Mercedes Championship
The Plantation Course at Kapalua is supposedly the hardest course on tour to walk. There are a couple holes that the players will actually get shuttled to the next hole. Not the gallery of course. A lady we met had a step-meter with her and she figured she walked close to 5 miles on the front 9 alone because we were always back and forth and not tee to green. We followed Mike Weir for most of the entire round. He had trouble putting, but managed to shake off a shaky front nine where he was +1 and managed a -2 final score. He was paired with young Swede Daniel Chopra who had a share of the lead at the time of this at -4. He was on fire. He hits the ball long, has a great iron game and sank some doozy putts. Weather was typical with scattered showers here and there. We had rain jackets to keep dry, but the problem is it that's it's still 26 degrees out, so with the jacket you're dry from the rain, but you end up sweating and your shirt is wet anyways. I don't think I'll be taking the jacket back tomorrow. Again, Weir was so accommodating with autographs for the obvious pro-Canadian crowd (all the tourists). He signed for everybody after his round was complete which I thought was a great gesture. Deb got her beloved Riders cap signed and her tournament pass. We'll see what happens tomorrow. We checked into our B&B this afternoon and checked out of the Outrigger. Tonight, we're off to Willie Nelson's bar with our new friend Paris from Victoria who we met yesterday and hung around him again today. The BlueBomber fans were quick to comment on Deb's cap and offered up congratulations on the Riders big Grey Cup win. There were Stamps fans there too, but didn't bother to say anything! That's okay.