I mean… I get it. The dude was visibly limping. And they don’t call it Southern HILLS for no reason. It really doesn’t come off on TV how steep the hills are…. There are some SIGNIFICANT ups and downs, especially having to climb the big hill back up to where the #1 tee box is. Doing that for 4+ hours each day all week would be hell on a bum ankle and back….
Throw in the weather turning cold? I totally get it.
It’s a transition month, kind of like October. So it’s generally pretty nice, but you can also pretty much get anything…. Could be oppressively hot like earlier in the week, or a cold front can whip through and it can be breezy and cold.
When we hosted the Big 12 baseball tournament here 4 or 5 years ago it was like in the 40s for the night games.
The view from the tee box on 1 is so cool. You're at the top of a big hill and you can see to course in front of you and downtown Tulsa in the background.
The shots on TV don't do it justice.
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The first is the view from the company chalet with #12 green on the left and #13 fairway on the right.
The second is the view from the top of the hill at the #4 green with downtown Tulsa off in the distance.
Tulsa's an OSU town though, and we don't claim the rest of the state.
Went out and caught practice rounds yesterday. It's the first time I've been on the grounds since the last big overhaul and damn the place looks absolutely immaculate.
It was a little warm yesterday and should be for the rest of the week, but yeah a cold front is coming through Friday evening and it looks gorgeous for Saturday/Sunday... nothing at all like the blast furnace that was the last time the PGA Championship was here (2007) when it was 100+ every day of the event. I went out on Friday that year when it was 105 and it was goddamn miserable.