Fresh Express Classic

[jwolf02]

I'm not really on board with "I can't beat LT" Jerry taking a spot in the field, but I was actually pretty impressed that he put together a decent back 9 (at least until the 9th, which was his last hole). Any thoughts? I respect his competitiveness and as my buddies have told me all day, if someone presented me this opportunity I'd probably take it as well, but if he really thought he had a chance to make the cut he had to be crazy. A 3ish handicapper has no business being in a Hooters tour field let alone the Nationwide. Although, I followed this first day more than any other Nationwide tournament combined, at least since Jason Gore was tearing it up.

Hopefully he takes something from this and waits until his game is legit before he comes back out for what will probably be the CHampions Tour at that point (if ever). Any thoughts? Anyone watch?

[jwolf02]

Another thing... I mentioned I don't normally follow the Nationwide... I couldn't believe how many names and former very decent golfers are playing this weekend and I assume on the Nationwide tour. Lickliter, Len Mattiace, Esteban Toledo, Steve Pate, Jason Gore, Stankowski, Jonathan Kaye, Bob May, Brendt Jobe, Skip Kendall...

[senorchipotle]

yeah, i'm watching it right now. he's actually not too bad of a ball striker, but his putting sucks. i'm sure it's got a lot to do with this being his first golf tournament playing head up with pro's, so i hesitate to say that i'd do any better on the greens.

[Jon K]

yeah jerry is a good golfer .. i watched him all day too. it makes me a bit irritated that he's playin on the tour when that's my ultimate goal someday. ah well. pays to be a rich celeb. i guess

[taterlrsn]

I think it is a good thing he is playing out there for 1 reason, exposure! Just like the original post said he usually doesnt follow the nationwide tour. If Jerry Rice can get the nationwide tour exposure it could mean good things for the other players, like bigger prize money and maybe more sponserships!

just my 2 pennies.....

[Titleist_ProV1x]

I wasn't impressed with Rice, his swing is a joke, especially with the driver, he needs to stick with retirement and keep on the AM side of tournaments end of story, lol

[Randy4h]

After watching him on Trump's World of Golf, I knew he wouldn't do much against the pros, but that's OK. Does make it more interesting to watch, for sure.

An interesting sidelight: I checked his average driving distance for day one on PGAtour.com. It was 255 yards. I also checked some of the other pros, mainly concentrating on the shorter hitters I knew of, like Len Mattiace, Esteban Toledo. They were hitting it over 270. Maybe Jerry should get some advice from the 280 yard knockers here in the SandTrap>