Early US Open Thoughts

1. Phil Mickelson is talking up the bad wrist so that if he sucks this week, the media won't say he's still suffering from last year's collapse.

2. It's going to be just like last year - a horrible tournament with everyone over par where the winner is going to be the least suckiest player. Sure, the course is fair because everyone has to play the same course. But it isn't good sportsmanship.

3. I found a really good article about Sergio and Jose Maria (more Sergio than Jose Maria) and the US Open. Click here to read it. In short, Sergio says the course is really tough and Jose Maria didn't even want to make comments after his practice round.

You know, we fans may be big losers this week if the tournament is as depressing as last year's, but I feel bad for the golfers if it's like last year. Their confidence is sure to be shaken or destroyed thanks to the USGA's continued battle to crush the memory of Johnny Miller's 63. There's 'gee the course is hard' and then there's 'so far removed from the very definition of the sport of golf that you can't even call it golf anymore, let alone call it a sport.' That's what we're facing this week.