Are you a Golfer or a Painter

Hi All,

I don't really follow womens golf too much, just the odd bit of news. But this article is a real eye opener and focusses on The Futures Tour, the equivalent of the Nationwide Tour but for ladies.

Please read the article as it puts some important things into perspective.

Your vehicle is your life. There are no courtesy cars on the developmental minor league for the LPGA, no wide-eyed volunteer chauffeurs willing to dispatch players to their loftiest destinations.

Traveling from tournament sites such as Lima, Ohio, to Hammond, Ind., to this week's scheduled stop in the heart of New England requires putting pedal to the metal without assistance.

So you can excuse Angela Buzminski if she seems a tad cantankerous while standing on the practice range, preparing for this week's Cigna Chip In For A Cure Golf Classic. Her own personal mode of transportation has been in the shop for four days and, well, it's not exactly ideal timing.

"Odds are, your car is going to break down at some point," she says. "Just happens to be this week."

Mollie Fankhauser is currently ranked sixth on the Futures Tour money list.This week, Buzminski just happens to be 123rd on the tour's money list. The ranking doesn't seem too unsightly until you consider the bottom line: In 10 starts this season, she's earned a grand total of $972.

That's 10 weeks of fuel, food, lodging and, of course, car repairs -- all on a pretty tight budget.

At 35, and coming off four consecutive seasons as a member of the LPGA, the Oshawa, Ontario, native knows she'd better have a backup plan to supplement the lack of income.

"I like to paint houses in the offseason. It's very cathartic for me," says Buzminski, who by comparison earned $8,829 for making just one LPGA cut a year ago. "I'll usually have enough people by the end of one winter that say, 'Oh, if you're free, can you do some stuff for me next winter?' And then I'll have a bunch of jobs lined up."

I really urge you to read this article in full by using the link below.................

All the Best

Richard

ESPN.com - GOLF - Sobel: Life lessons of the Futures Tour

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Sizzling scores at the John Deere Classic

Hi Everyone,

As we head into the weekend at the John Deere, the scoring is very low. We have a good mixture of players at the top of the leaderboard and anyone can win it.

With the BIG NAMES out of the field we have 39 players within 5 shots of the lead and it promises to be a great finish

Unfortunately Miss Wie had to pull out due to heat exhaustion and will undoubtedly try her luck again on the PGA Tour at some point in the near future.

If you are playiong this weekend then have a great game.

All the best

Richard