But after watching the matches and enjoying a U.S. victory (wOOt! suck it rest of the world!) we felt inspired to recognize some of the more outstanding and/or shameful moments of the 2009 Presidents Cup.

MVP award: For Most-Valuable-Partner of course goes to Steve Stricker. It’s been rumored that Tiger is getting an I heart Stevie tattoo someplace discreet. Just don’t tell Stevie Williams it’s in honor of T-dubs new favorite match play partner Stricker.  If it weren’t for Stricker’s lights out putting on Saturday Woods would not have nabbed that nifty 5-0-0 record this year.

Don’t believe the hype award: Goes to Carl Steward whose article for the Mercury News declared: “Scott proves critics wrong, Norman right”.  Um, hold up there Hoss. Aside from Camilo Villegas’ spectacular 0-fer performance, Scott had the worst Presidents Cup record of 1-4-0.  Or another way to look at it is that he was first runner-up to Camilo for worst record on the international team. Ouch.

Most useless accessory: Michael Jordan. Which putting advice do you think served Sean O’Hair better this week: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson’s or Michael Jordan’s? As the SNL skit goes – REALLY?  Michael Jordan as a celebrity attendee? Fantastic. Bring it on. Interview him, give regular camera time and so on. In fact, we’d love to see The Presidents Cup become something like a four day long Lakers game. But as an Assistant Captain, c’mon Freddy.  C’mon man.

Wee-men Award: Mike Weir & Tim Clark. If the NBC announcers are to be believed, apparently Weir and Clark measure approximately 4’10″ combined. There were more short jokes during Weir/Clark matches than there are regrettable Verne Troyer reality TV incidents.

Best Captain: Also known as Captain Cool- Fred Couples is the epitomy of laid back coolness. He apparently didn’t even bother to tell Woods that his point against Yang sealed up the U.S. victory.  Details, don’t sweat ‘em people.

Worst Captain: Tough call. No wait, I mean easiest call ever! While Norman gets points for the Ryo Ishikawa pick, he also built upon his reputation for monumental screw ups by picking Adam Scott who rewarded his confidence with a whopping (net) negative three points for the internationals.

However, Norman did show no hard feelings by posing for a post-match photo with Scott, seen in the arms of Norman’s daughter Morgan.  If nothing else, Scott beats Jordan for cutest mascot. Thank you Dena Davis for the tweet with this Kodak moment.

“The man” award: Who else but T. Woods. The putt on 17 on Saturday.  The twirl/walk & point on 18. The close out of the Prez Cup by putting a beat down on Y.E. Yang. Yes he is and forever shall be The Man.

See you in 2011!

While the couple were mum on specific reasons, NiceBallz has learned from sources that Evert was the primary driver of the split, and the proverbial last straw was Norman’s selection of Adam Scott for The Presidents Cup.

Those close to Everett say she was (like many golf fans) mystified by Scott being a Captain’s pick and that, “…she really began to question the foundation of the relationship after that pick was made.”

An Everett confidant shared, “She said ‘how can I trust him with anything simple like going to the market and getting the right brand of bread when he f*ck’s something like a Captain’s pick up?’…she was beside herself.”

It was believed Evert didn’t let her dismay and ultimate disdain for Norman’s judgment simmer under the surface very long. The source said, “For a few days afterwards she would walk around the house saying ‘What, Ian Baker-Finch wasn’t available? Christ, nothing like being the wife of the Blunder from Down Under’, it was brutal.”

Sergio Garcia, a victim of another Norman’s decision to cut ties with the swashbuckling Spaniard did not offer a comment.

But that’s only because you don’t have the insider info that we delve into the deep dark crevices of the golfing underworld to find here at NiceBallz.com. 

So here it is, the never before seen list of reasons Greg Norman drew up while making his decision to pick Adam Scott.  How’d we get it?  Let’s just say we had to go undercover as part of the housekeeping staff at Norman’s hotel. Hard hitting journalism isn’t always pretty folks.

Some of these make a ton of sense, really.