The PGA tour announced today that Justin Timberlake will serve as the host for the PGA Tour’s Las Vegas Event next year.
Apparently Timberlake takes his golf very seriously. He reportedly “practices every day, has a coach and takes his clubs whereever he goes”. A golf digest ranking released earlier this year says Timberlake carries a 6-handicap.
To put that into perspective, imagine that you were single, had all the time and money in the world and loved golf. How low would your handicap be? Yeah, me too… probably about a 6.
The press release also mentioned that George Lopez is hosting a PGA Tour event this year as well. I don’t know about you but I just can’t mentally add Justin Timberlake and George Lopez to the list of former celebrity event hosts that come to mind … Andy Williams, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin, Ed McMahon, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Jackie Gleason, Joe Garagiola. Nope, I can’t do it.
There must be an old adage written somewhere that correlates a society’s health to the character of the people whom it esteems. Who’s hosting next year? Paris Hilton? Brittney Spears? … rubbish.