Chicago Public Golf

Did you catch Sterling Sharpe’s interview in the Trib this morning? It’s in the Out Loud with Steve Rosenbloom section.

Sterling Sharpe was born in Chicago and raised in Georgia. I have always been a fan of his NFL work on ESPN and he still does stuff for the NFL Network and NBC. I became even a bigger fan about a year ago when I was listening to Joe Theisman talk about Sterling’s golf game on Mike and Mike. Theisman says that Sterling is a golf junkie, practices constantly, and keeps detailed records of every round.

Fast forward to this morning. As soon as I saw the Sterling Sharpe item, I hoped that there would be a golf reference. He did not disappoint. Here it is, in Sterling’s words via Steve Rosenbloom:

America is full of liars, and here’s why I say that. America says, “You know, I want to get good at golf,” but they’ll stand on the driving range for half an hour and talk to their buddy while they hit balls, and they’ll talk to their buddy on the putting green while they hit balls. I can’t do that. I don’t bring that to the table. I approach it like it’s my job.

Yeah baby, you my man! Just another great athlete consumed by the challenges of golf. He goes a little overboard with the whole “Americans are liars” thing, but I get his point.