Good Looks: On the Scene at Tourney Time
The tournament season is in full swing in New England, a perfect time to see and be
seen. Two of New England’s favorites, the Travelers’ Championship in Cromwell, CT and the CVS Charity Classic in Barrington, RI kicked off the schedule the last week in June.
What makes tournaments so great? Is it standing twelve feet from your favorite player to view first-hand how they excel at the highest level or is it to notice the strategies they use to play this very difficult game? Let’s face it, to put a ball the size of a lime into a martini glass size hole from 400 yards away is not an easy task. And, to look hot doing it? Wow! That is professional golf at its best. Is there a distinction between playing well and looking great that is a synergy that leads to success? Is there is a correlation between dressing well, playing well, and being part of the new fashion wave of golf today? On or off the course, fabrics, designs, and styles have transcended this game into all part of our lives. Golf if truly a unique sport in that we have the opportunity to epitomize the looks of our favorite heroes in golf today.
The Pan Handle Pirate, Bubba Watson, carded his first PGA Championship by overcoming a double bogey on the 17th hole with a monster drive on the 18th that he converted into a Birdie. He then closed the deal looking sharp and playing well on the second play-off hole, to capture his first PGA victory. Is it that Bubba’s hot pink shaft on his driver, has finally come through? Hot or not? I think hot.
Each year Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon invite the PGA tour to the small seaside location on Narragansett Bay at the Rhode Island Country Club. The atmosphere is all about PGA players celebrating this game in a big way. Just one week after the most pressure filled week of the year at the U.S. Open, the CVS tournament is a breath of fresh air as it is all about fun, giving back, and sharing an opportunity for fans to get up close and personal with their favorite players in the world. The PGA stands alone in its commitment to giving back. More than any other sport in the world the PGA is all about giving. Recently the PGA tour capped the $1 billion dollar mark in charitable giving to countless needy organizations across the globe. The PGA motto is for the” good of the game” but it is also for the good of mankind with the commitment they make each and every day to support the most important causes and needs for our society today.
The next time you tee it up for your round with your friends, remember golf is more than just a game. In 2009, the CVS charity classic gave $1.3 million to 20 charities in the greater New England. The Travelers Championship generated over $1 million dollars at the same time for charities, not a bad for the last week in June for the New England needy. Golf is just a game? I think not. Golf is part of our social fabric as a society and a sport that has reached out to touch all of our lives.
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