Tom Brady to appear, and golf, on Entourage next season

It's pretty good to be Tom Brady these days.  He recently married his Brazilian supermodel girlfriend Gisele Bündchen in Santa Montica, Calif. And now he's slated to appear in the new season of Entourage, according to eonline.com.

The handsome football star is set to appear on the next season of HBO's Entourage, which will film next week in Los Angeles.

"He will be playing himself at a celebrity golf tournament," a HBO publicist tells E! News.

Presumably, Adrian Grenier's Vinnie Chase will also be participating in the tournament, but no word as to whether the New England Patriot will share screen time with Mr. Mercury Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold.

We'll see if he can top Phil Mickelson's cameo last season, which included a pretty good stinging one-liner to Ari.

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Cops busted for playing golf on the clock

Car 54, where are you?

Uh, on the back nine.

That's how the radio call might have gone last month in Hernando, Miss., when three of the town's highest-ranking police officers got busted for playing golf on the clock. This week they got their punishment: demotions and suspension without pay, according to WREG-TV.

One of the officers was Assistant Police Chief Shane Ellis. " I did wrong. My parents raised me to take responsibility and that's what I did. I understand the board's position and I'll take the punishment."

For three hours the Hernando City Council held an executive session to decide the fate of Ellis and Lt. Charlie Terry and Lt. Roger Swatzyna. Mayor Chip Johnson wouldn't discuss what happened behind closed door saying, "There were personell issues that were discussed we can't talk about because of state law."

When asked what ultimately lead to the council's decision, Mayor Johnson said, " I think the nail in the coffin was everyone, including the officers, knew it was wrong. So the aldermen made the decision on how to correct that."

At least we know where the safest place in Mississippi is.

Forget farmer's tan, Cink has bald-golfer's tan

Unless you play golf shirtless like John Daly, you know every golfer's poolside dilemma: the farmer's tan. But the next time you're self-conscious about your dark arms and neck contrasting with your under-a-rock, never-seen-light-before torso, think about poor Stewart Cink.

Cink is bald and keeps his head clean-shaven like Bruce Willis. On the golf course, he protects his head with a cap, but ... well you can see where this is going. Call it the bathing-cap tan. The SimonOnSports blog has the photos here.

'Tiger Woods' top hound at the Westminster Dog Show

Fourteen major championships. Sixty-five PGA Tour wins. An international superstar with a picture-perfect family. What more could Tiger Woods want? Apparently "Best in Show."

OK, so he didn't win the top prize at the Westminster Dog Show, but Tiger Woods was named the top hound.

According to the L.A. Times:

Winner of the Westminster Dog Show's hound group was Ch. Gayleward's Tiger Woods, a 7-year-old male Scottish deerhound bred and owned by Gayle Bontecou and handled by Clifford W. Steele. 

Bontecou is, predictably, an avid golfer. She told USA Today that her prize-winning dog was named after the golf pro because "there's nothing better than Tiger Woods," adding that his human namesake should approve "because he's really good. They both are total athletes."

(Photo: Peter Kramer/AP)

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Driving Miss Daly?

There’s something different about this year’s RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship women's winner, Lana Lawless, a 55-year-old bartender who can drive a golf ball 245 yards into a 40-mph wind. Lawless is older than the normal contestant, she’s a former police officer, and, oh yeah, she used to be a man.

James Achenbach of GolfWeek has all the weird details. As you might imagine, some are crying foul at Lawless’ presumed advantage, but transgendered women are allowed to compete under USGA guidelines, according to Achenbach.

The image of a policeman-turned-woman does not sit easily with many participants in a sport driven by power, muscle and speed.

“I am shocked more women are not complaining about this,” three-time world champion Sean “The Beast” Fister said. “It’s not an apples-to-apples deal. Men and women are different.”

Added former women’s world champion Lee Brandon: “In 2005, the USGA approved transgender involvement in competition, so I don’t see how we can dispute this. However, if a woman has the knees, hands and feet of a man, she has genetic real estate that is more gifted.”

Lawless had her supporters, including 2007 men’s champ Dobbyn, who observed, “When I watch her, I don’t see any advantage. She hits it like an LDA (Long Drivers of America) woman.”

The rules governing transgender golf competition are precise and numerous. For Lawless, they included mandatory doctor reports, lab results within normal female limits and onsite testing.

Transsexuals are allowed to compete in the Olympic Games, although none has yet qualified, according to this New York Times op-ed.

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Own a piece of John Daly smash-story

I'm sure you've all been anxiously awaiting this eBay listing! Still haven't found that perfect holiday gift for your golf fanatic? The camera that John Daly smashed against a tree at the Australian Open, including the memory card with the picture that caused the blow up, is now up for auction. The current bid is $660 U.S. dollars, approximately $974.17 Australian. How much is a busted camera worth? We'll find out by the end of the day. The camera sold for $1,075.00, approximately $1,542.99 Australian.

Check out the auction here.

Boo Weekley to write Boo-ography

Boo Weekley, God bless him, is writing a book. A Boo-ography, if you will. I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard this. You might as well have told me Tiger Woods is retiring or Donald Trump shaved his head. I mean, Boo, the author? That’s like Keanu, the actor. Boo broke the news yesterday at Tiger’s Chevron World Challenge.

“We just trying to start out — we are trying to start it out and just trying to — of how I got into golf, you know, and what my past has been like and the things that I've come about and the thing that I've overcome, just different things like that. It's just mostly about golf, right now until we find a publisher and then I started throwing some other stuff in there.”

Other stuff? Like what? Pig Hunting 101? How to Sauté Squirrel? The Joy of Pabst?

I’m not hating on Boo. I’m actually quite fond of the guy. In fact, he and his ghostwriter (“I think his name’s Paul Brown out of Jackson, Mississippi,” Boo ventured) might just be on to something. Weekley is one of the Tour’s most captivating players, not so much for his Southern-fried eccentricities (although those ain't never get old), but because unlike just about every other player in the game’s elite ranks, he doesn’t tie himself in knots. 

“The Lord has blessed me to be able to come and [play golf], and it ain't my first true love. I think that's the reason why that I play the game as well as I do, or am as fortunate as I am to play it. Because I look at it as, what's the worst thing that can happen? If I miss the cut, hell, that just gives me two days to go fishing, you know what I mean?”

That’s genius stuff. Boo will never be great like Tiger or Phil. He’s more an easy-going, middle-management guy — happy with his lot, and not fueled by the fantasy of landing that corner office. Especially when there’s far more important prizes to bag, like a 12-point buck.

“I bring everything I do on the golf course is something that's happened to me in the woods,” Weekley explained yesterday, perhaps previewing the kind of inimitable insights that will fill his book. “That's how my focus is and what I'm thinking about, not just like a different shot. This is a shot right here, I've got to hit this cut shot. Well, if I shoot this bow, if I'm shooting my bow, I have to slide it right through this window; is that what I want to do, or do I want to try to wait for my opportunities later on the next hole?”

Yikes. Somebody call CliffsNotes.   

Write the Caption: John Daly at the Australian Open

John Daly once again found himself in trouble Down Under. After a fan tried to take a picture at close range, Daly grabbed the camera and smashed it against a tree. Below is the exclusive picture of the incident from the Daily Telegraph in Australia. What would your caption be? Enter it in the comments section below.

Putting dog hits the Today Show

Check out this pup’s performance on the Today Show with Al Roker and friends dug up by Geoff Shackelford. After a little stage fright, the aptly named Burrito finally manages to give the ball a little whack with his doggie-sized flat stick. Amazing? Not really. Adorable? Some might say so. Tragic? Definitely. I don’t see how PETA can spend all that time throwing paint on fur-toting celebrities and not take a few minutes to save a dog from being dressed up like the love-child of Art Carney and Payne Stewart.

What do you think about Burrito’s performance? Sound off below.