Raise the flags high and get out your red, white and blue clothing (see pic below) for we've just had the 4th of July in the US.Mother Nellie has come to visit us for three weeks after the celebrations in CA (will post about those next). This week the US Seniors Open is being played at Whistling Sands at Kohler, an hour north of us here in Wisconsin, so I decided to get tickets for us to head along to one of the practice days that was held yesterday - for no doubt it will be crowded later in the week and probably a bit hard to get around.
Here are some pictures of our outing where Nellie outdid herself scrambling over hills and down dales.
The highlight for me was a) seeing Tom Watson in the flesh (the only name I recognised) and seeing the very flash coolers for competitors that they had at every tee filled with waters, Gatorade, snack bars and candy. I want to know whether they chose the signage paint colour to match the coolers, or spec'd the coolers to specially be the same green to match the environment (that's the event planer coming out in me....!)
The 18th green
As seen on the 4th of July - gotta wear your red white and blues, especially if it has the Declaration of Independence on it. Who needs a tattoo...
Check out those coolers!
The course has something like 1200 hazards...they're not hard to spot.
Nellie the billy goat gruff...
Tom Watson
...and Nellie with Tom.
Tom Watson
...and Nellie with Tom.
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