Yes folks, that’s right, I was one of the lucky ones who got to go to the President’s Cup, held this past week at Harding Park Municipal Golf Course in San Francisco. And thanks to my incredible business connections (ahem…thanks Mr. Mclin), I not only went to the tournament, but I sat my cute butt down in some style. Access to the Fry’s Electronics Presidential Suite offered, not only unobstructed views of the 14th green, but also ensured a steady diet of prime rib and lamb chops…all free of course!! (yes, yes, I realize it’s a charmed life I live, but c’mon, I mean someone’s got to live it, right? I mean, i’m happy it’s me!)
So all the above picutres were taken on Wednesday, which was the practice round day. During the tournament, no cell phones or camera’s were allowed. Hiten, unfortunetly learned the hard way, that if you try to sneak in your cell phone and get caught, a very scary man yells at you and takes your phone away. The phone was finally returned but only after Ricky, quite expertly, smooth talked the big scary man into giving it back.
So as you can see from the pictures, we got to see Tiger Woods putt!!! Now, I have never been to a golf tournament before, let alone been within 10 ft of Tiger Woods, so I must say, that this was just freakin’ awesome. You see him out there, and it’s just surreal. Not only is he like the greatest golfer in the history of the game, he’s also worth almost a billion dollars, and that smile of his is just mesmerizing:)
Now this was cool. On Friday, Scott, Mr. McLin and I were following Tiger as he played. Tigers sliced one of his drives, and as he was walking to the ball, we were right there on the other side of the rope, walking right along side him. I could have literally reached out and touched him, had I not been sure a sniper would’ve taken me out before getting there. But since it was Friday, it wasn’t terribly crowded, so we not only got to walk next to Tiger, we also got to walk next to his ridiculously hot wife who was following him. We heard him talk candidly to her, “Oh man, I just suck”, (commenting on his shot which landed him in the port-a-johns, and I’m pretty sure they heard Mr. Mclin say, “oh man, she must be high-maintenance”…
The rest of the week was great, I filled up on my share of prime rib and lamb chops, courtesy of Fry’s electronics, and was probably on TV on Saturday as Ricky, Hiten, and I were standing right behind Steward Cink when he had to drop a ball on the right side of the 13th hole. His ball also went into a port-o-john alcove. Seeing a pro just spank a ball off of dirt and onto the green is pretty amazing…i mean i’m pretty sure i could do it if i had too…
Oh and before I forget, this was another great interaction between Tiger and my entourage. On Saturday, Rick, Hiten, Scott, Mr. Mclin and I were watching Tiger tee off on 5. Ricky and Hiten are standing a few people away from me. As Tiger tee’s off, Ricky turns to Hiten to discuss how unlikely it must be to be hit by a golf ball. Literally as he says this, Tiger’s ball comes crashing down onto the shoulder of the guy right next to Ricky! It was amazing! And lucky for us, we also had front row seats as Tiger spanked his second shot onto the 3rd hole fairway, and just played the rest of the whole over there before making a shot onto the 5th green. (that was actually the second day in a row we watched Tiger on 5, and the second time he didn’t actually play the fairway. On Friday, he hooked the ball onto the 6th hole fairway, and played that before finally hitting the ball up onto the 5th green.) The amazing thing about watching Tiger, however, is that even when he’s playing poorly, it’s still amazing, you’re still enamoured, and you’re still just in awe at how freakin’ cool he is.
Whew, okay well that’s the story of my first ever time at a golf tournament. Enjoy the pictures!!
