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I played a combination of the blues and blacks. It was pretty cool. The scorecard had circles around the holes indicating which tees to play from. The yardage ended up being 7,235.

As for Steve's article, Kuchar's speech was awesome. It's always good to see the good guys get it done. I thought it was ridiculous for some of the fans to start heckling Kevin Na. They're lucky his caddy didn't snap a 3-iron and then start stabbing people.

The guy does need to see a sports psychologist ASAP!

Thanks. 2 birdie putts were of the 4-feet and in variety. The scary thing is I missed three other putts inside of 10 feet. Two for par and 1 for birdie. The better news is I shot a 2-under 70 the following day (at an easier course). Great golf weekend all around. Best I've struck the ball since high school.

Funny story, I was playing with my dad giving him a stroke a hole and he's down 5 holes through the first 6. On the 7th, he's looking at a 12-foot birdie while I'm facing a 30 footer. He basically gets down in two and wins the hole. Instead, I drain the 30 footer for birdie, which rattles him into a 3 putt and losing the hole. I sort of felt bad, but it was Mother's Day weekend not Father's Day.

Nice rounds Gary! That is some stick. Hey just our of curiosity, what was the deal with Na? Why were they heckling him so much? I missed the whole tournament except the last two holes when he took a drop on the cart path. Just curious.

The worst is when the fans were doing the Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na...heeeeyyyyy, good bye.....when he started to faulter down the stretch. That was beyong weak. You can say what you want about Na, ie slow player, double clutch, triple clutch, quadruple clutch, but the guy hung in there and was grinding all the way into the clubhouse. Of course, they weren't playing for chump change either. The drop on the path on 18 was creative.

I love watching Fowler play. He a serious ball striker. He seriously lashes at it. I also like that he doesn't take any time over the putter. He pulls the trigger and putts everything firm, a la Tom Watson of yester year. He used to jam his putts in back in the day, as well.

Nice to see that there are some golfers on this board.

Good stuff guys. Thanks for the info. That does sound like a lot of BS on the fans part. Daz good thing you weren't in my foursome today or you would have been buying all of the cold ones afterward since you would have had everyone's money in your pocket.

In my foursome, we've done stuff like ripping gloves open just before someone's takeaway, dropping clubs, talking in the backswing, but it's all in good fun. A brain surgeon I play with won't putt if I leave my ball in the hole after making it.

He thinks it repels the next putt. No kidding.

But I can't imagine the distraction of dealing with your own swing changes, and dumb fans when hundreds of thousands of dollars are at stake. And the winner of the Players gets a 10 year exemption on the PGA tour, which is an incredible advantage.

I heard that Na wasn't very popular with his peers when he first came out, but heck, he turned pro at 17 and now he's 28. Apparently, he's grown up a lot. He even said it's good to be disappointed in a bad finish like he had, because it helps you to focus on whats wrong and make needed changes.

Na has become one of the ones I will be pulling for the rest of the season for his honesty and humility.

Recreational Activities: Require no specially developed or particular physical ability, strategy or skill. Darts is a fine example. Billiards, Croquet and horse shoes also work.

Athletic competitions: Require eye hand co-ordiantion but little else. Drunk, stupid fat guys can compete. Golf is the poster child. Gymnastics qualifies.

Sport: Requires active offense and active defense. If someone were standing on the green trying to knock the ball away from the pin - then golf would be a sport. But golf is not a sport by any stretch of the imagination. Neither is auto racing, horse racing, nose picking, hang gliding, surfing, flower arranging, fishing....

Golf is NOT a sport. Politics is more of a sport than golf and we lock those threads down.

Require no specially developed or particular physical ability?

This is such an ignorant statement that it requires a swift rebuke and denunciation.

If it were true though, it might be the perfect activity for YOU.

I won eleven varsity letters in high school between football, basketball, baseball and track and two more in a junior college. I've played virtually every recreational activity, athletic competition, sport, game or whatever you may wish to call it you can imagine. Golf is by far the most difficult endeavor to perform at a high level that I have ever attempted. If you were being serious you obviously have no idea what an awesome feat it is for someone who has not devoted his life to the game to shoot a 69 on a course of 7200 yards!
(Congrats Gary)

Was thinking the same thing.

Tommy Lasorda once said he'd rather try and hit a 90 mph curve ball rather than making a stationary golf ball fly to where he wanted it to go because hitting the curve ball is easier.

Sure, anyone can pick up a golf club and swing it, but can you curve the ball around a tree and still hit the green? Can you sink a 10-footer that breaks two ways? Can you get up and down from the sand? Can you carry your drive 255 to clear a water hazard off the tee? Can you hit a 30-yard wide fairway with a 20 mph crosswind?

The idea of golf is easy, but the execution is a bitch unless you're comfortable with shooting 100.

yeah congrats on the 69 Gary!
my best is 71 on a 6800 125 slope
game is so hard. i need a sports psychologist cause i cant make myself understand why i cant do that every day.
interesting golf tip. will try on the range this weekend.
wont add more to the well written write up and comments.

My favorite tip was given to me by Hale Irwin in a pro am many years ago...

He said to play with your ears... What he meant was, as a pre-shot routine, to take an easy practice swing (about 50%) and make sure you hear the swoosh sound at the BOTTOM of the swing arc, then an 80% swing with the swoosh at the bottom and finally a jump out of your shoes swing with the swoosh at the bottom and then address the ball and use the middle 80% swing... It works like magic... You will always have acceleration at the bottom of your swing arc no mater how hard you are swinging and will finish in balance with great tempo...

any way it is great to see that the oldest of the sports is getting some love...