By all accounts, professional golfers Darren Clarke and Tiger Woods are buddies who go back a number of years.
And like a lot of friendly relationships, it appears that while these two really respect each other, they reserve the right to poke fun if the moment strikes.
And that moment struck last week when Clarke, the 2011 British Open champion and Europe's 2016 Ryder Cup captain, joined the Dubai Eye Sports Tonight podcast to talk all things golf, including Tiger.
While Clarke couldn't have said nicer things about the 14-time major winner for most of the chat -- such as he was a "good guy" and that he is the greatest golfer of all time -- the most revealing quote came when the topic turned to Woods picking up a dinner tab.
"He had a very successful savings account," Clarke said through a laugh. "He didn't quite pay for too many dinners whenever we were out, I have to say ... He couldn't even be coerced into paying for dinners."
One of the show's hosts followed up with, "Was he as tight with the media as he was with his fellow players?"
"I didn't tell you that, but yes," Clarke cracked.
What are the chances?
A Pennsylvania high school golfer defied huge odds Monday by recording two holes-in-one in the same round.
Allentown Parkland High School golfer Ben Tetzlaff accomplished the feat during a nine-hole practice round at Iron Lakes Country Club.
"I still can't believe it, and I was the one who did it," Tetzlaff told The Morning Call in Allentown. "So I can't imagine being someone who didn't see it trying to believe it."
The National Hole-In-One Registry calculated the odds of the feat at 67 million-to-1.
Parkland Coach Scott Levan said he missed the first ace but saw the second when Tetzlaff hit a 9-iron on the 140-yard sixth hole. Tetzlaff already had sunk a gap wedge on the 104-yard second hole.
Tetzlaff's career-low round is a 76, which he shot at Allentown Municipal Golf Course.
Tetzlaff's schedule also included what to buy his teammates to commemorate the occasion.
"He was too excited, so I didn't want to tell Ben that his college fund might be drained," Levan said. "So I had to tell his dad that."
Was it worth it?
New York Giants tight end Evan Engram cost his team valuable field position with a celebration on Monday night against the Lions and later cost himself some money
Engram was fined $12,154 for grabbing his crotch after scoring a touchdown.
That was a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, but it was really more like a 30-yard penalty for the Giants: The ensuing kickoff was moved back to the 20-yard line, and the kickoff went out of bounds around the 7.
By rule, when a kickoff goes out of bounds, the receiving team can take the ball 25 yards from where the ball was kicked. Ordinarily, that means the receiving team's 40-yard line, but with the ball already moved back 15 yards, it meant the Lions got the ball on the Giants' 45-yard line.
So a kickoff that would have been a touchback if kicked from the 35 went out of bounds when kicked from the 20. That gave the Lions an extra 30 yards of field position.
Fortunately for the Giants, the drive ended when Detroit's Matt Stafford was sacked and fumbled, which New York recovered on its 33.
Sports on 09/23/2017