I just realized that reads kinda weird, as if I was implying that their tans were produced in China. Maybe “tanned, hairless muscle-mary’s that look etc.” would have been better.

The blisters on my ample ears took a few weeks to go away. Damn pale skin.

Hahaha. I’m not outdoorsy in the slightest and I’m a night person, so it makes it even worse when I venture out in the sunlight for extended periods because no matter how much sunscreen I put on, the white glow of my skin is a sunburn magnet. At Torrey Pines, there weren’t a lot of places available if you wanted to avoid the sun; the merch tent the size of an airport hangar didn’t appeal and while there were some trees to hide under, they weren’t enough.

Memo to people who smoke despite numerous warnings not to, not the least because there’s a ton of dry grass surrounding the lush greens that would go up in flames if a butt caught fire, and who blow smoke in to people’s faces despite having the option of blowing the smoke towards the ground:

You are scum.

And I too suffered the wrath of Mother Sun. The blisters on my ample ears took a few weeks to go away. Damn pale skin.

Golf is best enjoyed on tv.

Oh, I don’t know about that, Tiger sure had some really poor shoots/holes and, of course, a lot of people were buzzing about Phil Mickelson’s quadruple bogey on 13 on Saturday.

In a US Open, that’s definitely true–everyone’s struggling. Tiger isn’t exactly the most accurate driver of the golf ball either. As for generating power–they really hit the sh*t out of the ball. Having a perfectly repeatable swing also helps.

michael, have you ever been to Torrey Pines on a Sunday morning? It is packed with a bunch of normal 9-to-5ers who sleep in their cars in the parking lot to get a tee time. (At least that’s how we did it last time I played there.) People who make up any “elitist group of old timers” belong to and play at private courses.

Yeah, what blew me away was how much power they generated on tee shots. I was joking with some other fans about how reading the greens is like a science, and damn if someone wouldn’t tap the ball right in to the exact “groove” of the green to make a putt (or if they were far away, setting themselves up for easier shots for par). It’s just frustrating to hear this enormous roar at another hole and not know what’s going on.

They spray it all over the course and hit tons of bad shots–but still shoot 71. Their short games and escaping ability are incredible. The leaders are doing everything right and can be sort of boring to watch.

Oh, I don’t know about that, Tiger sure had some really poor shoots/holes and, of course, a lot of people were buzzing about Phil Mickelson’s quadruple bogey on 13 on Saturday. It really is amazing, when you come down to it, how little margin there is for error and how someone can get on a hot streak and then…tank.

consider the sport to be a wasteful use of limited resources for a limited few to enjoy

You mean, like every NFL stadium? Torrey Pines is a public course, anyone can play there as far as I can tell. The Jets fan I sat next to for most of Saturday is a sales rep back in New Jersey and he was saying that he’s coming back to Torrey Pines in October for a golf weekend.

anywho, hope you make it back down this way for our better sport…Gay Pride in late July…

Ewww, a bunch of hairless muscle-mary’s with tans that look like they were produced at the same factory in China, no thanks, I’ll pass.

Pros are also a lot bigger than you’d expect from seeing them on TV. Lots of 6’2″, 6’3″, 6’4″ guys with huge backs and shoulders.

Debating whether or not to go to Bethpage next year. Played it a good twenty years or so ago. It’s no surprise how tough it was on the pros.