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Mickelson and the U.S. Open
Is this really his last, best chance...at winning it?
While he has a record 6 runner-up finishes (some quite tragic/dumb), finally winning the U.S. Open would make him only the 6th person...to complete the "Career Grand Slam." Too Much Pressure? (click here) Quote:
While I'll be rooting for 'Lefty and would love to see him win (especially with it being at Pebble)...I wouldn't put money on it. |
I hope he wins. We’ll actually be at Pebble Beach Saturday and Sunday, and I’ll be cheering him on.
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Very, very... :cool: With it being Pebble, Phil winning there earlier this year (plus Sunday being his 49th B'Day), Tiger winning this year's Masters and Koepka going for his third straight U.S. Open...the tournament should be electric. Insider weekend updates here on TOTV...would be much appreciated. :thumbup: |
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Will do. Hope weather cooperates. |
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Just checked long range temps. Will be about 60* Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Have to check to see if I have enough pairs of pants! Got rid of most of them when we moved down here. Will be sunny though. That’s the big thing.
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With Phil you never know.
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60 degrees, darn that is cold!
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Got to California!
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Ok. Just hopped into bed after a loooong travel day. Was up at 6, so have been up for about 18 hrs, most of which seemed to be on planes. Heading to Monterey Aquarium Friday. We have tix for Saturday/Sunday at Pebble Beach, so that will start golf commentary.
Flew into San Jose, where I have never been. Staying in Morgan Hill, where hotel is $100/night. Any closer, the rooms started at around $350/night. Didn’t think about the hills around here. Just so pretty! Here’s a pic after we got on the 101 at the airport. Goodnight! |
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Hope you have fun at Pebble Beach. Driven past it a number of times but never stopped. |
Took 156west off the 101 to get to Hwy 1. Two lane highway packed with cars at 10:30 AM. Timing drive for tomorrow. Lots of agriculture through here. I know you want to get GOLF play by play, but since we’re not there yet, ...
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poor Phil playing in SD county club for age 3 -- i really feel for him
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If you're looking for something to do in the evenings, Cannery Row in Monterey is pretty cool to walk around/eat/shop. :cool: And the Monterey Bay Aquarium...is world class. Cannery Row | Official Site for Lodging, Dining and Shopping Looking forward to your first-hand observations...over the weekend. :thumbup: |
Mickelson is going to have to scorch the course in the next two days and hope a bunch of really good players stumble...if he is to have any chance.
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Today am following Horschel, Woods, Koepka, Mickelson, Spieth, Furyk, Garcia, Rose and Woodland.
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At #1 in bleachers. Kisner/Leishman up next. Just missed Fowler. Both used irons presumably due to dogleg right. Probably hit 260 yds.
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Horschel/Hurley up next. Hurley used a hybrid.
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Woods/An just teed off. Am staying on #1 until Phil tees off at noon.
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Casey/Howell III up next. Woods didn’t have a good start. Casey’s under a tree. Howell did well.
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Phil’s up with Danielson. Man from Scotland in stands with us. Accent takes getting used to. Stands are emptying now. We’ll wait for Spieth to go thru.
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Kuchar comes through on 7 and the sun broke thru the clouds. Finally!
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Hill up to the 6th green; views from 7th hole.
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Should have brought my winter gloves.
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Re the Open:
- a gorgeous course, the vistas, the landscapes, the supremely challenging layout. kudos. - so glad the low cloud cover opened midday yesterday, allowing the blimp TV coverage - spectacular. - a wonderful Open so far. Some truly FANTASTIC shots and putts. The final day stacks up to be a very exciting one. Interesting to see which of the Top 8 will wither or choke..or a streak of bad luck, and who will pull it all out. I'm hoping for a 3-way tie, and> US Open playoff format is two hole aggregate.> That means that the players tied for the lead go out and play two holes, with the leading player after the two holes crowned champion. |
Visited Pebble Beach on a warm sunny day. I immediately thought how could one play golf with such fantastic scenery all around.
DeanFL, saw that it should be sunny and 60 this afternoon. Enjoy. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk |
We were at Pebble Beach on 2000. They will be hosting again in 2027, I think. Today should be great. I wonder if Woodland will have the kind of finish Tiger had in 2000. Wouldn’t that be amazing?
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I've been around a lot of tour players in my life and I have to say that Phil Mickelson is one of the nicest people that I've ever met.
That being said, as a golfer, he's just dumb. Sorry, but there is no other way to put it. He makes many bad decisions on the golf course. Some of them work out in his favor and some of them don't. Looking at Phil's record and realizing that he played through the prime of the Tiger Woods era, it's truly remarkable. If not for Tiger he would have been the best player in the world in many years. But if had made better decisions on the golf course his record would have been even better and would have included at least one US Open and possibly a few more. The final hole at Winged Foot in 2006 was the worst decision making I have ever witnessed on a golf course. He made some pretty dumb plays on 16 and 17 as well, but there were several bad choices on the 18th. First was the driver off the tee. The most important thing on that hole was to get the ball on the fairway. A 3 wood or long iron would have been the correct play. Then one he got lucky and got a great bounce off the hospitality tent, he got even dumber in trying to play a shot to the green through a tree. Phil has one of the best short games in history and needs to learn to depend on it more. The play should have been to punch something low up in front of the green again, getting it on some short grass. From there he would have had a very good chance of getting it up and down for a win. At worst, he would have made bogey and tied. An example of a dumb shot that worked out was the one from behind the tree on the thirteenth hole of The Masters. He pulled off the shot and made birdie, But he would have had an excellent chance to make birdie if he has punched it out down the fairway to a good number. Again, although he has a truly great short game, he didn't trust it. The shot worked out but if it hadn't it could have been a disaster. He made some bad decisions on the final few holes at Pinehurst as well. but they didn't stand out like Winged Foot and Augusta. And these are just the shots that we know about because they came a crucial times in majors. He's made many dumb shots in early rounds of other tournaments to shoot himself out of contention early. Like I said, Phil is one of the nicest and most talented guys on tour but he needs to make better decisions. |
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What an amazing putt to finish the Open! If I could putt like Woodland, I would die happy. ;-)
We sat on the side of the fairway relatively close to the 18th green. Couldn’t *buy*a seat in the bleachers. If one were claustrophobic, you would run screaming. Just packed, of course. A few notes about this. 1) I still like Mickelson, and am not a good enough golfer to judge whether someone makes bad decisions. I enjoy watching professionals, and hope to glean some good techniques from watching. 2) This was our fourth US Open, and every one I’ve been to have been consistently well-run, with everything you could think you need has been provided. The pre-Open info on the website was useful, and included the style purse you could or couldn’t carry, no lawn chairs with arms, among other things. 3) The parking area was based on the California State University-Monterey Bay. Acres and acres of parking, with a plethora of porta potties available prior to the 30 minute bus ride to Gate 1 at Pebble Beach. The buses were ready to go. No waiting; there were buses lined up with volunteers counting people. When that max number was reached, they transitioned the line to the next bus waiting. Just amazing. 4) I would guess thousands of volunteers helped make the event successful, including middle school children from Carmel Middle School. 5) We met amazingly nice people from all over the country interested in one thing: good golf. 6) I don’t know if there is an official attendance count, but one number I heard was 42,000. We’re flying home tomorrow (Monday). We regret we didn’t extend our stay to drive up the coast and do some tourist stuff, but maybe next time. |
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It was an exciting tournament without eve being there in person. After hearing about some of Woodland and his wife's personal challenges and that he is so well liked by other tour players...it's definitely a 'feel-good' win. :thumbup: Have a safe trip home. :ho: |
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