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LSU Women's Golf Advances

Congrats to the Lady Tiger Golfers for punching their ticket to the NCAA Championship in California. They finished in 4th place in the Region and qualified for the National Tournament for the 6th straight year. Quite an accomplishment for Coach Garrett Runion and Assistant Coach Alexis Rather and their players. I enjoyed following them for 4 days, which included the practice round. LSU fans should be very proud of this team and their hard work. Geaux Lady Tigers!

LSU Women's Golf Advances

LSU played very well today, especially their 4th and 5th players. The wind died down today and LSU putted well and hit some close shots. Just need to finish in the top 5 and they are 7 shots up on 6th place. 7 shots in team format is not a lot to make up, but if LSU continues this play, they should be going to the Ship in California.

Understood. Have fun and cheers. You can also ask for a food and wine pairing which some of my friends have done. It might add $300 - $500 per person, but the wine will be paired with the food and will be spot on. Sorry for so much advice. I just want to make sure that you know all of your options. As my wife would say, you are probably tired of my advice. Have fun. I am excited for you.

Looks like a great week in Napa. Congrats on TFL. One of my all time favorite meals, but you pay for it. As far as wine at TFL, their corkage fee is $200/bottle, but if you have a special bottle, it might be worth it. We brought 2 bottles of 2005 Chateau Palmer (my namesake) and, at the time, it was listed on their wine list at $2,600/bottle. So, they charged me $400 (for my wine), but I saved almost $4,800 on wine (of course, I had already paid for my own wine). 2 of our adult children were with us, so this made the meal very special.

Chappellet is a great family winery and has a beautiful tasting room.

You will be near Auberge, so that is a great lunch spot. You can sit on the veranda and the views are great. Also near Quintessa, so good choice.

Quintessa is probably the first premier winery that we visited over 15 years ago and is still one of our favorite. The views on their property are amazing.

Opus One is elegant and has a Ritz Carleton feel. Their wine is amazing. Make sure to try their Overture. It is made from several different years and tastes great. Also, cost is about 1/3 of their main Opus One wine.

Oakville Grocery would be a great lunch spot before or after Opus, and it is nearby and close to Far Niente. It is very casual outdoor seating. Great wood fired pizza and sandwiches. Similar to a New Orleans style sandwich shop. Brix is is a little heavier food and is similar to a nice Bennigans (if you remember that chain). We do like Mustards, but normally for a casual dinner and not lunch. It is probably a little filling for a lunch spot (that's just me).

I haven't eaten at Ciccio, so I can't comment on that restaurant.

You will love Jarvis.

If you want to go lighter and more casual, you aren't far from the town of Napa after Jarvis and you could go to Oxbow Market for a light lunch. Also, burgers at Gott's (near Oxbow Market or on Napa Valley Highway near St. Helena) is always a good quick lunch spot.

And lastly, on Sunday, you will really enjoy Palmaz. We just had a private tasting at a friend's house in Dallas last weekend and our host was Jordan Gianelli. Hopefully, he will host your tasting. He is great and tell him that the "guy from Waco" said to tell him hi.

Bouchon is a great way to end your fabulous trip. Please make sure to post comments after you come back and let us know how fabulous it was. Hope you get to meet Thomas Keller. One of my friends was there last week and took a picture in the kitchen with him.

Cheers!

3 players out of our 4 countable scores each had a double bogey. In round 1, we had a countable player with 1 double and in round 2, we had 2 doubles for countable golfers. We might finish 9 shots out of the cut. If those 6 doubles were pars, we finish inside the cut line. If those were bogeys, we would miss the cut, but would be closer. You can't have double bogeys at this level, much less count 6 of them in 3 days.

I watch all LSU baseball games and I only have the ESPN app, which includes SEC network (and SEC+ network). You are doing something wrong. Only games not covered were the Florida tournament, but I saw those on alternate websites.

You do know it was a hit and run on a 2-0 that Serna missed, don’t you? It was a good call and the freshman missed the sign.

It is fake. Stop posting this. Kim is not retiring.

Stupid lie. She isn’t going anywhere.