3. Summer in the City
Liberty National is in Jersey City, N.J., across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan. Tournament people of every stripe are staying in the different Jersey City hotels, enjoying the views. The Statue of Liberty to the south. The New York City skyline to the east. Weather systems moving in and moving out along the river. And crisscrossing the river, in good weather and bad, a passenger ferry named for an icon on both sides of the river, Yogi Berra, the iconic New York Yankees catcher and beloved member of the Montclair Country Club in West Orange, N.J. Once, not at Montclair, a course super fishing for a compliment asked Yogi what he thought of his fairways. Said Yogi, “They’re too narrow.” Drinks of various kinds have always found celebrity endorsers: George Clooney and Casamigos Tequila, Arnold Palmer and Arizona Iced Tea, Tiger Woods and Monster Energy drink. But there will never be an endorsement more powerful than Yogi and Yoo-hoo, with Yogi’s mugshot right on the bottle. At the Rolling Green Golf Club outside of Philadelphia, Yoo-hoo and root beer is an at-the-turn treat for some discerning golfers. You drink that out of a cup. For this reporter, Yoo-hoo out of the bottle was his go-to halfway house choice in his misspent Long Island youth (Bellport Golf Club), Yogi’s crooked smile right on the label, no matter how many balls you had already lost.
2. Mimosa, without.
A spectator at Liberty National took a page from Jack Nicholson’s character in Five Easy Pieces, who gets his off-menu toast order, despite the diner’s rules, but ordering a chicken sandwich, without the chicken. A guy at Liberty National wanted to buy a glass of orange juice at a concession. The young man said the orange juice was for their mimosas. The guy ordered a mimosa without the bubbly or the triple sec. Just the orange juice. Everybody left happy.
1. Jet Lag
Ernie Els was at Liberty National on Tuesday, meeting with players who will be and are likely to be on his Presidents Cup team in December. He is the captain of the International team. Tiger is the captain of the American team. The first practice round for the event, being held at Royal Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, is on Monday, Dec. 9, and the four-day event begins on Thursday. The Hero World Challenge, the 18-player Bahamian event which Woods plays in and hosts, concludes this year on Saturday, Dec. 7. Afterward, he and various caddies and players on his team will take a charter plane to Melbourne. There could easily be six or more U.S. players in the Hero field and on that plane. For now, one International player is expected to be in the Hero field, if that. That might matter. The course they play in the Bahamas, coincidentally, was designed by Ernie Els. Royal Melbourne was designed by Alister MacKenzie, the co-designer of Augusta National. There are broad similarities between the two. So Tiger’s got that going for him, which is nice.
Michael Bamberger may be reached at [email protected]
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