It's finally here -- the biggest tournament of the golf season. The U.S. Open. Sure, the Open Championship has more history in terms of sheer years behind it, and The Masters has the benefit of being played at the same course every year, which adds to its mystique, but the Open Championship belongs to another country, and The Masters is just too stuffy and exclusive to be as great as it could be. At the U.S. Open, virtually any golfer can play in qualifying tournaments and earn his way into the field.
The venue this year is the Oakmont Country Club, a diabolical test of golf. In addition to many deep fairway bunkers (including the famed "church pews" (photo above), the greens are VERY fast, with some slopes so severe that with certain pin positions golfers will have to hit the ball within a six-foot circle or else the ball will roll right off the green.
There will be something like nine hours of coverage today, and though I may not be able to watch ALL day, I'll try to keep you up to date on what's going on.
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