Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\nInstead, it\u2019s a pop-up version of Primanti Bros., a famed Pittsburgh sandwich shop that packs more in a sandwich than some PGA golfers packed in their suitcases for Oakmont.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been busy,\u201d said Zach Vescio, a cashier working the stand who also works at the Primanti\u2019s inside PNC Park.<\/p>\n
The stand only offers two of Primanti\u2019s extensive arsenals of sandwiches, the Pitts-burger and the pastrami with cheese. Still, it has been a welcome sight for both new and old patrons alike.<\/p>\n
Zack Hood, a veteran of the meat, coleslaw and tomato sandwiches, said that he had heard from his friend, who was up at Oakmont earlier in the week, that the popular establishment was present.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a little surprised,\u201d Hood said. \u201cBut it\u2019s a Pittsburgh staple.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bob Riser, 54, from Southern Maryland, entered through the Spectator Square gate having heard of the eatery.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to try it for the first time and see what it tasted like,\u201d Riser said. \u201cI had heard a lot about it and wanted to find out what it was all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
For veterans such as Vescio and fellow PNC Primanti Bros. cashier Marshall Volosh, both 20 from Ambridge, it\u2019s easy to spot many of the out-of-town first-timers such as Riser.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey come up and are like, \u2018Is this the place where I get the burger with all the stuff on it?\u2019,\u201d Volosh said.<\/p>\n
After they explain what exactly comes on the sandwich, Vescio has noticed a frequent misunderstanding.<\/p>\n
Vescio said that some customers had trouble grasping that the fries and coleslaw actually come on the sandwich.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey think it comes on the side,\u201d Vescio said.<\/p>\n
Fair-weather fans? Na<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat started as something of a joke for two friends has turned them into big fans of golfer Kevin Na.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Country Club in Orlando, Fla., Na was being aggressively heckled by fans for his notoriously slow pace of play. So Derrick Davidson of Orlando and some of his buddies went home, designed some shirts and had them shipped overnight.<\/p>\n
The next day, as Na made his way down the 13th hole, he spotted the guys rocking shirts reading, \u201cKevin Na, Worth the Wait!\u201d He walked over and hugged them, as he needed the support.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a grinder,\u201d Davidson said. \u201cHe\u2019s getting heckled out there. It\u2019s hard enough being on the Tour. You don\u2019t need that stuff, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davidson and his friend, Marc Desgroseilliers of Toronto, got together this weekend to support Na at the U.S. Open. Davidson was wearing the \u201cWorth the Wait!\u201d shirt. Desgroseilliers\u2019 shirt read, \u201cMiss the cut? Naaa.\u201d<\/p>\n
Davidson said Na, who was 3-over par through two rounds, keeps in touch with them on Facebook. He was able to see them Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to take a photo op later,\u201d Na said.<\/p>\n
Beating the heat\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nOn a bright day in the high 80s, Dr. Rich Kaplan, an Allegheny Health Network chairman overseeing two of Oakmont\u2019s first aid stations, tried to prevent onlookers from having any sort of heat-induced episode.<\/p>\n
Kaplan\u2019s tents were at the ready to combat dehydration and heat stroke, stocked with fluids, IVs and teams of nurses and emergency medicine doctors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have everything you need here,\u201d Kaplan, 58, said.<\/p>\n
The doctor emphasized that hydration is key, but said there\u2019s not one solid number for how much water someone should drink to avoid heat stroke. He encouraged bringing water bottles and taking advantage of hydration stations for avoiding any health emergencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d rather people be drinking more of it now than when they feel like they\u2019re about to pass out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Another service of the first aid tent is to help combat another warm-weather health concern \u2014\u00a0sunburn. The tents had supplies of sunscreen but ran out because of overwhelming demand. Bottles were still available for purchase elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, in retrospect we could have used more,\u201d Kaplan said.<\/p>\n
Brody Miller: bmiller@post-gazette.com; Dan Sostek: dsostek@post-gazette.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While local ordinances prohibit the practice, area residents are cashing in on the opportunity at the U.S. Open.\n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/06\/primantis.jpg?fit=2400%2C1752&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"While local ordinances prohibit the practice, area residents are cashing in on the opportunity at the U.S. Open","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7unGv-5s","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/usopen2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}