My first tourney ever and no, it wasn't the British Open, but it was a damn good tourney. Joe Oglivy beat Lumpy and Clark for the win.
Byron (golfing buddy) got tickets and dragged me with. Man, this is not what I expected. Standing 5 feet or less away from these guys and about 5 yards away when they were teeing off or putting. Bubba Dickerson hit a drive in the long rough right next to us. He was on one side of the tree and I was five feet away on the other side. He hit a hybrid (plays Adams clubs) really nice to get out. Alot of these guys were journeymen and only a couple stars but these guys could ALL play!! We followed Camillo around for his first few holes. He's right down the middle every shot. Super accurate. Bubba Dickerson (his playing partner) is much longer but not always down the middle. Great scrambler though. Camillo does his trademark green reading (way down on the ground) just about every hole. After following these two we started moving around and saw Maggert, Charlie Wi, Sluman, Jesper (with his ugly pool hall hat), Mark Wilson, Flesch, Briny Baird, Byrum, Imada, Armour III, Slocum, MackKenzie, and the young kid Finau finishing up the 18th. We hung around the last three holes the rest of the day and followed the last group through when they got to the 16th. Absolutely the neatest thing. You're like playing in their group you're so close. Saw some ugly swings too from some of these guys.
Observations:
I couldn't believe all the belly putters being used by the pros. Maybe 1/3 of them used belly putters?
Driving and fairway shots are unbelieveable distance and straight. I thought the ball flight was very boring and not overly high though.
The Brown Deer Park golf course is sweet! Not that long (6700 yards) but very challenging with lots of streams and trouble making challenging shot choices.
Putting. I thought these guys would be better. I wasn't impressed with their putting.
Scrambling. As Dave said in a thread, these guys have the shots to get close from any kind of trouble or lie. Amazing.
Long irons. They hit them so HIGH! I was surprised at that.
100 yard shots. Very different techniques by different pros. Some hit a high drop and some hit like a long, low chip shot that stops on a dime. I couldn't hit that shot.
I'll be going again hopefully. This is much better then pro baseball and football. You're right there amongst the players. So cool....
And finally, Byron and I are probably playing Brown Deer next Friday!! It's a Municipal course and cost is $85.
Brown Deer Golf Club
Byron (golfing buddy) got tickets and dragged me with. Man, this is not what I expected. Standing 5 feet or less away from these guys and about 5 yards away when they were teeing off or putting. Bubba Dickerson hit a drive in the long rough right next to us. He was on one side of the tree and I was five feet away on the other side. He hit a hybrid (plays Adams clubs) really nice to get out. Alot of these guys were journeymen and only a couple stars but these guys could ALL play!! We followed Camillo around for his first few holes. He's right down the middle every shot. Super accurate. Bubba Dickerson (his playing partner) is much longer but not always down the middle. Great scrambler though. Camillo does his trademark green reading (way down on the ground) just about every hole. After following these two we started moving around and saw Maggert, Charlie Wi, Sluman, Jesper (with his ugly pool hall hat), Mark Wilson, Flesch, Briny Baird, Byrum, Imada, Armour III, Slocum, MackKenzie, and the young kid Finau finishing up the 18th. We hung around the last three holes the rest of the day and followed the last group through when they got to the 16th. Absolutely the neatest thing. You're like playing in their group you're so close. Saw some ugly swings too from some of these guys.
Observations:
I couldn't believe all the belly putters being used by the pros. Maybe 1/3 of them used belly putters?
Driving and fairway shots are unbelieveable distance and straight. I thought the ball flight was very boring and not overly high though.
The Brown Deer Park golf course is sweet! Not that long (6700 yards) but very challenging with lots of streams and trouble making challenging shot choices.
Putting. I thought these guys would be better. I wasn't impressed with their putting.
Scrambling. As Dave said in a thread, these guys have the shots to get close from any kind of trouble or lie. Amazing.
Long irons. They hit them so HIGH! I was surprised at that.
100 yard shots. Very different techniques by different pros. Some hit a high drop and some hit like a long, low chip shot that stops on a dime. I couldn't hit that shot.
I'll be going again hopefully. This is much better then pro baseball and football. You're right there amongst the players. So cool....
And finally, Byron and I are probably playing Brown Deer next Friday!! It's a Municipal course and cost is $85.
Brown Deer Golf Club
