usa1950
Divots like a 72 Playboy
- Jul 15, 2007
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usa- howd you get onto the 17th at sawgrass?!?!?
Did the one you hit the green stay on?
Back in the day, I worked for a big brewery based out of St. Louis, and specifically Sports Marketing for the Michelob Brand. We followed the PGA Tour and Senior Tour from city to city. I've been to more than 75 tournaments...
So, after the The Players one Sunday.... we were parked in the area, had cleaned up our gear/exhibit. The place was deserted except for a few maintenance guys, and some people who hung around for about 90 minutes after the event, we took about a dozen balls, and some short irons we had back with our Michelob stuff, jumped the rope, walked right up to the tee the players used that Sunday, and hit a few shots each.
We had some pretty sweet PGA Tour Credentials (money clips similar to what the players have on their belts/caps) which got us anywhere.. clubhouse, any tent, etc.... so I doubt that there would have been a HUGE problem had someone wandered by, but it still felt a little wrong.
Yes, my first ball hit and stayed on. It was an easy 8 iron. One of the other guys had the 9.
Whey you are on the tee.... the green is a miniscule little "slliver" of land. The water is enormous.
It's really hard to describe... the green just seems so tiny it is unbelievable.
So, that Sunday, the last shot hit on 17 was NOT by the last pairing of the day.... :laugh: