The fireworks arrived early this morning along with a deluge that put the course under water. Five hours were added to our tee times and they’ll be playing till dark. It’s ball in hand once more.
Shot -2. Not a bad start.
An Arkansas wash? This morning, I did laundry with the extra time provided by the delay but it doesn’t seem our caddie bibs received the same treatment. A few squirts from a jumbo bottle of Febreze seems was all the “freshening” they got after the pro-am.
You, with your hand up: Nintai asked in a previous blog: -How long does it take to adjust to a new player? To know if they have a given shot ‘in the bag’? Ability to work the ball either way?-
That’s a pretty good one so I’ll answer it here. Everyone is different. The learning curve was fairly steep with Hee Young. After two days of being asked essentially zilch, I was thrown into the fire from the get go today with reading greens and pulling clubs but I had a feeling it might work that way, so I was ready.
As far as different shots, unless you seem them, you just don’t know. The more rounds you work, the more you learn.
Getting to know what’s going on in between their ears is the hardest part and a lifelong pursuit in futility. It could be a very dark place sometimes. Only kidding ladies!:wink:
July 4, 2008 at 7:42 pm |
Hey Larry, what do the players and caddies do during long weather delays? I’ll guess it isn’t cards and beer like for us amateurs! When there is a long delay, do you have to hang out at the course, or do they give you a time to come back and let you leave?
July 5, 2008 at 5:10 am |
It depends hendrik. Yesterday, they had them stick around for a couple hours until it was determined that much more time was needed to get the course ready than anticipated. Most of the time, updates are given (usually every half hour to hour) telling us when the next update will be. We just have to wait it out. By the time the final update is given, you may only have a few minutes to get ready to resume so you can’t leave.
As far as what we do, mostly eat and swap golf tales is about it. In New Jersey, they were playing Tiger Woods golf on a Nintendo Wii. All depends what’s available.