SmoothPancakes
06-17-2011, 05:26 AM
Anyone else watch the first round yesterday? Quite a few story lines throughout the day. Rory McIlroy with a great round in his first major since the Masters collapse. Hit 17 of 18 greens and was the only person in the entire 156-man field to not record a single bogey.
The top three in the world, Luke Donald (+3), Lee Westwood (+4), and Martin Kaymer (+3), all combined for 10 over par in their first rounds. Lefty lived up to his nickname, as Phil SHANKED a number of tee shots, including the 14th hole, where he shanked it horribly to the left, into the ass high weeds. He even said "oh no!" seconds after he teed off, knowing instantly he was screwed.
Another hole, he ended up in the woods, had to use his driver and hit a line drive shot to stay underneath and rocket past three trees that were in his way. On the 8th hole, his ball actually ended up in a bunker on the wrong hole. His very first shot of the day, starting off on the par 3 10th hole, his ball went for a swim. And yet, he somehow managed to only end up +3 for the day.
Masters champion Charl Schwartzel at -3, tied for second with 2009 PGA Championship champion Y.E. Yang. Open Championship champion Louis Oosthuizen tied for 4th at -1 with five others, including Ryan Palmer and Sergio Garcia. Then you got Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, and defending US Open champion Graeme McDowell all among twelve players tied for 10th.
This is definitely looking to be an exciting next three days. Some major questions still unanswered. Will Phil figure out what the hell he's doing wrong and stop horribly shanking his tee shots? Will Donald, Westwood, or Kaymer turn it around and get out of their ties for 62nd and 84th place? Will Rory build on his lead and have another monster round, as well, does he carry this huge first day through the entire tournament on his way to contention of a US Open title, or does the collapse at the Masters come back to haunt him and we witness another crash and burn?
And for those interested in the day one highlights, here's a 4 minute highlight's video on EPSN, including the worst of the worst from Sir Shanks-a-Lot, aka Phil Mickelson.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6670845
The top three in the world, Luke Donald (+3), Lee Westwood (+4), and Martin Kaymer (+3), all combined for 10 over par in their first rounds. Lefty lived up to his nickname, as Phil SHANKED a number of tee shots, including the 14th hole, where he shanked it horribly to the left, into the ass high weeds. He even said "oh no!" seconds after he teed off, knowing instantly he was screwed.
Another hole, he ended up in the woods, had to use his driver and hit a line drive shot to stay underneath and rocket past three trees that were in his way. On the 8th hole, his ball actually ended up in a bunker on the wrong hole. His very first shot of the day, starting off on the par 3 10th hole, his ball went for a swim. And yet, he somehow managed to only end up +3 for the day.
Masters champion Charl Schwartzel at -3, tied for second with 2009 PGA Championship champion Y.E. Yang. Open Championship champion Louis Oosthuizen tied for 4th at -1 with five others, including Ryan Palmer and Sergio Garcia. Then you got Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, Brandt Snedeker, Henrik Stenson, and defending US Open champion Graeme McDowell all among twelve players tied for 10th.
This is definitely looking to be an exciting next three days. Some major questions still unanswered. Will Phil figure out what the hell he's doing wrong and stop horribly shanking his tee shots? Will Donald, Westwood, or Kaymer turn it around and get out of their ties for 62nd and 84th place? Will Rory build on his lead and have another monster round, as well, does he carry this huge first day through the entire tournament on his way to contention of a US Open title, or does the collapse at the Masters come back to haunt him and we witness another crash and burn?
And for those interested in the day one highlights, here's a 4 minute highlight's video on EPSN, including the worst of the worst from Sir Shanks-a-Lot, aka Phil Mickelson.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6670845