Well, here's my account of day 3 from the Sony Open. Today was the day of the official Pro Am and boy were scores low. I don't know if they always shoot like this but let's just say, 65 was a bad score. I have a picture of the scoreboard in the Gallery.

If you watched Sunday of the Mercedes Open, you'll know that the weather was pretty bad. Waialae was actually flooded on Sunday but they pumped the water and after three days of great weather, the greens should be nice and quick tomorrow. There were Kona winds today and the same is expected tomorrow. Kona winds pretty much blow in the opposite direction of trade winds (what we have about 95% of the time here) and it really changes the way a golf course plays. Steve Flesch said on the par 3's, club selection anywhere from a 3 iron to a 7 iron with the wind.

On the range, Vijay seems like a personable guy. He arrives and jokes around with the guys around him but when he begins hitting balls, he just goes off. I saw him hit 2 "trenches" in a row and left. Maybe tomorrow, I'll try and go back to see how many he ended up hitting. I followed Vijay for a while and his gallery was about 10 to 20 people. This was a really good turnout in comparison to most of the pros. The Japanese players get the second largest followings. The largest gallery, numbering several hundred, belonged to Ernie and Michelle.

After the players finish on the 9th green, they all leave at the same exit. Since their gallery is so huge and the exit starts getting crammed with autograph seekers, Ernie just jumps over the wall to leave the course. Michelle got carried away on a golf cart both days. I don't think she did very well today. From what I heard, the Kona winds don't work in her favor because she's used to playing this course with trade winds. I guess we'll have to see what she shoots tomorrow with Kona winds.