111th U.S. Open Championship

Cosmo, the USGA will put land mines in the rough before they'll let 8 under win this tournament.

 

Kim won't win again until he starts hitting the rack before midnight. The caddies call him "The Grey Goose."

 

One would think. I walked part of the course yesterday, and the rough just wasn't hurting guys like it should have. A little rain would definitely help muck up the works. And no one is going score on No. 2. What a bitch of a hole, especially if the pin plays up front.

 

Well, at least Kim can beat Robert (Grinch) Allenby heads-up when Allenby calls him out for partying the night before... then beat him again in a WGC match play event later that season.

That was one of the more entertaining Presidents Cup stories.

 

Aside from being impossible to reach from New England except by sea, Shinnecock is an excellent Open course.

 

This -- along with dragon's teeth and barbed wire (which even the graduated rough will represent if things get too crazy).

There is no way in the name of Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones that 8-under wins this week. Aside from Congressional's length, the undulating, rather large greens allow for pins that would be suicidal to shoot for.

That said, Mike Davis' set-ups -- especially with the aforementioned graduated rough -- will not preclude some great golf. This is in stark contrast to his predecessor, who was Denzel Crocker from the "Fairly Oddparents" or insert-your-least-favorite-sadistic-teacher's-name-here, when it came to inflicting gratuitous punishment.

 

Wondering is Bethpage is off the radar until drainage can be addressed.

 

I think the first priority for the Black Course needs to be a decent finishing hole. Surely SOMEONE in the field of golf course design has a solution.

 

They need not play the darn thing in New York five times per decade.

As for this week, winning score around -2. As usual, you better be able to hit fairways and greens consistently. Predicting a first-time major winner.