The US Open 2009
As you may (and probably will) know, it’s the US Open this weekend. The 109th US Open to be exact. This year’s US Open is to be held at the Bethridge State Park Black Course.
Last year’s US Open was the last time in 2008 that we saw Tiger Woods compete after suffering a leg injury. Woods struggled the first day on the course, notching a double bogey on his first hole. He would end the round at +1 (72), four shots off the lead. He scored -3 (68) his second day, still paired with Mickelson, managing 5 birdies, 1 eagle and 4 bogeys. On the third day of the tournament, he started off with a double bogey once again and was trailing by 5 shots with six holes to play. However, he finished the round by making 2 eagle putts, a combined 100 feet (30 m) in length, and a chip-in birdie to take a one shot lead into the final round. His final putt assured that he would be in the final group for the sixth time in the last eight major championships.
On Sunday, June 15, Woods began the day with another double bogey, and trailed Rocco Mediate by one stroke after 71 holes. He winced after several of his tee shots, and sometimes made an effort to keep weight off of his left foot. Woods was behind by one stroke when he reached the final hole. Left with a 12-foot putt for birdie, he made the shot to force an 18-hole playoff with Mediate on Monday. Despite leading by as many as three strokes at one point in the playoff, Woods again dropped back and needed to birdie the 18th to force sudden death with Mediate, and did so. Woods made par on the first sudden death hole; Mediate subsequently missed his par putt, giving Woods his 14th major championship.
This year, although he only has 1 win out of 2 tournaments, he will be wanting to take home the US Open Trophy.
In other US Open news, the men’s and women’s US Opens in 2014 will be held at Pinehurst in successive weeks – the first time both tournaments have been staged on the same course.
The events will run back-to-back in June on Pinehurst’s number two course.
The men’s edition will be held on 12-15 June, with the women’s event staged a week later at the North Carolina club.
Pinehurst’s number two course, designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1907, was the scene of Michael Campbell’s 2005 Open victory over Tiger Woods.
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