2009 us open Stories - Waggle Room
With 18 Holes Left to Play, US Open is Wide Open
Depending upon who you talk to around Bethpage Black, players as many as nine shots back of the 54 hole leader Ricky Barnes could have a shot at the US Open trophy between tonight and Monday. Of course, among the five players at +1, only Tiger Woods' name is mentioned as a possible...
Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh on Saturday at 2009 US Open
Here are a couple of very short clips of Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh in action on Saturday at the 2009 US Open. One is the reaction to Tiger's 2nd round approach to the 18th at Bethpage Black - his ninth hole of the day. The other is Vijay Singh at the practice green during his preparation for...
Graeme McDowell on His First Round at US Open
Graeme McDowell came into the media center after his first round of 69 (-1) was completed on Friday at Bethpage Black in the 109th US Open. McDowell said that the course was playing pretty well considering the conditions yesterday and that his strong iron play in the last several months served him...
Meet Your Current US Open (Co) Leader: Jeff Brehaut
46 year old journeyman Jeff Brehaut leads the open with three other players at -1. Brehaut is the only player in that lead group at the top to have played more than four holes. He is through 11. Given that he leads the championship right now, he would seem fine with how the course played...
Woods, Cabrera, and Harrington Together for Bethpage
Mike Davis made it known last week that we would not see another 1-2-3 grouping in the opening rounds of the US Open. Saying that the grouping made sense because of the decorated past of both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at Torrey Pines, he chose not to go that route again this year. Instead,...
Tuesday Links: Vasquez, Reynolds, More
News has been slow to come by lately, especially because it's been a "quiet" period in basketball recruiting and football recruiting is...well, it's moving slowly. So to pass the time, we have a small collection of links for your perusal. Vetter on Vasquez: 'Absolutely Nothing Has Changed' Greivis...
An Early Preview of the '09 Open at Bethpage Black
The USGA website has a nice preview piece of the work done to Bethpage to prepare it to host the 2009 US Open. Ken Klavon does a great job, as usual, profiling the work done by Rees Jones. In summary, not a lot of major changes were made to the architecture and flow of the Black. Most of the...
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