My very first round of golf was played on a course in Monterey California back when woods were really made of wood and a thinly hit wedge would slice the cover off of the best balls available.

As I watch the play at Pebble Beach this week, I am painfully reminded that I had a chance to play that course for $40 (military discount) and passed it up.  As a beginner, I could not have possible appreciated the course, but I still consider it a  DUMB mistake on my part.

Of course, that probably wasn't as dumb as watching the tournament on CBS today and expecting to see any kind of real golf.  Their telecast of the third round was akin to having red hot sand grains dropped, one at a time, into your eyes for three hours.

Spare me the the slow motion replays of 'celebrities" jumping into the crowd of adoring fans,and show me the move that Vijay is making.  Dispense with the promotional clip of some actors latest film and let me watch Phil fall apart with an 11 on one hole.  If I want to watch someone named Lopez playing golf, I'd prefer that it be Nancy, and not George, thank you very much.  I actually improved my game with a Golf Digest chipping tip from Nancy Lopez a few years back, and had never even heard of George Lopez before the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic a couple weeks ago.

We can be eternally thankful that neither Britney nor Paris play golf.

It was too bad that Tommy Gainey didn't make the cut though.  I had to get that information here at Golf Link.com from their leader board.  Thank you Golf Link.com.