As Amy Hanes was cooking supper and the phone began to ring, she had to scramble to get to it in time. However, once she got on the line, she couldn’t believe what she heard on the other end.
The top 50 in the FedEx Cup last year were guaranteed entry into all the PGA Tour signature events with $20 million purses and elevated points. That was the easier route. But that doesn’t make it easy. Just ask Jordan Spieth. He’s at the John Deere Classic this week for the first time in a decade because he has fallen to No. 59 in the FedEx Cup. Rickie Fowler was in the top 50 last year. Now he’s at No. 93. There are only five tournament weeks left on the schedule for the top 70 to make the postseason.
The Ruston CATS 16- under baseball team wrapped up its summer schedule this past weekend and ended the campaign with a three- game winning streak to finish at 11-5.
Even in my kindest recollection, Nancy Messick was a strange girl. She could have played linebacker for the Chicago Bears, which pretty well nixed her success in beauty pageants and sorority teas.