The Last Major (Ever)

Well, it has been almost two full days and no one here has started a thread on 2013's last Major. And it could be the last major ever if NASA's anticipated shifting of the sun's magnetic poles occurs in the next few months and discombobulates our planet enough to eliminate species, disrupt seasons or dismantle the crust--prior to April of 2014 and that little love fest in Augusta, Georgia, that is.

i admit to not watching more than a few minutes' coverage since I still have to work and last night was NFL pre-season opening night. Besides Adam Scott now leading the event and the Big Two (lefty and rightie, ivory and ebony) flirting with the capricious Cut Line, are there any cool story lines in Rochester? Like during the PGA, there's usually a broke-down Viagra-gulping Club Pro who shoots his two career rounds and Makes The Cut. So he can then cruise to a 76 on Saturday and fire a sporty 84 to finish it up. Oh what could have been. Yesterday when I checked the Leaderboard website, I noticed that a Thai player was a couple under and just behind the leader. His surname had a goodly amount of syllables but the last two are "Barn Rat". I think that would be a cool nickname for a pro golfer. Of course in the past I have been known to patrol barns with firearms looking for varmints and other critter targets. The best barn-clearing session involved an AR-15 (original Colt .223 cal.) and barn rats. Overkill? Yes. Great fun. Hell, yes.

Nothing of consequence ever comes out of Rochester (pronounced "Rahchesta" - accent on 1st syllable). Run down, upstate town with no industry left since Kodak pulled out. Abso-freeking-ly freezing there in the winter (lake effect stuff) and 10 minutes outside of town , you'd think you were in Iowa.

Used to hitchhike from the W. Henrietta entrance of the thruway to see my GF in Syracuse during college.

The only Rochester I was ever familiar with was the one with Jack Benny.

Wow, Jason Dufner tore it up today. Go Duffster. I like that guy.

Clearly they are Tiger proofing these major courses. It's unfair to him. You can tell they put the pins in places where Tiger wouldn't normally hit it.

I hope Martin Kaymer fades. Dude is boring.

I know one of the guys playing in the championship named Stuart Smith. He used to be an assistant pro at the club where my father belonged when I was in high school. He's one of those guys who tried to make it on tour for about 10 years and then eventually got a job as a head pro at a club. Nice guy but pretty quiet. I think he's at 15 over right now. Never had a chance to make it in the show.

I was delighted to find out that I hit my driver just as far as Stacey Lewis. She looks good in shorts.

Angel Cabrera was something like 14 over and then WD. WTF?

Last year a guy who is the assistant pro at a club I used to belong to actually made the cut. Forget where he finished. Of course by the time he got there, I was long gone. I like Duffner also but he sure pussied that approach putt on 18. Should have released the putterhead more on purpose. Since I went back to a toe-hang blade, that's been my key recently to get the ball to the hole on uphill and long putts. Something I couldn't manage with the face-balanced high-MOI mallet.

Duff is running hot. His ball striking is awesome so far.