Ball moved addressing putt. Never grounded putter. Official real time said ok, fine you didnt cause it to move. Later reviewed footage and basically put him on alert they do believe he caused it to move. Lot of in game uproar by fellow pros. USGA amateur hour, LOL!
Sounds like he will be assessed a penalty stroke b4 signing his card.
Paulina. Way to push your way past Jack on live TV to get out into the spotlight.
Some USGA heads need to roll. That could have been disastrous. Happy for DJ - he put on a driving clinic this week.
This, yes
I appreciated it haha 
The u.s. open is getting interesting. What is this penalty DJ got assessed for? I missed it live…
Ball moved addressing putt. Never grounded putter. Official real time said ok, fine you didnt cause it to move. Later reviewed footage and basically put him on alert they do believe he caused it to move. Lot of in game uproar by fellow pros. USGA amateur hour, LOL!
Sounds like he will be assessed a penalty stroke b4 signing his card.
she did? classic. She’s so vapid.
When he was leading the Canadian Open here a couple of years ago, she was following his group (as was I). She had a cop with her, and was wearing a really slutty dress.
On 17 he hit his drive otis, and then reteed and hit it into a fairway bunker. When he did, I said to the 2 people I was with “that bunker is impossible to reach that pin, so he’s going to have to lay up”. Sure enough he tried to go at it, slammed it into the face of the bunker, and was on his way to making a triple, handing the trophy to Brandt Snedeker. We saw her 10 minutes later when we were leaving…wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and runners. I guess she realised she wasn’t going to be on TV, so she went back to comfort mode. SO lame.
Paulina. Way to push your way past Jack on live TV to get out into the spotlight.
it was awkward when the camera was right behind her going up the stairs. dress couldn’t have been shorter.
Some USGA heads need to roll. That could have been disastrous. Happy for DJ - he put on a driving clinic this week.
This, yes
I appreciated it haha
she did? classic. She’s so vapid.
When he was leading the Canadian Open here a couple of years ago, she was following his group (as was I). She had a cop with her, and was wearing a really slutty dress.
On 17 he hit his drive otis, and then reteed and hit it into a fairway bunker. When he did, I said to the 2 people I was with “that bunker is impossible to reach that pin, so he’s going to have to lay up”. Sure enough he tried to go at it, slammed it into the face of the bunker, and was on his way to making a triple, handing the trophy to Brandt Snedeker. We saw her 10 minutes later when we were leaving…wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and runners. I guess she realised she wasn’t going to be on TV, so she went back to comfort mode. SO lame.
it was awkward when the camera was right behind her going up the stairs. dress couldn’t have been shorter.
So how’d it go?
So how’d it go?
Whew, what a week! Sorry for the delay, free time wasn’t something I had much of last week. Our staff did an amazing job, but it was definitely some long days and we certainly learned a lot and will do some things differently in the future.
The event went very well, especially considering it was put together in less than 6 months. There really should have been a bigger media push leading up to the event, but there was still over 11k people which the PGA said is very strong for a first year event. That number should easily double though next year given our market.
It was a lot of fun working hand in hand with the PGA, and it’s a top notch organization from the top down. The afternoon rounds for the Wednesday ProAm got rained out which was a bummer because we were having a great time and I was playing pretty well. But it also made the course play much easier on Thursday which is where we saw a new course record of 63 (followed by 76 next day lol). The 63 was a bit of an anomaly though, 6 fairways, 12 greens, 19 putts. As the weekend went on, temps dropped back from 100 to high 80’s with a breeze which was a nice reprieve and brought back some of the firmness in the course.
Feedback we heard was amazing. From a spectators, volunteers, and players, it’s safe to say they did not see or know of any slip-ups or last minute changes which is exactly what you want. All in all, it was very smooth, and with one under our belt, the next ones should be even smoother and more successful.
The Players seemed to really enjoy the course, but the caddies hated it lol (hills and nashville heat/humidity makes it a bear to walk). It’s the longest course on the Web.com tour, and they played it up about 200yards from our actual tips. We had several players say that our 8th par 3 was the toughest par 3 they play all year as well (220yd par 3 uphill to wide but narrow green with bunkers in front and back). It was also very good to hear the winner say on record that “these are in the top 10% of greens we’ll play on all year”. Granted, he won the tournament so I’m sure he liked the way they were rolling lol.
We were also fortunate enough to have the Director of PGA Competition Agronomy assigned to our venue as the agronomist on site. It was great working with him and our grounds crew learned a lot. He took a personally vested interested in our group and course and certainly seems excited about the future, as his words were “we’re starting to see sparks of brilliance”. He comes from just a completely different level of resources and preparation though as he is typically on the top PGA tournaments. He was overseeing the PGA Memorial tournament at Murfield the week prior to coming to us. He said they had nearly 50 individuals on the maintenance crew (many of which were head superintendents at well respected clubs across the country volunteering for the week).
I didn’t manage to snag too many photos personally, but I know there are some floating around out there. But if I see any other really good ones I’ll try to post them up.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/mbgt72/Golf/411f0456fcb9d4dd19cc76db011cf9a3_zpsq4obteri.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/mbgt72/Golf/b18bce5751121f345f6063ab0d19df4f_zps849qsfjs.jpg
Congrats - glad to hear that it went well!
Whew, what a week! Sorry for the delay, free time wasn’t something I had much of last week. Our staff did an amazing job, but it was definitely some long days and we certainly learned a lot and will do some things differently in the future.
The event went very well, especially considering it was put together in less than 6 months. There really should have been a bigger media push leading up to the event, but there was still over 11k people which the PGA said is very strong for a first year event. That number should easily double though next year given our market.
It was a lot of fun working hand in hand with the PGA, and it’s a top notch organization from the top down. The afternoon rounds for the Wednesday ProAm got rained out which was a bummer because we were having a great time and I was playing pretty well. But it also made the course play much easier on Thursday which is where we saw a new course record of 63 (followed by 76 next day lol). The 63 was a bit of an anomaly though, 6 fairways, 12 greens, 19 putts. As the weekend went on, temps dropped back from 100 to high 80’s with a breeze which was a nice reprieve and brought back some of the firmness in the course.
Feedback we heard was amazing. From a spectators, volunteers, and players, it’s safe to say they did not see or know of any slip-ups or last minute changes which is exactly what you want. All in all, it was very smooth, and with one under our belt, the next ones should be even smoother and more successful.
The Players seemed to really enjoy the course, but the caddies hated it lol (hills and nashville heat/humidity makes it a bear to walk). It’s the longest course on the Web.com tour, and they played it up about 200yards from our actual tips. We had several players say that our 8th par 3 was the toughest par 3 they play all year as well (220yd par 3 uphill to wide but narrow green with bunkers in front and back). It was also very good to hear the winner say on record that “these are in the top 10% of greens we’ll play on all year”. Granted, he won the tournament so I’m sure he liked the way they were rolling lol.
We were also fortunate enough to have the Director of PGA Competition Agronomy assigned to our venue as the agronomist on site. It was great working with him and our grounds crew learned a lot. He took a personally vested interested in our group and course and certainly seems excited about the future, as his words were “we’re starting to see sparks of brilliance”. He comes from just a completely different level of resources and preparation though as he is typically on the top PGA tournaments. He was overseeing the PGA Memorial tournament at Murfield the week prior to coming to us. He said they had nearly 50 individuals on the maintenance crew (many of which were head superintendents at well respected clubs across the country volunteering for the week).
I didn’t manage to snag too many photos personally, but I know there are some floating around out there. But if I see any other really good ones I’ll try to post them up.
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/mbgt72/Golf/411f0456fcb9d4dd19cc76db011cf9a3_zpsq4obteri.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk89/mbgt72/Golf/b18bce5751121f345f6063ab0d19df4f_zps849qsfjs.jpg
