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US Open in Chicago
Had a great time at the US Open over the weekend, as the weather held up and the scores (finally) went up as well. Saw most of the top players, including a good bit of the champion Jim Furyk. You could just tell that he was feeling it by watching his swing and his reactions... The guy who knocked one off the top of the TV tower behind me obviously wasn't feeling it.
Tiger Woods just couldn't get anything going. As you would expect, his galleries were still huge, with people grabbing a spot 5 holes ahead of him just to see him hit one shot and walk by.
Have to say the event was very well run, as lines weren't terribly long and it seemed well organized. Crowd was very polite and supportive, especially of Tom Watson and his caddy Bruce Edwards, who has ALS. Except for the Vijay heckler moron, the whistler on Tiger's backswing and the topless poor imitation of Morganna the Kissing Bandit who tried to smooch Jim Furyk, the crowd behaved itself.
Not sure when the Open might come back to Chicago. It'll be at least 2010, but the 2006 PGA and the 2012 Ryder Cup are set for Medinah, and there's always the Western Open over the 4th...
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