The PGA Tour comes to my hometown this weekend (sort of), as Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, plays host to the Quicken Loans National. The tournament’s frontman is none other than Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. Those of you a little older may remember him as a good golfer.<\/p>\n
Gainesville is about a seven iron from where I live, or about driver-three wood-three wood with traffic. Compare this to my old hometown PGA stop (the B.C. Open–also not in my hometown but in nearby Endicott, New York), a seven iron from my house and well, we don’t have a word for “traffic” back home.<\/p>\n
I’ll be watching the tournament this week, of course. From the privacy and convenience of my nearby home. And Eldrick? Come on, show us a little of that nearly-40-and-now-an-underdog-hero-A-Rod-type magic. For old times’ sake?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The PGA Tour comes to my hometown this weekend (sort of), as Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, plays host to the Quicken Loans National. The tournament’s frontman is none other than Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. Those of you … Continue reading