pittsburgh Steelers, to become Super Bowl Champions, and the first back to back Team Bogey Battlers. More...
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And so the next to last chapter of the 2010/11 NFL season is written, and we recognize the Green Bay Packers as the latest Team Bogey Battlers.More...
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As road warriors, the Packers and Jets both deserve consideration, but having been embarrassed earlier in the season by the Patriots, by a score of 45-3, and returning to Foxboro to avenge their embarrassing defeat, thus eliminating the Patriots from their latest Super Bowl run, the New York Jets edge out the Packers in the NFL playoff version of the latest Team Bogey Battlers. More...
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As it is still the NFL Playoff
season, the Seattle Seahawks, having upset the heavily favored
defending Super Bowl Champ New Orleans Saints, becoming the first team in NFL history with a losing regular season record to win a playoff game, are the latest Team Bogey Battlers. More...
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It is approaching the NFL
playoff season, and the
Philadelphia Eagles'
scoring 28 points in the
last 7 1/2 minutes of the
game to beat the New
York Giants, is not only an
NFL record, but makes
them worthy of recognition
as Team Bogey Battlers
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The Fighter, Team Bogey Battler
The Fighter, which was released this holiday season, tells the inspirational true story of former welterweight champion Irish Mickey Ward, who, before his triumphant days in boxing lore, would have qualified as a Team Bogey pugilist. He had to fit training in around his job, had family responsibilities and distractions, and couldn't put all the pieces necessary for success, together at the right time. Add to the mix, a drug addicted, former boxing star brother for a trainer, gravy train manager mother, and a whole litter of hard living sisters with input into every aspect of his life, and Mickey's odds of success were pretty slim. Nonetheless, with belief in his own abilities, and the support of his girl, as well as the love of his stereotypical Irish clan of a family, he was able to not only find his way to ultimate victory in the ring, but managed to help inspire his brother to have success in his battle with addiction. Those who have been waging their own battles against the odds, can only be inspired by the true life events depicted in The Fighter. The battle to complete the project, which was waged by actor/director Mark Wahlberg, is inspirational in it's own right. In a recent television interview, he said he had to continue training during the seven years it took to complete the project, in order to maintain the skills necessary to shoot the boxing scenes. This dedication to the project mirrors the battlin' spirit reflected by the characters depicted in the movie.
Mickey Ward and Mark Wahlberg
Walberg and Christian Bale, who plays Dicky Eklund
There is a dramatic moment in the film, in which Ward's brother Dicky, speaks of how you can never give up, have to keep fighting, even when you get knocked down. That was the moment when the young man sitting next to me and I, turned toward one another briefly, and as if a bell had rung simultaneously in each of our heads, mouthed the words..." Keep Battlin' "... and there was nothing else that needed to be said.
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Welcome newest Team Bogey Next Generation member'hoopshootincargill' !!! Hailing from the central coast of California, his first round of golf as a team bogey member featured a triple bogey six on the par 3 14th hole at the Links course in Paso Robles! Undaunted, the 'hoopster' followed it up with the first birdie of his young golf career, recording a four on the par five 15th! Way to show the rest of us how to Keep Battlin' 'hoopster' !!!
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Honorary Team Bogey
Battler of the Year 2010
For oversleeping, missing his tee time, and being disqualified from the Barclay's pro-am, Jim Furyk deserved Team Bogey empathy...now he serves as an example of a Team Bogey Battler! more
