Daly Beats Player, Trevino, & Woods

What if twenty years ago I told you we'd be watching a golf tournament in 2021 with Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, David Duval, Nick Faldo, Nick Price, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh, John Daly, Tom Lehman, Mark O'Meara, Padrik Harrington, the current top players in men's and women's golf Justin Thomas and Nelly Korda, British Open champ Stewart Cink, and major championship winners Matt Kuchar, Rich Beem, Henrik Stinson, and Bubba Watson. And it would be as fun to watch as you would've thought it would be.

Today Team Woods birdied a tournament record eleven straight holes, and just missed a chance to tie Team Daly on the last hole (that's country western singer Long John in the Santa Claus suit above). On 16 and 17 Charlie stuck his approach shots close, and sunk several long birdie putts.

Charlie was confident enough and familiar enough with Justin Thomas to mess around with him on the range.

Yesterday I drove C to Avalon in Alpharetta so she could do some shopping. Me and Winnie stayed in the car. I grabbed a milkshake at Chick-fil-A. Leftovers for supper.

I watched the golf and some of the bowl games. Not a good start for me. I said no way UAB would beat BYU, so of course they did. Deion and Jackson State were humiliated.

Sunday School this AM. After park I had to run across the street, which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do. Not yet 100%. I skipped the service in the gym because they shine the lights straight into your eyes.

Speaking of Charlie Woods, when I was a kid there were two sporting goods stores in downtown Macon: Willingham Sporting Goods and Charlie Woods Sporting Goods. This was before there was Macon Mall. When we'd go shopping I knew they quickest route from Willingham to Charlie Woods, which back alley to take. Some of the stores downtown had back doors you could use, like Neals, a small department store with a decent toy department, as I recall. Another favorite store was the hobby shop on Ingleside, which carried Matchbox cars, models, and Hardy Boys books. This was before Hot Wheels and G.I. Joes. Later in high school I would work next door at the Baskin Robbins.