US Open Day

We are in the midst of a pretty great sports weekend. The World Cup is in full swing with the US playing tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM PT, the Lakers and Celtics paying a game seven for the NBA Championship, and the US Open at Pebble Beach, where Tiger Woods won by 15 strokes the last time they held it there.

To help fuel excitment for the Open, many golf courses around the country have a US Open day, where they set the course up to play as hard as possible. Our club is no exception. Today we had the tees all the way back and the hardest pin placements available. The rough was also a little longer and the greens a little faster than normal. I always look forward to playing this set up as it is a great challenge for me to try to break 100. Unfortunately I got off to a bad start with a triple and two doubles, shooting a 54 on the front nine. I played a little better on the back nine, but still missed a lot of puts for a 48, bringing my grand total to 102.