Happy Father’s Day to all you dads, granddads, uncles,
brothers, sons and volunteer dads!
Father’s Day is special to all of us because we all had one or more of
the above. It is only fitting that our
national Open ends on the day we celebrate the men in our lives. There were many men of all ages celebrating with
their families at the Open which was lovely to see. Our traditions remain strong.
Congratulations to Gary Woodland! From everything I hear Woodland is one of the
most popular players on tour and will be celebrated not only by us but by his
peers. That in itself is telling.
I admit I don’t know much about him other than (thanks to
Fox Sports) he is 36 years old, married, father of a son and getting ready to
have twin girls. I know there have been
too many times when he has been at or near the top of the leaderboard only to
falter on Sunday. I am rather certain
that was expected again. We were ready
to anoint one of the previous Open stalwarts we are enamored with – McIlroy and
Rose – or the one we have finally become enamored with – Koepka – the winner! Come on – you know you were ready.
But Gary Woodland who may well be thought of as a journeyman stepped up
to claim arguably golf’s biggest prize. There
were several men who did their best also, but fell short. The best part is the current world #1 threw
everything he had at Woodland but he too fell short. Gary Woodland WON the US Open. Most of us will not forget him draining a 35’
putt for a crazy par or making the birdie on 18 to put his name in the record
book. Let me think…whose record did he
break?
I don’t know if this will be Gary Woodland’s one and only
hurrah or the first one of many. I do know
he is the 2019 US Open Champion – well done!
Special Father’s Day wishes to the men in my life – Jeff,
David, Morgan, Trevor. You are the best!
Final thoughts and more on Sunday stuff at the US Open tomorrow.
And more pictures!
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