Ames should tell dem to stick it up dey ass!

[palos]

From the Toronto Star:

He has one other motivational angle; the Canadian knows he has a serious chance by finishing second here to play his way on to the Presidents Cup team. It depends how the world ranking points break with a couple of other players here, but second might get him to Montreal. As he put it, "I could give Mr. Player a lot to think about.''

Whether International captain Gary Player chooses Mike Weir, despite his recent struggles, or Ames to represent Canada in Montreal, (or both or neither) will be known officially tomorrow. But Ames is making a bold effort here to play his way in. As bold as that putt on 18.

They keep f*&%in up Ames in de Canadian press.  He Canadian now because he 2nd in de PGA Tour.  Native of Trinidad & Tobago when he eh do so well.

Now dey sayin he tryin to play he way on to the President's Cup team ahead of "Real Canadian" Mike Weir, despite the fact that Ames is currently 19th in the worl rankings and Weir is 20th.  Weir flop down de place in dis tournament, couldn't even make de flickin cut....but dese reporters doh give Ames any respect at all.

If I was Ames, I would tell all a dem HAMC!!

[WestCoast]

maybe I should encourage all my Haida pardners to play Golf

[AB.Trini]

 Last night I happened to catch a sports show from Toronto: "The Fan" One topic was the omission of Stephen Ames from the President's cup- a golf tournament which pits an international golf team against an American team led by Tiger Woods.

The commentators were discussing with Stephen Ames his possible reasons for being not named as the CANADIAN representative considering the fact that in the recently concluded PGA he made the final cut ahead of Mike Weir. Mike Wier was  knocked in round 11 and was not even close.

One announcer asked Stephen how he felt and if he felt slighted. Another question they posed was if his involvement with  sponsoring a golf tournament in his native Trinidad and Tobago had an impact on the selector;s decision. Is to hear Ames backpedaling and trying to be politically savvy. The kicker of the question  they asked the man was this: DOES THIS OMISSION MAKES YOU FEEL LESS OF A CANADIAN THAN MIKE WIER?

Ah wonder if Stephen Ames was born in Canada if they would be posing such a question? Ah this tell people that no matter how long yuh live in this country, rarely would you get the acknowledgment that you are a 'true blue Canadian'  Sometimes you living in this country longer than some people who born here but yet one may find subtle and not so subtle forms of exclusion.

Well Mr. Ames, the next time you stand up and proclaming Canadian make sure you put ah little Trini in yuh talk!!!! I understand the reason now why some folks go through the denial of heritage; research and studies have cleared that up. For awhile in my work with Caribbean associations I could not understand this. I could not understand why some parents  would have their kids miss steel pan practice because the kids had a piano lesson!!!! Well Ames yuh get a shake up. Allyuh go see from this experience how Ames go be talking more about he TNT heritage. This was the event which  would ground him back to where he came from instead of walking around  saying yes I am.  a Canuck..... It happens.

Doh forget the famous question: Whey yuh from?

[AB.Trini]

Although disappointed he didn't make Presidents Cup, says fellow Canadian has more experience
By DEAN MCNULTY -- Sun Media
         


Stephen Ames spoke about being left off the Presidents Cup team on Monday. (CP/Aaron Harris)

STOUFFVILLE -- When Calgary's Stephen Ames ballooned Sunday to a 76 in the final round of the PGA Championship after a 68-69-69 start, he wasn't thinking about being overlooked by Gary Player as a captain's choice for next month's Presidents Cup at the Royal Montreal golf course.

It wasn't until Monday, when he was left off the Presidents Cup International team in favour of Mike Weir, that Ames wondered aloud how Player came to his decision.

In fact, he said he had been fairly optimistic that he would be picked, considering his world ranking had him ahead of Weir -- 36th to 46th -- and he is even further in front of the 2003 Masters champion in the 2007 Fedex Cup point standings -- 4,767 to 3,556.

"Stats show that Mike hasn't been playing his best golf," Ames said yesterday at a media gathering to launch the Canadian Junior Golf Association tournament between Canada and his native Trinidad-Tobago at the Granite Golf Club. "But (Weir) does have the experience of playing in three previous Presidents Cups, so I guess that is why he was chosen."

Ames was forceful, however, in his opinion that Weir still was a great player, but he was disappointed that he wouldn't be representing his adopted country.

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"I knew that because it was being played in Canada that there would be at least one Canadian named to the team," he said. "I just would have loved to be that Canadian."

As for his meltdown at Southern Hills, Ames said it simply was a matter of him not doing what was needed to be done.

"I knew what rut I fell into," he said. "I was standing on the 16th tee and realized that I was doing things the way I was when my game was suffering. Once I figured that out I had a birdie and two pars to finish off the round."

Ames said that just by being in the final pairing in the season's final major tournament was a satisfying achievement. But he wishes he could have been more of a challenge to playing partner and winner Tiger Woods.

"I was happy for Tiger," he said. "My heart was there for him, getting the win after a pair of seconds (at the Masters and British Open)."

[royal]

Ames is Trini first,dais what a like about him.He always choose Trinidad over Canada in the world cup on golf.