I know there are people out there who get tired of me talking about The Masters. But it is my favorite week of the year. And not just because I won the media lottery and got to play it in 1996. What a year that was. The High Five tells …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (April 3rd)
The Back Nine comes at you after an interesting weekend that included a little bit of everything (to quote the Dawes song). And now, it is Masters week. 10. I have to say that the most nervous I was all weekend was not standing over a three-foot putt or …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (March 31st)
The azaleas are blooming and the pine trees swaying. The greens are speeding up and the chicken sandwiches in their green wrappers will soon be on the grills. Yes, next week is The Masters, one of the many sporting events I look forward to like a kid waiting for Christmas …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (March 27th)
The Back Nine comes at you after one of those awesome weekends in Gainesville. Hope you took advantage of it. 10. I have to be honest. I didn’t watch much of the Elite Eight. I think I was basketballed-out in part because I watched so much during the season …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (March 24th)
When Friday night and early Saturday morning have come and gone, there will be eight teams left in the NCAA Tournament. Which means the Elite Eight will leave us with four really happy teams and four that feel devastated that they were so close to being in the Final Four. …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (March 20th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a birthday celebration for my incredible wife Karen, who turned 29 again on Sunday with a birthday brunch at Spurrier’s and a visit to The Salty Dog. Where would I be without her? Don’t answer that. 10. So, my policy as the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (March 13th)
The Back Nine comes at you after my favorite weekend of the year, the one when we turn to Daylight Savings. Oh, and congrats to Jamie Lee Curtis. Any friend of Cristopher Guest’s is a friend of mine. 10. When my co-host Jeff Cardozo said on the air …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s High Five (March 10th)
Now that Florida has been unofficially-officially eliminated from the NCAA Tournament (you didn’t really think the Gators were going to go 4-0 in Nashville did you?) there are two approaches you can take for the rest of basketball season. One, ignore the tournament. Concentrate on Gator baseball and softball …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (March 6th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a full weekend. In fact, it was so full I feel like I missed out on some things. That’s Gainesville for you. 10. The biggest story of the weekend was over at Condron Ballpark where Florida took two of three from a …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine (February 27th)
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of disappointment for Gator sports, but I always remind myself that when it’s a great weekend another bad one could be looming. Yes, I am too negative. And there were some good things that happened. 10. Let’s start out with …
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