Who can complete the ‘Chubby Slam’
“The Chubby Slam” may sound like a canvas-rocking tactic employed by the likes of Giant Haystacks in the Seventies wrestling scene but, in fact, it could be the most remarkable achievement in the history of British sports management.
If one of the nine players overseen by ISM prevails at next week’s USPGA Championship it will mean that this agency in Cheshire has won all four majors in 2011. The boss is one Chubby Chandler, for whom the description “larger than life” seems invented.
Chandler,Roger Vivier flat shoes a former pro whose decade and a halfMAC makeup remover on Tour never reached a higher peak than winning in Sao Paulo, set up ISM in 1989 with a ￡10,000 overdraft and, in his own words, “not much of a clue”. Twenty-two years later and he boasts such strength of hand that suddenly he has become the story. Despite Chandler’s fondness of a tape recorder he finds this bizarre. “I’m embarrassed about everyone calling it the ‘Chubby Slam’,” says the Boltonian. “Let’s face it, it’s because of my nickname and it sounds good.Golf Putters If I had just remained plain old Andrew Chandler, nobody would have been going on about the ‘Andrew Slam’ would they? And neither should they. It should be all about the players and when the golf gets started next Thursday, thankfully it will be.”
Chandler waited more than 80 majors and two decades for ISM’s breakthrough, but Louis Oosthuizen’s win at last year’s Open started the run of four majors from the last five. “Of course it will mean plenty to ISM if we can sweep the majors,” he says. “Yes, it would be a testament to the brilliant staff we have; but more so to our guys with the clubs in their hands. What a bunch they are. Each of them is different.prada sunglasses wholesale”
And each of them take some explaining. Chandler sat down with The Independent to outline their chances of landing the dream four-timer at Atlanta Athletic Club in a week’s time.
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