2015 PGA Championship Round Three This And That

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There are rumors...just rumors at this point that after several fine morning runs of the Omega HOF ad, a different placement from the man jewelry maker appeared on TNT. I'm working the phones and getting sources to confirm and will let you know.

However, there is great news for Omega: reader Tim Ryan's son is now a loyal customer for life (here and here, thanks Tim). Way to hook the kids Omega!

As for the golf tournament, we have rumblings of a potential beauty. But now that the cut has been made, let's not forget those we've left behind or those who have some amazing cut streaks in the fourth of four. Jim McCabe with those and other notes at Golfweek.com.

Regarding Tiger Woods, he has signed up for the Wyndham Championship, but as Bob Harig reports for ESPN.com, he is reserving the right to take more time to decide whether to play.

I had hoped to expense a really nice meal and glass of wine in the name of seeing how the important people are living this week at The American Club. Naturally, Michael Bamberger beat me to it. Here's his golf.com report.

On a much more serious and somber note, Ian O'Connor has the ESPN.com story of Charles Frost, playing with a heavy heart this week for his fellow Kiawah Island golf pro pal Michael Townsend, who recently qualified for a tour event but passed away in a car accident, leaving behind a family of three.

So in that light, none of this is really important, but if you must:

Round three tee times

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Poll Question: Does The Constant Playing Of Omega's HOF Ad...

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Make you want to jump out of a helicopter without a parachute? Want to have a mute button chip embedded in your brain? Want to go buy a luxury time piece that your kids will sell on ebay?

These are the kind of important questions that must be posed as we move into a Weather Warning mode and, inevitably, soak up Omega's ad created for last year's PGA Championship. But for reasons only the Madison Avnue minds can explain, the piece featuring the screaching sounds of will.i.am singing to The Script's music is making an ubiquitous return across all major media platforms. Constantly.

In case you've been in a coma and have not seen this wonderful product as it nears its one millionth running, here is the only ad Omega feels that golf fans can handle. And here is the story behind this masterpiece of marketing.

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Does Omega's "Hall of Fame" ad...
 
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Video: John Daly's Fantastic Entry Into The Tommy Bolt Wing Of The Club Throwing Hall Of Fame

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And pushed to social media by PGA.com! Love the progressiveness.

There is a lot to love about this one, including the suddeness of the Lake Michigan sling after walking a bit and mulling the joys of playing Whistling Straits. Though the best part may be the retrieval by a young man with dad driving the boat, and then celebrating his acquisiion. Working on finding that Vine, but for now, enjoy.

Whistling Straits: 1. John Daly: 0

A video posted by PGA.com (@pgacom) on Aug 14, 2015 at 12:48pm PDT

 

2015 PGA Championship Round Two This And That

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The temperature is rising and that was before fans headed to the exit built specially for events at this remote golf course arrived to find it...closed off by law enforcement. Only to be diverted to the next exit 7 miles up the road and in a different county!

Even cattle were coming up to the fences to look at the barely moving procession as if to say, nice traffic plan Buford T! With an extra 40 minutes to ponder the fumbling, it became understandable why this tragic event took place on site yesterday.

Meanwhile Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy took advantage of the calm round two morning conditions, but all eyes are on the ultimate redemption story at Whistlng Straits: Dustin Johnson. He opened with a pretty smooth 66 that might have been lower, noted Adam Schupak in his Golfweek.com story.

Johnson’s 66 looked effortless and if a few makable putts had dropped, a 63 or 64 was within reach.

“Today was pretty easy, I would have to say,” said Johnson, who hit 14 of 18 greens and made just one bogey, at the third hole. “Right now, today, I felt like I had my ball under control a lot like I did at the U.S. Open.”

Inexplicably, the DJ-Day-Fowler group did not live up to Marquee Group coverage status, and you missed some great action (plus a shocking quadruple bogey from Fowler). I noted this and an epic DJ quote in my account for The Loop.

“I would prefer to be in the lead, though, there’s less shots you’ve got to make up."

Even better, Johnson is now wallowing, but instead playing as if he believes this course owes him something, as Butch Harmon told Golf Channel's Steve Sands (Strege reports).

Here are you round two groupings and the leaderboard. The Johnson-Fowler-Day group goes at 1:20 pm local.

And remember telecast watchers on TNT from 2-8 pm ET: you can move a mountain, you can break rocks, you can be a master, Standing in the hall of fame. Because the world's gonna know your name.