How Many (Ex)Packers Are Top Golfers?

[pbmax]

Guess how many current and former Packers are in the top fifteen of Golf Digests Best Golfing Athletes (non-pro golf division)?

1 Rick Rhoden plus-2.5 Won 151 games as a major league pitcher; has won 43 golf tournaments on the celebrity tour. Some athletes might occasionally have the same -- or better -- handicaps, but we're confident Rhoden is the best of this bunch right now.

2 Ray Sheppard plus-2.4 Prolific goal scorer with Red Wings in 1990s.

3 Sterling Sharpe plus-2.4 Ex-Packers receiver now is an analyst for NFL Network.

4 Dan Quinn plus-2.1 Ex-NHLer is four-time champ in Tahoe event.

5 Craig Hentrich plus-2.0 Tennessee Titans punter for past eight seasons.

T-6 Ryan Longwell plus-1.8 Vikings kicker spent his first nine NFL seasons with Packers.

T-6 Andy Van Slyke plus-1.8 Gold Glove outfielder now coaching with Tigers.

T-8 Chris Chandler plus-1.5 Falcons QB in '99 Super Bowl loss to Denver.

T-8 Trent Dilfer plus-1.5 Ravens QB in '01 Super Bowl win over N.Y. Giants.

T-8 Billy Joe Tolliver plus-1.5 QB played 12 NFL seasons; two wins in Tahoe.

11 Dale Jarrett plus-1.4 NASCAR driver improved his game in '06.

12 Al Del Greco plus-1.3 NFL kicker for 17 seasons; celebrity tour winner.

13 Chris Sabo plus-1.2 All-Star 3B won '90 World Series with Reds.

14 Mark McGwire plus-0.7 Ex-Cardinals slugger played high school golf.

15 Brett Favre plus-0.8 Packers QB can play to scratch during NFL's offseason.

[Packgator]

Might be all those great great courses in Wisconsin. Maybe the brass can figure a way to use this as a recruiting tool when attracting free agents.

[GBRulz]

Great courses aren't so great when you can only play on them half the year

[BallHawk]

Re: How Many (Ex)Packers Are Top Golfers?

14 Mark McGwire plus-0.7 Ex-Cardinals slugger played high school golf.

Guy can probably rip it 350, easy, with all the stuff he's got running through his body. I demand an asterisk!

And where's Doug Pederson?

[MJZiggy]

Great courses aren't so great when you can only play on them half the year

Well that's being generous. I was gonna give it 3 months.

[Charles Woodson]

Re: How Many (Ex)Packers Are Top Golfers?

14 Mark McGwire plus-0.7 Ex-Cardinals slugger played high school golf.

Guy can probably rip it 350, easy, with all the stuff he's got running through his body. I demand an asterisk!

So i take it your not a McGwire fan... Do you still think that he should be in the hall of fame and keep the records he has?

[BallHawk]

I could care less about him. We spend too much time on the players that disrespect the game, rather than the ones who play honestly and fairly.

[KYPack]

Hentrich should still be a Packer. Wolf could be a stubborn shit sometimes.

[BallHawk]

Hentrich should still be a Packer. Wolf could be a stubborn shit sometimes.

Isn't everbody a stubborn shit at their job? It' just how often you are stubborn that makes the difference.

[Fosco33]

Mason Crosby is a single handicap golfer. He's also really superstitious - and has to hit a bucket of balls a few days before a game

[Packgator]

Great courses aren't so great when you can only play on them half the year

True. But during the golfing months they sure are nice.

[pbmax]

I just can't believe there are six guys with Packer ties in that list. Amazing coincidence. Unless there just isn't that much else to do in Green Bay?