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Ah, okay. That makes sense. Nothing really stands out as a signature hole, like 12 at Augusta or 18 at pebble beach.

I like how this site uniformly lambasts the front office for bad, long, expensive contracts and then turns around and equally criticizes them for not throwing all kinds of money at Trout after only one good season, and then adds to their bipolarism by going the Debbie downer route of figuring he's already as good as gone when he hits free agency in only four more years. You amaze me daily. Thank you.

I agree. Katie?

Unwritten rule is you never throw at a guys head. Hit him in the back or the butt, but the head is off limits.throwing at a guys head ought to warrant longer suspensions.

Luke Donald giving back most of what he gained, now only -1. Tiger sitting at +2, but has made a couple of birdies to get back into it. Only three guys under par, and two of them have yet to begin their second round.

What if they donated $50 mil to your PAC?

And then found a way to tax the rest us for it.

Stop being a buzzkill, Vern.

At my best I was about a 12-15 handicap. I don't mind a challenge at all, but a 260 yd par 3 had better be a downhill or down wind hole, otherwise it's pretty un-par-able for pretty much everyone. p.s. I don't mind associating with you hackers. It helps keep me grounded.

Really? This is an old course and I see lots of interesting things in it. Not sure what you guys are seeing.

He sure did. But he was in a lot pain hitting out of the rough, and he's going to have more shots from there throughout this tournament. Can he handle it? Remember, he won a U.S. Open on a broken leg, so his pain threshold is pretty high.

This post deserves some appreciation.

If I were an artist, I would so paint a picture of him as a centaur. Yes, he's that deserving.

He looks like Speizio.

Marcus Samuelson? Yeah, I'm not a fan of his. He's waaaaaay too hard on the contestants, as if they'd be serving any of this stuff at their restaurants or to the king.

I feel sorry for the poor slug that has to roll all those nickels.

Thank you. Any word on the baskets?

A 260 yard par 3? Who creates this kind of evil?

Keep Penner if he'll play for less. He's too expensive given his lack of regular season production. Maybe he just needs a calendar with only the months April, may, and June. Rumor is that Martinez came out of his exit meeting visibly upset because his time here may be over.

Play just called for day because of darkness. Going to be a very long day on Friday.

So does anyone know why they have baskets instead of flags on the flagsticks? Everyone on the broadcast keeps pointing to them but no one has sense enough to explain the reason behind using them. Also, players started off on holes 1 and 11, not 1 and 10. Anyone know why?

DR, how's the parking situation with the neighbor? Any improvement?

Lucky you. I'm guessing she's single and owns at least six cats, at least two of whom have names like mr. socks.

You sound like you might be familiar with seventh day Adventists, or at least as, um, frugal as one of us. Our church has historically decried spending a lot of money on jewelry, as well as just wearing it. So fr many years guys would buy their fiancé an engagement watch, and she would wear it on her right wrist to indicate she was engaged. I bought one for my wife, a nice one with small yet tasteful diamond chips on the face. It was beautiful and affordable. I couldn't have afforded a diamond ring, and she was wise enough not to insist on one.

Did you go to the same jeweler at south coast plaza as Paul konerko did right before he signed with the halos?