"(I thought) what did we shoot here? Sixty? I didn't know. I didn't realize it."

Looks like Paula Creamer has recovered from her U.S. Open final round...Rusty Miller reports.

Comments

[Lynn S.]

She said that she thought it was a par 72. I realize she is only 21, but don't most of us know what par is on a course before we play it?
Like a no hitter in baseball, I suppose the caddy was afraid to mention 59.

[Martin Del Vecchio]

She was in the zone!

Regardless, it's a remarkable round, and she should be very proud of her accomplishment.

I just wish she (and every other golfer) would stop using "we" when referring to her own score.

Except in the Ryder Cup foursomes and four-balls, of course...

[Martin Del Vecchio]

This has actually happened to me. Not a 60, of course. But I once played a practice round before a tournament, hosted by a member.

At the end, he said, "hey, you shot XX, that should help with your confidence!" I said, "no, I shot XX + 1."

Then I added it up, and it was XX. I had birdied a par 5 that my brain had stored as a par 4, even though I knew it was a par 5.

And I was nowhere near the zone. Probably just too busy enjoying the greatest course I have ever had the pleasure of playing.

[thusgone]

my take on her not knowing was that she focused on the holes one by one.

this has happened to me (not 60 or anything close), where i lost count of the total par 3s or par 5s ended up shooting on less than i had thought. i tend to think in terms of over or (and far less often) under rather than the raw score number.

i suspect this is where all similarity between me and ms creamer ends.

[Steven T.]

-17 after 2 rounds!!!!

[Steven T.]

-18 after 3 rounds!

4 shot lead.