Brooks is punchy about partying over at the Playboy Mansion tonight.

• Is Ron Artest willing to give up a few bucks so he can gain an NBA title? “Not in a million years.”

• A modeling agency wants to turn seven LPGAers into real lookers.

• Would it have been too much trouble for Mark Buehrle to pony up for Dad’s plane ticket so he could see his son’s 1,000th MLB career strikeout?

• Jonathan Papelbon briefs us about the state of his stinky underwear.

• Michael Strahan starts his network analyzing early, saying that ex-Giants teammate Jeremy Shockey has got to go.

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In 2001, 17-year-old Ty Tryon appeared to have it all. He had millions in sponsorships and was the youngest player on the PGA Tour. Phenom! Star-in-the-making! Watch out, Tiger! Who’s that stud driving the white Escalade with the North Carolina blue trim?

Only one obstacle could prevent Ty Tryon from success: he, uhm, kinda sucked at golf. Sure, he’s in the top tenth of a percent of golfers in the world, but that and a Starbucks Card buys you two hours of free Wi-Fi every day. (Gotta buy a coffee, too.)

However, Tryon’s gone through a few retreats and bounced around the world (have clubs, will travel) and is ready to give professional golf another shot with the help of his shot doctor and his trainer and so on. This makes him completely different from Michelle Wie because… well, it doesn’t, really.
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