Rich? Tick. Famous? Tick. Handsome? Tick.
Outrageously talented? Tick. His pedigree is
the bane of every average bloke, but that’s not
what netted
Australian
golf star
Adam Scott
the most
gorgeous girl
in tennis. For
Serbian stun-
ner Ana Iva-
novic, it’s the
little things
Scott does
away from
the gala din-
ners and red
carpet that
have courted
her a second
time. “I like
the relaxed, laid-back Australian mentality,”
Ivanovic confessed. “And I also feel like he’s very
helpful around the house. When we’re together
he offers to do things and help – much more
than Serbian men would. He hasn’t cooked yet ...
but he has promised to make me a dish.”
Adam Scott and Ana Ivanovic
cratic People’s Republic of North Korea picked
up a golf club for the very first time, and – as
witnessed by 17 security guards and reported by
the state news agency – shot a smooth 38-un-
der-par round of 34, which included 11 holes-in-one. And he never again played the game.
BEMAN THE BOOK
It has been said that Deane Beman put the
Inc. in PGA Tour, Adam Schupak wrote in his
book about the former PGA Tour commissioner
– Golf’s Driving Force – released last year by East
Cottage Press. By making golf the sport of corporate America, Beman ushered the game into
the modern financial era. Purses jumped from
slightly more than $8 million when he took over
in 1974 to more than $100 million on three tours
20 years later. Beman didn’t invent the corporate
title sponsorship – the Kemper Open and the
Buick Open both pre-dated him – but he was the
first to realize its potential.
THE DELUSIONAL
In golf, the gold standard for quitting while
you’re ahead was always considered to be Bobby
Jones, the legendary amateur who retired from
competitive golf at age 28 after winning all four
of the sport’s major championships. But then
along came the late Kim Jong-il and one incredible day in 1994, when the leader of the Demo-
GOLF BOOM IN HANOI
Some Vietnamese government officials are
teed off over golf. Transport Minister Dinh La
Thang recently banned his staff from playing
because he said it encourages gambling and
makes them late for work. Other Vietnamese
see golf rather differently: as a way to hold on
to their money after years of booms and busts.
Prices for club memberships around Hanoi have
risen from around $6,000 in 2004 to roughly
$30,000 now, with some of the plushest, complete with swimming pools, villas and tennis
courts, reaching $130,000. l
