Masters winner? Ditto.
Amateur Beau Hossler – 17 – lead the tournament for a brief time
One under is leading going into moving day.
Tiger Woods has a share of the lead.
The USGA was found dancing in the streets of San Francisco as Olympic bared its teeth and chewed up some of the world’s best. This my friends is NOT Congressional! The US Open is back!
You need only to look at the first 10 names on the leaderboard. Yes, you see Woods, Toms, Furyk and McDowell. But you also see Michael Thompson, John Peterson, Blake Adams and Nicolas Colsaerts . Now there is the who’s who of the golf world. Within 6 shots are some of the best players in the world and a few more unknowns. It is anyone’s to win. This is just what was supposed to happen.
It is difficult to describe the beauty of Olympic. It is breathtaking. And with Mother Nature blessing the peninsula with almost unheard of warm, sunny June days, it is nothing short of amazing.
#3 awaiting Phil, Bubba and Tiger
It was lovely to sit in the sunshine at the par 3 3rd and watch Tiger make birdie. We wandered over to the par 3 8th to sit on the hill once again. This slope has become a veritable skating rink as the long, elephant grass has been trampled into a scary slickness. It was actually difficult in places to sit and not slide down into the person in front of you. We took a leisurely walk around holes that we really hadn't been out to -- 11 and 13. Not much going on until the masses arrived. We waited in line to sit at 17 to watch the action where the birdies are supposed to be on the back. We saw some great shots and some not so great shots.
This was a great looking shot that went bad. Should have been birdie after third...bad puttEnjoy the fun!
There has been a lot of discussion about the shaved fronts and backs of some greens. Tiger on 17 an example. As we watched 8 we saw three shots come up, players are walking up to their balls and one was sitting about 10 feet short. Tommy Biershenk stood near his ball and watched it suddenly roll all the way back down the slope. Now he has a 70 yard pitch. Great shot up to the green, too much spin and it rolled almost as far back as the last shot. Double!
So tomorrow is Open moving day and it will be fun to see who moves where. I believe there is another 66 out there somewhere. I know there are lots more 78s unless the USGA decided to leave the mowers in the shed and watered all night long. Even so by the 3 pm starting time for Furyk and Woods the course will still have dried out a lot. It is supposed to be 81!
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