07-20-2003, 10:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-20-2003, 10:32 PM by Occhidiangela.)
To close out this thread:
Just as in this year's USGA Women's Open, a complete unknown came out of nowhere and won The Open today, one under par. He made a pure pressure par putt on 18 to keep it at one under. (Yeah, yeah, guilty of alliteration.)
The world's greatest and best all tried and failed on the back nine at Royal Saint George's golf club today: Tiger Woods, Thomas Bjorn, Nick Faldo, Vijay Singh,Davis Love III, Kenny Perry, Sergio Garcia. Even The Winner, a nice young fellow from Ohio named Ben Curtis, went from five under to one under on the back nine. 'Twas a brutal test of golf.
Mr Curtis, due to be married next month, has never won a professional tournament. His best finish ever was 13th at the Western Open in Chicago (where Tiger recently tied a tournament record.) The look on his fiancee's face when the last shot fell, leaving her hubby to be as Champion, was pure joy. I guess the wedding and honeymoon may be a bit more luxurious with that winner's check!
I watched all of the coverage today. Even for those who don't play golf, you could have cut the tension with a knife. It came down to the last hole for 7 of the 10 players in that last 5 groups.
Here's to the spirit of Carl Spackler, Caddyshack, and all of those Cinderalla Stories, all of those Kids Out of Nowhere:
Huzzah! :)
Guinness all around.
Just as in this year's USGA Women's Open, a complete unknown came out of nowhere and won The Open today, one under par. He made a pure pressure par putt on 18 to keep it at one under. (Yeah, yeah, guilty of alliteration.)
The world's greatest and best all tried and failed on the back nine at Royal Saint George's golf club today: Tiger Woods, Thomas Bjorn, Nick Faldo, Vijay Singh,Davis Love III, Kenny Perry, Sergio Garcia. Even The Winner, a nice young fellow from Ohio named Ben Curtis, went from five under to one under on the back nine. 'Twas a brutal test of golf.
Mr Curtis, due to be married next month, has never won a professional tournament. His best finish ever was 13th at the Western Open in Chicago (where Tiger recently tied a tournament record.) The look on his fiancee's face when the last shot fell, leaving her hubby to be as Champion, was pure joy. I guess the wedding and honeymoon may be a bit more luxurious with that winner's check!
I watched all of the coverage today. Even for those who don't play golf, you could have cut the tension with a knife. It came down to the last hole for 7 of the 10 players in that last 5 groups.
Here's to the spirit of Carl Spackler, Caddyshack, and all of those Cinderalla Stories, all of those Kids Out of Nowhere:
Huzzah! :)
Guinness all around.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete