Published on Saturday, January 23, 2010
By GREGG PATTON
LA QUINTA - No Tiger? No Phil? No top-ranked golfers to speak of at the Bob Hope Classic?
No problem for the players who are here, who know this isn't the week you want to miss a tee time.
No problem for a guy like Martin Flores, a 27-year-old rookie from Texas who collected his first $12,100 on the PGA Tour last weekend and found himself among the leaders Saturday at the Bob Hope Classic with a chance at a $900,000 first-place prize.
"It's definitely a first for me," said Flores, who finished the third round 1 stroke behind another first-year hopeful, Alex Prugh.
"There's a first for everything. I just seem to be very comfortable in this situation for some reason."
Hmmm, could it be that there's nothing and no one to make anyone here with a golf club in hand feel intimidated, nervous or out of his element?
No one is particularly happy with the dearth of big-name golfers at the Hope, unless perhaps you're one of the smaller, not-yet-household-names in attendance
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