Despite Charlotte's COVID fears and "wokeness" something normal happened over the weekend - the Wells Fargo Golf Championship concluded a fantastic weeklong event.
It was an impressive return to normal even, if the ticket sales were limited to only 30%, and the PGA Tour required all patrons to wear face masks, of which few complied. Club President Johnny Harris arrived at the Green Mile Club via his personalized Quail Hollow Club golf cart without a mask, as did tournament director Gary Sobba.
Yet, CBS producers scolded uniformed marshals for not virtue signaling by wearing marks. Still few fully complied.
But for golf fans the show did not disappoint. An impressive field, immaculate grounds and improvements to Quail Hollow were exceptional. The Carolina Blue Skies highlighted a perfect weather week, even if the players faced shifting gusty winds which kept scores from going into the sub-teens mother nature fully cooperated.
But the Wells Fargo Golf Championship also put whiteness back in focus. In this small secluded venue a field of 77 professional golfers strolled along pristine fairways where white Charlotte was in full display. Attractive young woman graced the grounds in sun dresses and festive hats while the crowd roared approval as golf's unarguably whitest player Rory Mcllroy won the day.
Yet, Black faces are noticeably absent except as uniform wearing "Showpros" staff and and Levy Catering foodservice attendants.
The look and feel of an Antebellum Plantation Party is overwhelming. The 237 acres that comprise Quail Hollow Club (they've informally removed the "Country" from the name" are iconic reminders of Charlotte's ever shrinking prosperous white past.
Wells Fargo has gone as far as to remove the usual "Stage Coach" tee markers, and real Wells Fargo stage coach from the grounds. Removing the "stage coach" is part of Wells Fargo's new culture and a quiet acknowledgement that the relic of the past could be considered racist and reminder of the expansion westward and annihilation of indigenous peoples.
This is apparently part of Wells Fargo's "Diversity & Inclusion: Ensure all people feel respected and have equal access to resources and opportunities to succeed."
The First Teen of Greater Charlotte, is also part of the mix bringing minority children out to Quail Hollow Club for a short one day driving range clinic. A small number of grounds only tickets were made available to First Tee "Active Participant" families in a community outreach. The tickets were gone within 24 hours.
The economic Impact of the Wells Fargo Championship is estimated to be between $40 and $60 million for the Charlotte area. The biggest such impact in at least 16 months. Yet Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles was again neither in attendance nor offered to submit a welcome letter to be included in the online virtual pairing guilds or programs.
Cedar's Take: I had the pleasure of escorting ten year old Desmond behind the ropes on 17 tee during Sunday's round. Hole Captain Ken made the impromptu exception and gladly allowed the young man to pepper him with questions and a dozen what ifs that only a ten year old can imagine. The young man is surprisingly tall for his age, and very polite.
In a moment of pure joy Ken offered "Imagine you're standing right here behind the tee markers and you have to hit your ball across all that water." Desmond swings an imaginary club as hard as he can. Ken shouts out "Its a good shot, its really high, it's on the green rolling rolling rolling and and it's in the hole! you just made a hole in one!" And for a moment even I believe Ken's play by play.
By noon Desmond had collected three golf balls from pros one even autographed and a slightly used golf glove.
In Desmond's own words "I never really liked golf until today, but this is the most fun than I've had since Christmas".
And for that brief moment there was no color difference, between Ken and Desmond, and no one noticed that Desmond's adoptive parents are both white, no one cares least of all Desmond.
Its a shame Vi Lyles can't move beyond her own skin color to represent the entire City of Charlotte.
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Is it safe to assume more folks were in attendance this week at Quail than will see the Hornets play all year combined? Even with a 30% reduction this year.
Those economists who perform the economic benefit analysis should run the numbers, less subsidies, and see where the pro sports with arenas fall compared to a long form event at a private facility, like a golf tournament.
I also haven't read about any misdeeds out there, even though this is an easy walk from Mr G's
Cedar somehow I just can't see you showing a Black kid even a polite one a behind the scenes look at Quail Hollow. I could be wrong.
Went out there on Sunday had a great time but the mask police jumped on me at the front gate so I put the make on then promptly stuffed in back in my pocket. Maybe saw five spectators wearing masks. Just dumb.
Bike Cops everywhere some that I swear it was the first time they ever rode a bike on anything but a flat street. Pretty dang funny. Y'all use them gears.
Funny you should notice the "whiteness" Cedar. Maybe that's why Vi Lyles stays away? I doubt any of our so called "leaders" go anywhere near Quail Hollow ever. Rodney Monroe loved the place and they treated him like a king. I am sure they'd treat Vi Lyles or Trevor Fuller the same way but their voting based you call them Uncle Tom. The racism is not coming from white folks.
Can we trust the fop leadership if this is true: What’s up with this comment: Careful what you share with the FOP. Michalec shares everything with command staff and gossips it like a teenage girl. ??
For all the COVID!!! Panic signs post around the grounds it was really concerning to see that the Tournament had no one and I mean NO ONE cleaning off the picnic tables at the food venues.
Which tells me all the COVID rules were just for show.
Me and Braxton have outing at Quail next weekend; I will keep you informed on how we are treated!
That would be a hoot! Poor Braxton would starve to death, confused to humiliation by too many forks.
All the Covid rules everywhere are for show. Like the one way entrances and exits, or flow arrows on floors of big box stores, or using a very porous cloth mask to try to contain a particle measuring less than 10 microns. It was and is all theater, not containment. If these weren't for show, watch how many people go wash their hands before they eat food at a restaurant. Not many.
Wiping down a picnic table gets the BBQ sauce and drink stains up, the mighty sun and UV radiation kills a virus. That table may have been nasty in a traditional sense, but it was likely as safe from any virus as any place in Meck County.
Get used to it folks, your Gov and your Pres love to control people, even if it doesn't make sense. Don't even get started on your local leaders. Live under Dem rule, expect someone else to make the rules for you.
Are you ready for odd/even fueling days? How about only driving for essential needs? Forget the pipeline mess, it will come under the guise of Carbon reduction. Or as some of us know, just the power flex despots can't help but exercise.
Last night CLTCC nearly imploded can you imagine if they had to make real choices or have a real difficult choice.
And why is the mayor even in the discussion?
...and at the end of fear, Oblivion.
- V
If you got a problem with us then step up and run for office my nigga.
Can't put politics aside for a moment its the only thing these people have 60 years after Dr King they are still looking for free stuff. Amazing. I think South Charlotte needs to revolt and de-annex themselves. State constitution allows it and I say do it!
We had a great time at the Wells Fargo, and frankly Vi Lyles would never fit in and any welcome would be fake wokeness. Rodney Monroe was at least a golfer, Vi Lyles isn't even a poor mayor. Nope I'd rather she'd just stay the truck away.
At least Vi is easy on the eyes. Unlike Jennifer Roberts ass
I don't care to watch anybody chase a little white ball around in the grass! Oh, I said white, a little ball around in the grass!
While we are on the subject of chasing balls, what about the pledge fund?
9:39 I can't think of any female Charlotte politician, not one, who is now or even has been attractive.
Jimmy Roberts was Charlotte's first tranny mayor, right? The one who took office after your big pimpin mayor got arrested, right? I can't keep up with the history the left wants to erase.
Lynn Wheeler was as close to a looker as any in Meck politics, and that's debatable.
No need to run for office, I voted. With my feet. I picked up and moved out of that sludge pit that is Charlotte. Keep your trash and your crime and your homelessness and your wokeness on the North side of the line.
10:19, how fucking stupid are you? You deserved to be fleeced of every penny you've ever made, which probably isn't a lot. Scammers don't target smart people, you dip shit.
Braxton was at the fire station why didn’t you give him support and praise Cedar ! I told y’all Braxton is running for Mayor !
Will trade TOILET PAPER for GAS!
7:43...You tell 'em Rook!
7:43...Yeah, How high is your code number, 5000, 6000,? A two year veteran?
While we are on the topic of missing things, has anyone seen my stapler? It’s a red Swingline.
Hey Pworld check Cedar's twitter feed he did in fact give a shoutout about Braxton on CFD tweet. I'm pretty certain CP also laughed his ass off. But I digress.
I watched the video and it was pretty gay.
Lol, 12:38 and 12:40, I'm not a cop! Scored too high on the aptitude test to take such a low paying job. Now continue complaining about being a stupid fleeced and sheared sheep. Again, you deserve to have every penny taken from you if you're so fucking stupid.
LOL, 3:10. Those who can do, those who can't do something else while complaining and talking down about it!
6:17 a fool and his money are soon parted is another popular saying. If you invest in an unregulated ponzi scheme with no regulations or insurance, then you deserve to lose all your money. Charlotte has no less than 10,000 financial advisers who sell insured, regulated securities. If you're too stupid to seek out professional assistance, then you deserve to be taken for everything you're worth.
Hey 6:17 EAD
11:58, must have hit a nerve with a dude who has the financial literacy of a 3 yr old. Same with his temper. I feel sorry for your wife if you're the bread winner of the family. What is your financial plan? Scratch-offs? Collecting and selling tin cans??
1:08- Braxton is using City resources and CFD employees to aid in his mayoral run. The CFD Chief and Gilmore are becoming his puppets to keep their jobs. All three are a waste, completely useless, and wouldn’t be missed or noticed if they were gone. CFD Chief is the worst Chief in the history of the department. Nobody likes him other than his handlers and lap dogs like Gilmore, Gist, and the rest. Don’t worry, RJ has a work group, and a committee looking into it. Been here for years and no meaningful change other than copy and paste from Fairfax. Transparency? Yeah, about as transparent as a cinder block wall. He’s as useless as a handbrake on a canoe.
Braxton 2022!!!!! RJ can run his campaign. I don’t recall, I don’t recall!!!!
Will trade TOILET PAPER for GAS!
9:13... If you're skeerd just say your skeerd!
Are we really accusing CMPD of not making smart financial decisions? If they were smart they wouldn't be working at CMPD. Let's just move on from the pledge fund thing.
Stop comparing cops to other career fields.
We need a new FOP president Mark Michalec can’t keep FOP business confidential shares private officer legal and appeal information with persons without a need to know in exchange he receives preferential treatment.
Hey 9:13 EAD. Then EAD
Maybe we could swap the FF Union President for Mark. Mark gets preferential treatment and the fd try’s to fire every guy in their union. Something ain’t adding up
Why didn’t the news report about the shooting at the Wells Fargo Tournament? Oh wait, there wasn’t one.
“I support Asians by going to PF Chang’s”-Joshua Richardson. I have so many screenshots of his idiotic statements
I wasn’t able to attend the memorial yesterday, did JJ and Command take a knee?
11:01 Maybe you could be the new FOP president since you're too skeerd to be a cop!
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