121st U.S. Open: Can Phil Mickelson Nab The Grand Slam, If Not, Who Wins? - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington

Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    baxter cepeda

    After las week DJ is highest on my list again. He showed signs last week. It could be the start of another run.

    DJs old BFF Brooks was solid at Kiawah but Unlike his major run he was a dud at the end. And a dud last week. The walk at Torrey isn’t super hilly but definitely more challenging than Kiawah.

    Rahm got benched because of COVID testing but testing also brought him back to the course a few days earlier than expected. Still; he lost some quality time. Quality time with his newborn cost him at the Masters. This could be the same story.

    Hideki will not contend imo. Like Rahm The Japanese goat of golf has lost some serious time as well. He basically stack and tilts now which means less yards off the tee. That may have helped at Augusta National, but I don’t know about the south course.

    Phil on the other hand is still “hitting bombs” and has not lost time after his win. If anything Lefty has had more time at Torrey than most. If I did bet I would no doubt put some on the sentimental favorite. He actually does have a chance. Almost too good of a chance. The whole thing would be too good to be true. But we can dream can’t we?

    Bryson is definitely on the short list. He hasn’t been great of late but Torrey doesn’t have a ton of lost ball opportunities so he will be bombing and gouging to success like he did at the last US Open; where there also wasn’t a ton of places to lose balls. Of course everyone will try to claim it’s his putting. I don’t see enough form to get it done.

    Of the not super bombers Higgs and Reed; who won the last event at Torrey; stand out. Reed is probably my dark horse. I’m still super annoyed what cbs did to him that day; rooting he has a chance to shut em up again.

    Higgo won last week. He won 2 on the euro tour of the last 3 I believe. He cannot be denied at least a mention.

    Of course There are many other contenders; even more than the 20 in the article; including old BFFs jordy and JT.

    But again, the still worlds number 1 is showing signs; as phil had before his pga win. It could def be DJ time again.

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      Tom Edrington

      I saw too many missed putts by DJ last week on the type of grass he is most familiar with…..don’t see him making enough putts on the POA…..everyone’s going with Rahm and after what happened to him at Memorial, it would be fitting if he won, too much talent to not win a major in the next 12 months.

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        baxter cepeda

        Rahms first major is coming. It’s very possible he wins. His history at Torrey is great and his form at Jacks was dominant. But again the unplanned time off is an issue for me.

        DJ gets a pass from me for missing some putts on that new gem of a course. The important thing for DJ is that he is hitting his trusty (albeit cheesy) pull fade again. Everyone’s going to miss putts at Torrey; but DJ should we quietly focusing on that remaining flat stick issue as we type. He has proven to be solid on Poa.

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          Tom Edrington

          If you watched the Palmetto, DJ had a LOT of drives that not only missed the fairways, they were in spots where he had no chance to make par.

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            baxter cepeda

            I didn’t comment on your article from last Sunday but I watched that.
            DJ looked solid until he wasn’t on Sunday. Hadleys nerves down the stretch showed that place was more intimidating off the tee than it appeared. Of course Higgo showed nerves of steal chasing down what your boys girl Dottie would call a ‘choking dog’. But again DJ is showed signs. #1 obviously did. It have the full package going all week. It he is clearly trending up. It doesn’t take much for DJ to go from missed cuts to running away with events.

            Anyhow Speaking of watching I’m concerned about watching the US open relying on tv off the internet at my folks house.
            #super annoyed with new tech.
            #i love cable more than I ever believed.
            #why do advances seem to go backwards?

          2. Tom Edrington

            I’ve done the Peacock network, works well; there a LOT of coverage by the network as well….hope you don’t miss any of the good action!

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    baxter cepeda

    I should be ok. I wish I could send my moms 2 poodles to your dog house. They messed with the internet connections and ate my slippers. And I have to be closing all these doors I never had to close before.

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      Tom Edrington

      Baxter: Sounds like you have your own Dog House, good luck with that!

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