tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post5864865405078673757..comments2024-03-29T09:17:11.602-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: U.S. OpenGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-32646019778121561082022-06-18T11:15:53.834-04:002022-06-18T11:15:53.834-04:00Apologies to GoHeath for not smelling what he was ...Apologies to GoHeath for not <a href="https://www.heathpost.com/2022/06/us-open-day-two.html" rel="nofollow">smelling what he was cooking in a separate thread</a>, and I'm going to cap off this one here. <br /><br />But I feel I do owe it to Paul Azinger of Holyoke, Mass., my old dogs at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock,_Vermont" rel="nofollow">super Wikipedia</a> and my new dogs at <a href="http://www.owgr.com/" rel="nofollow">cool <i>Official World Golf Ranking</i></a> to note the 12 golfers who are within two strokes of the lead going into today's third round: OWGR No. 259 Hayden Buckley of Chattanooga, Tenn.; No. 130 Joel Dahmen of Clarkston, Wash.; No. 371 Nick Hardy of Northbrook, Ill.; No. 50 Brian Harman of Savannah, Ga.; No. 162 Beau Hossler of Mission Viejo, Calif.; No. 3 Rory McIlroy of Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; No. 7 Collin Morikawa of Los Angeles; No. 166 Matthew NeSmith of North Augusta, S.C.; No. 2 Jon Rahm of Barrika, Biscay, Spain; No. 216 Patrick Rodgers of Avon, Ind.; No. 1 Scottie Scheffler of Ridgebrook, N.J., and No. 44 Aaron Wise of Las Vegas (by way of Cape Town). <br /><br />That’s quite a group, with Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 7 in the thick. Of these, I think I’ll root for No. 1, Morikawa and my Hoosier bro. And though, at 1-over and T31, he’s out of the Azinger running, I’m also rooting for No. 5 Justin Thomas of Goshen North Oldham Middle and Louisville St. X.<br /><br />The end.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-4767365574346439492022-06-17T17:55:26.971-04:002022-06-17T17:55:26.971-04:00Morikawa birdies No. 17. He's 5-under and solo...Morikawa birdies No. 17. He's 5-under and solo leader of the U.S. Open.<br /><br />I'm fine with Morikawa winning, too.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-59150160410366042582022-06-17T17:54:33.883-04:002022-06-17T17:54:33.883-04:00I am rooting for Keegan Bradley.I am rooting for Keegan Bradley.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-88909725104930692622022-06-17T17:53:59.666-04:002022-06-17T17:53:59.666-04:00Rahm joins the leaders at 4-under. Bradley gets to...Rahm joins the leaders at 4-under. Bradley gets to 3-under.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-54503613098655854872022-06-17T17:53:07.439-04:002022-06-17T17:53:07.439-04:00"Growing up as an all-state ski racer in Wood..."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keegan_Bradley#Early_life_and_college_career" rel="nofollow">Growing up as an all-state ski racer in Woodstock, Vermont, Bradley decided as a teenager to pursue golf over skiing.</a>"<br /><br />That's from Wikipedia. Keegan Bradley is 36 years old. That means Keegan boy might've been on a nearby ski slope, starting to rethink his life choices, the morning in the middle 1990s when mid-20s me happened to be eating a <i>giant</i> omelet in Woodstock, Vt. I was not conflicted about the event (it was delicious!), but it did encourage some rethinking of life choices by the person with whom I was sharing the breakfast table. <br /><br />So, ultimately, that Woodstock omelet played a not-insignificant role in my marrying the person I married. This is absolutely the truth, and it's funny how things work out.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-80870231726733894952022-06-17T17:43:10.827-04:002022-06-17T17:43:10.827-04:00McIlroy and Rahm have joined the eight-player tie ...McIlroy and Rahm have joined the eight-player tie one stroke behind the three leaders.<br /><br />Harman has tumbled back to the 2-under crowd, which also now includes Keegan Bradley of Woodstock, Vt., the 2011 PGA Championship winner.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-67131671553397711782022-06-17T17:38:33.103-04:002022-06-17T17:38:33.103-04:00Well, I lost TV and internet service for a bit (st...Well, I lost TV and internet service for a bit (still don't have TV), and now I see that Hayden Buckley of Chattanooga, Tenn., has joined Dahmen and Morikawa in the lead at 4-under. Buckley birdied four of his last seven holes today, including Nos. 17 and 18.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-25549745782326615472022-06-17T16:48:35.471-04:002022-06-17T16:48:35.471-04:00But no more! Dahmen breaks from the lead pack with...But no more! Dahmen breaks from the lead pack with a birdie on No. 8. Indeed, a lengthy eagle putt appeared to come up less than an inch short of falling, which would've given him a two-stroke lead on the field. And now we're back down to only eight golfers within Azinger's two strokes of the lead. Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-88511716901103419002022-06-17T16:46:06.156-04:002022-06-17T16:46:06.156-04:00Yup, Morikawa misses. So we now have four co-leade...Yup, Morikawa misses. So we now have four co-leaders at 4-under: Dahmen, Harman, Lingmerth and Morikawa.<br /><br />And McIlroy just birdied his 12th hole to get back to 2-under and within Azinger’s two-strokes-of-the-lead guidance. Seventeen golfers are currently in that circle.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-10934679963200556832022-06-17T16:43:13.450-04:002022-06-17T16:43:13.450-04:00Lingmerth bogeys his 13th hole today (No. 13) to s...Lingmerth bogeys his 13th hole today (No. 13) to slip to 4-under, and now Morikawa is in pretty terrific danger of doing same on his 13th (No. 4). Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-52612150731241043122022-06-17T16:10:34.057-04:002022-06-17T16:10:34.057-04:00Paul Azinger says 23 of the last 25 U.S. Open winn...Paul Azinger says 23 of the last 25 U.S. Open winners have been within two shots of the lead after Friday.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-72521677467712322722022-06-17T16:04:48.123-04:002022-06-17T16:04:48.123-04:00Morikawa starts his back nine with a birdie on No....Morikawa starts his back nine with a birdie on No. 10, so now he and Lingmerth, who holes a long, long par save on No. 11, share the lead at 5-under.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-63315168098587242802022-06-17T16:00:11.236-04:002022-06-17T16:00:11.236-04:00So, as Tirico on USA throws to Dan Hicks on NBC, h...So, as Tirico on USA throws to Dan Hicks on NBC, here’s where things stand on the top of the leaderboard in the second round at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.:<br /><br />1. David Lingmerth of Tranås, Sweden, 5-under (through 10 holes today)<br />T2. Callum Tarren of Darlington, England, -4 (12)<br />T2. Collin Morikawa of Los Angeles, -4 (9)<br />T2. Brian Harman of Savannah, Ga., -4 (8)<br />T2. Joel Dahmen of Clarkston, Wash., -4 (5)<br />T6. Nick Hardy of Northbrook, Ill., -3 (18)<br />T6. Scottie Scheffler of Ridgebrook, N.J., -3 (18)<br />T6. Jon Rahm of Barrika, Biscay, Spain, -3 (9)<br />T6. Aaron Wise of Cape Town, South Africa (but now Las Vegas), -3 (7)<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-33677545558524150822022-06-17T15:51:24.982-04:002022-06-17T15:51:24.982-04:00Dahmen goes to 4-under, but then Lingmerth moves t...Dahmen goes to 4-under, but then Lingmerth moves to 5 with a birdie on the par-3 No. 10. I thought his tee shot was going to go in! And so did he. In fact, this is the second of the last three holes where Lingmerth appeared to think he was going to have a ball roll into when it rolled just outside the cup.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-76398891874923701592022-06-17T15:27:34.014-04:002022-06-17T15:27:34.014-04:00Rahm, by the way, is OWGR No. 2.Rahm, by the way, is OWGR No. 2.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-12643118239759543702022-06-17T15:26:59.343-04:002022-06-17T15:26:59.343-04:00Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll a...Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll atop OWGR.com:<br /><br />— Ian Woosnam 50<br />— Fred Couples 16<br />— Nick Price 44<br />— Tom Lehman 1<br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-33604837729981373762022-06-17T15:26:24.239-04:002022-06-17T15:26:24.239-04:00So now we have a three-way, first-place tie at 4-u...So now we have a three-way, first-place tie at 4-under: Tarren, Lingmerth and the 2020 PGA and British Open champion, Morikawa.<br /><br />The defending U.S. Open winner, Jon Rahm of Barrika, Biscay, Spain, is 2-under through eight holes today. That has moved him into the T4 group, one stroke off the lead.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-66605754826707545042022-06-17T13:18:44.913-04:002022-06-17T13:18:44.913-04:00Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll a...Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll atop OWGR.com:<br /><br />— David Duval 15<br />— Ernie Els 9<br />— Vijay Singh 32Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-41096586256871131522022-06-17T13:18:07.939-04:002022-06-17T13:18:07.939-04:00Tarren, the first of the afternoon teetimers among...Tarren, the first of the afternoon teetimers among the leaders, birdies No. 3, so he’s our new solo dog, at 4-under.<br /><br />Lingmerth is on the course. McIlroy—the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 and ’14 PGA Championship and 2014 British Open champ—gets rolling in about 10 minutes. Dahmen has about another hour to sit tight.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-25959130866427296372022-06-17T13:06:10.519-04:002022-06-17T13:06:10.519-04:00Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll a...Weeks at OWGR No. 1, per the entertaining scroll atop OWGR.com:<br /><br />— Seve Ballesteros 61<br />— Greg Norman 331<br />— Nick Faldo 97<br /> Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-46349033929691679862022-06-17T12:49:45.633-04:002022-06-17T12:49:45.633-04:00Scheffler par. He joins Hardy with the clubhouse l...Scheffler par. He joins Hardy with the clubhouse lead.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-81175422304102582022022-06-17T12:46:19.800-04:002022-06-17T12:46:19.800-04:00Scheffler's putt for birdie is about 20 feet a...Scheffler's putt for birdie is about 20 feet and a little downhill, one of the USA Network commentators says.<br /><br />Missed just right.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-56887624071914694362022-06-17T12:45:15.236-04:002022-06-17T12:45:15.236-04:00And just like that, there's Bernhard Langer on...And just like that, there's Bernhard Langer on a USA Network promo for the U.S. Senior Open! Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-82847073288498921692022-06-17T12:43:26.777-04:002022-06-17T12:43:26.777-04:00The scroll at the top of OWGR.com is fun to watch....The scroll at the top of OWGR.com is fun to watch. The first OWGR No. 1 was Bernhard Langer of Diedorf, Germany.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-3620382542322037532022-06-17T12:41:32.963-04:002022-06-17T12:41:32.963-04:00Only three golfers have birdied 18 today, and Sche...Only three golfers have birdied 18 today, and Scheffler has a chance to be the fourth. His second shot lands--oh, I never know--10 to 15 feet ... or maybe six feet ... or perhaps 40 feet ... from the cup. Whatever, he'll be putting--he has a chance.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com