It was wet, cold and not a lot of fun, that is if you are trying to hit a golf ball. Thankfully I left that to the PGA Tour players yesterday as I dropped in to the PGA Tour's Turning Stone championship just east of Syracuse, New York.
At just over 2 1/2 hours drive from Eastern Ontario it will be the closest that the best players in the world get to our region this year so it made sense to me to try to get down and see the action. Cold rain and high winds made me think otherwise very quickly. Fortunately, with no spectator access yesterday the relaxed atmosphere allowed media people like me (and there was less than a handful of media people on-site from what I could tell) some extensive access to both the players, golf equipment manufacturer representatives, the tour equipment trailers, and even the clubhouse and locker room.
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