For the counterpoint, we won't soon forget the first 36 holes of the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black and the 'early' Thursday and 'late' Friday rain deluges. Line-after-line of storm cells caused an abrupt end to all play at 10:16 a.m. Thursday. The 'early' times were hammered
, and the 'late' times never made it out of the box 
. For the 'lates', this made for a rain-free Friday afternoon start and an early rain-free, 36-hole Saturday morning finish . The 'early' Thursday times didn't begin their second round until Saturday afternoon. By which time, the rains had started again. Read that again -- slowly -- and realize that the Thursday 'late' crowd enjoyed the "luck of the draw" and a rain-free, Monday finish golf tournament.
A-n-y-way . . .
Early-rising Traveler's fans will find Sergio Garcia, Brian Gay and Anthony Kim teeing off #1 at 7:42 a.m. In broadcast-speak, it's an "attractive group", but yawn --
-- don't expect a thundering herd of gallery-ites. On Friday, you can sleep in: The same group goes off 'late' at 12:52 p.m., only now with hundreds, even thousands, of their fans in tow.
The au courant can arrive late Thursday:
Lucas Glover, 2009 U.S. Open Champion, tees off #1 at 1:03 p.m., a time somewhere between fan visits to the hot dog stand and the arrival of the litter brigade. The bright-eyed can catch him Friday off #10 at 7:53 a.m.
The PGA TOUR.
Rain or shine . . . Gotta love it!
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