Oklahoma and the PGA

We spent Thursday and Friday at the PGA Championship in Tulsa Oklahoma and watched Tiger Woods bitchslap the competition and the Southern Hills Course en route to a 63 and the lowest round ever in a major. The course is a monster, unlike any I have ever seen and the mere spectacle of the PGA Championship is truly staggering. 70,000+ fans on a golf course is a sight to see. Props to Rog for hooking up Wannamaker Club tickets, without the air conditioned refuge my Canadian ass would have been in the ER tent for sure. The shitty thing was no cameras or cell phones allowed so you will have to do with the pro photogs work.

You would expect that we were loaded the whole time but we actually were rather well behaved - the combination of a 110 degree humidex and where we stayed both conributed. We picked up Roger's old buddy Tony Roper at the airport Thursday after the golf and headed to his sister's place in Pryor Creek, OK, about 45 minutes from Tulsa. Leslie and Mike Considine and their kids were the most amazing hosts - we certainly got a taste of Southern hospitality and the best meals of the trip! Pryor is a town of about 10,000 in a rural area, a true small American town that lives and dies on their high school football team just like in Friday Night Lights (my favorite, and best show on TV by the way). Mike happens to be the coach of the local team, the Prior Tigers, who have a logo and uniforms exactly the same as the Dillon Panthers from FNL. It was like we were literally staying with Coach Taylor and his wife Connie(for you FNL fans). We actually got up early and took in a scrimmage Saturday morning before leaving. Thanks again for an amazing 2 days in Pryor with Mike, Leslie, Christian, Daniel, Katie and Will, Peter and of course the notorious Tony Roper who, to describe adequately, we would need an entire new blog. Oh yeah while we were there Tony also invented a new sport called Dockerball which combines soccer, barbequeing on a deck, and drinking. This might be my big chance. The time in Oklahoma including both the golf and our time in Pryor was a real twilight zone, but some of the best times on the tour. More stories to follow in the wrap up!

We're back in KC now and pregaming hard before Jays-Royals game tonight. Cookie Rojas Bobble night suckaz...wish you were here. Its also Roger's B-day, guaranteed we will be in fine form tonight after the game. If I can work a computer I will post an update. Don't hold your breath.