Still smoking the ball

I'm going out to beautiful TPC Snoqualmie Ridge today to see some of the world's best senior...ah...seasoned golfers at the Boeing Classic.

I love the Classic. The golf is amazing, the course is challenging, the scenery is breathtaking and frankly, it's a nice day in the park. I'll be watching some of my golf heroes today. I'm going to follow a threesome at noon that includes PGA legends Tom Kite and Hale Irwin. The Classic is fun because the galleries are manageable and the players from the Champions Tour interact with the fans. I followed Gary Player last year, who can still smoke the ball in his 70s. He's class personified.

I think of TopDog Talent the same way I think of the Champions Tour: seasoned talent who can still smoke the ball.

It's a Seattle company run by advertising veteran Brian McKenna. TopDog started out as a staffing agency, but it's developed into so much more. Brian has tapped into available, experienced talent in every discipline and is marketing that talent to companies throughout the area that need top level pros for top level projects.

As Brian states on his website: Today, you have access to the greatest assemblage of top talent ever available from a single source in Seattle.

I agree. The economy has forced companies to go lean and mean - but the work still has to get done. And Brian can put together experienced teams to take care of any short-term marketing need. Check out his website at www.topdogtalent.com for more details.

But no work for me today - it can wait until the weekend. TPC Snoqualmie Ridge and the Boeing Classic awaits.