The best pro-am score posted was Ben Crenshaw's 63 on Wednesday. But don't expect to see that duplicated ANY day on the weekend.
Many of the tees were up for the pro-ams and the pins weren't in the more difficult positions that are expected on the weekend.
I haven't heard any one of the Champions Tour pros dare to come up with a specific number. But most admit that if they can end up at 10-under for the route on Sunday they have a good chance to be the champ.
Of course weather conditions will be a big factor. It looks like the rains have come and gone – hopefully gone for the weekend. But they softened up the fairways, making the course play long. Sun and some hearty winds could dry things out, shortening the course again…but the winds could also offset that benefit.
Brad Bryant, winner last week in Birmingham gets credit for the best quote thus far. When asked if he feels his hot play there will continue this week, his response was sort of Yogi Berra-ish:
"I won't know until tomorrow (Friday). Right now I'm confused at the moment. I got here, and so far I don't know where I'm at. Whoever designed the street signs and things here, they need to just shoot him and start over. I'm pretty good with directions. I tried to find a party last night, and they said, 'Go to the bridge, it's on your right.' I went to the bridge and there's water. They didn't bother to tell me that there were five bridges or something. Around here, what you guys need to do, everything needs to start from the Bass Pro Shops and work its way out. Because that's where we're going today."
It'll be interesting to see if anybody can top that this weekend!
