us-open Stories - Waggle Room
When Spectating Becomes a Major Problem
Chambers Bay got the 2010 US Amateur practically sight unseen because of its stunning potential as a true American-style links golf course. Like Whistling Straits, it was molded with heavy machinery, imported dirt/sand, and terraformed into an environment very much different than its original...
A Quick Jim Gray Story from the US Open
This afternoon, I was looking through some of the pictures on my cell phone - trying to delete the crappy ones - and I came upon a picture of Jim Gray. Of all people. I snapped a quick pic of Jim when in the Lexus tent at the US Open in June. When I walked in, it struck me as totally bizarre...
Oakmont...South Africa...The Open - Back to the Future for Kelli Shean?
The best story of day one at the US Women's Open has to be South African Kelli Shean. She finished her opening round at -1 and ended the day just a stroke back of leader Brittany Lang. It was difficult not to immediately draw parallels to a different major at Oakmont. Ernie Els did the same thing...
Pete Kostis Suggests the USGA Create Their Own TPC Network
My buddy and e-mail nemesis Peter Kostis is back with a new golf.com column and, man, is he trying to stir the pot. Kostis uses the KonicaMinolta Website column to suggest that the USGA should abandon its century-plus tradition of trotting around our national championships to epic courses around...
Is the US Open Producing Mediocre Champions?
Since coming back from the Monterey, I've seen a couple of posts in different outlets/sites asking essentially the same question: is Mike Davis' setup philosophy producing mediocre US Open winners? Geoff Shackelford and Steve Elling have raised the point this week. Take a look at the US Open...
How Wimbledon Proves Sudden Death Is Unnecessary
Wimbledon scoffs at fifth or third set tiebreaks. How could a match that has gone the distance be relegated to the equivalent of the NHL shootout to determine who moves on in a major championship? Even the NHL scraps the shootout during the playoffs in favor of a more pure way of finishing the...
Want to Play Merion, Shinnecock, or Kiawah Island? Get Your AmEx Out
Last year, we had an opportunity to tag along as American Express cardmembers participated in the USGA Champions Experience that the company organized at Trump National in Bedminster, NJ. We played the course with Morgan Pressel and US Open champion Lucas Glover (who I beat in a chipping contest),...
Watson: "How Many Majors Did Johnny Win?"
One of the hot topics in the Lexus tent at the US Open was the remark made by Johnny Miller early in the week that the younger players today play "chicken golf," and that was an emulation of Jack Nicklaus' style. In an interview with Tom Watson, the '82 Open winner at Pebble was asked about...
Looks Like Graeme McDowell Is Replacing Johnny Drama
Just a day after winning the US Open at Pebble Beach, Graeme McDowell filmed a cameo for the HBO show Entourage. Aside from being the worst acted show on television (SNL with Jimmy Fallon held the title previously) minus the always enjoyable Ari Gold, the show gets killer stand-ins from celebs. ...
Can We Claim Tom Watson as Our Sam Snead?
Tom Watson is ageless. Part of that has to do with a replacement hip that is 59 years younger than he is, but part of it has to do with his mental grit and physical stamina. Watson may have faded on Sunday to finish T29 - and not exempt into next year's Open at Congo - but he again this week...
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