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See You in October
Published: 8/7/2007 5:20 PM
Last Modified: 8/7/2007 5:20 PM

The Picks surges once more to the summit of sports thinking, with this suggestion: Postpone the golf tournament before an entire gallery disintegrates on the national tube.
This isn't hot. This is a meltdwn. The CBS high-def cameras could become puddles. The publicity will be all about the insane heat. What's that flying overhead? It's not the blimp. It's president Bush with Feema.
This isn't sissy talk. There's nothing to compare with standing in dangerous heat. Sure, college football practice has started. But they go early and late and are surrounded by flunkes with ice. And nobody 75 years of age walks up and down the sideline in the blinding heat, watching!
It's painful to see grandparents, red of face, pulling themselves up steep hills.
If the tourney goes as scheduled, the golfer who can put his drives in the middle of the best shade should win. I had planned to blog live from the course all week. Then I stood next to a fat guy with a beer who fell violently ill to his stomach. Hello press tent.
Some people seem to be pretending this isn't happening.
Here is the weather outlook for the remainder of the week: Worse, hotter, worse, worse, hotter. Oh yeah, one more thing. Diminishing breezes.
So let's just shut her down and have a big beer bust on the 18th fairway Friday midnight and meet back at this great golf course, in this wonderful city, in October, as it usually turns cool around Halloween.




Reader Comments 14 Total
Gene (6 years ago)
Picker, just got back from the PGA practice round. All the Euro-trash looked like they were about to heat stroke and it was only 9am!!!
worldpicker (6 years ago)
Lean Gene, what do you weigh after three hours out there, one-twenty?


Brutal is putting it nicely-nicely.


Why can't men golfers wear shorts?


Why don't they have a cover over the bleachers?


They did for Happy Gilmore.
Settle Down (6 years ago)
Geez, I spent today out there. As long as you have a good hat and some water, and occasionally get in some shade - it's not that bad. You're going way overboard here. It's going to be a great event. The elements are part of the uniqueness of the event. Sheesh.
Gene (6 years ago)
Didn't see much shade at the tee boxes, or down the fairways, or even on the putting green. All the players I saw today were playing and not sitting in the shade sipping water.
WS (6 years ago)
Euro trash? Gene, you're some piece of work.
worldpicker (6 years ago)
Hey Settle Down, you were the guy in a sombrero with a fan on it, right? And by having some water, you mean leaping into the creek at 12, correct? The bleachers have no shade. Why? But you're right. Goosen said he has seen it hotter on a golf course, one afternoon in Singapore.


WS: Gene is the man when it comes to golf. Horses? Football? He's learning. But they don't call him Uncle Golf for nothing. After ducking into the chilly press tent for Gatorades number 11 and 12, a number of our friends from Europe did appear slightly afraid to go outside.
WG (6 years ago)
So, all 'em wimps if you like (most Europeans, including my wife's family from Germany) have never even heard of air con, although with global weather patterns shifting, they're going to have to find out about it...), but Euro trash is an expression I find particularly distasteful. Wouldn't it be fun to take a look at some of the knuckle-draggers downline on Gene's family tree?
worldpicker (6 years ago)
Here's a golf question. If Europeans are so sold on their continent's golf prowress, and it's obvious through the Ryder Cup that they are, why do they come to the good old US of A to play college golf? What's wrong with Ireland State? France Tech?


In those Ryder celebrations, all for one, one for all, it's as though this was their first trip to America. Hey pal, there's the college dorm where you developed your game, right over there.
WG (6 years ago)
I'll defer that question to someone who give a d*mn about the activity.
TAB (6 years ago)
It's not unbearable if you stay hydrated. It's hard to do that if you're drinking the Club Special.

My buddy raised an interesting question I would like to submit to the Picker: if soccer is so boring, why spend so much time watching golf and/or talking about it? I'll admit that I really like both activities, but I thought it was an interesting question for those who like to knock the beautiful game.

Captain Stormfield (6 years ago)
Stricker, Steve: +2 after two. Developing...
worldpicker (6 years ago)
Stricker played the worst round of golf in PGA history. He duck hooks a drive on one, almost putts a ball off the second green, he was lucky to break 100.


Tiger is playing way too conservatively, hitting pitching wedges off some tees, or so it seems.


Toms is the only one I have who has a chance.


Daly gets the Baked Razorback tee off time tomorrow, are we looking at 67-87? His drive today on 18 went so far nobody could locate it at first, and it was dead-center, fairway!


This looks like the story: Why can't a so-called big-name win at Southern Hills? This leaderboard looks like a B-league circuit. Here's one guy who can play: Harrington.


On the PGA website, they don't even have a photo of our heroic leader!
TAB (6 years ago)
I'm enjoying the high scores today. All these guys feel like how Daly feels every day of his life.
zyumepjg@mail.com (5 years ago)
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