Nationwide Tour Golf in Knoxville

Big John Daly the Fashion Maven!

The Nationwide Golf Tour's News Sentinel Open is held in the Knoxville area every year and Mary & I decided to get tickets for the week.

This year, the tournament is being held at the Fox Den Country Club in Farragut, Tennessee (only about 15 miles from our house) so it is easy for us to attend and watch how the up and coming stars of PGA golf  play the game.  It also allowed us to see some of the folks we have watched on TV over the years.

We arrived about an hour after the lead-off group hit the first tee and walked  to the junction of the 7th green and 8th tee.  Not much of a crowd and a great place to watch.

Sunghoon Kang's Birdie Putt on 7.

John Daly put in his appearance wearing his trademark LOUD pants and posted a respectable -2 but he'll need to do better today if he wants to play on the weekend.

Rookie Sunghoon Kang made this beautiful birdie at 7 on his way to a -9 round and a share of the day one lead.

After a couple of hours at our 7/8 station, we were getting too hot so we ambled back to the clubhouse and walked around to 18 where we actually found seats in the public grandstand in the shade!  Instead of heading home, we passed another couple of hours watching more golf.  Lunch was great cheesburgers and cold beer while watching the pros hit into the green surrounding lake (I can do that!)

Home in the mid afternoon and the end of another wonderful day in retirement.