Not live blogging The Olympic Club Lake Course...

 ... with Brad, Bob, & Zach. Zach arranged to sneak a few of his Bad Golf Association buddies out on the course. I'm not live blogging because on a course of this import, cell phones are not allowed on the course. Obviously, if you don't have your cell phone, you can't take pictures like this one on the practice putting green:

Or a picture of Bob by the famous first tee Olympic Clock:

  Or on the first tee & green:

Or any of these other action shots:

For reasons I don't understand, my phone ran out of juice before we got to the 19th hole. Hard to explain since I was not using it.

In any case, a great day on a great course, although I did not shower myself with glory. Two pars - both on par three holes, but three "9's" and one asterik.  And I only lost one ball all day.

ZN - 89
BP - 94
BK - 94
MW - 111

It's a hard course.

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Another day at the Open

Back for the final round

My Goddaughter Marisa came up with tickets and took me to the Open for Father's Day.  I decided that this godfather gig is a pretty good deal. All the good stuff about having a daughter and none of the worries.

Els missing putt on 14

Very different conditions from yesterday.  Cold, wind;damp and fog - which is to say - normal San Francisco summer weather.  Marisa wanted pictures of Tiger.

Marisa and Tiger on 5th tee

I'm not sure why - Tiger had already dropped 4 additional strokes by the time we saw him on the 5th tee. He was not even doing as well as Beau - the seventeen year old high school phenom who briefly led the Open on Friday.

Marisa and Beau on 5th tee

We eventually made it to the 14th green grandstands for more Tiger.

More Tiger

Furyk had not completely blown it yet when we saw the leaders at 14...

Marisa, Furyk and McDowell

I still can't believe that Furyk blew it. He folded like cheap suit. He choked like a 30 handicap with a Benjamin on the line. He folded like a lawn chair. Whatever. It was a fun day. 


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A Day at The Open

US Open - Olympic Club

And what a day it was! Perfect weather, great golf, and a beautiful course. Phones and cameras were not allowed on the course, so I painted these images in watercolor from memory after I got home.

18th Green

18th Fairway

Final group (Woods and Furyk) approach 18

Tiger bogies, Furyk leads

As always, departure on shuttles was a bit of a zoo

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Off to the show

Look for me on to TV.  I'll be wearing a black golf cap.

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Lincoln Park vs. Olympic Club

In case you were wondering whether you should join the Olympic Club or Lincoln Park Golf Club, a detailed comparison in this article comparing features of the Olympic Club and Lincoln Park:

Feature	OC	LP
Clubhouse sommelier	{check}
Guy selling sodas out of his car trunk		{check}
Fancy guard shack to keep out riff-raff	{check}
Riff-raff		{check}
Fast greens*	{check}
Fast fairways**		{check}
Picturesque man-made lakes	{check}
Picturesque broken-pipe-made lakes		{check}
Previous NCGA titles^		{check}

*rated by stimpmeter

**rated by kids who sneak onto course at night and ride blocks of ice down the hills

^Lincoln won in 1995 and 1997