Bits and Pieces

-Stephanie Wie has photos of Michelle Wie from last Saturday's play with Jiyai Shin.  Here.  And Michelle in NYC with photos and more at her blog Black Flamingo.

-Tiger playing at the Memorial.  Great!

-Lefty has a chance to move to #1.  After his opening +1 at the Colonial, expect he's more concerned about making the cut today then making the top spot in world rankings.  My bet: he doesn't make the cut, nor #1.

-Also at the Colonial:  Jeff Overton still hot and John Daly playing well.  Wow.  Go for it, Big John.  Stephanie Wie has photos of John in his blue and white checked trousers along with his similarly decked out sweetie here.

-Local golfers doing other things, like Dave Wininger, Bric Parker, Tracy Rayhill, Karry Stoll, Dan Steiner (I know what he's doing and really don't expect to see him at all - hi, Dan - we miss you), Curt Johnson (to a lesser degree).  Tennis and softball at the high school level?  Did have all those storms in the area last night but no rain at Lakeview other then a little splash around 3 and then some more after dark.  Did have it all around us though - Loogootee, Montgomery, Odon, Bramble.  Haven't seen much of Terry Butcher either though expect he's been traveling; he did come out and play a pretty good round at 33 this past Tuesday.

-Just looking at the Seoul Sisters blog on the upcoming Ladies US Open and wondered when we're going to see Annika Sorenstam again.  About time, isn't it?  A couple of youngsters to watch: Alexis Thompson, all of 15 now, and Jennifer Song, best amateur in the world?

-We will be having a scramble tomorrow morning.  Starts at nine.

-Tip for the day: Go out and work with your fairway woods.  I'm thinking especially of #6 at Lakeview where hitting it up into the throat makes the hole so much easier.  I've been known to spend way too much time over in the 'nursery', that small clump of young trees right of the fairway at the corner of the dam, and having to thread my way through or over some much bigger trees to get to the green.  Even started using my 22 degree hybrid instead of my three wood for the sake of direction - normal tendency with the hybrid - a slight draw; with the three wood, a slight fade.  The slight fade is ideal for going around the corner at six but not if you can't get it to the corner.  (A thought: the drier grounds will give us short knockers a little more run and get the use of the three wood back into play - maybe.)

-My babe of the day: Jennifer Song, who was golf babe at Golf Babes last June.