FRIDAY: CUT DAY

NO ROOM AT THE INN

My father and step-mother arrived on the island Friday morning to find quite a surprise. Apparently the specific room they reserved had been given away. The lucky recipient of the suite in Coligny's Holiday Inn ? That would be then-tournament-leader Alex Cejka. Perhaps that room isn't quite as comfortable as my folks remember. Cejka's 71-par on Friday knocked him from atop the leaderboard. The German now sits tied for third (7-under, 135) with Lee Janzen.

ACE IN THE HOLE

Cejka (pronounced CHAY-ka) could have had third all to himself had it not been for Janzen's hole-in-one on No. 17.

BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR

Of the 132 golfers competing in this year's Verizon Heritage, 52 of them did not survive Friday's cut. Among them was Jim Furyk, my pick to win it all. Shows you what I know.

SIR, YOUR PANTS ARE MAKING A SCENE

While waiting for Brian Gay to approach the tee box on hole No. 9, I had the fortune of meeting Joe Ellis of Columbia. The University of South Carolina Beaufort student was wearing arguably the loudest pants I've ever seen on a golf course.

"I'm pretty sure my mom is colorblind," the Columbia, S.C. native said of this garish pants, which sported bright yellow, pink, orange and light green. Of all the leg-holders in his wardrobe, which includes neon green, neon yellow and paisley pants, the ones he donned on Friday were by far his loudest.

Today is Tartan day out at the Harbour Town Golf Links - expect far more funkier outfits if you head to the course.