The girls and I woke up early Saturday morning and arrived in plenty of time to play some golf games, get some pictures taken and practice our putting at the Interactive Golf Village before heading over to our lucky spot at hole seven. I'd packed lots of snacks and drinks due to past experience and concession prices. The twins are not the avid fans their sister is, but they wanted to see if they'd have any luck getting any golf balls. The volunteers were ready to give up their little seats when they saw us coming, but we opted for the ground and soaked up the warm rays lying in the grass until the first group arrived. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. We couldn't have asked for much more.
As the players finished putting, I had to tell the girls their names so they could cheer for each one. They'd come up with something new and they were rewarded for their efforts with a thank you or more often a thank you and a ball. Phil brought the crowds and cameras, but we'd positioned ourselves so no one could get in front of us. He made a par. The girls decided on the "We love you, Phil!" cheer and everyone started laughing and clapping. He walked over and handed a ball to Sarah and told Sydney he would get a ball to her at another hole. The smile he flashed was priceless and I caught it. Richard Green, who was playing with Phil shouted to us, "Hey, don't you love me?" "Yes, we love you Richard." Not so much love with the next group. Tiger, Ian Poulter and Nick Watney came through and all three had good shots into the pin. Nick birdied, but Tiger missed his birdie putt and we were treated to a typical Tiger personal tantrum. A few choice words were said and he angrily threw his putter onto his bag. Katie looked at me and said "I don't think we should say anything to him." We saved our cheers for Nick and he appreciated them.
By the time we left the hole we'd picked up another fifteen balls. We saw the remainder of the groups as we walked the front nine on our way to the eighteenth hole. We were hoping to land some more autographs. Only a few players came out, but the headliners made a beeline past the crowds to the clubhouse and never reemerged. Several players commented how the crowds were not well behaved. Sydney got elbowed in the head by some rowdy kids jockeying for position near the ropes. The barricade wall got knocked down when a famous Chinese golfer came out. When a reporter came over to us we asked if Phil or Nick was coming out and he told us they'd left. He said we might like who was coming out to be interviewed. Luke Donald is quite a cutie and he winked at Katie after his interview. She said he was nice, but Phil was still number one.
Katie and Larry are at the final round today or at least I hope they are. Larry called this morning and said the roads had been closed due to heavy fog. They delayed the first tee time by an hour and a half. Satellite is out so I can't even look for them on t.v. and watching live scoring on the internet just isn't the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment