After a long drive Wednesday evening, we arrived in Minneapolis about 10:15 and were asleep by 10:20.
We got up early today and were at the parking lot at 7:45. Packed already and buses leaving every 90 seconds to the course. 5 mile drive to the course and suprisingly there was no wait at the Will Call for the passes. My CPGA card worked great and we got 2 passes with access to the Wanamaker tent and a special PGA area.
To the golf. We went to the first green and watched a few groups go through on the 490 yard par 4. No birdies and lots of bogeys. After that we walked to the back 9 and saw Tiger make birdie on the par 5 15th hole. We watched the marquee groups go through and saw Jim Furyk, Carmelo Villegas, Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir, and other great golfers. We also ran into Richard Dyck and his son Travis at that spot.
From there we walked over to the 6th green and found some seats in the grandstand. There we watched the same groups go through and got to see a few more birdies. It was really interesting to watch the crowd slowly build until Tiger's group came through. By then the crowds were 10 people deep along the ropes.
We went for lunch and by 2:30, it was time to go back to the Hotel. We have to rest and fuel up for another big day tomorrow.
