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Monday, June 21, 2010

U.S. Open one to remember.....or forget

It usually happens once or twice a tournament, maybe less.  A pro hits a shot, and every single guy sitting at home goes "I can do that".  We all like to think that because we shot an 82 that one time, that we could go out there and do if for a living.  This years U.S. Open at Pebble Beach should silence all those arm chair pros out there.  I know it shut me up.  Dustin Johnson's historic collapse is any normal man's best round ever.  That 82 he posted showed that at Pebble, anything is possible.  This guy had won the last two tournaments played there, and had a three shot lead going into Sunday.  You couldn't ask for a better shot to win a major.  Triple bogey, double bogey, bogey.  Three holes, seven shots, game over.  Surprisingly he still had a shot after nine because everybody else was also struggling.  Tiger, Phil, Els, all had chances to make a run, pick up a few shots, and win this thing.  In the end Graeme McDowell wins at even par.  All Dustin Johnson had to do was shoot a 76, a bad round even for this course.  That would have left him at one-under and winner of the 2010 U.S. Open.  Think about that the next time you lose sleep over that 5 footer you knew you should have made.

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