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Wednesday
Aug082012

Depressed Media Turns To Its Creativity To Survive Glory's Last Visit To Kiawah Island For At Least A Century

Wow, the PGA at Kiawah is finally here and looking at that weather forecast, may be here for a while!

I'd preview who might win, how the course is playing and what to look for but after six inches of rain turned the place into a slog and making the superintendent's life miserable, it's time to just sit back and wait for the first thunderstorm delay.

But I will say that as dark as the dispatches were Tuesday, the scribes turned to humor and their inner creativity to get through Wednesday, with Gary Van Sickle (@GaryVanSickle) earning some sort of GWAA award (in a just world) for his tweets (here, here, here) and Scott Michaux (@scottmichaux) for his video documenting the lengthy ride from the media hotel to Kiawah.

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Reader Comments (6)

Hey media, your tent looks huge! Where is your biggest palais du golf?
08.8.2012 | Unregistered CommenterAmen Coroner
Derp
08.8.2012 | Unregistered CommenterMitt Romney
Looks like a lively bunch on that there bus, I'd be whining too if I had to ride with that crew for an hour.
Holy crap what a bunch of whiners. Nice to see the media has already decided this PGA will be a failure. Zero chance it's given fair coverage by this group of spoiled children.
08.9.2012 | Unregistered CommenterJeremy Rudock
Exactly which part of the ride video was whining? The local CVB loved it.
08.9.2012 | Unregistered CommenterFWIW
Tis a shame that the course is soggy and the forecast is, too. I was really looking forward to this PGA. Given the right conditions, it could have been like a US Open in August. Now it will be darts with lots of delays.
08.9.2012 | Unregistered Commentertlavin

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