Free golf balls for a year and "World’s Funniest Golf Balls" makes terrible writing here more bearable

The Cheap Bastard is constantly amazed at just how low the bar has dropped for golf writers. As if guys like Chris Baldwin , Tim McDonald and Brandon Tucker aren’t bad enough, there’s Bill Wolfrum , one of those wimpy liberal types who gets offended at his own shadow. Luckily, Wolfrum – who’s as funny as Al Gore on sedatives – is smart enough to talk to funny people. That helps. Take a look at his BadGolfer.com feature on comedian Mike McDonald and his “World’s Funniest Golf Balls.” Despite Wolfrum’s best attempts, McDonald comes off as funny, and his new product seems like a fun idea. I may get myself some “Axis of Evil” golf balls if McDonald gives me a deal, of course. Still, if its golf balls you’re after, why not get them for free? Today’s Golfer has a fun competition going on where a little sleuthing can get you a year’s supply of TaylorMade golf balls. The final date for entry is Jan. 31, so head over to Today’s Golfer to find out what you need to do to enter and win. So enjoy the story on the World’s Funniest Golf Balls and good luck winning a year’s supply of TaylorMades. It’s the least you deserve for putting up with writers like Baldwin and Wolfrum. And I’m not even going to get started on Ron Mon .

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Free golf balls for a year and "World’s Funniest Golf Balls" makes terrible writing here more bearable

Free Skies means Australia is 2008 golf destination of the year for U.S. travelers

The Cheap Bastard loves Australia. From the moment you arrive, hot, scantily clad women like Elle McPherson and Anna Rawson busy themselves giving you massages, while Russell Crowe and Paul Hogan fistfight to determine who will hand-feed you another shrimp. It’s glorious. Ok, the Cheap Bastard has never been to Australia. But he has high hopes, and so should you. Because, right now, not only is Australia packed with sexy people, it also is looking for some golfers, because the locals aren’t keeping up with the pace of play. It seems that local courses in and around Sydney have gone as far as to offer nine-hole round deals, so busy Australians can go about their day of looking beautiful, eating well and then going to bed with their equally beautiful spouse. There’s just no time for golf for the majority of them, I’m afraid. “Membership numbers have been sliding for some time,” Greg Mills of the NSW Golf Association told the Brisbane Times . “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise that something imaginative has to be done to stop it.” One thing that could stop the downward trend in golf is tourism, and a new “Free Skies” proposal between the U.S. and Australia is very promising and they will discuss it again in early February, with both countries believing they will profit from such a deal. Golfers will especially approve of it, as the added flights (up to 14 a day) could well help knock down the often high prices of U.S. to Australia travel. In the mean time, check with our friends at AustraliaGolf.com or WorldGolf.com to see what kind of deals they can get you on an all-exclusive golf trip Down Under. Because, folks, Australia is out there . Waiting with its gumdrop mountains, naked voluptuous women, either exceedingly drunk or over-ambitious men who generally ignore said naked women, and great golf. It’s a dream destination to just about all of us. This may finally be the year to book that trip.

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Free Skies means Australia is 2008 golf destination of the year for U.S. travelers