It’s US Open time Golfers!

I love the Majors, those four tournaments that seem to bring out the best in all of the PGA Tour golfers.  Don’t get me wrong, I love all golf, but I especially love the drama that always seems to come with the big tournaments and so I’m excited about this coming weekend.  Fathers Day and the US Open, what could be better.I am curious to see how a couple of things play out this year.   First you have Tiger who appears to be fully healed and has won twice this year already.  Then you have Phil coming back in an emotional return after his wife’s diagnosis with breast cancer.

With the Open at Bethpage, Mickelson is very likely to be a crowd favorite.  But Tiger has already won one US Open on this course and, after a disappointing Masters, I’m sure that he is committed to making a statement.  I am really looking forward to seeing how these two golf superstars perform this weekend.

Then there is always the underdog who battles the “big guys”.  Who could ever forget Rocco Mediate last year battling to the 91st hole with Tiger?  That is great stuff that the TV networks couldn’t script even if they tried.  And it’s one of the things I love about golf tournaments, that great surprise that shows up, and sometimes wins the Major by defeating one of the “superstars”.

Who might it be this year at the Open?  Brian Gay who just qualified with his win last week?  Don’t write him off as a one trick pony.  He has three wins since the beginning of 2008 and ranks eighth in putting right now.

Or what about Luke Donald?  Three top 15 finishes in his most recent four tournaments.  And when his game is cooking, the man can score.

A dark horse might be Zach Johnson.  Sitting atop the FedEx Cup standings right now, he is playing excellent golf in 2009.  Two wins, 12 cuts made out of 15 tournaments,  and 5 top 10 finishes.

With all that being said, I just can’t wait for the weekend and the Saturday and Sunday rounds of this year’s US Open.  See you in front of the TV golf nuts!