Thursday, June 14, 2007

Golf's US Open

So today saw the start of golf's 2007 US Open and it was more of the same. Fast greens, narrow fairways and really high scores. With less than a handful of people under par for the first round (which some pundits were saying was "the day to attack the course and post a low score") we are once again looking at a US Open with a potential final score that will be over par. Geoff Ogilvy's victory last year was more survival than winning and if he can hold steady there's no reason not to consider him a favourite.

Another annoyance coming out in this year's Open is the constant hourly reminder of Phil Mickelson's choke on the eighteenth green last year followed inevitably by remarks on the health of his wrist. I now know more about the medical condition of Phil's wrist than about my own body. Please leave it alone and follow some of the interesting new guys on the leader board. I'm leaning towards Faldo's young man, Dougherty. We'll see if he can hold his nerve over the next few days.

1 comment:

Lucy said...

Just as a follow up, Phil has missed the cut by one stroke (10 shot rule in effect) and as of Saturday afternoon, Mike Weir is scoring an average of 1 over par on EVERY hole.

The leader, Angel Cabrera from Argentina, is at even par and Tiger is crawling up the board towards him. The course seems to be playing about the same as yesterday as far as difficulty.

I think this course HAS the potential for some birdies. The key seems to be keeping it in the fairway at all costs.