Second thoughts

— Golf gag gets caddie worked up

Frank Williams has never liked going to the British Open, so some of his fellow caddies decided to play a prank on him after Stewart Cink won at Turnberry with Williams on the bag.

Williams had checked before the British Open on the possibility of Dave Musgrove stepping in for him in Scotland, and Musgrove told Williams he would be there to watch and could fill in if necessary.

“He was having a hard time getting travel and finding a place to stay,” Cink said. “He said, ‘Would it be OK if Dave Musgrove worked for you?’ I said, ‘I’d really rather you work for me.’ So I helped him with travel, and I got my agent’s office involved to find places to stay.”

Cink then won his first major with a guy on the bag who didn’t want to be there in the first place.

That’s when the caddies forDavid Toms (Scott Gneiser) and Tiger Woods (Steve Williams) got involved by sending a fake letter from Musgrove, saying he had paid for a room deposit and airfare, both nonrefundable, then spent an entire week at Turnberry without work. He demanded that Frank Williams reimburse him, and it would only be fair to give him half of the caddie’s earnings from the British Open.

It was delivered to Cink’s caddie at the Tour Championship.

“I got mad,” Frank Williams said. “I knew I didn’t tell him for sure he would be working. Boy, I was hot, knowing this guy wanted money. I didn’t say anything about it. Scotty and Stevie came up and said, ‘Did you get a letter?’ I said, ‘No, I didn’t get one.’ I was so mad I didn’t want to say anything about it.”

Steve Williams asked him again about the letter at the Presidents Cup, and Cink’s caddie finally broke his silence and began ranting about what Musgrove wanted and what he should do about it. Steve Williams’ laughter was the first sign it was a prank.

“That’s probably the best anyone has ever gotten me,” Frank Williams said. “That was good.” Fast talker

From Reggie Hayes of The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.:

“IndyCar driver Danica Patrick got her first taste of stock-car driving during a test session over the weekend at Daytona International Speedway. ‘These cars are different than the cars I’mused to driving,’ Patrick said.

“Hopefully, we’ll have more revelations from Patrick in the future.” Punch magnet

Seems that the New York Giants didn’t whip the Washington Redskins at everything in their 45-12 victory Monday night.

Running back Brandon Jacobs, 6-4, 264 pounds, told ESPN 1050 radio host Brandon Tierney on Tuesday morning that he was headedto the dentist after getting hit by Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, 6-6, 350, during a fight Jacobs started with cornerback DeAngelo Hall.

“Haynesworth connected on one. It was a pretty good one on me,” Jacobs told Kimberly A.

Martin of New York’s Newsday.

Jacobs was asked by The Washington Post’s Dan Steinberg if he had had previous run-ins with those players.

“No,” he said. “People always want to fight me, though.”Quote of the day

“As long as my feet

hit the ground in the morning, I’m happy as hell. Give me one more day, brother.” Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson

Sports, Pages 22 on 12/23/2009

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