http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin?disp=comments en-US-utf8 http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:29:40 +0000 Ron Mon [Member] c9496@http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/ Vijay is a big name ... he's playing ... found him.<br /> <br /> Opening day's are crap, except for the ticket-buyers and ten-year old kids with stars in their eyes. The rest of us glance at the paper or the t.v., say "oh, it's opening day," and go on with our lives. Our son rowed in the Head of the Charles regatta last Fall, and nobody in Boston/Cambridge other than crew aficionados gave a rat's bass.<br /> <br /> I think that it is a coup for Finchem to get as high-profile a sponsor as Mercedes for his opener. However, with the afore-mentioned dearth of big names, we might wonder how long the Merc will pony up for a typical tourney.
Opening day's are crap, except for the ticket-buyers and ten-year old kids with stars in their eyes. The rest of us glance at the paper or the t.v., say "oh, it's opening day," and go on with our lives. Our son rowed in the Head of the Charles regatta last Fall, and nobody in Boston/Cambridge other than crew aficionados gave a rat's bass.

I think that it is a coup for Finchem to get as high-profile a sponsor as Mercedes for his opener. However, with the afore-mentioned dearth of big names, we might wonder how long the Merc will pony up for a typical tourney.]]> http://www.travelgolf.com/blogs/chris.baldwin/2006/01/05/from_the_rose_bowl_and_vince_young_to_th#c9496