Thursday, May 03, 2007  PGA Tour pros are, uh, regular folks too
It's easy to forget that pro golfers are just regular people
when they're not doing their jobs.  They are usually very well
compensated, nicely tanned and accustomed to being pampered
people, but otherwise they're vulnerable to the same curveballs
life throws at everyone else.  Take Trevor Immelman, who looked
almost flawless shooting a 68 in the first round of the Wachovia
Championship. He's spent most of the past month, um, in or near
a restroom, having contracted what doctors believe was a
parasite that turned his system into something he'd prefer we
didn't go into too much detail about.  Immelman spent three
years building himself up to 178 pounds, doing all the right
training to build muscle to a frame that includes one of those
disgustingly slender waists.  And in the space of about two
weeks, Immelman was down to 156 pounds, eating toast, rice and
drinking water because that's all that worked. The problem seems
to have past and Immelman