Forest Oaks Country Club had zip, but the wrong direction. The ball was speeding toward a row of portable johns in the pines. The Greensboro Jaycees, however, think they are headed in the right direction by reviving the Celebrity Pro-Am as part of the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. They weren't dismayed that only Doherty and a half-dozen other recognizable names played Wednesday. They represent a start.
Spectators love to see true celebrities up close and unguarded.
Chortled when burley sportscaster Chris Berman, after being ribbed by people in the tee-side bleachers, planted his ball on a tee and lined up as if he was going to hit directly at them rather than the fairway. Felt soap opera star Kimberlin Brown's pain when she looked vainly for red markers down the way signifying the women's tee box. I knew I should have worn a skirt. Smiled while trying to hold back tears when Mayor Keith Holliday presented the key to the city to Charlie Sifford. Forty years ago this year at the Greensboro tournament, Sifford became the first black pro allowed to play in a PGA Tour event in the South.