PODS Championship / PGA TOUR / March 6-9, 2008
 

After a week of rest and celebration of his Mayakoba win :king: Brian Gay returns to action at the PODS Championship at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Tampa Bay, Florida. The purse is $5.3 million with the usual 18 percent to the winner ($954,000).

Brian was a leader in last year's event, finishing T4 on rounds of 69-72-66-69=276 and winning $233,200. He tees off Thursday on the Copperhead course at 7:50 a.m. (#1) and Friday at 12:40 p.m. (#10).

Jay Williamson is also in the field, teeing off Thursday at 12:00 p.m. (#1) and Friday at 7:10 a.m. (#10).

Good luck, guys!

:rambo:

Renner to the starting block.
 

One of my students that I have been teaching since he was a kid Monday qualified for The PODS with a 66. Jim Renner (no relation to Jack) will be teeing it up as well :) .

New Name On the List
 

Great, Drew. I've got Jim added to my customized leaderboard at www.pgatour.com.

Is he playing anywhere else, e.g., the Nationwide Tour -- I see he has some stats there -- or one of the mini-tours?

From Hooterville to the Big Time
 

Mostly mini-tours. He had a top ten (eighth) on the Hooters Tour a few weeks ago. Missing the final stage at q-school by a shot did not leave him with any status. So Monday qualifying will have to do it for awhile.

Picking Up Where He Left Off -- Birdie!
 

With birdies at the 1st and 7th and a bogey at the 3rd, Brian is -1 through 11 and T18. http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/...475/index.html

His opening birdie is a highlight video today on the PGA TOUR's website. Check out his delicate little pitch to the par 5 1st. [You'll have to sit through the commercial the first time 'round. After that, you can replay it without that inconvenience.]

http://www.pgatour.com/video/?/video...y_1brd.pgatour

When it comes to these little shots, there is no one better in the game.

:salut:

Pretty Cool!

Wonder if they make that shirt in a HUSKY sizes?

How about a lil' winner winner chicken dinner this week!!!

Go BG!!!

They make a similar shirt in husky sizes, but it has a vertical stripe. I say, who are they fooling!

Tough Day
 

Both Brian and Jay had bogey trouble on their back nines. Each posted first round scores of 73.

Rain delayed Thursday's play, and the round was completed this morning. This pushed back the second round tee times one hour and forty minutes. Jay is already on the course, opening with two birdies but following them with four bogies to end his outward nine at +2 for the day and +4 for the tournament. Brian goes at 2:20.

No Joy In Mudville
 

In the most brutal conditions yet faced on the 2008 PGA TOUR -- high winds up to 40 mph and cold -- both Our Heroes missed the cut. Ironically, Brian Gay and Jay Williamson posted identical scores:

73-77=150.

The cut came at +3 (145) and 79 players were on that number. That means that the TOUR's new 54-hole cut rule comes into play, and there will be a second cut at the conclusion of today's round.

It will be interesting to get the players' reactions to this first-ever situation.

:golf: