OT: link to U.S. Open scoreboard inside

http://www.golfchannel.com/tours/pga-tour/2012/us-open/?hj=xfs

It should be a great 4 days at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Lots of stories at the elite level...
Tiger/Phil/Rory/Bubba et al. Pairing Tiger, Bubba and Phil for the first two rounds makes for great TV viewing but it may be a nightmare for those in attendance via crowd control.

Great stories among the others....Dennis Miller the UTube sensation from a club job in Ohio....Casey Martin [the cart guy]....Andy Zhang 14 years old!

And by Sunday the real star may be the course itself....quirky/tough rough/small greens/fairways going sideways.

Great stuff!

The Tiger/Phil/Bubba pairing is made for television. Was that the luck of the draw or was it purposely set up?

On purpose for sure. The trio of elite Brits also on purpose.

Tiger is playing with two lefties. How often does that happen on the tour.

US Open Leaderboard - Link

Link is for the US Open Website which seems to have updated scorer quicker. ESPN3 is showing the Tiger Group live starting at 11:30 Eastern. ESPN starts televising the open at Noon.

Good point. Not often. Maybe all the lefties should be paired together.

[I think the sport takes liberty with the word "pair."]

I think par will be a good score. I really wanted to go this year, but am busy with work and retirement plans, plus I have trips coming up to London for the Olympics, Maui, and Southern California. Plus, I'm planning on some UConn games this season. I will be at Merion for the 2013 Open.

I love Merion.

That's what Lee Trevino said. And then he added that he didn't even know her last name.

I was there for the 1981 Open. I used to drive by it all the time. I think Winlots lived practically next door.

I may have an extra ticket for some days next year. Are you up for roaming around the course? Or maybe plopping your butt in the grandstand?

I'd love to.

Great. I'll be in touch in May or so. Not that I expect to be out of touch between now and then.

On the topic of today's scores, Olympic looked like a right-hander's course. Tiger was -1 and tied for 2nd. Phil was +6; Bubba was +8.

If Tiger had a couple of better bunker shots, he could have had a great round. Managed to shoot 1 under Par. If a couple of his irons into the green were a few yards shorter, could have shot 3 or 4 under. Missed one easy birdie putt. Overall still a good round and if he's able to play like he did today for the remaining three rounds, he probably wins his 15th major.

he was swinging verrrrry smoothly today and much more on-plane than 2011. Impressive stuff. not fighting it at all

I don't know like me you rarely post.

Not that I care, but if someone has to win, I'd vote for Rory.

As long as Phil doesn't.

BTW: in our own little golfing world I am pleased to note that our very own Olde Coach had a 77 at Middlebury
Country Club [Vermont] a few days ago. Uhh...his age is 77. Let anyone at Olympic do THAT this weekend!
I had the pleasure of playing MCC many years ago and it is a very good, kinda old-fashioned course....no pushover for sure.
Wouldn't bet even a penny that he won't go lower than his age by fall.

Congrats to OC. He is awesome.

I've shot my age several times before, but I prefer to finish the last 6 holes.

I just looked at the leaderboard. It looks like at least 6-7 of the FedEx Cup leaders will miss the cut.

That's great (not an easy feat)! Congrats to OC.