Golf World Open Wrap, Vol. 1

Still haven’t gotten last week’s Golf World, but I did receive the U.S. Open report! Lots of interesting stuff. Ron Sirak writes about Tom Meeks saving his best setup for last, which is interesting since Meeks didn’t really set up the course.

The talented John Feinstein is relegated to writing about the USGA ad with the kid making the hole in one(!?). Well, the kid, Utah's Andy Griffin, hasn’t graduated from college as was predicted here last week. Instead he’s just about to enter Weber State. The article talks about how everyone loves the ad and how we’ll keep seeing it forever. Feinstein says that even the USGA’s David Fay, “not exactly known as a sentimentalist,” admits he “swallows hard” whenever he sees the spot.

Here's another odd thing about the Feinstein story. It includes a photo of Andy Griffin today re-enacting his hole-in-one jump. The photo was supplied by the USGA. So, does that qualify as synergy, or maybe it's cross-polinating brand platforms?

Finally, in John Strege’s Local Knowledge column, he reports that Michelle Wie can accept a chartered flight from the Women’s British Open to the Women’s Amateur in Georgia because she's a junior golfer. Strege confirms with the USGA’s David Fay that “it made no difference who paid for the private plane—even if it were a golf equipment company.”

Uh Bob Wood, B.J. Kim is in line 1. He says he needs a G5 because the G4 would require a refueling stop.