Status Update 017
It's not that I am lazy. It's that I just don't care.
Welcome to Status Update — a free Friday newsletter featuring long and short stories, general ramblings from the week that was, the most interesting things to have recently caught my eye and any other golf-related nonsense I believe to be worth your time.
The Opening Drive
This time of year has me looking like Mr. Krabs sniffing for money — just blazing in every single direction trying to find my bearings. Between the influx of signature events, a pair of major championships sandwiched close together and the start of summer, there is not enough time in the world!
Because of that, somethings you just don’t care about and this week was a good reminder of what is important and what is not. For example, the move to get rid of starting strokes at the Tour Championship and turn it into a normal 72-hole tournament where the top 30 players compete.
Don’t care! It’s going to change next year anyways.
How about Charlie Woods — the son of one Tiger Woods — winning his first AJGA event?
Don’t care!
In fact, I would say the coverage of the latter event is a good barometer of who you should be following or not following on social media. If someone gave it legitimate coverage, give them the unfollow!
Weirdo alert. 🚨 Weirdo alert. 🚨
*car alarm sounds*
What is important is the U.S. Open and our voyage will start earlier than most as I head up to Traverse City, Michigan in the middle of next week to check out the Cherry Capital of the world and play a little golf. From there, we head to Pittsburgh where a couple of nights in the city will precede the week at Oakmont.
Yes, that is the site of the 2016 U.S. Open and the site of me shooting 76 in the summer of 2021 despite a triple bogey on the short par-4 2nd. “Hardest course in the world” give me a freaking break, pal. Where’s my sponsor’s exemption?
In total, it will be 12 straight days on the road, which means (1) I don’t know how I am going to overpack for this trip, but trust me, I will find a way and (2) my plants are going to die and I don’t know how to tell them about their impending doom.
It’s always exciting to rejoin the traveling circus that is professional golf and this time I am looking forward to do so with some different responsibilities. Given the U.S. Open is not a CBS tournament, the time on set is trimmed to, well, zero and some golf can actually be taken in.
This means more writing, more on-site (not just driving range on-site) coverage and mixing it up with players and colleagues. All this to say, it will be good fun! Or should I say good good fun!
Alright, that’s enough for this week. No reason to keep writing for the hell of it. I’ve got some golf to play and some golf to take in. And you do too! It’s summertime baby, stop reading this, get outside, run around and enjoy the good weather! It’ll be gone before you know it.