The 109th U.S. Open Championship

Was that the book in which he talked about his caddy knocking up either a stripper or a prostitute shortly after they won the PGA?
I looked for the book a few years ago and couldn't find it.

 

I don't mind seeing the US Open's winning score coming in somewhere around par. I do find tournaments to be somewhat boring when the winner scores a -20. Give me a tournament where the winner scores somewhere between -7 and -10.

 

Mark, I watch guys shoot 10 and 15 under par every week. For the four weeks the majors are played, I like the Oh-My-Teblow difficulty.

 

I'd say 7-10 under is about right for four rounds. I agree there's a balance that should be sought. I don't want 19-under (like when Woods won The British Open a few years back), but I really don't warm up to 6-over as a winning score, either.

A few years ago, I blasted the USGA in a column for setting up the courses too hard. I wrote that when only ONE player out of more than 300 combined in the men's and women's US Opens can break par for 72 holes, something is wrong. It's like a college exam where no one scores better than 60 percent.

These are supposed to be the best players in the world, not amateurs playing the local muni tournament. Again, I think balance is the key.

 

100 percent chance of rain for Thursday.

Yuck.

 

And the USGA is not budging on the "you can't lift-clean-place" policy, either. It's gonna get nasty out there.

 

Yup. His name was Steve Duplantis, who also caddied a bit for Jim Furyk pre-Fluff.
Killed by a taxi in Del Mar, California.

Lots of good stories about Duplantis floating around from tour players and caddies alike. He loved to have a good time.

 

Well, that's the right thing to do. The Tour would be better off using it about half as often as it does.

 

Not saying it's a bad policy. Just that it will make for some very uninteresting golf.

 

It is pissing rain right now in NYC. Plus, the high temps will likely not be out of the 60s today, so the course won't dry at all.

 

Fortunately, only 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow.