Travelers Championship / PGA TOUR / June 25-28, 2009
The PGA TOUR brethren tee off Thursday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. As usual, the TOUR establishes its 'early-late' tee times for Thursday and its opposite for Friday. All's fair, right? Well, most of the time!
For the counterpoint, we won't soon forget the first 36 holes of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black and the 'early' Thursday and 'late' Friday rain deluges. Line-after-line of storm cells caused an abrupt end to all play at 10:16 a.m. Thursday. The 'early' times were hammered , and the 'late' times never made it out of the box . For the 'lates', this made for a rain-free Friday afternoon start and an early rain-free, 36-hole Saturday morning finish. The 'early' Thursday times didn't begin their second round until Saturday afternoon. By which time, the rains had started again.
Read that again -- slowly -- and realize that the Thursday 'late' crowd enjoyed the "luck of the draw" and a rain-free, Monday finish golf tournament.
A-n-y-way . . .
Early-rising Traveler's fans will find Sergio Garcia, Brian Gay and Anthony Kim teeing off #1 at 7:42 a.m. In broadcast-speak, it's an "attractive group", but yawn -- -- don't expect a thundering herd of gallery-ites.
On Friday, you can sleep in: The same group goes off 'late' at 12:52 p.m., only now with hundreds, even thousands, of their fans in tow.
The au courant can arrive late Thursday:
Lucas Glover, 2009 U.S. Open Champion, tees off #1 at 1:03 p.m., a time somewhere between fan visits to the hot dog stand and the arrival of the litter brigade. The bright-eyed can catch him Friday off #10 at 7:53 a.m.
Here is a link the forum members might enjoy about the impact a US Open win has on a golfer's career. If you are interested Lucas' hometown paper the Greenville news is packed with articles since the Monday win. Hopefully BG will make it also
Enjoying the twits. Provides insigth and a feeling of what the tour is like.
BG just dropped a shot on the par 5 6th (he started from the 10th) but is still well placed.
__________________ The student senses his teacher’s steadfast belief and quiet resolve: “This is doable. It is doable by you. The pathway is there. All you need is determination and time.” And together, they make it happen.
, and the 'late' times never made it out of the box 
. For the 'lates', this made for a rain-free Friday afternoon start and an early rain-free, 36-hole Saturday morning finish 
-- don't expect a thundering herd of gallery-ites. 
Hybrid Mode
