In case you don’t like sports, or you live under a rock, there was a basketball game and some golf on TV Sunday. No big deal, especially if you don’t like superstars! In the basketball world, it was Game 7 of the NBA Finals and LeBron James led the Cavaliers with a triple-double to help win the NBA Championship over Steph Curry’s Warriors at Golden State. On the golf side of the universe it was also the final round of the US Open…with one of the most controversial endings to a golf tournament in the history of golf. If you do like sports and were left temporarily paralyzed on your couch for the entire day watching these two events, how much fun did you have yesterday? Father’s Day couldn’t have been any better! My wife, patiently sat by my side all day ‘watching’ golf with me, and was bored beyond belief. Then something happened…there was a controversial rules ‘decision’ during the US Open thanks to Dustin Johnson’s golf ball moving before he officially addressed the golf ball. It was a great plan by the USGA to help boost ratings for the tournament…best…possible…idea…ever! I’ll let that conspiracy theory sink in as I tell you how my wife couldn’t keep her eyes off the TV and was getting emotionally involved in the US Open…for the first time ever. In what could be considered the best round of golf under the circumstances, DJ was told on the tee box on hole 12 that he might or might not incur a one-stroke penalty for his ball moving on 5 green. He maintained his composure and dominated the entire field as he molly-whopped the competition and the USGA. The firestorm that followed his “ruling” was insane and I’m sure brought a couple more viewers to the TV! Brilliant strategerie by the USGA if I must say! We’re all still talking about it, even a couple days later. Now of course I don’t believe this theory but it sure is a funny one. Or should I..as they say, ‘any press is good press!’ Am I right!?! What do you think?
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