Ready for the Big Day

My eye is progressing very well in time to enjoy the big day. We will start with the golf tournament in Scottsdale and plan to arrive there sometime around 9 - 9:30 this morning. We want to get there early enough to get good parking options and to beat a lot of the crowd that is expected. We also would like to meet up with Austin, Troy and their friends sometime this morning. Patty mentioned in a text that Troy took everybody out to Flemings for dinner last night - nice gesture. I mentioned to Patty that it was OK if we somehow don't meet as the crowds may make it impossible to find anybody. We just hope that everybody has a good time which should be easy to do. We also want to leave before the finish to the tournament so that we can watch the Super Bowl later today. Both events are being taped, so we will not miss anything at either event. There is a record attendance this year at the Phoenix Open with the spectacular weather we have had all week. With one of my favorites - Rickie Fowler - in the lead, and Phil Mickelson only a couple shots behind, it will a terrific day on the golf course.

The Super Bowl will be great matchup. I expect the Patriots to win, but the Eagles could surprise everybody if their great defense can get to Brady. It is definitely a matchup of the two best teams this year. It sure would be nice if the Eagles could win their first Super Bowl. Besides, isn't everybody outside of Boston rooting against Brady and the Patriots to win their sixth Super Bowl? It's time for a change.

I guess the experience with my first eye surgery has resulted in a desire to get the second one done also. The first day and a half were tough, but it looks like the recovery and result is going to be worth the time and effort. We'll see...

Big Sports Weekend

This weekend is filled with great sporting events on TV. The popular golf event on the European Tour - Dubai Desert Classic - is being held this weekend. Tiger Woods plays in this event every year and usually is either winning or very close going into the final round on Sunday. I am pleased to report that he has performed poorly this year and the new phenom - Rory McIlroy - is leading the event. It is televised very early in the day because of the time difference which allows us to watch the entire round just before the Phoenix Open begins television coverage.

The Phoenix open set a new, pro golfing attendance record yesterday. There were 179,022 fans there yesterday for the third round. There has not been any other pro golf tournament, anywhere, that has matched that attendance for one day. I'm glad I had a good seat to watch them yesterday even though there is nothing that can beat being there to experience the thrills in person. There were 22,000 fans at the 16th (stadium) hole alone. Talk about noise!

Today I will watch the final round for each of those tournaments before the real show begins - Super Bowl XLVIII between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos. The only Broncos I want to see win are the Western Michigan University Broncos, and they aren't playing. I expect the Seahawks to win, but as long as it is a good game, I will survive if Denver wins. At any rate, it will be a fun day for sports on TV.

Unfortunately, Josie is not a sports fanatic. She will most likely use the day to get her nails done. At least during the golf tournaments, as she would like to watch the Seahawks win the Super Bowl. That game doesn't start until late this afternoon and the day is spent building the hype for the game. It is probably the biggest sports weekend the entire year as far as I'm concerned. I hope everybody else enjoys the day as there are Super Bowl Parties everywhere.

GO SEAHAWKS!!!