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Footballguy
Wow, I was apparently pretty drunk when I posted this. Don't even remember doing it. Had greenskeeper passes for everyday of the Phoenix Open (couldn't go Saturday-Sunday due to prior obligations). Was so much fun. Really really enjoyed the mornings and the practice round because the golf watching was so much better and the crowds weren't as crazy. Got on 16 for the tail end of the pro am on Wednesday which was fun. Simply just too much of a wait the other days and the free booze/food in the greenskeepers area was too hard to pass up. General day plan was get a few drinks in then head to either 3 tee or 10 fairway as we found those the least crowded with most access to the players. We'd stay as long as our bladders and buzzes would let us before heading back to use the bathroom and get more booze. Left side ten fairway was fun bc it was a landing zone and several players hit into us (Rahm was kind of a #### to this loud, boisterous guy that he hit with his drive but all the other players were awesome).
Highlight though was definitely standing on three tee on day 1 (Thursday). We posted up directly on the rope just behind the water cooler and chairs. 3 is a reachable par 5 so the strategy was perfect as players often had to wait and would sit down, grab a water, and engage in friendly discussions. Overheard two absolutely epic ones:
1. The first was between Justin Thomas and Bones. There was a really interesting and very technical (i.e. over my head) discussion about some new iron technology going on between Phil and Hadwin so I didn't catch the start but the gist is that Thomas was lamenting to Bones how Spieth consistently refuses to pay his bets when they gamble on golf. Said that, "[Spieth] is so damn competitive that [Spieth] won't pay me [Thomas] on holes he loses where he makes a bad putt because he'll claim it's 'the worst' putt ever and the hole shouldn't count." They then joked back and forth about whether he'll learn and that some guys just don't pay bets.
2. Kuchar and Bubba had about a five minute discussion regarding the sheer number of tour players that met their wives at the Phoenix Open. They mentioned Lehman and a couple of guys that I didn't know. They both agreed that the number was really high and that Phil and Amy didn't count because they met in college. The best part of the exchange was this:
Bubba: This is tough the number is high. Do multiple marriages count?
Kuchar: Yeah I suppose a few guys met like 2-3 of their wives here. I think we should just count those as just one marriage per piece because they usually don't last long.
Bubba: I agree. So we're still over like a dozen, right?
He took the CA/early FL swing off. I'm sure it's a 6 month build to Augusta.
