Not a leg to stand on

 Our second practise day at Augusta was cut short today as a storm hit Georgia and the Carolina's The hooter went off at about 11:30 so limiting play. We had anticipated the problem and booked out of our hotel in Columbia this morning. 

Talking of Hooters, John Daly was in residence in the Augusta branch for the week. For those unaware of the brand, Hooters is a slang word for ladies decolletage and the  waitresses have fine examples. The brand is a bit seedy these days but interestingly they have recently been given permission to open their second UK branch in Liverpool.

There is also a 2700 yard restriction on ticket touts, or scalpers, as they are called in the States from the golf course. Hooters was just outside the limit.

We are now in downtown Athens which is much better positioned for our final golf by experience tomorrow. To get here though we drove through the heart of the storm which was pretty severe.

In our limited time on the course we saw most of the box office names on the driving range including McIlroy, Tiger Woods , Westwood, Justin Thomas and Fitzpatrick. I also got to chat to Justin Rose,s caddie, David Clarke and hear all was good in his world. 

Tiger seemed to be hitting it pretty well so we will see if he gets to play as it will be walking which wil be tough for him for the four days.

A visit to The Blind Pig in Athens has finished off the day.

Schools out for ever

Our youngest , Kieran, has just sat his final, finals, so as his mother says, today is the last day of school, ever. I think he has other ideas, however, as he sees a Masters beckoning. That will, of course, depend on his final degree grading, and the Faculty's willingness to take him, but with a following wind, and a good mark for his dissertation, he should make it. He is reading History at Liverpool Uni His bro and two sisters all spend an extra year in full time education so I guess it is only fair he does too.

Fairness is something we think increasingly about with the four of them, as one wants money for a house deposit, another wants money for this or that and so on. You can't give one without giving all, certainly where hard cash is concerned.

As a result Kieran is feeling pretty cheesed off at the moment as he has just been offered a ticket to the Champions League final in Athens, by his Grandad. His Uncle turned it down, and sadly he had to too, as the whole package would have been about £800. Still he is young enough to enjoy another Liverpool glory night in the future. he also has two holidays booked in the coming few weeks, so something had to give!

Still he is 21 in a few days, hopefully he can celebrate a Liverpool win at the barbecue we are putting on. These events are some of the rare times all the kids are in one place so we treasure the moments for what they are.

I play the mad chef and everybody else gets trollied!!