Yes fans, this was the story last July as it appeared that S&B was OUT of this year's Bag Open. Slash had accepted a new roll as Beer Bitch and was totally prepared to watch the debacle from the sidelines. Much has changed in less than 2 months, however, and the King Bag now finds himself able to shoe it up for the millennium event. More Below!

UPDATE - Aug. 16, 2000 - Slash was operated on today and the surgery was deemed successful. He begins therapy August 23rd. With proper physical therapy, he should be slashing again in Florida in late January, 2001.

UPDATE - September 5, 2000 - Slash is well ahead of schedule in his rehab, this, according to his therapist.  "The King Bag is doing very well, and is in fact 1-2 weeks ahead of schedule." says Slash's PT Dale K. "I predict that he will be able to play golf by late November, early December", Dale continued.  "While I'm not a psychiatrist, Slash's mental state, on the other hand,  is on thin ice, he's just not that strong mentally, I would say that  basically, he's a CRETIN ! "  

UPDATE - September 17, 2000 - Slash did some chipping in the back yard this past week.  He successfully landed most of his pitches on dog shit, as he is as deadly as ever.  Therapy continues on a daily basis, progress is still ahead of pace and there is a very slight chance that Slash could possibly hit some shots during this year's Bag Open on November 18th.

UPDATE - September 29, 2000 - Slash goes to the range.  Yes, indeed. Armed with just his trusty pitching wedge, Slash made about 15-20 passes with the wand at Bushwood C.C.'s range!  While definitely NOT on doctor's or PT Dale's orders, Slash none-the-less proceeded to kack a few nuggets off the practice tee. It is looking more and more like Slash and Burn may indeed be back in the 2000 Bag Open! The next month's progress will be critical. 

UPDATE - October 13, 2000 - HE'S BACK !  Today, 3 days short of two months since his surgery, Slash and Burn played 18 holes of golf a gorgeous Bushwood CC.  Slash commented, "I'm still on the mend and in some discomfort, but this restricted back swing may be the greatest thing that's ever happened to me!", "Hell, I shot 133 today,  just call me Molasses, I'm just that smoooooth!" Amazingly, this completes the field for the 2000 BO.  This also leaves the event without a Beer Bitch - Applications are being taken by Lumpy at 1-800-TEE-6619 !