109th U.S. Open at BethPage Black

Well, it's over after 5 long days......with an unlikely finish on Monday, June 22nd, 2009.

Early on in the coverage of this event, on the Golf Channel, a "prognosticator" of sorts was featured holding up handwritten placards of his predictions as to "who would win the Open".

First, he talked about players who were long shots, having never won a major or really anything much to speak about. Then he talked about ages of the competing players, mentioning those over 40ish as unlikely contestants.

His final comments were that the most likely winner would be in his 30's with, at least, a win during his PGA playing events. The two most likely choices were Ogilvy and Woods.

Interestingly enough, our final winner was Lucas Glover. Yes, in his 30's with his last win coming some 5 years ago at what was then called the Funai Classic at Disney in Orlando, FL.

The most interesting thing for me that came from this event, was the three who tied for 2nd place. Without question, the player who really was the emotional favorite and who has endeared himself to New York fans is Phil Mickelson. WE all were hoping for Phil to win this one, but unfortunately, he added another 2nd place making this his 5th one at the U.S. Open.

More interesting though was David Duval who came to the event as the 828 ranked player and finished with a tie for 2nd place. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed his struggle to return as a major player on the PGA and, perhaps, this event will give him the confidence that he has been struggling to recapture. Hopefully, he will continue in an upward spiral!

And for Ricky Barnes, also tied for the 2nd place honors, who came into this event listed as the 519 player and leaves as the 153 ranked player, is a marvelous feat. Sure he would have loved to win, but though he struggled this still propelled him into a new level of competition and future events that he can participate in including the British Open.

So for the fans and pros alike, it was one Open that will be talked about for not only the winners but the "weather" and the condition of the slower greens that affected the players to putt!!

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