[Sylvanfan]

Starts today at Torry Pines.

Does Hockey hater Tiger Woods fresh off his knee surgery win the tourney, or is it another 2nd place finish for him. Will Trevor Immelman win the second leg of the grand slam. Will Stephen Ames be in contention after 54 holes and than have another lousy Sunday. And the perennial US open question....will anyone be able to stay under par?

I think of all the majors this is the hardest challenge, and it's not as fun to watch because you don't see very many great shots. It looks like me trying to play a regular golf course at times as these guys just hope to keep the ball on the fareways and have to play not to lose it.

But I'll watch because the course management strategies that these guys are forced to use is a good lesson for an amateur hack like myself to employ. I play my best rounds when I keep the woods in the bag and play with my irons and keep the ball around the fareways and greens and away from trouble....It's amazing how if you don't make any double bogeys, find a way to scrape together 8-10 pars in a round how your usual 92-95 becomes a score in the low 80's!