The party is finding that the Eastern Cape does not intend to let bygones be bygones.
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/ 21 December 2007
As much as golf looked the same in 2007, some of the greatest triumphs were long overdue. Until a dramatic and calamitous Sunday on the cruel links of Carnoustie, the only time Padraig Harrington had reason to wave the Irish flag was during the Ryder Cup or perhaps a World Cup.
Carnoustie was such a brutal test in the 1999 British Open that tabloids referred to it as ”Car-Nasty” and there were far more complaints than birdies. Sergio Garcia cried in his mother’s arms after an 89 in the first round, while Fred Funk withdrew after an 83 in the first round because he was fed up with narrow fairways and knee-high rough.
There were signs from the start that this might be a year Ernie Els would like to forget. He stood on the 18th tee at Kapalua in Hawaii with a great chance to win the first tournament of the year. But his tee shot caromed off a cart path next to a fairway 70 yards wide and sailed out of bounds. Now his season has ended in far more peculiar fashion.
John Daly has sued The Florida Times-Union and its website, contending he was defamed by a columnist who called the golfer a thug who allegedly beats women. Daly is suing over statements that he is ”accused of smacking women around” and he has ”thug life qualifications”, among others.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu urged the United States to resolve its standoff with Iraq peacefully, saying ”compassion” not ”destruction” are needed to bring about change.