The Freakin' Weekend (1971)

Happy U.S. Open weekend to all--2017/1971, real/fake, Hoptown/Chicago and otherwise ...

And happy Father's Day 1971! It's Friday, June 18, 1971, and we're down to just two more days to get our shopping done. Sports Illustrated has had some great ideas ...

 

Of course, Sears has all sorts of solid choices ...

In Chicago, we could swing by Marshall Field for some attractive wildlife coasters ...

My dad finally announced he no longer wanted any gifts he couldn't read or eat ...

Actually, I'm probably going to just end up going to Walgreens ... 

I've been working on my picks for the All-Star ballot ...

Here's where we stand, by the way ...

U.S. Open (2017/1971)

Campbellsville's J.B. Holmes is 4-under through his first nine holes at the U.S. Open in Erin Hills, Wisconsin. That's tied for third, one stroke off the lead of Tommy Fleetwood of Southport, Merseyside, England, and Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, California.

Meanwhile, in the June 1971 pages of the Chicago Tribune, magnanimous Mac Divot trails his cousin by two for the lead at the turn to Sunday's back nine in the Philadelphia suburbs ...