ESPN and Summerville Close To a Deal

Just sitting here enjoying a Friday afternoon watching Clemson and Mississippi State. For the record the Tigers are down 8-6 in the 9th. But it's never too early to talk high school football. We broke the story last fall about Summerville and ESPN talking about a possible game on national tv in 2007. It's getting closer to becoming a reality, but there has been no final decision on where to play. Summerville and Berkeley are involved and so are 2 teams from Florida. I spoke to an ESPN rep on the phone today who says he should know something definite next week, but the game will either be played at the Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium or Berkeley's home field. Think about it though, it may be better in Moncks Corner where you would get at least 7 thousand people packing the place rather than a few thousand in downtown Charleston for an afternoon game on a hot Saturday.
Stay tuned....
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Y-E-S To the LPGA

They aren't exactly the fastest golfers in the world, but the LPGA puts on a pretty good show. The Ginn Tribute finished up late Sunday with a playoff and a first time winner. Nicole Castrale won the tournament, but it's safe to say #1 player in the world Lorena Ochoa lost it. She bogeyed 3 of the final 4 holes she played, but the amazing part about it she stuck around immediately after and signed every autograph request around the 18th green. I know the crowds weren't very big and there was talk in one national golf publication that Charleston can't handle big time golf events, but for a first time tournament things went pretty well. Talking to Bobby Ginn afterwards he said the tournament will be back at Rivertowne next year. He also said that the community has to embrace a tournament or it won't survive. True, but you can't expect a community to go nuts the first year of a tournament like this. Hopefully, Ginn Co. is in it for the long haul and give this thing a chance to thrive in Mt. Pleasant. But back to the length of their rounds. The leaders played a 6 hour round of golf on Sunday. Keep in mind the Seniors played the Ocean course in under 5 hours in the final round! The front 9 alone took 3 hours and 10 minutes. Not exactly spectator friendly. Apparently the tour is known for it. Ouch. So next year? Buy your tickets but just show up for the final 4 holes.