By Art Spander
Special to Global Golf Post
PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA — Perhaps the question is: What do you want from the U.S. Open? A tournament that creates havoc and chaos, where a zillion over par wins and the end result is someone like the late Dick Schaap authoring a history titled Massacre at Winged Foot?
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By Art Spander
Featured Columnist
PINEHURST, N.C. — Greatness may be impressive, but it isn’t always exciting. Martin Kaymer made that clear when he took the U.S. Open, supposedly the most difficult of golf tournaments, and turned it into a boring romp.
There was no drama in this tournament. No Tiger Woods, either. But we can’t blame Kaymer, the 29-year-old German, for the Woods absence. Only for the rout.
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By Art Spander
Featured Columnist
PINEHURST, N.C. — He's tied for second in the biggest tournament of the year, American's national championship, the U.S. Open. Erik Compton, who probably shouldn't even be playing golf, or anything else, is ahead of Henrik Stenson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy.
Ahead of people blessed with the heart with which they were born.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
PINEHURST, N.C. — He's been the star in residence at this U.S. Open.
So much has been written about Phil Mickelson returning to Pinehurst where 15 years ago he was beaten by a shot by Payne Stewart.
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By Art Spander
Featured Columnist
PINEHURST, N.C. — Golf is a funny sport. In baseball, nobody takes away your runs. Football doesn’t delete touchdowns once they’re on the board. But in golf, you can pick up strokes — or lose them — before you walk out of the locker room.
Before you swing a club for the first time in any round.
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