Second Round Scuttlebutt

Well I had a blast walking around during round one. While the scene surrounding the 8th hole during the Tiger-Phil-Adam was one I'll never forget, it was just as fun to watch the some late evening play down at No. 3 and 4 with only a handful of fans around to watch guys named Stroud. 

So much to say, but I'll let you check out my posts at GolfDigest.com (including a Friday preview) or a few items that caught my eye while watching the Lakers implode.

Doug Ferguson's game story covers the basics. Jaime Diaz says Tiger's knee is not an issue, but I'm not so sure based on the body language I saw on Nos. 9 and 18 tees.

Lorne Rubenstein describes the scene following the Woods-Mickelson-Scott group in succinct fashion, while Steve Elling bangs out an epic hole-by-hole account of the scene, including the surprising appearance of recent LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng as Dottie Pepper's spotter. Bob Verdi says Torrey is no Oakmont and thank heavens for that.

And Fred Vuich's Gigapan of number 4 captures the beauty of my favorite Torrey spot to watch golf.

I thoroughly enjoyed the feedback from day one. Keep it up for round two...

Comments

[david]

Is there any other back pin location on the third green? really interesting the one of yesterday, especially with the upper tee. Third and fourth the best holes, a real pitty they´re not closer to the end of the round

[Al]

Geoff
Any way you can post the pin placements for round two?

Found this interesting, the easiest hole also had the most accessible pin placement,

hole shortest edge (FT)
1 5
2 10
3 5
4 5
5 5
6 7
7 6
8 5
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 7
13 6
14 7
15 5
16 7
17 10
18 14

Keep up the great updates. Are you considering Lexus sponsoring your blog. Looks like they put together a nice hut.

[JohnV]

Round 2 locations will probably be posted on USGA website later today.

Torrey might not be Oakmont, but the average score for day one was actually a little higher (75.6 vs 75.3).

[Jim Jax]

USGA website is the worst I have seen. The right 40% of the screen is full of junk leaving very small type for the words & numbers. Their site map has nothing listed under "Course" so where are the daily pin positions hiding? Thanks.

[Al]

Torrey Pines was named after John Torrey, a botanist, who never sat foot on the property.

I love those on course reports!

[dbh]

So guess the lead after Round 2, anyone?
At 1 EDT, -4 looks like a decent bet.

[Tuna]

"Here comes Charlie Rhymer"

On goes mute.

[Greg]

The threesome of Andy North, Gary Koch, and Chris Berman is almost intolerable.

[Tuna]

I just wish the American announcers would not talk ALL the time.

Let the picture tell the story. We don't need constant babble.



Ogilvy looks so solid, doesn't he?

[JohnV]

Jim Jax,

Look in the Latest News on the Scoring page. The link for the second round is http://www.usopen.com/pdf/Second_Round_Revised.pdf

[Jeff]

Bob Murphy should also mention the $145 green fee for non-locals.

[Tuna]

Nice to see DL3 playing so well.

Hope he is in it on Sunday.

[Al]

The kikuyu is like a brillo pad. CURTIS STRANGE

That is the great equalizer and why the scores are not higher than they are.

[jneu]

I don't know if I can watch Justin Hicks go 18. He might be the first player ever put on the clock while parring the opening hole.

[newbie]

Wow! Newsflash...Johnnie and Tiger are the only two players to warm up hitting different shots. What a self serving moron.

[jneu]

Proofreader's report for the day:

(1) NBC just ran a graphic identifying the Open record of "David Love III."

(2) The USGA sent out an email blast overnight with the subject line "Two Relatively Unknowns Leading The Open," with the error repeated in the body of the email. Good thing they hired an editor -- and that he blogged this week about his thankless job. .

[keith86]

Yep I have dicthed the sound,just put a Nick Cave CD on.the talk about dolphins and seagulls too much.

[Al]

BOOMER
Eric Axley still not to tee off yet.

He must like to hear himself talk.

Looks like Tiger's putter is a bit wobbly today.

[Tuna]

Looks like the wobbles are out.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Tiger in the lead at the end of today.

[newbie]

Can there be any more shots on tape that are called as live? How stupid does NBC/ESPN think we are?

[Greg]

"How stupid does NBC/ESPN think we are?"

very stupid

[chas.s]

keep JUDY and MIKE ,fire the rest.

[Suzie Q.]

Golf Channel reported that police are looking for Tony Navarro concerning a brawl on the course today.

The only brawl I saw was Tiger beating Phil.

[Scottt]

Navarro asked some punters to keep quiet while Appleby was hitting on an adjacent hole. Apparently they took exception to being told to be quiet. Not sure if blows were exchanged.

[Scottt]

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/news/2008/jun/13/scotts-caddie-tangles-unruly-fan-usog/

sounds good. Would have loved to see it on the telecast, suffice to say we were probably watching yet another panorama of the cliffs.