At the Williams Street Public House
83 N. Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL
Starting at 11:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
This will become a regular gig for me, whoop dee doop!
Will play the oldest songs I know (Introduction to The Epic of Gilgamesh), The Myth of Er (from Plato's Republic) and a Gregorian chant, which, written circa 700 AD is almost contemporary! ... ROFLMAO!!
Will play the "Welcome to My World" set (while my folks aren't in, they're not overtly fond of Umbilical Detonation) with my two newest songs:
Steve Kunkel - Bar Fightin' Street Fightin' Man
Claire (instrumental)
And then will astound the audience with a cornucopia of tunes from the 60's.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Reclamation Of Robert Garrigus Once mired in a world of drugs, this long-hitting pro is clean and at peace with himself today. What a long, strange trip it's been
PHOTOS BY ALLAN HENRY
July 4, 2011
Rotten chicken or fresh marijuana?
A week removed from 45 days in drug rehabilitation, Robert Garrigus lingered in his darkened kitchen to ponder the choice. He was tired, hungry and irritated, having had to break into his own house in Scottsdale only to find the electricity shut off and the dwelling stiflingly hot. His plans were in tatters. He had intended to retrieve his golf clubs, which he hadn't touched for seven weeks, and then go pound balls at a lighted driving range into the wee hours before playing in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier the following morning.
His roommate was nowhere to be found. Garrigus had left money for him to take care of the house and pay the bills. The man used it for recreational drugs and gambling, and he skipped town just before Garrigus returned -- and before bookies to whom he owed $2,500 found him. He left the dope, and a note for Garrigus. It read: "Hope rehab was great. Have fun."
"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round...We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags."
Garrigus wears a bemused smile as he recounts this tale of temptation. He smiles and laughs for much of an hour-long interview in the players' dining room at Riviera CC, near Los Angeles, following the second round of the Northern Trust Open. The subject matter is delicate and embarrassing, but the 33-year-old Garrigus embraces the opportunity to tell his story of being freed from the shackles of drug and alcohol abuse. "If I can help just one person by sharing what I've gone through, then it's worth it," he says.
A 45-day stint in drug rehab in 2003 allowed Garrigus to stare down his demons and turn his life around.
There might not be a story worth telling had he made an ill-advised decision that sweltering evening in 2003. Turns out, neither poultry nor pot would keep him from his appointed recovery.
"I stood there for a minute, and then I grabbed the weed and threw it in the garbage. Then I took the refrigerator and threw it out with the chicken, everything. I called the electric company to get them to turn on the power. When I wake up the next morning, I didn't realize until I get to the golf course that my roommate had been using my putter. So I race back to the house at 140 miles per hour, get my putter, race back just in time for my tee time. I have no warm-up, no caddie, and my clubs are on a pull cart. I shoot 70 and miss by two shots. I told myself that wasn't too bad after 45 days without hitting a ball. I knew then I was going to be OK."
Garrigus always has had a game that was better than OK. You might recognize him as the man with the Fisher-Price-size putter. Others know him as one of the obscenely long hitters on the PGA Tour. He might be best remembered for his final-hole collapse at the 2010 St. Jude Classic. Garrigus suffered an acute case of the Van de Veldes and lost a playoff while wearing tan slacks so saturated with sweat from the Memphis heat that it appeared, well, that he'd made a mess of more than just the 72nd hole.
Garrigus with infant son Robert.
Written off by the sporting cognoscenti -- most famously ESPN's Tony Kornheiser, who said, "I feel terrible for this guy. He may never win" -- Garrigus not only broke through at the season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic, but he proved his chops more recently and on a much grander stage by finishing T-3 at last month's U.S. Open at Congressional CC in Bethesda, Md.
Related: Kornheiser inspires Garrigus to win
With rounds of 70-70-68-70, Garrigus joined champion Rory McIlroy in bettering par all four rounds. Only eight men have ever had four subpar rounds in an Open, three without winning: Sam Snead (St. Louis CC, 1947), Curtis Strange (Oakmont, 1994) and Garrigus. As is his wont, Garrigus added his own little touches. His feet were so wet after playing a shot from the water on the sixth hole Sunday, he sprinted to the locker room at the turn to change his socks. He rallied from that water-laden outward 39 with three straight birdies followed by a 25-foot par-save on the last for an inward 31 to tie rookie Kevin Chappell for low American at six-under 278.
Now you'll see more of Garrigus in Grand Slam tournaments. His Open finish guarantees him entry into next month's PGA Championship at Atlanta AC and the first two majors of 2012: the Masters (which will be his first visit to Augusta National GC) and the U.S. Open at Olympic Club.
"Can you imagine me at Augusta? I might shoot 100, but I'm going to bomb it all over the place and have the time of my life," Garrigus mused enthusiastically outside the Congressional clubhouse. "I'm probably the farthest thing from a country-club guy they'll ever see there. Just thinking about it, what I did here, playing in the Masters, it's a validation of everything I've been trying to do with my life these last seven-to-eight years."
Garrigus was so overjoyed that he nearly was in tears, but he was holding up better than his caddie, Brent Henley, who was sobbing in the locker room. Henley had only been working for Garrigus a few weeks after regular caddie Mark (Shoestring) West was sidelined with a torn Achilles, which he suffered starting a motorcycle. Trust us, this will seem normal in the Garrigus universe.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRXc8MG
"He finished like a champion. I haven't been on the bag long, but I've known Robert for a couple of years, and you won't meet a nicer guy," Henley said, his eyes red and his voice breaking. "He's been through a lot, but you saw today he's got tons of game and tons of heart."
What Garrigus has been through is largely of his own making. Likewise, he can take all the credit for reclaiming a life that was wasting away mostly in a cloud of smoke. OK, so he won't take all the credit. "I have learned to put all of my trust in God," he says. "The whole reason I'm here is because I chose to change my life. I don't go around knocking on people's doors or anything. It's not something that I wear on my sleeve, but if somebody asks me anything about my past, turning my life over to the Lord and trusting in Jesus is a huge part."
Salvation nudged Garrigus out of a stupor via a 3 a.m. infomercial. He was high at the time, yet probing depths of despair as he sat on his couch in Scottsdale when he saw an infomercial for Calvary Ranch, a Christian rehabilitation center near San Diego.
"I was feeling sorry for myself, thinking I was wasting my career and my life," he recalls. "I was 25, and I hadn't done anything special. I felt I could be beating the guys I was playing against. I felt guilty about everything, and I knew I needed help. I knew if I could get clean, I could succeed. But I didn't know how to get there until that night."
After a disastrous 72nd hole at Memphis (above)
last year put him in a playoff that should not have
been, Garrigus won his first title -- the Children's
Miracle Network Classic -- four months later.
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
There always has been a tiny thread of self-destructiveness woven into Garrigus' DNA along with potent athletic genes. The latter he derived from his father, Tom, who served in the Air Force and later won a silver medal in trapshooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While growing up in Banks, Ore., there wasn't a sport or an outdoor activity at which Garrigus didn't excel. But neither was there one in which he couldn't hurt himself. Had the X Games existed then, biking or snowboarding might have been his competitive calling. Fortunately, the option didn't yet exist. "I took up golf because I was on my way to breaking every bone in my body," he says.
Garrigus was 10 years old when his grandfather, Chet Carpenter, introduced him to the game. Born in Nampa, Idaho, Garrigus would visit Carpenter every summer and tee it up with him and his cronies at Eagle Hills GC near Boise. "He gave me a real stiff, heavy driver and told me to swing as hard as I could. I would learn how to putt later," says Garrigus, who led the tour in driving distance in 2009 and 2010 despite having the build of your average bass fisherman. (He would take this as a compliment; he loves bass fishing.) "Once I started rolling in putts, I got to a different level as a player." He rose to become the No. 1 junior player in Oregon, despite another hurdle: attention deficit disorder.
"He was a good kid, never got in trouble, but he was so active ... he was all over the place," Garrigus' mom, Linda Cox, says. "Turns out he was ADD, but we never knew it until he was in high school. Everyone has something now, but back then it didn't manifest itself. Someone told us on the golf course they suspected he was ADD. It was the way he played."
When he arrived at Scottsdale Community College, he majored in golf but excelled in chemistry. "It was all golf and partying," Garrigus says. "I never did hard drugs. I never did coke or LSD. It was just smoking and drinking and hanging out with friends. It was just a change for me, but the smoking got to be habitual: five, 10, maybe 20 times a day. I didn't keep track of how much. I constantly needed to be high. And I took it to the max. Every single day. Mostly just smoking, smoking, smoking."
And he took it with him when he turned professional in 1997, first to the Hooters and Gateway tours, and then, in 2000, to the Buy.com Tour (today's Nationwide Tour). It was as much a part of his routine as hitting golf balls. Not surprisingly, his scores got high, too.
"I played well in spurts, but I would be really inconsistent," he says. "I had no idea what the hell I was doing. It's hard to be consistent if your body isn't right, but it was part of my everyday life."
That included lighting up inside the ropes, if you must know.
"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round," Garrigus says without blanching. "We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags.
"I had a very high tolerance, and I didn't know that it wasn't helping me," he says. "All you're thinking is that it feels good, so it must be good for what you're doing. It wasn't until I quit that I realized how stupid it was. But I don't regret any of it because it put me on the path I'm on now."
The period in question is the 2002 season, six years before the tour instituted drug testing. Ty Votaw, PGA Tour vice president of communications, said the tour had no comment. Garrigus made eight of 21 cuts with one top-25 finish. He earned $15,357. He was back on the mini-tours in 2003 when Calvary Ranch parted the clouds. There he not only got clean and found spiritual peace, but he also met his wife, Ami, on a blind date. She was a student at San Diego State. They met through mutual friends at the church.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRh5kNh
"The amazing thing was that the guy I knew, he had a relapse. I never really spoke to him again. Ami's friend, she didn't keep in touch with her, either. But Ami and I hit it off," Garrigus says. "That's when you know things are spooky cool."
Garrigus uses the word "cool" frequently. But once clean, his game started warming up as he returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2004 and competed in his first U.S. Open, and then he qualified for the PGA Tour in 2006. However, only once in his first four seasons did he retain his card as he struggled with his concentration and consistency.
That's how he ended up in Memphis last June having made only seven starts because of his conditional status and having to rely on sponsor's exemptions. He was ranked 366th in the world. The benefit of almost winning seemed obliterated by the manner in which he lost. All of a three-stroke lead evaporated when he triple-bogeyed the 18th at TPC Southwind. Lee Westwood eventually won the three-man playoff over Garrigus and Robert Karlsson.
Not since Jean Van de Velde's meltdown at the 1999 British Open had golf witnessed such a thoroughly gut-churning conclusion to a professional tournament. Garrigus returned to Arizona a changed golfer, but he was not a changed man.
"I knew it was only a matter of time before he bounced back," says Ami, who wanted to go watch her husband, but was pregnant at the time and worried about saving money; Robert's season earnings were $80,455 before the tournament. "He came home, and he was so excited. Sure, he was disappointed, too, but he never once complained about losing. Robert is such a positive person that he looked at it more as a learning experience."
Garrigus can still picture how the nightmare at Memphis unfolded, how his legs quit on his tee shot, sending the ball left, and then how each successive shot he got faster with his thinking, with his routine, with his swing, until it added up to triple bogey. Then he bogeyed the same hole, the 18th, in the playoff.
"You want to know the truth? It didn't feel that bad," Garrigus says. "You've got to get there to blow it. Granted, I blew it, but I was whipping Lee Westwood's butt up and down the course all day, and then I gave it away on one hole.
"You have to learn from your mistakes. If you don't, you're stupid," he adds. "That's how Memphis helped me win Disney."
Garrigus paired with Sergio Garcia at
Congressional. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Garrigus arrived at Walt Disney World Resort last November as a new dad. His son, Robert, was born in September. He also arrived wielding a new wedge game, courtesy of some pointers he received from former tour player Jim Ahern. Garrigus trailed Roland Thatcher by five strokes with 18 holes to play but pounded the Magnolia Course into submission with an eight-under 64. He won by three. He made par at the last.
In addition to his performance at Congressional, Garrigus had another close call at the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Jonathan Byrd beat him in a playoff. Otherwise, he hasn't been in contention often, and one of his chances was scuttled by a health scare. He trailed by five after 54 holes at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am when he withdrew because of heart palpitations caused by dehydration.
"That was disappointing because I was playing great, and I don't give myself as many chances as I should," Garrigus says. "I still struggle with my concentration, staying in a round. It's something I'll probably always struggle with."
He was referring to the ADD. But at least it's his only demon now. "I look at what I've overcome, and I know that going through rehab and changing who I was is a lot harder than anything I'll ever encounter on the golf course," he says. "Most guys out here, they're groomed to be out here. I wasn't groomed for anything. I pretty much figured it out on my own, and that's pretty cool. When I play my best, I truly believe I'm as good as anyone."
And, as Garrigus can tell you, it's all about what you believe anyway. And the choices you make.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRnjssW
July 4, 2011
Rotten chicken or fresh marijuana?
A week removed from 45 days in drug rehabilitation, Robert Garrigus lingered in his darkened kitchen to ponder the choice. He was tired, hungry and irritated, having had to break into his own house in Scottsdale only to find the electricity shut off and the dwelling stiflingly hot. His plans were in tatters. He had intended to retrieve his golf clubs, which he hadn't touched for seven weeks, and then go pound balls at a lighted driving range into the wee hours before playing in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier the following morning.
His roommate was nowhere to be found. Garrigus had left money for him to take care of the house and pay the bills. The man used it for recreational drugs and gambling, and he skipped town just before Garrigus returned -- and before bookies to whom he owed $2,500 found him. He left the dope, and a note for Garrigus. It read: "Hope rehab was great. Have fun."
"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round...We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags."
Garrigus wears a bemused smile as he recounts this tale of temptation. He smiles and laughs for much of an hour-long interview in the players' dining room at Riviera CC, near Los Angeles, following the second round of the Northern Trust Open. The subject matter is delicate and embarrassing, but the 33-year-old Garrigus embraces the opportunity to tell his story of being freed from the shackles of drug and alcohol abuse. "If I can help just one person by sharing what I've gone through, then it's worth it," he says.
A 45-day stint in drug rehab in 2003 allowed Garrigus to stare down his demons and turn his life around.
There might not be a story worth telling had he made an ill-advised decision that sweltering evening in 2003. Turns out, neither poultry nor pot would keep him from his appointed recovery.
"I stood there for a minute, and then I grabbed the weed and threw it in the garbage. Then I took the refrigerator and threw it out with the chicken, everything. I called the electric company to get them to turn on the power. When I wake up the next morning, I didn't realize until I get to the golf course that my roommate had been using my putter. So I race back to the house at 140 miles per hour, get my putter, race back just in time for my tee time. I have no warm-up, no caddie, and my clubs are on a pull cart. I shoot 70 and miss by two shots. I told myself that wasn't too bad after 45 days without hitting a ball. I knew then I was going to be OK."
Garrigus always has had a game that was better than OK. You might recognize him as the man with the Fisher-Price-size putter. Others know him as one of the obscenely long hitters on the PGA Tour. He might be best remembered for his final-hole collapse at the 2010 St. Jude Classic. Garrigus suffered an acute case of the Van de Veldes and lost a playoff while wearing tan slacks so saturated with sweat from the Memphis heat that it appeared, well, that he'd made a mess of more than just the 72nd hole.
Garrigus with infant son Robert.
Written off by the sporting cognoscenti -- most famously ESPN's Tony Kornheiser, who said, "I feel terrible for this guy. He may never win" -- Garrigus not only broke through at the season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic, but he proved his chops more recently and on a much grander stage by finishing T-3 at last month's U.S. Open at Congressional CC in Bethesda, Md.
Related: Kornheiser inspires Garrigus to win
With rounds of 70-70-68-70, Garrigus joined champion Rory McIlroy in bettering par all four rounds. Only eight men have ever had four subpar rounds in an Open, three without winning: Sam Snead (St. Louis CC, 1947), Curtis Strange (Oakmont, 1994) and Garrigus. As is his wont, Garrigus added his own little touches. His feet were so wet after playing a shot from the water on the sixth hole Sunday, he sprinted to the locker room at the turn to change his socks. He rallied from that water-laden outward 39 with three straight birdies followed by a 25-foot par-save on the last for an inward 31 to tie rookie Kevin Chappell for low American at six-under 278.
Now you'll see more of Garrigus in Grand Slam tournaments. His Open finish guarantees him entry into next month's PGA Championship at Atlanta AC and the first two majors of 2012: the Masters (which will be his first visit to Augusta National GC) and the U.S. Open at Olympic Club.
"Can you imagine me at Augusta? I might shoot 100, but I'm going to bomb it all over the place and have the time of my life," Garrigus mused enthusiastically outside the Congressional clubhouse. "I'm probably the farthest thing from a country-club guy they'll ever see there. Just thinking about it, what I did here, playing in the Masters, it's a validation of everything I've been trying to do with my life these last seven-to-eight years."
Garrigus was so overjoyed that he nearly was in tears, but he was holding up better than his caddie, Brent Henley, who was sobbing in the locker room. Henley had only been working for Garrigus a few weeks after regular caddie Mark (Shoestring) West was sidelined with a torn Achilles, which he suffered starting a motorcycle. Trust us, this will seem normal in the Garrigus universe.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRXc8MG
"He finished like a champion. I haven't been on the bag long, but I've known Robert for a couple of years, and you won't meet a nicer guy," Henley said, his eyes red and his voice breaking. "He's been through a lot, but you saw today he's got tons of game and tons of heart."
What Garrigus has been through is largely of his own making. Likewise, he can take all the credit for reclaiming a life that was wasting away mostly in a cloud of smoke. OK, so he won't take all the credit. "I have learned to put all of my trust in God," he says. "The whole reason I'm here is because I chose to change my life. I don't go around knocking on people's doors or anything. It's not something that I wear on my sleeve, but if somebody asks me anything about my past, turning my life over to the Lord and trusting in Jesus is a huge part."
Salvation nudged Garrigus out of a stupor via a 3 a.m. infomercial. He was high at the time, yet probing depths of despair as he sat on his couch in Scottsdale when he saw an infomercial for Calvary Ranch, a Christian rehabilitation center near San Diego.
"I was feeling sorry for myself, thinking I was wasting my career and my life," he recalls. "I was 25, and I hadn't done anything special. I felt I could be beating the guys I was playing against. I felt guilty about everything, and I knew I needed help. I knew if I could get clean, I could succeed. But I didn't know how to get there until that night."
After a disastrous 72nd hole at Memphis (above)
last year put him in a playoff that should not have
been, Garrigus won his first title -- the Children's
Miracle Network Classic -- four months later.
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
There always has been a tiny thread of self-destructiveness woven into Garrigus' DNA along with potent athletic genes. The latter he derived from his father, Tom, who served in the Air Force and later won a silver medal in trapshooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. While growing up in Banks, Ore., there wasn't a sport or an outdoor activity at which Garrigus didn't excel. But neither was there one in which he couldn't hurt himself. Had the X Games existed then, biking or snowboarding might have been his competitive calling. Fortunately, the option didn't yet exist. "I took up golf because I was on my way to breaking every bone in my body," he says.
Garrigus was 10 years old when his grandfather, Chet Carpenter, introduced him to the game. Born in Nampa, Idaho, Garrigus would visit Carpenter every summer and tee it up with him and his cronies at Eagle Hills GC near Boise. "He gave me a real stiff, heavy driver and told me to swing as hard as I could. I would learn how to putt later," says Garrigus, who led the tour in driving distance in 2009 and 2010 despite having the build of your average bass fisherman. (He would take this as a compliment; he loves bass fishing.) "Once I started rolling in putts, I got to a different level as a player." He rose to become the No. 1 junior player in Oregon, despite another hurdle: attention deficit disorder.
"He was a good kid, never got in trouble, but he was so active ... he was all over the place," Garrigus' mom, Linda Cox, says. "Turns out he was ADD, but we never knew it until he was in high school. Everyone has something now, but back then it didn't manifest itself. Someone told us on the golf course they suspected he was ADD. It was the way he played."
When he arrived at Scottsdale Community College, he majored in golf but excelled in chemistry. "It was all golf and partying," Garrigus says. "I never did hard drugs. I never did coke or LSD. It was just smoking and drinking and hanging out with friends. It was just a change for me, but the smoking got to be habitual: five, 10, maybe 20 times a day. I didn't keep track of how much. I constantly needed to be high. And I took it to the max. Every single day. Mostly just smoking, smoking, smoking."
And he took it with him when he turned professional in 1997, first to the Hooters and Gateway tours, and then, in 2000, to the Buy.com Tour (today's Nationwide Tour). It was as much a part of his routine as hitting golf balls. Not surprisingly, his scores got high, too.
"I played well in spurts, but I would be really inconsistent," he says. "I had no idea what the hell I was doing. It's hard to be consistent if your body isn't right, but it was part of my everyday life."
That included lighting up inside the ropes, if you must know.
"Oh yeah, there were plenty of guys on the Nationwide Tour who smoked in the middle of the round," Garrigus says without blanching. "We always talked about it. You could go in the Porta John and take your drags.
"I had a very high tolerance, and I didn't know that it wasn't helping me," he says. "All you're thinking is that it feels good, so it must be good for what you're doing. It wasn't until I quit that I realized how stupid it was. But I don't regret any of it because it put me on the path I'm on now."
The period in question is the 2002 season, six years before the tour instituted drug testing. Ty Votaw, PGA Tour vice president of communications, said the tour had no comment. Garrigus made eight of 21 cuts with one top-25 finish. He earned $15,357. He was back on the mini-tours in 2003 when Calvary Ranch parted the clouds. There he not only got clean and found spiritual peace, but he also met his wife, Ami, on a blind date. She was a student at San Diego State. They met through mutual friends at the church.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRh5kNh
"The amazing thing was that the guy I knew, he had a relapse. I never really spoke to him again. Ami's friend, she didn't keep in touch with her, either. But Ami and I hit it off," Garrigus says. "That's when you know things are spooky cool."
Garrigus uses the word "cool" frequently. But once clean, his game started warming up as he returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2004 and competed in his first U.S. Open, and then he qualified for the PGA Tour in 2006. However, only once in his first four seasons did he retain his card as he struggled with his concentration and consistency.
That's how he ended up in Memphis last June having made only seven starts because of his conditional status and having to rely on sponsor's exemptions. He was ranked 366th in the world. The benefit of almost winning seemed obliterated by the manner in which he lost. All of a three-stroke lead evaporated when he triple-bogeyed the 18th at TPC Southwind. Lee Westwood eventually won the three-man playoff over Garrigus and Robert Karlsson.
Not since Jean Van de Velde's meltdown at the 1999 British Open had golf witnessed such a thoroughly gut-churning conclusion to a professional tournament. Garrigus returned to Arizona a changed golfer, but he was not a changed man.
"I knew it was only a matter of time before he bounced back," says Ami, who wanted to go watch her husband, but was pregnant at the time and worried about saving money; Robert's season earnings were $80,455 before the tournament. "He came home, and he was so excited. Sure, he was disappointed, too, but he never once complained about losing. Robert is such a positive person that he looked at it more as a learning experience."
Garrigus can still picture how the nightmare at Memphis unfolded, how his legs quit on his tee shot, sending the ball left, and then how each successive shot he got faster with his thinking, with his routine, with his swing, until it added up to triple bogey. Then he bogeyed the same hole, the 18th, in the playoff.
"You want to know the truth? It didn't feel that bad," Garrigus says. "You've got to get there to blow it. Granted, I blew it, but I was whipping Lee Westwood's butt up and down the course all day, and then I gave it away on one hole.
"You have to learn from your mistakes. If you don't, you're stupid," he adds. "That's how Memphis helped me win Disney."
Garrigus paired with Sergio Garcia at
Congressional. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Garrigus arrived at Walt Disney World Resort last November as a new dad. His son, Robert, was born in September. He also arrived wielding a new wedge game, courtesy of some pointers he received from former tour player Jim Ahern. Garrigus trailed Roland Thatcher by five strokes with 18 holes to play but pounded the Magnolia Course into submission with an eight-under 64. He won by three. He made par at the last.
In addition to his performance at Congressional, Garrigus had another close call at the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Jonathan Byrd beat him in a playoff. Otherwise, he hasn't been in contention often, and one of his chances was scuttled by a health scare. He trailed by five after 54 holes at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am when he withdrew because of heart palpitations caused by dehydration.
"That was disappointing because I was playing great, and I don't give myself as many chances as I should," Garrigus says. "I still struggle with my concentration, staying in a round. It's something I'll probably always struggle with."
He was referring to the ADD. But at least it's his only demon now. "I look at what I've overcome, and I know that going through rehab and changing who I was is a lot harder than anything I'll ever encounter on the golf course," he says. "Most guys out here, they're groomed to be out here. I wasn't groomed for anything. I pretty much figured it out on my own, and that's pretty cool. When I play my best, I truly believe I'm as good as anyone."
And, as Garrigus can tell you, it's all about what you believe anyway. And the choices you make.
Read More http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2011-07/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704#ixzz1QoRnjssW
Golf game going to Hell in a handbasket
Last 20 rounds
Date Index Sorted Indices
06/30/11 $3.50 -$9.60
06/29/11 $0.60 -$9.40
06/29/11 -$6.00 -$9.00
06/29/11 -$6.00 -$6.40
06/28/11 -$9.00 -$6.00
06/28/11 -$9.40 -$6.00
06/28/11 $2.30 -$5.30
06/22/11 -$6.40 -$5.30
06/22/11 $0.10 -$4.80
06/22/11 $5.00 -$3.30 -$65.10 -$6.18 Plus 6.2
06/21/11 $2.60 -$2.30
06/17/11 -$5.30 -$0.60 -$68.00 -$6.46
06/17/11 -$3.30 $0.10
06/17/11 -$2.30 $0.60
06/17/11 -$5.30 $0.60 -$66.70 -$6.34
06/16/11 -$4.80 $2.30
06/16/11 -$0.60 $2.60
06/16/11 -$9.60 $3.50
06/16/11 $0.60 $5.00
06/16/11 $5.40 $5.40 $17.20 $1.63 Plus 9.9
Date Index Sorted Indices
06/30/11 $3.50 -$9.60
06/29/11 $0.60 -$9.40
06/29/11 -$6.00 -$9.00
06/29/11 -$6.00 -$6.40
06/28/11 -$9.00 -$6.00
06/28/11 -$9.40 -$6.00
06/28/11 $2.30 -$5.30
06/22/11 -$6.40 -$5.30
06/22/11 $0.10 -$4.80
06/22/11 $5.00 -$3.30 -$65.10 -$6.18 Plus 6.2
06/21/11 $2.60 -$2.30
06/17/11 -$5.30 -$0.60 -$68.00 -$6.46
06/17/11 -$3.30 $0.10
06/17/11 -$2.30 $0.60
06/17/11 -$5.30 $0.60 -$66.70 -$6.34
06/16/11 -$4.80 $2.30
06/16/11 -$0.60 $2.60
06/16/11 -$9.60 $3.50
06/16/11 $0.60 $5.00
06/16/11 $5.40 $5.40 $17.20 $1.63 Plus 9.9
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Brushes with heroes - how I ALMOST got to play golf with Larry Lujak TWICE
Brushes with heroes - how I ALMOST got to play golf with Larry Lujak TWICE
So, it's 1981, and I'm driving to work, listening to WLS and Larry, who announces that there is still an opening in his foursome for the NFL March of Dimes, Celebrity Golf Outing and Kemper Lakes (in late October). I make my phone call, and get a very nice lady, casually mentioning that Larry has said that there is still an opening in his group. "Oh, no," she replies, "THAT foursome filled up a long time ago."
"Well then Uncle Larry misrepresents the facts."
"So, you don't want to play in the outing then."
"No, of course I want to play; it's a worthy cause."
Some time passes, when I get a call. It's about the outing. I start to go into my by now standard bitch and moan about Larry's misrepresentation of the facts. "But, you're going to playing with him." I continue into my next sentence. Poor woman, hardly getting a word in edge-wise, when the full import of what she has just said begins to sink in.
"Who am I going to play golf with?"
"You will be playing with Larry Lujak."
"I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak. I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak! I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak!!"
I start flitting around the damn office (4444 W Lawrence Avenue, Bankers Life & Casualty Company), like a leaf in the win, letting everyone know.
Chuck Ritzke, FSA (Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, OR, Fine Specimen of Alcoholism, depending) tells me to ask Larry if he counts all his strokes.
Gary Stanton asks me to ask Larry about Sparky the Bull, Gary's (and Uncle Larry's) favorite story. It came to pass that Sparky was mating with a cow when the intimate couple was struck by lightning. Cow died, Sparky lives. Gary is from Beatrice Nebraska, where such stories keep the locals from going suicidal. Not sure why Larry liked it so much. The nice lady also informs me that Larry will be leaving work later, and not arrive at the course until a few minutes before the shotgun, so, whereas we the proles were to arrive an hour before the shotgun start, in his case, it could be later.
And the day before "the big day" arrives. At this time, I was involved with evaluating the health insurance block of Bankers Life and Casualty, and its direct mail sales susidiary, Bankers Multiple Line. John MacArthur had died, and left the company into a Charitable Trust where it is by law stipulated that the company must divest itself of 80% of its assets within five years. John D. MacArthur, owner since 1932 of BL&C had one corporate strategy only; minimize federal income taxes.
So, I work late into the night, and around midnight, rather than drive home to Oak Park, I go to the Greek tavern at Kilborn and Lawrence, have about 10 drinks, some saganaki, and go curl up in the car in the parking lot (so I can get to work at 6 a.m., hopefully to generate the report for my idiot boss, the most over-rated Mike Abroe.)
This all works well, but Mike is slow-playing my ass, and FINALLY, around 9 a.m. (shotgun start is at 11), I get to meet with him and hand off the report. I drive the speed limit back to Oak Park in order to shave and shower and pick up my sticks. I drive the speed limit to Kemper, going out the Edens. I pull into the long driveway, and the carts are heading out. Not to worry. I park, go to the club house and proudly announce: " I'm Mark Ganzer, and I'm playing golf with Larry Lujak.
Um, because you weren't here, we filled his group with somebody else. DAY YAM! You'll be playing with Jeff Fisher.
So they run my enraged ass out to the #13 tee. It's windy, 35 mph, the course is hard, caked. A HONEY BEAR is driving Jeff's cart, and there are two other carts in the group. We have a 5-some.
FINE, I can hit on the HONEY BEAR. Well, almost, EXCEPT that hers is the only husband of a HONEY BEAR playing in the tourney. Crap.
I shank my tee shot on the par three straight right, O.B. (one out, two penalty, three on the tee). In all, I would lose 10 golf balls to water or out-of-bounds, and shoot 102.
Jeff Fisher, however, is a rookie and most impressive. 5'8", 175 pounds, he admits, "I'm not very fast, but I've never fair caught a punt, and never fumbled a punt return, and I can play the nickel back on third an long in the obvious passing situations. I think there is a place on the Bears for a player like me." And, of course, he was right. Almost 20 years later, I came within 5 seconds of winning $1,400 on the Super Bowl in a "loser's pool" (to advance, you had to pick the loser) and I am the only player to have picked the Titans. So close, and yet so far.
HONEY BEAR comes over to say to me (after I finished relieving myself in the woods), "Mah (she was southern) husband really likes you. He luvs to drink beer."
We finish up on the 12th hole. As we head back around the horse shoe turn, and start to ascend the hill, it becomes obvious that our cart is out of juice. We begin to push it up the hill. Then, in one of those moments of beer window clarity, we look at each other and say, "Is this your cart?" "No, this is not my cart." "Screw it, let's walk." (Real teammates would have sent a cart out to pick us up, but every body was digusted with us for peeing on just about every hole.
I put my sticks back in the car. Don't have much time, as Susan and I have dance lessons at Triton College. I'm in the golf shop, looking at the merchandise, when, in walks the man HIS OWN SELF. Larry Lujak.
I am not shy. I stride up to him (he is much taller in life than he sounds on the radio). "Larry Lujak," I begin.
"Nice shirt," he snarls laconically (Gary Stanton had presented me with an animal stories shirt, special order for this event).
"You misrepresent the facts."
"Yes, I do," he said, taking demonic delight with the direction our conversation is descending into.
"Well, sir," says I, "my friends had two questions for you. Number one, 'Do you count all your stokes?'"
He too carded a 101. I don't give him a chance to answer, "Aw, what the hell, you had to have counted most of them."
"Next question?" he asks.
"Can you tell me, whatever happened to Sparky the Bull?"
And now his lower lip curled with a quiver of delight, delight in the soul of one who has known a lot of sadness, the infinite sadness of being. "Sparky is alive and well," he advises.
"Good, says I," knowing our conversation is just about ended. "Is it true that lightning always strikes twice in the same place?" I leave him with that. And another ounce of sardonic delight emerged through those layers of sadness, and depression, the eyes, dark and deep set into the forehead and skull.
We parted. I had had my two minutes of fame. I was sated.
PART I: THE END.
So, it's 1981, and I'm driving to work, listening to WLS and Larry, who announces that there is still an opening in his foursome for the NFL March of Dimes, Celebrity Golf Outing and Kemper Lakes (in late October). I make my phone call, and get a very nice lady, casually mentioning that Larry has said that there is still an opening in his group. "Oh, no," she replies, "THAT foursome filled up a long time ago."
"Well then Uncle Larry misrepresents the facts."
"So, you don't want to play in the outing then."
"No, of course I want to play; it's a worthy cause."
Some time passes, when I get a call. It's about the outing. I start to go into my by now standard bitch and moan about Larry's misrepresentation of the facts. "But, you're going to playing with him." I continue into my next sentence. Poor woman, hardly getting a word in edge-wise, when the full import of what she has just said begins to sink in.
"Who am I going to play golf with?"
"You will be playing with Larry Lujak."
"I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak. I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak! I'm going to be playing golf with Larry Lujak!!"
I start flitting around the damn office (4444 W Lawrence Avenue, Bankers Life & Casualty Company), like a leaf in the win, letting everyone know.
Chuck Ritzke, FSA (Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, OR, Fine Specimen of Alcoholism, depending) tells me to ask Larry if he counts all his strokes.
Gary Stanton asks me to ask Larry about Sparky the Bull, Gary's (and Uncle Larry's) favorite story. It came to pass that Sparky was mating with a cow when the intimate couple was struck by lightning. Cow died, Sparky lives. Gary is from Beatrice Nebraska, where such stories keep the locals from going suicidal. Not sure why Larry liked it so much. The nice lady also informs me that Larry will be leaving work later, and not arrive at the course until a few minutes before the shotgun, so, whereas we the proles were to arrive an hour before the shotgun start, in his case, it could be later.
And the day before "the big day" arrives. At this time, I was involved with evaluating the health insurance block of Bankers Life and Casualty, and its direct mail sales susidiary, Bankers Multiple Line. John MacArthur had died, and left the company into a Charitable Trust where it is by law stipulated that the company must divest itself of 80% of its assets within five years. John D. MacArthur, owner since 1932 of BL&C had one corporate strategy only; minimize federal income taxes.
So, I work late into the night, and around midnight, rather than drive home to Oak Park, I go to the Greek tavern at Kilborn and Lawrence, have about 10 drinks, some saganaki, and go curl up in the car in the parking lot (so I can get to work at 6 a.m., hopefully to generate the report for my idiot boss, the most over-rated Mike Abroe.)
This all works well, but Mike is slow-playing my ass, and FINALLY, around 9 a.m. (shotgun start is at 11), I get to meet with him and hand off the report. I drive the speed limit back to Oak Park in order to shave and shower and pick up my sticks. I drive the speed limit to Kemper, going out the Edens. I pull into the long driveway, and the carts are heading out. Not to worry. I park, go to the club house and proudly announce: " I'm Mark Ganzer, and I'm playing golf with Larry Lujak.
Um, because you weren't here, we filled his group with somebody else. DAY YAM! You'll be playing with Jeff Fisher.
So they run my enraged ass out to the #13 tee. It's windy, 35 mph, the course is hard, caked. A HONEY BEAR is driving Jeff's cart, and there are two other carts in the group. We have a 5-some.
FINE, I can hit on the HONEY BEAR. Well, almost, EXCEPT that hers is the only husband of a HONEY BEAR playing in the tourney. Crap.
I shank my tee shot on the par three straight right, O.B. (one out, two penalty, three on the tee). In all, I would lose 10 golf balls to water or out-of-bounds, and shoot 102.
Jeff Fisher, however, is a rookie and most impressive. 5'8", 175 pounds, he admits, "I'm not very fast, but I've never fair caught a punt, and never fumbled a punt return, and I can play the nickel back on third an long in the obvious passing situations. I think there is a place on the Bears for a player like me." And, of course, he was right. Almost 20 years later, I came within 5 seconds of winning $1,400 on the Super Bowl in a "loser's pool" (to advance, you had to pick the loser) and I am the only player to have picked the Titans. So close, and yet so far.
HONEY BEAR comes over to say to me (after I finished relieving myself in the woods), "Mah (she was southern) husband really likes you. He luvs to drink beer."
We finish up on the 12th hole. As we head back around the horse shoe turn, and start to ascend the hill, it becomes obvious that our cart is out of juice. We begin to push it up the hill. Then, in one of those moments of beer window clarity, we look at each other and say, "Is this your cart?" "No, this is not my cart." "Screw it, let's walk." (Real teammates would have sent a cart out to pick us up, but every body was digusted with us for peeing on just about every hole.
I put my sticks back in the car. Don't have much time, as Susan and I have dance lessons at Triton College. I'm in the golf shop, looking at the merchandise, when, in walks the man HIS OWN SELF. Larry Lujak.
I am not shy. I stride up to him (he is much taller in life than he sounds on the radio). "Larry Lujak," I begin.
"Nice shirt," he snarls laconically (Gary Stanton had presented me with an animal stories shirt, special order for this event).
"You misrepresent the facts."
"Yes, I do," he said, taking demonic delight with the direction our conversation is descending into.
"Well, sir," says I, "my friends had two questions for you. Number one, 'Do you count all your stokes?'"
He too carded a 101. I don't give him a chance to answer, "Aw, what the hell, you had to have counted most of them."
"Next question?" he asks.
"Can you tell me, whatever happened to Sparky the Bull?"
And now his lower lip curled with a quiver of delight, delight in the soul of one who has known a lot of sadness, the infinite sadness of being. "Sparky is alive and well," he advises.
"Good, says I," knowing our conversation is just about ended. "Is it true that lightning always strikes twice in the same place?" I leave him with that. And another ounce of sardonic delight emerged through those layers of sadness, and depression, the eyes, dark and deep set into the forehead and skull.
We parted. I had had my two minutes of fame. I was sated.
PART I: THE END.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
My last 20 rounds of golf
To Course Rating
06/14/11 -2.8
06/14/11 -16.8
06/14/11 -4.4
06/14/11 0.9
06/14/11 -17.8
06/13/11 -17.3
06/13/11 -4
06/13/11 -2
06/13/11 -2
06/13/11 6.2
06/13/11 0.2
06/13/11 0.6
06/13/11 0.6
06/13/11 -6.4
06/13/11 -6.4
06/13/11 -3.4
06/13/11 -6.4
06/09/11 -9.6
06/09/11 -4.8
06/09/11 0.2
95% of average total!
06/14/11 -2.8
06/14/11 -16.8
06/14/11 -4.4
06/14/11 0.9
06/14/11 -17.8
06/13/11 -17.3
06/13/11 -4
06/13/11 -2
06/13/11 -2
06/13/11 6.2
06/13/11 0.2
06/13/11 0.6
06/13/11 0.6
06/13/11 -6.4
06/13/11 -6.4
06/13/11 -3.4
06/13/11 -6.4
06/09/11 -9.6
06/09/11 -4.8
06/09/11 0.2
95% of average total!
Monday, June 13, 2011
My handicap index now satands at plus 7.2 - better start playing some easier courses!
-17.3
-11.7
-9.6
-6.4
-6.4
-6.4
-4.8
-4.4
-4
-3.6 -74.6 -7.09 Plus 7.1
-3.4
-2
-2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.8
6.2
-11.7
-9.6
-6.4
-6.4
-6.4
-4.8
-4.4
-4
-3.6 -74.6 -7.09 Plus 7.1
-3.4
-2
-2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.8
6.2
Friday, June 3, 2011
Course: Muirfield Village Golf Course Par: 72 Yardage: 7,352
Previous Tournaments
Pos Name 1 2 3 4 Today Thru Total Strokes
1 Steve Stricker 68 67 1:40 pm - -5 F -9 135
T2 Ricky Barnes 68 70 1:40 pm - -2 F -6 138
T2 Rod Pampling 72 66 1:30 pm - -6 F -6 138
T2 Jonathan Byrd 71 67 1:30 pm - -5 F -6 138
T2 Rory McIlroy 66 72 1:20 pm - E F -6 138
T6 Aaron Baddeley 71 68 1:20 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Kevin Stadler 71 68 1:10 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Brandt Jobe 71 68 1:10 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Luke Donald 70 69 1:00 pm - -3 F -5 139
T6 Ryan Moore 69 70 1:00 pm - -2 F -5 139
T6 Josh Teater 67 72 12:50 pm - E F -5 139
T12 Matt Kuchar 69 71 12:50 pm - -1 F -4 140
T12 Matt Bettencourt 68 72 12:40 pm - E F -4 140
T14 Dustin Johnson 68 73 12:30 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Gary Woodland 72 69 12:40 pm - -3 F -3 141
T14 Stewart Cink 68 73 12:30 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Ryuji Imada 71 70 12:20 pm - -2 F -3 141
T14 Edoardo Molinari 72 69 12:10 pm - -3 F -3 141
T14 John Senden 71 70 12:20 pm - -2 F -3 141
T14 Bryce Molder 68 73 12:10 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Rickie Fowler 68 73 12:00 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Chris Riley 66 75 12:00 pm - +3 F -3 141
T14 Brett Wetterich 70 71 11:51 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Hunter Mahan 69 72 11:51 am - E F -3 141
T14 Jason Bohn 70 71 11:42 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Brendan Steele 70 71 11:42 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Drew Weaver 71 70 11:33 am - -2 F -3 141
T28 Shaun Micheel 69 73 11:33 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Bill Haas 71 71 11:24 am - -1 F -2 142
T28 Davis Love III 69 73 11:15 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Bo Van Pelt 72 70 11:24 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Troy Matteson 73 69 11:15 am - -3 F -2 142
T28 Scott Piercy 75 67 11:06 am - -5 F -2 142
T28 Kevin Chappell 69 73 11:06 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Charles Howell III 72 70 10:57 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Webb Simpson 72 70 10:48 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Kevin Streelman 74 68 10:57 am - -4 F -2 142
T28 Phil Mickelson 72 70 10:48 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Camilo Villegas 73 69 10:39 am - -3 F -2 142
T40 Alex Cejka 71 72 10:30 am - E F -1 143
T40 Chris Couch 70 73 10:39 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 K.J. Choi 70 73 10:21 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 Mark Wilson 70 73 10:30 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 Daniel Summerhays 72 71 10:21 am - -1 F -1 143
T40 D.A. Points 71 72 10:12 am - E F -1 143
T40 Charl Schwartzel 72 71 10:12 am - -1 F -1 143
T40 Charley Hoffman 69 74 10:03 am - +2 F -1 143
T40 Angel Cabrera 70 73 10:03 am - +1 F -1 143
T49 Brian Davis 73 71 9:54 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Marc Leishman 73 71 9:54 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Ernie Els 71 73 9:45 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Arjun Atwal 73 71 9:45 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Robert Garrigus 69 75 9:36 am - +3 F E 144
T49 J.B. Holmes 72 72 9:36 am - E F E 144
T49 Brendon de Jonge 71 73 9:27 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Scott Stallings 68 76 9:27 am - +4 F E 144
T49 Blake Adams 71 73 9:18 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Bubba Watson 75 69 9:18 am - -3 F E 144
T49 Rocco Mediate 68 76 9:09 am - +4 F E 144
T49 Chez Reavie 75 69 9:09 am - -3 F E 144
T49 Chris DiMarco 67 77 9:00 am - +5 F E 144
T62 Nick O'Hern 73 72 9:00 am - E F +1 145
T62 Robert Karlsson 74 71 8:51 am - -1 F +1 145
T62 Pat Perez 71 74 8:51 am - +2 F +1 145
T62 Vijay Singh 73 72 8:42 am - E F +1 145
T62 Zack Miller 72 73 8:42 am - +1 F +1 145
T62 David Duval 72 73 8:33 am - +1 F +1 145
T62 Charlie Wi 73 72 8:33 am - E F +1 145
T62 Ben Curtis 70 75 8:24 am - +3 F +1 145
T62 J.J. Henry 70 75 8:24 am - +3 F +1 145
T62 Justin Leonard 73 72 8:15 am - E F +1 145
T62 Johnson Wagner 71 74 8:15 am - +2 F +1 145
T62 Kyle Stanley 72 73 8:10 am - +1 F +1 145
WD Derek Lamely WD WD WD WD WD - WD WD
T74 Tim Petrovic 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Alex Prugh 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Robert Allenby 71 75 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Sean O'Hair 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Henrik Stenson 79 67 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Thomas Aiken 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Cameron Tringale 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Steve Marino 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Justin Rose 71 75 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Martin Laird 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Colt Knost 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T85 Tim Herron 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jimmy Walker 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Tom Gillis 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Chris Kirk 70 77 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Scott McCarron 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jhonattan Vegas 79 68 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jeff Overton 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T92 Vaughn Taylor 72 76 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Spencer Levin 77 71 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Ryan Palmer 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Seung-yul Noh 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Billy Mayfair 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Keegan Bradley 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Trevor Immelman 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Tommy Gainey 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T100 Jerry Kelly 78 71 MC MC - - - 149
T100 Carl Pettersson 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T100 Bobby Gates 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T103 Todd Hamilton 74 76 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Stuart Appleby 75 75 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Kenny Perry 80 70 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Roland Thatcher 76 74 MC MC - - - 150
T107 Fred Couples 79 72 MC MC - - - 151
T107 Lucas Glover 72 79 MC MC - - - 151
T107 Hunter Haas 77 74 MC MC - - - 151
T110 Jim Furyk 77 75 MC MC - - - 152
T110 Brett Quigley 80 72 MC MC - - - 152
T110 Eugene Wong 80 72 MC MC - - - 152
113 Kris Blanks 74 80 MC MC - - - 154
114 Matt Jones 82 75 MC MC - - - 157
115 Mike Weir 76 82 MC MC - - - 158
116 Jin Jeong 76 86 MC MC - - - 162
117 Bill Lunde 74 WD WD WD - - - 74
118 D.J. Trahan 77 WD WD WD - - - 77
119 Joost Luiten 76 DQ DQ DQ - - - 76
Pos Name 1 2 3 4 Today Thru Total Strokes
1 Steve Stricker 68 67 1:40 pm - -5 F -9 135
T2 Ricky Barnes 68 70 1:40 pm - -2 F -6 138
T2 Rod Pampling 72 66 1:30 pm - -6 F -6 138
T2 Jonathan Byrd 71 67 1:30 pm - -5 F -6 138
T2 Rory McIlroy 66 72 1:20 pm - E F -6 138
T6 Aaron Baddeley 71 68 1:20 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Kevin Stadler 71 68 1:10 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Brandt Jobe 71 68 1:10 pm - -4 F -5 139
T6 Luke Donald 70 69 1:00 pm - -3 F -5 139
T6 Ryan Moore 69 70 1:00 pm - -2 F -5 139
T6 Josh Teater 67 72 12:50 pm - E F -5 139
T12 Matt Kuchar 69 71 12:50 pm - -1 F -4 140
T12 Matt Bettencourt 68 72 12:40 pm - E F -4 140
T14 Dustin Johnson 68 73 12:30 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Gary Woodland 72 69 12:40 pm - -3 F -3 141
T14 Stewart Cink 68 73 12:30 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Ryuji Imada 71 70 12:20 pm - -2 F -3 141
T14 Edoardo Molinari 72 69 12:10 pm - -3 F -3 141
T14 John Senden 71 70 12:20 pm - -2 F -3 141
T14 Bryce Molder 68 73 12:10 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Rickie Fowler 68 73 12:00 pm - +1 F -3 141
T14 Chris Riley 66 75 12:00 pm - +3 F -3 141
T14 Brett Wetterich 70 71 11:51 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Hunter Mahan 69 72 11:51 am - E F -3 141
T14 Jason Bohn 70 71 11:42 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Brendan Steele 70 71 11:42 am - -1 F -3 141
T14 Drew Weaver 71 70 11:33 am - -2 F -3 141
T28 Shaun Micheel 69 73 11:33 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Bill Haas 71 71 11:24 am - -1 F -2 142
T28 Davis Love III 69 73 11:15 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Bo Van Pelt 72 70 11:24 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Troy Matteson 73 69 11:15 am - -3 F -2 142
T28 Scott Piercy 75 67 11:06 am - -5 F -2 142
T28 Kevin Chappell 69 73 11:06 am - +1 F -2 142
T28 Charles Howell III 72 70 10:57 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Webb Simpson 72 70 10:48 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Kevin Streelman 74 68 10:57 am - -4 F -2 142
T28 Phil Mickelson 72 70 10:48 am - -2 F -2 142
T28 Camilo Villegas 73 69 10:39 am - -3 F -2 142
T40 Alex Cejka 71 72 10:30 am - E F -1 143
T40 Chris Couch 70 73 10:39 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 K.J. Choi 70 73 10:21 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 Mark Wilson 70 73 10:30 am - +1 F -1 143
T40 Daniel Summerhays 72 71 10:21 am - -1 F -1 143
T40 D.A. Points 71 72 10:12 am - E F -1 143
T40 Charl Schwartzel 72 71 10:12 am - -1 F -1 143
T40 Charley Hoffman 69 74 10:03 am - +2 F -1 143
T40 Angel Cabrera 70 73 10:03 am - +1 F -1 143
T49 Brian Davis 73 71 9:54 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Marc Leishman 73 71 9:54 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Ernie Els 71 73 9:45 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Arjun Atwal 73 71 9:45 am - -1 F E 144
T49 Robert Garrigus 69 75 9:36 am - +3 F E 144
T49 J.B. Holmes 72 72 9:36 am - E F E 144
T49 Brendon de Jonge 71 73 9:27 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Scott Stallings 68 76 9:27 am - +4 F E 144
T49 Blake Adams 71 73 9:18 am - +1 F E 144
T49 Bubba Watson 75 69 9:18 am - -3 F E 144
T49 Rocco Mediate 68 76 9:09 am - +4 F E 144
T49 Chez Reavie 75 69 9:09 am - -3 F E 144
T49 Chris DiMarco 67 77 9:00 am - +5 F E 144
T62 Nick O'Hern 73 72 9:00 am - E F +1 145
T62 Robert Karlsson 74 71 8:51 am - -1 F +1 145
T62 Pat Perez 71 74 8:51 am - +2 F +1 145
T62 Vijay Singh 73 72 8:42 am - E F +1 145
T62 Zack Miller 72 73 8:42 am - +1 F +1 145
T62 David Duval 72 73 8:33 am - +1 F +1 145
T62 Charlie Wi 73 72 8:33 am - E F +1 145
T62 Ben Curtis 70 75 8:24 am - +3 F +1 145
T62 J.J. Henry 70 75 8:24 am - +3 F +1 145
T62 Justin Leonard 73 72 8:15 am - E F +1 145
T62 Johnson Wagner 71 74 8:15 am - +2 F +1 145
T62 Kyle Stanley 72 73 8:10 am - +1 F +1 145
WD Derek Lamely WD WD WD WD WD - WD WD
T74 Tim Petrovic 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Alex Prugh 74 72 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Robert Allenby 71 75 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Sean O'Hair 76 70 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Henrik Stenson 79 67 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Thomas Aiken 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Cameron Tringale 77 69 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Steve Marino 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Justin Rose 71 75 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Martin Laird 75 71 MC MC - - - 146
T74 Colt Knost 70 76 MC MC - - - 146
T85 Tim Herron 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jimmy Walker 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Tom Gillis 74 73 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Chris Kirk 70 77 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Scott McCarron 73 74 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jhonattan Vegas 79 68 MC MC - - - 147
T85 Jeff Overton 75 72 MC MC - - - 147
T92 Vaughn Taylor 72 76 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Spencer Levin 77 71 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Ryan Palmer 74 74 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Seung-yul Noh 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Billy Mayfair 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Keegan Bradley 76 72 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Trevor Immelman 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T92 Tommy Gainey 78 70 MC MC - - - 148
T100 Jerry Kelly 78 71 MC MC - - - 149
T100 Carl Pettersson 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T100 Bobby Gates 76 73 MC MC - - - 149
T103 Todd Hamilton 74 76 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Stuart Appleby 75 75 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Kenny Perry 80 70 MC MC - - - 150
T103 Roland Thatcher 76 74 MC MC - - - 150
T107 Fred Couples 79 72 MC MC - - - 151
T107 Lucas Glover 72 79 MC MC - - - 151
T107 Hunter Haas 77 74 MC MC - - - 151
T110 Jim Furyk 77 75 MC MC - - - 152
T110 Brett Quigley 80 72 MC MC - - - 152
T110 Eugene Wong 80 72 MC MC - - - 152
113 Kris Blanks 74 80 MC MC - - - 154
114 Matt Jones 82 75 MC MC - - - 157
115 Mike Weir 76 82 MC MC - - - 158
116 Jin Jeong 76 86 MC MC - - - 162
117 Bill Lunde 74 WD WD WD - - - 74
118 D.J. Trahan 77 WD WD WD - - - 77
119 Joost Luiten 76 DQ DQ DQ - - - 76
Monday, May 23, 2011
ERIC MEIERDIERKS - YOU NEED TO TAKE A WEEK OR TWO OFF!
| 1 |    Brian Vranesh Scottsdale, AZ | -17 | F | -4 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 199 | $14,000.00 |
| T2 | Benoit Beisser Scottsdale, AZ | -10 | F | -8 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 206 | $5,166.67 |
| T2 | Drew Stoltz Scottsdale, AZ | -10 | F | -3 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 206 | $5,166.67 |
| T2 | Dodge Kemmer Mountain View, CA | -10 | F | -3 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 206 | $5,166.67 |
| 5 | Jason Allred Scottsdale, AZ | -7 | F | -3 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 209 | $2,600.00 |
| 6 | Charlie Beljan Mesa, AZ | -6 | F | E | 71 | 67 | 72 | 210 | $2,175.00 |
| T7 | Riley Arp Fort Collins, CO | -5 | F | -3 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 211 | $1,812.50 |
| T7 | Eric Meierdierks Wilmette, IL | -5 | F | -3 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 211 | $1,812.50 |
| T9 | Kendall Critchfield Tempe, AZ |
ERIC MEIERDIERKS - THE LEGEND CONTINUES TO GROW!
| Pos | Player | Scoring To Par | Rounds | Total | Purse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Thru | Current | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | Nathan Lashley Scottsdale, AZ | -12 | F | -4 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 201 | $14,000.00 |
| 2 | James Drew Las Vegas, NV | -11 | F | -3 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 202 | $7,000.00 |
| 3 | Drew Stoltz Scottsdale, AZ | -10 | F | -4 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 203 | $5,000.00 |
| 4 | Charlie Holland Dallas, TX | -9 | F | -2 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 204 | $3,400.00 |
| 5 | Tim McKenney Scottsdale, AZ | -8 | F | -2 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 205 | $2,500.00 |
| T6 | Todd Demsey Scottsdale, AZ | -7 | F | -3 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 206 | $1,850.00 |
| T6 | Braxton Marquez Scottsdale, AZ | -7 | F | -3 | 75 | 63 | 68 | 206 | $1,850.00 |
| T6 | Ryan Dillon Desert Hills, AZ | -7 | F | -2 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 206 | $1,850.00 |
| 9 | Chris Kamin Phoenix, AZ | -6 | F | -1 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 207 | $1,550.00 |
| T10 |  Jason Scrivener Perth, Australia | -5 | F | -2 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 208 | $1,300.00 |
| T10 | Steve Friesen Scottsdale, AZ | -5 | F | -1 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 208 | $1,300.00 |
| T10 | Charlie Beljan Mesa, AZ | -5 | F | -1 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 208 | $1,300.00 |
| T13 | Bennett Blakeman Burr Ridge, IL | -4 | F | E | 68 | 70 | 71 | 209 | $1,087.50 |
| T13 | Jason Thompson Gilbert, AZ | -4 | F | +1 | 69 | 68 | 72 | 209 | $1,087.50 |
| T15 | Brian Vranesh Scottsdale, AZ | -1 | F | E | 71 | 70 | 71 | 212 | $1,025.00 |
| T15 | Brian Prouty Tucson, AZ | -1 | F | E | 70 | 71 | 71 | 212 | $1,025.00 |
| T15 | Benoit Beisser Scottsdale, AZ | -1 | F | +2 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 212 | $1,025.00 |
| 18 | Eric Meierdierks Wilmette, IL | E | F | +5 | 71 | 66 | 76 | 213 | $975.00 |
| T19 | Ray Beaufils Gold Coast, Australia | +1 | F | +2 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 214 | $937.50 |
| T19 | Eddie Olson Aptos, CA | ||||||||
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