A perfect night last night. Started with a glass of silver oak at the fire pit at "the inn @ Spanish bay", followed by dinner at Roy's. At dinner we set the strategy for the week.  With 18 shots being given to us, The goal of every hole is simply to make par. When it's obvious that will not happen, goal 2 is to make bogie. Either of those scores will be good for the team.  Double bogies will hurt playing with a pro who as erratic as mr 59.  we also agreed that before every shot Fred will say "good tempo", because saying "keep your head down, swing through the ball and don't sway" is just too long to repeat 70 times. This strategy seemed to make more sense as the waiter poured more silver oak into our glasses.

Upon arriving back at the lodge we decided to "have 1 more" at the "tap room". The taproom is a bar/restaurant where you seem to find the same people congregate each night, just like what happens every time you are on a cruise....you just can't get away from the same people. Well that's the tap room. Anyway we are met at the door by a big meathead looking dude who gives us the once over and decides that we pose no threat. As I get into the bar area I notice 2 state troopers at the other door, firearms very visible. Now I think, "does condi rice have secret service" or who the heck is in here. I quickly look around and it seems like the cruise ship crowd until I see this guy standing 3 feet away dressed like he is at a frat party (jeans, gray sweat shirt) and its Mark Cuban! I have now officially lost track of the billionaires present at this event. (speaking of billionaires, Jerry yang, founder of yahoo is here as well. Fred makes the observation that if Jerry's playing partner was the Chinese golfer C.A. Ying, their group would be Ying and Yang. I thought that was historical). Staying on the  billionaire theme, it also occurs to me the irony of the AT&T being about rich and famous people (present company excluded) playing golf and raising money, yet my partner is a young kid who grinded for 6 years on the mini tours to finally make it to "the show". This is by far the biggest golf moment of his life. He finished 8th in his very first event in Hawaii (but the Sony is nothing compared to this) and then he missed 2 straight cuts. THIS IS the biggest stage the kid has ever been in and it's very very likely he has never even played pebble beach (other than 1 practice round). Not sure, but he may be more nervous in this round than me!

Weather report has changed (as it always does here). The heavier rain should stop at around 11am. Big advantage for team buonocore/Wilcox.  Gotta go stretch, follow on the PGA website for scoring updates until tonight!