145th Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club....Day 2

If you will remember, I said Day 1 was one for the record books when it came to the weather. Well, proper Open Championship weather returned on Day 2. The weather man was spot on today. The winds and rain were at times unrelenting. We made it into Troon as Phil Mickelson was finishing up his front nine. We walked several of the holes out on the course before the bottom fell out with the weather. We ended up heading back to the tented village alongside the 16th hole for some food and to get out of the rain for a bit. Once the rain subsided, we headed straight for the grand stand alongside the Postage Stamp Par 3 8th. We couldn't get anywhere near it yesterday. The rain cleared the stands and we were able to get a prime spot up at the top where we could see both the 7th and 8th holes. We sat up there for several hours, watching all of the high profile groups come through. The likes of Jason Day, Jordan Speith, Rory McIlroy and more all gave it their best for us. We felt like we had the best seat in the house. My hope is that at the end of this weekend, the name at the top of this leaderboard will still be the same.

At about five o'clock one of the radio golf commentators said "the end was fast approaching from the west." Albeit a bit dramatic, he was right about some heavy rains bearing down on the course. We decided to head back to the Dalmahoy for dinner and some much needed rest. Tomorrow we're slated to head to St. Andrews for the week. Kristen has enjoyed these past two days as much as I have at The Open. With the chance of a 2nd Claret Jug looming for Phil Mickelson, we're tempted to stay another night. Nah, it's time to get to St Andrews. Besides, I don't think St. Andrews, the Home of Golf, will be such a bad place to watch the Open over the weekend. We're anxious to see how things play out for Phil and the rest of the guys at Royal Troon. It's been wonderful theatre thus far. As for me,  no golf slated this weekend on my end. Just looking forward to getting settled at the house and spending some time with Kristen in my favorite place in the world.

The above pic is of us up in the grandstand behind the Par 3 17th. We got to see Phil birdie here....The next two are of our two favorite holes, the Par 4 7th and Par 3 8th better known as the "Postage Stamp".

Neither wind nor rain could keep us from smiling down on that leaderboard. Keep it going Phil!