Win your very own chance to golf with Bobby Knight

April 23rd, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

I average about two rounds of golf a year. It’s not that I don’t like golf, it’s that the game requires an insane amount of dedication and hours upon hours of frustration for you to get good at it. Even then, a botched putt or errant drive grinds your gears. It’s a never ending battle with yourself. (Just ask Tiger!) And plus, 18 holes takes like what, four hours? Think of how many e-mails I’ll have by the time I step off the course!

So combine all the frustration together for a man like Bobby Knight and you get this. Him golfing, swearing, throwing clubs. (That video will never, ever get old by the way.) So get this: instead of only seeing Bobby toss clubs you can now be in the line of fire. Yes friends, if you got the money for it, you can spring for a round of golf with the general.

As part of his yearly fundraiser for cancer research, Lakewood Ranch resident Dick Vitale is offering the opportunity for a round of golf with Bob Knight and John Havlicek on May 16 at the Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club.

Bids for two threesomes will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Saturday for nine holes with each basketball legend.

Bids start at $10,000 and include 18 holes of golf in the morning, a pre-gala party and the third annual Dick Vitale Gala for Cancer Research that evening at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota.

To bid, log on to www.cmarket.com, click on “view auction” and enter “Dick Vitale” in the box for “search item.”

One tip: don’t bring up Indiana if you’re out there on the links with him. He tends to get a bit angry about that.

{HT: Larry Brown Sports.}