
Both Tiger and Lindsey posted Facebook photos (like the one at right, from this golf.com article) and announced that yes, they were dating. I was surprised to see that ESPN had already added one of the photos to the montage they run behind their sports anchors.
Of course, this begs the question... what will the media call them? Unlike Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ("Brangelina") or Caroline Wozniacki and Rory McIlroy ("Wozzilroy"), Tiger and Lindsey's names just don't lend themselves to such butchering. All I could come up with was "Linger" (which is an actual word and not so catchy) and "Lindseger"... although, if we went with Tiger's first name, we could use "Lindseldridge." However, that sounds more like an evil citadel from Middle Earth or maybe a rejected Dr. Seuss character.
Perhaps that's why they asked folks to respect their privacy...

But it's the unlikelihood of her becoming #1 that makes it newsworthy. In the rankings one year ago -- March 19, 2012 -- Yani was #1 with 17.27 points and Stacy was #9 with 6.18 points -- over 11 points behind. This week, Stacy is #1 with 9.75 points and Yani is #2 with 9.13 points. In only one year Stacy has overcome a seemingly insurmountable points lead!
It remains to see what effect this has on women's golf in general, but it will be interesting to see how long Stacy can stay on top. After all, she got here by winning 6 LPGA tournaments in slightly more than 11 months!

Those are the main stories -- at least, golf stories -- that stood out to me this weekend. I guess the big story this week will be whether Tiger can get win #3 of 2013 at Arnie's place and continue the streak of American winners on Tour this year. (I think Streelman's win made it 12 in a row.)
At least I'm sure he won't show up with any wedges sporting the name "Lindseldridge."
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