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The Open and Viking Classic
Held this year at Royal St Georges in England. Last time it was held here Ben Curtis (a rookie in his 1st major) came out of nowhere to win it...that was about 8-9 years ago. Loaded with bunkers and some serious wind issues....this track requires a "ground game". I do not expect low scores by ANYONE! The 1st hole is a biatch and can certainly get the players "on their heels".
The field: Robert ALLENBY, Australia, 6,16 Aaron BADDELEY, Australia, 17 Jonathan BYRD, USA, 6 Angel CABRERA, Argentina, 12,13 Mark CALCAVECCHIA, USA, 1 Chad CAMPBELL, USA, International Final Qualifying -- America Paul CASEY, England, 5,6,7,8,16 KJ CHOI, Korea, 6,15,16 Stewart CINK, USA, 1,2,4,20 Darren CLARKE, Northern Ireland, 7 Ben CRANE, USA, 6,16 Ben CURTIS, USA, 1,2,4 John DALY, USA, 1 Brian DAVIS, England, International Final Qualifying -- America Jason DAY, Australia, 6,16 Luke DONALD, England, 6,7,8,16,20 Jason DUFNER, USA, 6 David DUVAL, USA, 1,2 Ernie ELS, South Africa, 1,2,4,6,7,16 Bob ESTES, USA, International Final Qualifying -- America Rickie FOWLER, USA, 6,20 Harrison FRAZAR, USA, 18 Jim FURYK, USA, 6,16,20 Sergio GARCIA, Spain, 10 Lucas GLOVER, USA, 12 Retief GOOSEN, South Africa, 5,6,7,16 Bill HAAS, USA, 6 Todd HAMILTON, USA, 1,2 Padraig HARRINGTON, Republic of Ireland, 1,2,4,6,7,14,20 Charley HOFFMAN, USA, 16 JB HOLMES, USA, 6 Charles HOWELL III, USA, 19 Trevor IMMELMAN, South Africa, 13 Fredrik JACOBSON, Sweden, 18 Zach JOHNSON, USA, 6,13,16,20 Dustin JOHNSON, USA, 6,16,20 Jerry KELLY, USA, International Final Qualifying -- America Anthony KIM, USA, 6 Matt KUCHAR, USA, 6,16,20 Martin LAIRD, Scotland, 6,16 Tom LEHMAN, USA, 1 Justin LEONARD, USA, 1,4 Davis LOVE III, USA, International Final Qualifying -- America Hunter MAHAN, USA, 6,16,20 Steve MARINO, USA, 6 Graeme McDOWELL, Northern Ireland, 6,7,12,20 Rory McILROY, Northern Ireland, 5,6,7,12,20 Phil MICKELSON, USA, 6,13,16,20 Ryan MOORE, USA, 6,16 Kevin NA, USA, 16 Geoff OGILVY, Australia, 6,16,22 Sean O'HAIR, USA, 5 Jeff OVERTON, USA, 16,20 Ryan PALMER, USA, 6,16 Ian POULTER, England, 6,7,20 Justin ROSE, England, 6,16 Rory SABBATINI, South Africa, 6 Adam SCOTT, Australia, 6,16 Vijay SINGH, Fiji, 6 Brandt SNEDEKER, USA, 6 Henrik STENSON, Sweden, 5,15 Kevin STREELMAN, USA, 16 Steve STRICKER, USA, 6,16,20 Bo VAN PELT, USA, 6,16 Camilo VILLEGAS, Colombia, 16 Nick WATNEY, USA, 5,6,16 Bubba WATSON, USA, 6,16,20 Lee WESTWOOD, England, 5,6,7,20 Mark WILSON, USA, 17 YE YANG, Korea, 6,14 The Viking Classic.......small purse $648,000.00....Bill Haas won it last year at 15 under. The field: Ames, Stephen Austin, Woody Baird, Briny Beem, Rich Bohn, Jason de Jonge, Brendon DiMarco, Chris Durant, Joe Elkington, Steve Gamez, Robert Hensby, Mark Imada, Ryuji Janzen, Lee Lickliter II, Frank Johnson, Richard S. Kendall, Skip Lonard, Peter Lowery, Steve Mallinger, John Matteson, Troy Mattiace, Len Mayfair, Billy McCarron, Scott McNeill, George Micheel, Shaun Ogilvie, Joe Pampling, Rod Pernice, Tom Perry, Kenny Petrovic, Tim Piercy, Scott Purdy, Ted Quigley, Brett Quinney, Jeff Reavie, Chez Riley, Chris Senden, John Trahan, D.J. Slocum, Heath Stankowski, Paul Triplett, Kirk Wagner, Johnson      
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12 Jul 2011, 05:42 PM
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Thank you for doing both fields.
Thank you for something else as well. I don't know what to call that many thank yous though.  I seem to remember a prediction of not so low scores for the U.S. Open. Well that was pretty much true except for the young man from Northern Ireland. Not going to try to spell that name. Isn't the last hole or one of the last holes supposed to be a pain in the butt and not the first hole. Very interesting indeed.
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12 Jul 2011, 06:12 PM
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Peter, on those courses they rarely did any earth moving. They layed out the course according to how the land would let them. After they decide where the clubhouse should be....they then lay out the course. Pretty often the 1st, 9th, 10th & 18th holes are near the clubhouse. You are right in that more often than not....the ending holes are difficult.....but "in the old days" "across the pond" it "was what it was".
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16 Jul 2011, 10:43 AM
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I don't care who is in contention....American or rest of the world....the guy I want to win (badly) is
 One of my favorites. Clark has been through the worst kind of hell and to see him up on the leaderboard makes me feel real good inside.
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16 Jul 2011, 04:34 PM
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tsk tsk....
Darren Clarke.....is no surprise to be in the hunt, imo.
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