This weekend surprisingly displayed some exciting golf in spite of their not being a major men's professional tournament. Paula Creamer tamed a difficult Oakmont course over the weekend for her first major. She displayed some clutch shot making on the back nine to win going away. I applaud the USGA with softening up the course for Sunday's round. Oakmont can easily humble anyone as displayed in the 2007 U.S. Open, when Angel Cabrera won with a 6 over par total.
In Illinois, Steve Stricker held off Paul Goydos, the new Mr. 59, to win by two at the John Deere Classic. While I was glad to see Goydos push Stricker to the end, I really do not like watching putting contests on TV. This golf course required little imagination in any part of the course, so it will be nice to watch the Open Championship this week as it returns to St. Andrews.
Scott Cole
www.scottcolegolf.com
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