Well it's Friday, it's already 42 and looking to get into at least the upper 40's today. I went and checked out the Park Hill Driving Range, and it's open! This is probably my favorite range in Denver as you will actually hit off the grass vs matts. Cost at the driving range is based on a card you can buy for standard $ increments. I bought a $20 card and I anticipate I'll get at least 4 large buckets worth before having to refill the card. The range also has an indoor facility that I didn't know about that will cost you about the same per session. For putting practice I still prefer the putting green at Wellshire where there is some elevation change and undulations that most courses and putting greens seem to lack. For chipping, pitching, and bunker practice, I like City Park as they have a couple of full size greens, with bunkers to hit out of. Just take your own shag balls or buy some range balls and have at it!
The WGC Accenture Matchplay event has been great viewing, though I've been solidly disappointed in NBC's lack of HD cameras. When CBS airs a golf event in HD, every camera is in HD. Not so with NBC, they have HD cameras covering their anchors, the blimp, and the interview area, but for on course coverage it's primarily SD. It's quite annoying going back and forth between the SD and HD cameras that if I was watching live would probably give me a headache.
It looks like Tiger is hitting his stride after a great comeback win against JB Holmes on Wednesday. He pretty much cruised yesterday against Aaron Oberholser. Michelson got bounced out yesterday along with Adam Scott, so a number of the heavy hitters are off to the Honda classic by now.
From the 'who would have guessed' file, it appears that Michele Wie is attempting to actually play some decent golf. She shot her first round under 70 in almost 2 years yesterday and is only 5 shots back in 16th place going into today's second round. Jeong Jang leads at -8, and is putting well with her Yes! Putter.
John Merrick is leading the best of the rest of the golfers not in the WGC Accenture Matchplay, posting a 6 under score after the first round. Dead last honors goes to Bubba Watson who shot a 9 over 79 yesterday, and is another 4 over through 15 today. It looks like he can take that plane out of Cancun tonight and start preparation for The Honda next week.
If you want to hear the WGC Accenture Matchplay from your PC, go to http://www.pgatour.com/ and go to the XM satellite links. You don't need an XM receiver or subscription, but you'll hear the XM feed. The best news is that this feature is FREE.
Anyway, I suppose I'd better get to work so I can hit balls at lunch.
David C.
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