kdka.com - Sources: Ravenstahl Crashed Tiger Woods Event

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Did Ravenstahl Sneak in to See Tiger?
Published 6/12/2007 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... this year, and the city is excited to host the first relevant June sporting event in more than a decade. According to Delano's sources, Ravenstahl was a little too excited:

Is Pittsburgh's Mayor Stalking Tiger Woods?
Published 6/13/2007 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... . Or so the story goes : Sources tell KDKA's Jon Delano that when the mayor learned that Tiger Woods was out at Oakmont practicing, he had his office call the club to secure an invitation. The club told him politely, but firmly, that this was a private affair, and he was not invited. Nonetheless, the mayor got in his car, drove out, and tried to crash the club. Sources say Ravenstahl was stopped by Oakmont's security guards who told him the golf outing was a private event for American Express and its customers. But he talked his way into the club. Once inside, Ravenstahl was recognized and invited to dine with members of the club's board of directors where, once again, he was told the event with Tiger Woods was private and not open to him. But after lunch, sources say Ravenstahl got his hands on an American Express golf shirt, slipped the shirt on like he was part of the Am-Ex event and strolled onto the golf course l