Friday PGA Reads
/Well I stayed awake until 3 est time. But the ING ads are back, the
fog rolled in, and I just had to lie down. Maybe tomorrows appearance
by Charles Barkley will liven things up. Anyway, the post round coverage was thankfully more interesting than the telecast.
Golfonline's Cameron Morfit has some observations and notes. AP's Jim Litke looks at the long hitters in round 1, with some interesting anecdotes. Bill Pennington in the NY Times looks at the 17th and how players long and short handled it during round 1. Here's Tiger's post round1 press conference. I liked him a lot better when rounds like this meant blowing off press.
Golfweek's Jeff Rude looks at the how life and golf have changed since the last time a major was held at Baltusrol. Jim McCabe in the Boston Globe offers
an in depth and fascinating look at The Country Club (where they were
supposed to be playing this week), the PGA and big time golf venues. He
notes that "Baltusrol members won't see the Upper Course for the rest
of the year; Winged Foot members are already braced to lose one of
their courses for more than a year, just to host the 2006 US Open."
McCabe's column also writes about 2005 PGA Distinguished Service Award
winner Wally Uihlein, and the normally evenhanded Globe writer fawns:
A historian, a visionary, and a voice of reason, Uihlein is a point man for manufacturers who are so often attacked on topics involving equipment. To say that Uihlein is a leader in the golf industry is akin to saying Tiger Woods is a pretty good player. A historian, a visionary, and a voice of reason, Uihlein is a point man for manufacturers who are so often attacked on topics involving equipment. The products under the Acushnet umbrella -- Titleist, FootJoy, Cobra, Pinnacle -- are of the highest quality, but it's Uihlein's relentless devotion to the company that sets a shining example. In the world of golf, there are more high-profile names, but no one has a better feel for the game than Uihlein.
Here's the GCSAA fact sheet on Chicago Golf Club, host of the Walker Cup. And finally, The New York Times enters the Sean O'Hair story arena. Writer Diane Lacey Allen manages to make Marc O'Hair sound like a victim, which I didn't think was possible.
