Will Geoff Ogilvy become one of the few men in history (Jones, Sarazen, Hogan, Trevino, Watson and Woods) to lift both the U.S. and British Open trophies in the same year? Can Phil shake the demons of Winged Foot and see his extensive Royal Liverpool preparation pay off? Will Monte get his revenge? Is the rusty Tiger now fully reconditioned and prepared to reassert his dominance on one of golf's great stages? And who else among the great, the near-great and the rank and file is prepared to step up, take history by the neck and claim their destiny?
For the fourth consecutive year I'll be at the Open to watch & down beer. This time Friday and Saturday.
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When James Durham recorded 94 at the Old Course at St Andrews in 1767, he set a course record that lasted 86 years. Golf: A curious sport whose object is to put a very small ball in a very small hole with implements ill desiged for the purpose - Sir Winston Churchill
The US Open Champ is Geoff not Jeff. Got the last name correct.
Thanks, Bruce. Good thing I don't engrave the trophies!
P.S. Next time I decide to start a thead on the fly, please...somebody stop me.
I moved Hoylake to Scotland and made Ogilvie a Yank. No telling what I would have done had this been the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in Minnesota. Or is it Maine? Maryland? Mississippi? Mexico? And what if Arron Oberrheiser had been the U.S. Open champ. Uh...Aaron Oberholser. Arron Oberholster. Uberheimer. Oh...Whatever.
Will Geoff Ogilvy become one of the few men in history (Jones, Sarazen, Hogan, Trevino, Woods) to lift both the U.S. and British Open trophies in the same year? Can Phil shake the demons of Winged Foot and see his extensive Royal Liverpool preparation pay off? Will Monte get his revenge? Is the rusty Tiger now fully reconditioned and prepared to reassert his dominance on one of golf's great stages? And who else among the great, the near-great and the rank and file is prepared to step up, take history by the neck and claim their destiny?
Who indeed?
Lynn,
It's HoyeLake not HoyLake- (Just Kidding!- Did I scare ya!) Seriously, it's always good to correct mistakes but I give you props for the writing- Well written and interesting as usual- I'd put money up that you did OK in that English Lit Class!
Don't think Nicklaus and Player should be on the list either.
Correction made. Thanks, yippedagain.
Doing my homework in arrears, I've now scoured the list of past British Open champions -- back to the days of Young Tom (Morris, not Watson) -- and found one more U.S.-British Open same-year Open Champion -- Gene Sarazen. So that would leave the five in my edited post (Jones, Sarazen, Hogan, Trevino, Watson and Woods).
Can anybody else find another same-year dual winner?
To save you a little trouble, five-time British Open winners Vardon and Thomson didn't make the grade, nor did four-time winners Hagen and Locke. Palmer won his British Opens in 1961 and 1962, but got his lone U.S. Open in 1960. And four-time U.S. Open winner Willie Anderson never won the British (it was quite a boat ride in the early 1900s -- expensive, too).
Going only from a fading memory, but didn't Watson win at Pebble Beach and Troon in '82?.
Arnie should've but didn't in '60, ending up runner up to Kel Nagle at St Andrews.
Nicklaus came close at Muirfield in '72.
(Just Kidding!- Did I scare ya!) Seriously, it's always good to correct mistakes but I give you props for the writing- Well written and interesting as usual- I'd put money up that you did OK in that English Lit Class!
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