SITTING AND WAITING...HE AND HIS WIFE SAT...'ANXIOUSLY'...TO SEE HOW MCDOWELL...STRONGLY COMING BACK...COULD MAKE THIS...' PUTT'... AND IT WOULD BE ANOTHER ROUND ON MONDAY. EARLIER ...THE 42 YEAR-OLD LEADER...MADE A WILD DRIVE ON THE 17TH...AND DROPPED DOWN TO 4TH PLACE...ON THE 18TH HOLE...WITH ANOTHER BOGEY...SO SAD, AFTER LEADING AND LOOKING LIKE HE WOULD WIN...BUT THINGS JUST...'HAPPEN'...THAT'S ALL. YOU COULD NOT KNOW THE...'PRESSURE'...UNLESS YOU HAD BEEN IN A...'SIMILAR SITUATION.' MCDOWELL...IRELAND...LOOKING FOR THE SHOT THAT WOULD PUT HIM IN THE PLAYOFF...TODAY...GOING FOR HIS 2ND WIN IN 3 TRIES (RORY WINNING LAST YEAR...AND HE , THE YEAR BEFORE...LINES UP THIS...'CRUCIAL'...SHOT...AND MISSES! IT'S OVER...WHAT CAN YOU SAY: WELL...SIMPSON RECEIVING A GOLF SCHOLARSHIP FROM ARNOLD PALMER TO ATTEND...'WAKE FOREST'...HAD WON THIS GREAT TOURNAMENT. WE ALL KNOW THAT WE CAN'T BE SURE OF...'ANYTHING'...FOR IT WAS PALMER...WHO WAS LEADING CASPER IN 1966...AT THIS TOURNAMENT (BY 7 STROKES, I BELIEVE) AND ENDED UP LOSING. ARNOLD PALMER...ONE OF MY FAVORITES IN GOLF...WHO 50 YEARS AGO...AT THE AGE OF 32...MET A YOUNG 22 YEAR-OLD...NAMED: JACK NICHOLAS (WHO WENT ON TO WIN 3 MORE OPENS)...AND LOST. ####THIS YEAR THEY DESIGNED A BEAUTIFUL MEDAL WITH JACK'S NAME ON IT FOR THE WINNER. I DIDN'T STAY UP FOR IT WAS GETTING LATE. PICTURES OF THAT 50 YEAR-OLD MATCH...AND THE FRIENDSHIP THESE TWO CHAMPIONS HAVE HAD...WILL FOLLOW. CAROLE E 7:09 AM ON A CLOUDY MONDAY...THE 18TH OF JUNE...2012. #################### IT IS 10:27 AM ON MONDAY MORNING AND A GREAT DAY TO LOAD THESE PICTURES. SOMETIMES WE DON'T GIVE...'THOSE RESPONSIBLE'...ENOUGH CREDIT. A HUGE TOURNAMENT...LIKE THIS...NOT ONLY TAKES...'HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS'...BUT SO MUCH PREPARATION WITH GETTING THOSE...'GREENS'...IN SHAPE/WHO KEEPS THOSE CYPRUS TREES PRUNNED??/WHEN ONE WAS...'PRUNNED'...105 GOLF BALLS FELL OUT OF THE TREE!! GOOD GRIEF!! SO THAT WAS WHERE THAT...'DARN BALL'...LANDED!/I SPENT 15 MINUTES LOOKING FOR IT!! YAH RIGHT! THOSE OF US WHO...'SOMETIMES' ?? SLICE THE BALL ...HAVE SPENT...'A FEW MINUTES'...LOOKING...'EVERYWHERE'/YOU BETCHA!! I BET MORE...'SWEARING'...IS//////////////////// NO! NO! NO! (OK BUT I DO WANT TO THANK...'NBC'...FOR ITS TREMENDOUS COVERAGE OF THIS TOURNAMENT...FOR (OBVIOUSLY)...YOU COULDN'T SEE THESE PICTURES...THAT I WISH TO...'SHARE'...WITH THE WORLD! TREMENDOUS COVERAGE...AND I THANK YOU FOR I KNOW THAT THE COVERAGE...CHANNEL 11/NBC...WILL ALSO BE GREAT...DURING THOSE OLYMPICS!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CHEER FOR YOUR COUNTRY!!!/I CERTAINLY WILL! CAROLE E 10:39 AM ON MONDAY...JUNE 18TH...2012. ####### IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR JACK NICHOLAS SAY THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE AWAY FROM HOME...MORE THAN 2 WEEKS AT A TIME...HE WANTED HIS CHILDREN TO KNOW HIM. HE ALSO SAID...THAT WHEN HE SAW THE PICTURE ON THE 13TH GREEN...WITH THAT...'CIGARETTE'...IN HIS MOUTH HE FELT IT WASN'T A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR HIS FAMILY... OR AS A...'ROLE MODEL'...AND QUIT IMMDIATELY...NOT SMOKING AGAIN...AND SENT THE MONEY BACK TO THE COMPANY. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IF WE ONLY KNEW ...'THEN'...WHAT WE DO...'NOW!'//////OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH! (YOU BETCHA! 11:48 AM)