Monkey Number 1 Says

Roberto Luongo, the Vancouver Canucks' $27-million US goaltender, was on the seventh green at Richmond Golf Club on Monday when an errant ball flew within a foot of his head.

"We figured the shot must have come from the second tee box," said a horrified Gerry Sillers, a member of the Luongo foursome in the annual Jake Milford charity tournament. "Somebody must have pulled his drive straight left and over the trees onto our green. It missed hitting Roberto by a foot."

Sillers is president of the Canucks Alumni. Also in the Luongo group was a shaken-up Francesco Aquilini, part-owner of the Canucks. "We heard the thud from the ball hitting the green," Sillers said. "Vancouver's been called a graveyard for goaltenders, but being injured on a golf course during training camp is ridiculous."