Brett Favre passing session on auction for teens in very small slice of America

Brett Favre is offering up the chance for high school or youth athletes to play catch for a charity auction, provided the winner of the auction fits a very specific set of guidelines.

      Brett Favre      during his      final season with the Vikings 

As noted by the blog No Guts No Glory and followed upon by Deadspin, among other outlets, Favre is auctioning off a football pitch-and-catch session for an unspecified amount of time to area Mississippi teens. The "Mississippi teens" part of the prior sentence needs to be emphasized, because it turns out that only those who live in the Sumrall, Mississippi, area will be allowed to win the auction.

While plenty of other teens and their parents would likely be more than happy to travel to Sumrall for the chance to play with Favre, the very specific regulations on the auction for Favre's passing sessionprohibit such a committed fan from winning their football dream date with the passer.

Even more bizarrely, there is a specific time regulation for the winning bidder: One has to claim their passing prize within a calendar year or else it expires, just like old gift cards from Christmas that go lost in the bottom of the stocking.

Those specifications might be driving some potential buyers away, but it certainly isn't scaring them all off. As of Thursday morning the Favre passing session at Charity Buzz was already up to $6,250, closing on the package's "estimated value" of $10,000. So, even though the entire charity auction would almost certain qualify for one of those MasterCard "Priceless" ads, sentimentality about Brett Favre seems to be capped at approximately 10 grand.

So, anyone interested in a big? If so, don't hesitate: The auction to play with a future Hall of Famer ends at precisely 3:16 ET on Thursday.

Mini-tour golfer cards incredible 16-under 55 at Oklahoma course

Everyone has a buddy who thinks he's good enough to play golf for a living. He's most likely a single-digit handicapper who's won a couple local tournaments and, on occasion, can shoot under par during the usual weekend game.

In his mind, he has more than enough game to go head-to-head with the best golfers in the world. Sadly, that couldn't be further from the truth. I'd like to introduce you to Rhein Gibson, a mini-tour golfer who, like your buddy, has a goal of making it to the PGA Tour.

But that's pretty much where the comparisons stop. Why? Because the 26-year-old Aussie, who's currently plying his trade on Golfweek's National Pro Tour, managed to fire a 16-under 55 during a recent round with his buddies at River Oaks Golf Club in Oklahoma.

Yep, 16-under in one round. Honestly, I don't know what to say. As CBS's Eye on Golf blog pointed out, it could be the lowest recorded round in golf history. At first glance, the scorecard, which was posted on Reddit's golf forum, almost looks too good to be true.

The bogey-free round included 12 birdies and two eagles, which, you know, is pretty damn impressive. I'm not sure what's more amazing; the fact that Gibson managed to go 10-under over an eight-hole stretch, or that he carded the 55 with consecutive pars.

To make things even more interesting, Gibson was using was using a new club for the first time: a Cleveland Classic 290 driver. I'm going to guess that stick won't be going out of the bag anytime soon.

In an article on GolfPigeon.com, the Aussie admitted after the round that he wasn't even nervous going down the stretch.

"I had this song playing in my head,"Gibson said. "It is that new one from the Eli Young Band. It was in there all day."

Hey, whatever works!

Gibson might not be PGA Tour-ready just yet, but based on his game, and his ability to go insanely low, chances are pretty good we might see him playing on golf's biggest stage in the near future.