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121st US OPEN at Torre Pines


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I'm pulling for Scottie Sheffler from Dallas this week.......he's got a very good chance and is positioned on the first page of the leaderboard to be in serious contention on Sunday if he just maintains his play and shoots par or better.  He's also from a long line of Texas Longhorn golfers on the tour and in only his 2nd year. He has already eclipsed the $million$ mark this season. Sheffler attended Highland Park High School and went to UT on a golf scholarship.  He was named Rookie of the Year on the PGA Tour last year in 2020.  He also got married in December.  He's currently tied for 10th on the leaderboard in this year's US OPEN.  Go Scottie!! 

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Well it looks like the leading score didn't change much to start the final round on Sunday........still 5 under is leading the tournament.  Henley managed his way around to shoot even par today and is still tied for the lead at 5 under.  Bland didn't do so well......he dropped 6 shots to par and now he's at +1 for the tournament.  

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Canadian golfer McKenzie Hughes finished with a 3 under par round of 68 today to put him atop the leaderboard starting tomorrow at 5 under par.  Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa dropped a long downhill putt on 18 for an eagle to shoot 70 and tie for the lead at 5 under.......so those two will be in the final group on Sunday.  Rory McIlroy  of Ireland shot one of best rounds of the day early......he tied the lowest round of the tournament with a 67.......so he stands at 3 under par and will be paired with Henley in the 2nd to the last group on Sunday.

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Bryson DeChambeau inched closer to the lead with another good round on Saturday of 3 under par 68.  He now sits tied with McIlroy at 3 under par for the tournament.  You gotta give him some respect......he goes out to the range to hit more balls after he plays each round.......practicing til dark and working his tail off to work on his game.  He believes in his abilities and continues to crunch his drives as far as he can......looks like it may be paying off for him, Huh?

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The very early two-some of Jordan Speith and Paul Casey of England did very well on Saturday.......Speith shot a 3 under 68 and Paul Casey also shot a 67 today, tying the low round of the tournament like McIlroy.  Casey is now Even par for the tournament and Speith is one over par for the tournament, but both made up ground on the leaders ahead of them since the leading score of the tournament did not change.......only the number of golfers ahead of them has changed.  

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IF Speith makes a couple of short putts he usually makes, he would have shot a 66 instead of a 68 and set the low round of the tournament.......he's now turned in back-to-back rounds of 70-68 after he laid that big egg on Day 1 of 77.  I would not be surprised  if he contended tomorrow with another low round.  

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Dustin Johnson(DJ) also turned in a low score of 3 under par 68 on Saturday.......so he's "in the hunt" also with a tournament total of one under par.  Don't count him out either.  But my boy Scottie Sheffler from Dallas.......way to go Scottie!!  Sheffler played well again and just missed his birdie putt on 18 falling, but still shot a one under par 70 to give him a tournament total of 2 under par to move up the leaderboard in a tie at 2 under just 3 strokes back of the leaders.  There are only 5 players ahead of Scottie now.......2 by one stroke and 3 by 2 strokes.......he's suddenly within reach.

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I would say that any golfer within 6 strokes of the lead is "within reach" tomorrow on this golf course.......IF he can shoot a 66 or lower on the final day.   The leaders may not shoot much more than par or at best 2 under par.  This tournament could get real tight real fast tomorrow.  You can bet your boots we will see lots of players taking their shot at it.......shooting for the pins and letting it fly, baby.  There's alot of risk in that kind of play, but it might just pay off for some of these professional golfers.......you know what I mean?  And then there's always luck in the equation.......getting a big break or chipping one in right when you least expect it.  But most of these guys make their own luck with good shots.  What's lucky is when you drive it badly and it hits a tree and bounces back out into the fairway.......that's being lucky.  Then there is bad luck that can happen too......when you hit a ball right at the pin and it actually hits the pin and ricochets either off the green or a looong way away from the hole.......that's bad luck for sure.

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Looking at the leaderboard......we can see that there are 3 leaders at 5-under par and then 25 other golfers within 6 shots of the leaders with a score of no more than 1-over par.  Speith sits at 1-over par........he would most probably have to shoot a 65 or 66 to catch the leaders tomorrow.  Mickelson had a bad day...... a really bad day. He shot a +5 for the day.......a 76 to take him out of contention.  He now stands at +7 for the tournament and is 12 strokes back of the lead.  Needless to say he will be in one of the early groupings tomorrow and be playing for pride.......and a "small" paycheck that really does not factor into the equation for him.

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32 minutes ago, regaleagle said:

Looking at the leaderboard......we can see that there are 3 leaders at 5-under par and then 25 other golfers within 6 shots of the leaders with a score of no more than 1-over par.  Speith sits at 1-over par........he would most probably have to shoot a 65 or 66 to catch the leaders tomorrow.  Mickelson had a bad day...... a really bad day. He shot a +5 for the day.......a 76 to take him out of contention.  He now stands at +7 for the tournament and is 12 strokes back of the lead.  Needless to say he will be in one of the early groupings tomorrow and be playing for pride.......and a "small" paycheck that really does not factor into the equation for him.

At the US OPEN, there is alot of pride to simply be playing and finishing on Sunday.......even if you didn't exactly play your best.  At least you made the cut and finished in front of most of the field and finished in front of all of the fans on Sunday.  And you earned a paycheck for yourself and your caddie. It was a week worth the effort and the experience of it all.......it was THE US OPEN!!

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It is called the US OPEN because in this tournament there are spots left "open" for both amateur and professional golfers that may qualify to play in this major championship by winning a tournament or a series of qualifying tournaments months ahead of this major championship tournament.  It's our national tournament in the United States, but even some of the European players playing on the European Tour have some spots held available for them to qualify to play in this one.  Then there are past champions of this tournament and the other majors that have won in the past 10 yrs for this tournament, or the past 5 yrs for the other majors.  These are called exemptions. There are more exemptions as well.......these are all the golfers that did not have to qualify for this tournament or qualified by winning other tournaments in the past or getting runner-up in some of them.......exemptions. Then there are the Top 60 in the World Golf Rankings leading up to this tournament that are exempt.......and even other "Exemptions".  Really......exemptions are just another name for those that qualified, but don't have to qualify because they already have by earning an exemption.  That's why you didn't see some golfers show up on the regular Tour like Rickie Fowler and lots of others.......they didn't earn an exemption and did not qualify to play in this year's US OPEN.  The US OPEN is a sanctioned event of the USGA......the  United States Golf Assn........not the PGA Tour.  Although it is a big major golf event every year and a "Major".........it's not a PGA Tour Event.  It's the United States Golf Association US OPEN major golf event of the year.

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25 minutes ago, regaleagle said:

It is called the US OPEN because in this tournament there are spots left "open" for both amateur and professional golfers that may qualify to play in this major championship by winning a tournament or a series of qualifying tournaments months ahead of this major championship tournament.  It's our national tournament in the United States, but even some of the European players playing on the European Tour have some spots held available for them to qualify to play in this one.  Then there are past champions of this tournament and the other majors that have won in the past 10 yrs for this tournament, or the past 5 yrs for the other majors.  These are called exemptions. There are more exemptions as well.......these are all the golfers that did not have to qualify for this tournament or qualified by winning other tournaments in the past or getting runner-up in some of them.......exemptions. Then there are the Top 60 in the World Golf Rankings leading up to this tournament that are exempt.......and even other "Exemptions".  Really......exemptions are just another name for those that qualified, but don't have to qualify because they already have by earning an exemption.  That's why you didn't see some golfers show up on the regular Tour like Rickie Fowler and lots of others.......they didn't earn an exemption and did not qualify to play in this year's US OPEN.  The US OPEN is a sanctioned event of the USGA......the  United States Golf Assn........not the PGA Tour.  Although it is a big major golf event every year and a "Major".........it's not a PGA Tour Event.  It's the United States Golf Association US OPEN major golf event of the year.

According to the rules set up by the USGA in advance of each year's US OPEN, any golfer.....amateur or professional.....may earn a spot to play in this tournament by qualifying in some stated categories or earn an exemption in the other stated categories.  If some of those spots are not taken, then the USGA reserves the right to extend an "invitation" to fill those spots not taken by its own volition to other players that did not earn an exemption or qualify in another way.

There are 156 spots to fill.....at least that's the number this year.  Only the Top 60 and ties made this year's cutline to play the weekend rounds.

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