Anna and Doc Rivers

Last week I visited the Wyndham PGA tour event in Greensboro, North Carolina. Greatest thing about North Carolina is hands down Southern Hospitality. I didn’t pick up my Go Daddy Golf Bag all week; someone was always there to offer a helping hand!

It was very interesting to see how the PGA sets up their events and compare the differences to ours. It really felt much like our events, just perhaps on a bigger scale. On Monday I played in a pro-am with the CEO of Wyndham, Stephen Holmes and PGA player Ricky Barnes. We all played well with a score of -16. Ricky was great fun to play with. He was in great spirits even when he split his pants on the 3rd hole. The hole continued to grow and by the 9th he had to get the tournament director to bring him out a new pair! Everyone in our group decided we were glad the pants had split. I am all for going with something a little out there, but honestly these pants were hideous! Stephen joked that he could probably find another pair at the Salvation Army.

Tuesday, I headed out to Pinehurst to play #2. What a fantastic place! I loved the village, the hotel and especially the golf course. They are the most difficult greens I have ever played.

On Wednesday I played in the Pro-am with Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, CEO of Wyndham vacation ownership Franz Hanning and PGA player Fred Couples. We didn’t score as well as Monday, but we had plenty of chances. I found out that Doc Rivers is called Doc because his favorite player growing up was Doctor J. He also told me that he only has two requests when traveling with the team. #1 they either stay at the Ritz Carlton or Four Seasons and #2 only if they have the golf channel! He loves golf and has a pretty good game. On 18 he hit his 3 wood 246 yards to four feet! An impressive man indeed!

After the pro-am I flew to Charlotte, North Carolina via helicopter, which was scary and amazing all at the same time. Then caught a flight to Phoenix to film Diggnation for Go Daddy! Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht were so hilarious it was hard to keep quiet backstage. I had fun helping them with a putting competition in which Alex won! It was great to meet so many of the cool people that work at Go Daddy. Such a fun crowd! The rest of the week was back to work on the golf game to prepare for this weeks tournament in Oregon! Looking forward to competing again!

Anna