I went to Pro/Am day at the Buick Open the other day. Follow KJ Choi for a bit and watched him hit is MFS 65 orange shaft about 300 yards and then stick it a few feet from the pin with his wedge (irons are also Apache's, MFS115). Followed as many of the big names as possible for a few hours. It was fun watching the pro am guys breathe a sigh of relief when they hit a decent drive with a crowd on hand. My new favorite player is Jeff Maggert and I'm going to start a Jeff Maggert fan club at clubmaker online. I was standing by the ropes on a par five and a kid yelled for an autograph. It was after his second shot, he was on the other side of the fairway and he said "I'll catch up with you at the green". His dad was kind enough to say "won't work...we're leaving, and he's not going in that direction." Jeff strolled over with a smile and signed the kids hat and a few of us acknowledged what he had done. The dad said to the kid "sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns." Count on a future "you da man" type when that youngster grows up. Saw Tiger on the putting green as he was done for the day, he seemed very gracious (he talked about making his amateur playing partners feel comfortable under the pro/am pressure). I'd start a Tiger fan club but I think that's already been done. John Cook and David Toms also seemed worthy of a fan club. Most of the guys were very patient with a very nervous group of pro-am'ers.
(I started writing this last week as part of a rambling reply to Dave T, finishing it today). Had to laugh when I heard the post tournament interviews on the Golf Channel. Some guy asked a 5 minute question on equipment with all sorts of technical things tossed in and I thought to myself "I bet that's a Shoptalker asking that question!" Tiger handled it well, cracked a joke about repeating the question, then gave his answer. john shoptalk
