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Where do I sit?

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Paula Creamer's bag in the foreground while Paula putts during the Pro-Am at Seaview Country Club on Thursday.  Photo by me. Two of the least spectator-friendly sports are taking place locally this weekend. One, the Shop Rite LPGA Classic , has been going on for a week.  The other, the 28th running of the Philadelphia International Championship , takes place on Sunday.  It has changed sponsors more than most people change their heater filters.  So much so that I had to look it up.  It probably should have been called the "International Championship" from the beginning.  CoreStates bank and whatever other institutions lent their name to it had nothing to do with cycling. Golf is a goofy sport to follow.   The courses are usually in the back woods somewhere, which means that spectators have to shuttle-bus in, as though they were being taken to another world - which is the reality. Golf courses were made for golf, not for watching ...