Is he man or machine?

Congrats Tiger! I think Tiger is a machine, anyone want to dispute that? This guy can do anything with a golf ball. I would love to say more but I am kinda speechless.

Part II

So now I am coming off the driving range weeding through the entourage of all these kids. I make my way to the first tee. I am playing in a threesome and I watch as the first group goes off. Solid players but nobody that has a chance, you can just tell. I check in and get my scorecard then a couple of other folks show up. I found out later that I was playing with the UNC Greensboro golf caoch and one of his players that gratuated this year. They did'nt like each other!! Which became apparent with a ruling later in the round. I wont go into detail about how I played, but I will say that I hit the ball well just didn't score well. The courses were both playing at 7200 yards which in my opinion is extremely long. The conditions didn't make it any shorter either. There was a par 3 that was all over water into the wind playing 227.
Crushed a 3 wood into the front left bunker, didn't get up and down.
I was almost ready to WD midway into the second round but I kept going. My blisters finally popped on number 15 of the second round. The most pain my feet have ever been in. Needless to say I didn't qualify. The medalist shot 66-69 I was a few shots off of that.
Going into the tournament I had high hopes for my chances. I soon found out that playing scratch golf on the weekends just wont cut it on long courses up against this caliber of player. I ended up being very proud of my performance and going toe to toe with the best in the country. What I learned that day will stay with me for a long time. Many more to come.

The day I felt like a senior citizen!

I have not had a chance to write about my experience at the US Public Links qualifier. People have been asking me how it was and how it went. The only response that I can offer them is one word...Humbling! I went to this qualifier knowing that I was a long shot and not really knowing what to expect. Boy was I in for a shock! I went up to Greensboro the night before. I didn't have a chance to play a practice round beacuse I have to work for a living and had no time. I got a hotel about 10 minutes from the course. I drove to it the night before just about dark and got a visual. The course didnt look to tough. The greens seemed pretty fast the way I like them. I got a good nights sleep because I was the second group off that morning on the Champions course. I was in a threesome. They had us going off both tees on both courses because this was the largest field they have ever had. 144 golfers vying for only 4 spots! I get to the course at about 6:20 for a 7:20 tee time. I check in and head straight for the driving range, and boy what I saw next was just shocking. The first thing i see is a long line of stand bags with every college name that you can think of. All you can here is the sound of crisp iron shots and rifle sounding driver shots. Music to any golfers ears. Behind every player was a washed up collegiate coach and a couple of proud unrealistic parents thinking their son was the next Anthony Kim. The majority of them were proud parents of the next Ty Tryon. At 32 years old and a full time employee this is where I finally realized that I was a senior citizen compared to these kids. Another dissapointing aspect of this tournament is that I had nobody to carry my bag. Again I am 32 and all of my friends work also. They couldn't take off for 2 days to carry my bag in 97 dgree weather for 36 holes. Yeah, did i not mention that it was 97 degrees and a 36 hole event. I will continue the story tommorow it gets even better!!