I’ll be meeting Jack Nicklaus tomorrow, hopefully….
I’m going to be attending a two day local golf event hosted by Johnny Miller called the Champion’s Challenge. It is an event where a famous pro plays and has a partner with him. Many do their sons, but some have buddies or famous people like Bill Murray to play with.
This is a fairly casual event and they do autographs and allow pictures Monday. So hopefully I’ll be meeting the following players:
Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Scott Simpson, Bill Murray, Mike Reid, Keith Clearwater, Ryan Moore, Spencer Levin, Nancy Lopez, Jason Zuback, Hale Irwin, Dave Stockton, Dave Stockton Jr., Craig Stadler, Billy Casper, Kevin Stadler, Hank Kuehne, Gary McCord, Roger Maltbie, Fuzzy Zoeller
Twas an entertaining weekend of golf on the PGA Tour. It was nice to see #1 and #2 duke it out in a shootout. We saw some 29’s, 30’s and 31’s for for 9 holes. Low shootin’ Tex.
Today Vijay came into the round with a 5 shot lead and Tiger made it interesting with an absolutely amazing back nine. After shooting 36 on the front, Tiger put together an amazing stretch of holes on the back to record a 30. That 30 included a bogey on the 18th hole after an errant drive. Speaking of drives, Tiger hit one 359 on flat ground with no wind on #16. What a hack.
The gallery on the par 3 17 went crazy when Tiger made birdie. Tiger had some fun with them, holding his hand up to his ear as if he couldn’t hear them (above picture). Maybe Tiger wasn’t having fun with the gallery at all. Perhaps he thought he heard the Celtic Woman CD playing somewhere?
Oh, and I must mention that I was thrilled to see the return of the Celtic Woman ads. I just get a kick out of these ads and wonder if there are ANY golf fans who rush to the phone to order their Celtic Woman disc.
Another great one was “50 Most Loved Hymns”… Are we hurting for decent sponsors CBS?
“I would like to tell all my dear friends in the media to kiss my ass.”
Once again Marc O’Hair has put his foot in his mouth.
Marc O’Hair (father of PGA Tour player Sean O’Hair) wrote a nice little letter to the Golf Channel trying to somehow rebut the media and public opinions about the way he raised/trained his boy. If you may recall Marc is the one who ran his son’s life like a brutal military camp and forced his then 17 year old son to sign a contract giving him a cut of all professional earnings.
Marc: A little advise for you. Keep your mouth shut and go away. And if you want to try to use the media to improve your image, you may want to start by not telling them to kiss your ass. You can never win a battle against the media.
The duel today between Tiger and Vijay was quite entertaining. Despite having one of the most amazing birdies I’ve ever seen, Tiger struggled and shot 70. Tiger dropped to 4th place and two groups and 8 shots behind VJ tomorrow.
Tiger’s amazing birdie was on 16, the par 5. He knocked his drive behind a tree in the left rough and tried to hit a huge hook around the tree to get to the green. The catch was he had to aim at the water. He almost pulled the shot off but did go in the drink. He crossed into the hazard over the green so he dropped right on the fringe. He holed a massively long putt for birdie and just started laughing.
Now why is VJ doing so well? There are two stats that jump out at you:
Greens In Regulation (GIR) 83.3%
Putts Per GIR 1.489
1.489 putts per GIR is hotter than the surface of the Sun. Hell, he even missed two short birdie putts. Had he made those putts, his PPGIR could have been so low that Gary McCord might not even be able to put it into words.
VJ has a two shot lead going into tomorrow. There is no reason not to expect him to win.
Erknee Els
Ernie Els injured his knee sailing and is going to now miss the rest of the season. Guess we have the “big 4” again now, but this time with Retief.
Tiger is good
Oh, have I ever mentioned that Tiger is good? He had back to back eagles and dropped a 61 on the field today at the Buick Open. Ahem….uh, Tiger is good. But he’s still one back of Vijay going into round 3. Fun times, Tiger and VJ playing together tomorrow!
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