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The life
Published: 8/20/2006 9:47 AM
Last Modified: 8/20/2006 9:47 AM

Now I know why people want to be golf writers. I walked into the PGA Championship media center cafeteria this morning and you could have all you wanted -- eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, fruit, muffins, toast. If co-worker John Hoover was here, I bet they could have even supplied him with some tranya to drink. (Hoover is a big Star Trek guy and no doubt will be watching the William Shatner roast on Comedy Central scheduled for Sunday night. Tranya, by the way, is a drink that debuted on "The Corbomite Maneuver" episode of the original Star Trek series). But let's forget Trek references for a minute and get back to Medinah Country Club: The media has its own climate controlled restroom, temperature set on 70 degrees. It's a big trailer that goes to PGA events, sort of like John Daly's trailer, except without all the amenities and extra wives. A sign warns that the sink water is non-potable, which I suppose means that you are not supposed to drink it. But if the water is so tricked up that I can't drink it, why would I want to wash my hands in it? Something to think about. The PGA of America will throw out another big spread for lunch and some more vittles for an evening snack. A guy could get fat up here and I wish they would stop giving away Mountain Dew, because I'm trying to give up the stuff, but I have trouble resisting its siren call. Got to go back and read the Odyssey again and learn the advantages of sticking wax in my ears when sirens appear. The media center here is mostly deserted Sunday morning, even though players are firing away on the course. The reason most will show up later is that Tiger doesn't tee off until after 1 p.m., which means that no news will happen until after 1 p.m. In the meanwhile, I'm reading the free Chicago-area newspapers that are available to media. The Chicago Sun-Times has a special insert today of a replica edition of Amazing Fantasy No. 15, the first comic book appearance of Spider-Man. I'm a big comic book nerd. Every word I ever wrote I probably first read in a comic book. I felt a little guilty about mixing comic book lore (Superman Returns) in a Sunday morning story about Tiger Woods, but it didn't seem that much of a stretch to call him super since he is invulnerable when taking a 54-hole lead into the final round of a major.


Reader Comments 2 Total
John Hoover (6 years ago)
I did watch the William Shatner Roast. I even flipped back and forth between the Yankees' 10-inning victory over the hated Sawx to catch what I could. It was flat-out the raunchiest bit of television I have EVER seen. I'm no prude, but Dean Martin would turn over in his grave at the thought of Comedy Central's roasts.

Glad you had plenty of Dew in 'Dinah. Now get to work.
skeeter (6 years ago)
Mmmm, tranya.
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Tulsa World sports writer Jimmie Tramel is a former class president at Locust Grove High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State University with a journalism degree and, while attending college, was sports editor of the Pryor Daily Times. He joined the Tulsa World on Oct. 17, 1989, the same day an earthquake struck the World Series. He is the OSU basketball beat writer and a columnist and feature writer during football season. In 2007, he wrote a book about Oklahoma State football with former Cowboy coach Pat Jones.

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