Monday @ the US Open

Hey LI golfers,

So,after several rain delays and a silly decision to start the Final Round with less than an hour of daylight - even on the longest day of the year - the US Open has two co-leaders that Johnny Miller insists will fold on the Final day and Phil will win the 109th US Open.

Geez, Louise. Yes, Ricky Barnes was ranked 518th in the World and Miller is trying to say that's a BAD thing. Being ranked 518th in the world in anything is pretty damn good and means you have a great shot at winning one of golf's four major championships. Why not root for Ricky or his co-leader Lucas Glover, it would make a great story for the media and take some of the heat off Tiger and Phil.

But, no. They have to extend NBC's coverage of today's US Open coverage, so that they can watch Tiger finish up. There's more to golf than Tiger Woods. what's going to happen when Tiger retires? What will the golf media do? the ratings will be off 30 percent (that's the increase a professional golf tournament gets when Tiger plays), maybe they should start showing the young guys, who I must admit look like mere teenagers.

But let us not forget tha tomorrow is NOT a playoff and thus Playoff tickets will NOT be allowed, only Thursday tickets, which until the NY Attorney General got involved were worthless mementoes from one of sport's premier events.

So now the USGA will have a size able gallery for window dressing to crown a champion of their most popular event. Maybe The Donald who the very first hospitality tent on Bethpage Black. I wonder how he got that spot?

Enough of the small talk. We shall have an exciting finish on Monday to what has been an eventful event. I'm glad the USGA had to play on Monday, at least they gave golf fans a way to experience the US Open up close and personal.

See you on the tee box.

Chuck

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