The US Open is Starting Tomorrow...Get Excited

They are talking about this year's US Open being the hardest US Open yet. Good.

I think the winner last year came in with a score of +5 or so, give or take of course. That means this year, the winner could come in with a double-digit over par score. This could be amazing.

Oh, I am still taking Adam Scott by the way. I think it's really hard to win tournaments in a row, and Scott conveniently lost the lead in the past two weeks. We shall see what happens.

What's my favorite story about this year's open? Phil Mickelson of course. The following is an excerpt from ESPN.com:

Phil Mickelson looked more like a bowler than a three-time major champion, adjusting the black brace on his left wrist as he stared down the first fairway, an alley lined not by gutters but the gnarly, ankle-deep rough of Oakmont Country Club.

Poor Phil is hurting from his golf game. Sad, sad. I think he is still confused as to why he hit driver last year with the title in the bag. Maybe he's been slitting his wrists over that one. What people fail to remember is that had Mickelson won that US Open, he would have had the chance at the Tigerslam. You know, that ridiculous thing they came up with when Tiger held every major title at once...rename it the Mickelslam...which is more like what I do here on a weekly basis. So winning the Open last year would have given him another shot at taming this whole Tiger phenomenon. Instead he was taming the hospitality tent knocking white balls at it and kissing his US Open Championship good-bye.

So what now...as usual, we are supposed to feel bad for Phil. Why? He's a golfer. He's hurt. He hurt his wrist. Playing golf. Seriously. Then, when he doesn't make the cut, he's going to blame the wrist, cry, and everyone will feel bad for him.

This is golf. Stop crying.

Anyway...lost in a lot of this shuffle are the other guys...Vijay, Ernie, and the Euros. Vijay's been playing OK, Ernie is dead I think, and the Euros (Harrington, Bjorno) and South Africa's Goose only show up to majors anyway. And they always seem to play well. Look for Pad to have another strong outing.

So you see my strongest picks...Scott, Harrington, Vijay. Where are the Americans? Zach Johnson's been playing better than anyone else this year, and did win the last major. However, this tourney isn't in Georgia, making his odds slim to none. Furyk is always a threat, but no one really likes him thanks to the ugliest swing in golf history. David Toms has disappeared, so has DLIII. Then there's Tiger and Phil, but I don't see Tiger winning this one for whatever reason.

American sports have just gone down the tube. Yes, we dominate in football, but the MVP of the NBA this year wasn't born here. Nor was the last one. Baseball's best players aren't American. There was one American man left in the second round of the French Open, and he got Federer. Hockey? Right. You wouldn't know it anyway. And this year, the Open Championship of the United States is most likely to be won by a foreigner. Sad times call for drastic measures...I'm cranking up "Dirty White Boy" ASAP.