BATON ROUGE - I’m sure you are wondering about this headline for this week’s column and I must admit there have only been a few times, other than some occasions cracks about my bowling, that I have made myself the focus of a column that I have written for The Advocate and now WBRZ over the last 30-plus years.
But I feel that maybe telling my story will be a type of mental exercise that may help me get over the long hill to the top.
Having covered a lot of golf over my years and watched more on TV, I have heard golfers as they get older have what is termed the “yips” over that short simple 4-or-5-foot putt.
I’m pretty sure I have the “yips” when it comes to shooting at the dreaded 10 pin.
How do I know?
Well, many years ago a fellow bowler showed me how he kept track of all his shots a