There were torrential rains yesterday. Today Bethpage Black, in particular the places where players were not, was a mud hole. Truth be told, the people who are responsible for the course are miracle workers. The course itself was in unbelievable shape after yesterday’s weather.
That said, what shoes would YOU wear if you were attending the US Open today? The vast majority wore some sort of athletic/tennis shoe. Those people including us get a C+. The really, really smart people wore boots that are made for mucking horse stalls. They looked a bit silly but einsteinien nonetheless. I know that is not a word but it looks really cool. Those people get an A+ for being very, very smart. And guess what? Every single person wearing boots was a woman!
Then there are the total failures – an F- for them. There were a lot of people who wore sandals, flip-flops and the like. The people were sinking up to 5 inches into the mud. What on earth were they thinking when they got dressed this morning? About a day at the beach in Hawaii apparently. And some of those sandals were really, really nice leather…too bad.
If you had the sense to wear sensible shoes, you still had an amazing mess to walk around if at all possible. When we left this afternoon they had put straw out on the walk paths to the buses…wonder what they were doing this morning.
Weather looks really dicey the next two days… no one knows what is going to happen. Today was really nice – sunny, very warm with fluffy clouds…a perfect day.
What to say about the golf?
- Where did Tiger go the last four holes this morning? His body hung around but his mind went shopping. Hope it was worth it because he is seriously behind the 8-ball.
- And his playing partners – Harrington and Cabrera – same or worse. So much for the major winners. (don’t count them out quite yet)
- Phil the Thrill had it going for awhile – I hope he gets the mojo back tomorrow. He is still in good shape
- Where did Lucas Glover come from? Wasn’t he on the last President’s Cup team? He was also at the little Italian restaurant where we had dinner tonight.
- Mike Weir was scary good – without that double he would have finished at -8! What a great round.
- Rocco – he’s hanging around – wouldn’t that be special if he could pull it off this year? The crowd is really behind him – chants of “Rocco, Rocco” are everywhere he goes. Brought forward from last year at Torrey Pines.
- Nick Taylor – amateur from University of WA and British Columbia…you go Nick! Great job!
- And who is Azuma Yano? Who cares? He's two under!
- And David Duval -- what an amazing showing he is having. He’s had his share of physical problems along with his wife’s medical problems…the best to him!
No one knows what will happen after tomorrow – assuming the the first two rounds are completed. Don’t count any of the usual suspects out but at the moment, it looks like anyone can win. That is the cool thing about the US Open - anyone can win.
It is time to say goodnight and go to bed…the 6 a.m. shift awaits. Whose idea was that? Not mine but I had no say. Have to leave at 5 so off to dreamland…let’s hope the weather behaves itself. Sweet dreams...
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