BARRINGTON - It was an enjoyable day yesterday for Natalie Gulbis and Juli Inkster, the first women to take part in the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, with one exception.

The two felt they were outdressed by Team Quigley, Brett and his uncle Dana, the two Rhode Island Country Club products.

"We were really upset,'' Gulbis said in mock seriousness. "We thought we did pretty good and we were definitely outdressed. We'll have to come up with something tomorrow.''

Gulbis had suggested to Inkster that they wear matching outfits.

"She's the coordinator. I just told her to tell me what to wear,'' Inkster said.

The two went with red shirts and black shorts, a color combination Tiger Woods has made famous on Sundays. They played nicely, shooting a 5-under-par 66.

The Quigleys, who obviously relish the chance to play before the home folks, had white shirts and pink - very pink - slacks. Both also wore pink hats or visors. They also had their caddies, Paul, Brett's father, and Devon, Dana's son, wear pink hats. Dana Quigley added to it with shoes that had a dark pink stripe that actually was, Brett Quigley pointed out, fuchsia.

"It was a tee-time decision,'' Dana Quigley said of the color selection. The Quigleys said they welcome the challenge from Inkster and Gulbis to duel again in today's final round for the fashion award.

"I've got like six pair of pants and five shirts,'' Dana Quigley said. "Orange, yellow, green. Every color. And I've got shoes to match.''

Inkster had another concern.

"They can't wear pink two days in a row, can they?'' she said.

Battle scars

Another subject that came up for much discussion, in addition to player fashion, was the U.S. Open. The players who returned from Oakmont were battle scarred.

"Wannamoisett is like Firefly compared to Oakmont, and that's not to disrespect Firefly or Wannamoisett,'' Brett Quigley said of Rhode Island's highest SLOPED course.

"It's a U.S. Open course from tee to green and once you're on the greens you can't believe how hard it is. You can't believe how fast and how much slope those greens have. I birdied the second hole today, and that was more than I made in two days at Oakmont,'' he said.

Chris DiMarco, Stewart Cink and Masters champion Zach Johnson all spoke about how it was almost too much to deal with.

"It's a mental struggle. If that's what they want, they're getting it,'' Johnson said.

OK, back to work

Mark "Ziggy" Zyons, a former R.I. State Amateur champ and Billy Andrade's tour caddy for a decade, was back at work yesterday.

Zyons had day off Sunday because Andrade had a special Father's Day. For the first time, Andrade had his son, 13-year old Cameron, caddy for him in an official event as he carried his father's bag for the Pro-Am. Billy used his Wake Forest Univeristy bag, rather than his larger, heavier PGA Tour bag.

John and Helen Andrade, Billy's parents and Cameron's grandparents, made a special trip to RICC to see what was happening.

"We went to see the last two holes to see how Cameron was doing," John Andrade said. "He was fine; he did great."

"Cameron was really happy afterwards," Helen Andrade said. "He made $80."

Here's the skinny . . .

There were two winners of the $25,000 prize in the Energizer Skin Games. Brad Faxon eagled the eighth hole to give him and Johnson a piece of the action. David Toms sank a birdie putt at the uphill 14th hole, good for the day's only birdie on the hole. Toms and Trevor Immelman will split the Skins prize money.