Old Tom is doing a pretty good job – he has so much insight into the winds these guys are playing in.

Mickelson is pretty much out of the running, but if these conditions keep up, he could end up with a pretty high finish if he plays well tomorrow.

KJ’s looking solid ! How about a KJ / Harrington final pairing tomorrow ?

Wow – Judy Rankin really knows her stuff – “it’s not cold if you’re dressed properly.”

Other than longevity and the possibility of a sexual discrimination law suit, is there any reason for her to be calling men’s golf ? She is SUCH a nice lady, but she doesn’t add anything to a broadcast.

an official just said that Soren Hansen’s inability to make a putt from 18” is the cause of the backup at 10 ? There are 3 groups on the tee and another in the fairway. That’s 40 minutes. Seems a bit far fetched.

Now they’re saying the Freddy Jacobsen’s ball was “occilating” in a BUNKER ??? how the heck is that possible ? He took 15 minutes to play that shot. How about just ONE marshall who is willing to tell him that the ball is in sand – just hit it ! Then put him on the clock.

Weird stuff going on over there today. Man, I hate playing in the wind. But like Judy, I’m used to it. I remember many days of having to lean forward into the wind just to make headway up the fairway. Hitting driver, 3-wood, 8-iron to reach a 400-yard par four (seriously – and I wasn’t half bad at that time, either—shooting in low 80s). Not fun.

...looks like the birdie-fest is continuing at the State Farm LPGA event. Only 2 rounds over par in the top 25. (apparently they didn’t bother working in any sort of degree of difficulty – but you still have to get the ball in the hole)

day one – Econ 101 – economists always find a way to say “but on the other hand”.

today – Mike Tirico is an economist. At 10, he set Tom Watson up with the question about whether he liked how Norman and KJ played the hole. He didn’t like it, saying that driver was the wrong club off the tee – and he was shown to be right.

On the other hand—Tirico asked Azinger if the 30 minute wait affected how they played the hole. Azinger figured they got stiff and played the hole badly because they were tight.

I think I’ll go with Watson – they pulled the wrong club.

wow – last three groups took 1 hour 12 minutes to play the 10th hole.

He said that if he were Greg Norman, he wouldn’t want to be in the last group with Harrington because everybody would be pulling for him and not Norman.

UUUUMMMMMMMMM – apparently, ‘Zinger the Wise doesn’t remember who Greg Norman was. Every man wanted to be him, and every woman wanted to be with him. This was the #1 player in the world – he was THE stud golfer – Captain Morgan and The Malrboro Man WISHED they had something on Greg Norman – and women would have lined the fairway with their underwear if they they could.

This could be like the US Open on Thursday and Friday – everybody will be surrounding the last group and the rest of the field will think they’re at the wrong golf course. :-)