Feherty VI: What did we miss?

More randomness from David Feherty, hopefully from what you've been following along:

== The most famous golf course that you're not allowed to ever play on again?

"Pine Valley (in southern New Jersey). I got thrown out for not playing it years ago. I was with a member and a friend of mine. We'd been drinking. We went up there with a member to take a look at the place. And we drank some more and somebody recognized me and said, 'What did you think of the course?' And I said, 'Well, we didn't play we just came up to look at it.' And he said, 'Whoa, you know my friend and I are going out now, there's still time to play nine. Why don't you join us?' 'Thank you very much, no.' And he looked at me and said: 'Nobody refuses a chance to play Pine Valley.' And I said, 'You just met the first (bleep) who did.' So there.

== Sports Illustrated just came out with its eighth annual list of the 50 top earning American athletes by salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees. The call it the Fortunate 50 instead of the Fortune 500. But eight years in a row Tiger Woods is at the top. Would you consider Tiger to be the most fortunate?

"No, golf is so different from any other sport. You don't earn a league minimum, you don't sit on the bench. You take your own money and try to make more. That's why it's America's corporate sport. There's no guarantee for golfers. It's an immensely difficult sport both physically and mentally. So what he's been able to do, and what he's done for others, and people have already written him off as well. He gets his knee in shape, look out. We've only got a quick reminder of how good he is. He deserves all of it."

== Is it possible to live in Dallas and not own neither a cowboy hat nor a Tony Romo jersey?

"I thought you were going to say, 'Own less than five fire arms.' Well, I own a cowboy hat. I guess it's possible, but it's unlikely."

== Which part of your body hurts most today, and is it a residual effect of a bike accident near your home back in 2008 when you were hit by a truck?

"I can't play golf anyway now. My left arm is still pretty crippled (from the accident). I got crushed between here (the elbow) and here (the forearm) and it's all still numb. I've got no ulna nerves there. I can't close this (left) hand. My shoulder is just a dull ache. I can't take medicine for that. I'd had a minor problem with that stuff. I was taking 40 a day of that once, the narcotics. They don't mix. If I took that, I wouldn't be talking that medication."

== Best advice you ever received about broadcasting?

"Ken Venturi told me, 'You can never be criticized for saying too little.' And I totally disregard it."

== Your guest coming up next week is Johnny Miller - how far could you push the envelope on a broadcast if you and Miller were doing the commentary together?

"I think you'd need a padded envelope, the kind you send stuff where you don't want people to know what the hell is in it. Or one of those plastic UPS ones that you can't open with a hand grenade. Because the first thing, I disagree with him occasionally, which is (a long gasp). Just once I'd like someone to say, 'You're absolutely wrong, Johnny.' And I did it. You'll see it Tuesday."

== As a pro: 10 tour wins, $5 mil in prize money. Is that a better a measure of professional success, or having made the New York Times Best-Seller list as a writer?

"I think the Times was more satisfying than maybe anything outside of the Ryder Cup (in 1991) and I helped lose that. It was just being on that team and part of that club. I felt like my golf career was an apprenticeship for what I'm doing now. I never felt like a permanent thing. I wanted something along the lines of what I'm doing now, communication or entertainment media somewhere. I felt that's where I was comfortable. Well, not comfortable. Just less uncomfortable."