Running U.S. Open thread

I agree with the Boss-man. Ogilvy chips in from a mediocre lie and gets up and down from a mediocre lie on the 71st and 72nd hole of the US Open. He's the ONLY one of the guys in the final groups to do it. This put everyone else in a position to gack it away in their final two or three holes.

Ogilvy is a legit winner and has plenty of game to play with the big boys, especially on tough courses.

 

this pic sums up Phil's day

 

No, Ogilvy has chops. No reason to lump him in with Ben Curtis, who won way before he ever should have, Todd Hamilton (!) and Shaun Micheel, whose best finish since winning the 2003 PGA was fifth in the Southern Farm Bureau Championship last year. Hell, he got one fifth of his career winnings from that one PGA victory.

 

So, just so I can get the gist of what you boys are throwin' down here ... Geoff Ogilvy can play a bit?

Just want to make sure.

 

Another story we're overlooking here with Mickelson and Monty sitting in the corner with the puke stains on their shirts is the fact that David Duval finished six strokes back of the leaders, easily his best finish in a Major in five years.

 

Monty apparently wasn't a very happy camper afterwards:

http://www.lohudblogs.com/theopen/breakingnews/?p=61

 

NBC should pay to keep Johnny Miller. He said something to the effect of "I know everybody loves Phil, but seriously, what is he thinking?"

EXACTLY.

He fucking knew par was good enough to win. And he probably should have known that bogey was at least going to be good enough to force a playoff, where his 25,000 hours of preparation at Winged Foot could've paid off.

All this talk about the new Phil, it's all hogwash now. Old Phil is back. Everybody get your hard hats.

 

Mickelson played horribly all day. It's a miracle he wasn't +10. He botched the first two shots of the final hole, yes, but shots 3-6 were more or less what they needed to be. He was due that rotten hole, frankly. And he got it.

Feel worse for Montgomerie, who pulled a Stewart Cink/Retief Goosen.

 

As has already been stated: Ogilvy has game.

 

What the hell you think you look like shooting them chili peppers up Lee Janzen's ass?

Everybody will remember Phil's 6, but it wasn't as heroic as Roy's 12