WOW! Did absolutely everyone sincerely anticipate this? So many large names diminished away early, and such a lot of others stepped up to fill the space.
All five of my selections made the cut -- and, theoretically at the least, still have a threat to win this aspect -- but the major contenders at day's quit had been now not the gamers most of us expected to peer. Still, none of them may be taken into consideration flukes. Just a number of the lead 7 (players between -1 and 1):
- David Toms, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, and Graeme McDowell are all major winners. All but Toms are U.S. Open champions.
- Michael Thompson was runner-up at the 2007 U.S. Amateur held at the Olympic Club and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Open.
- John Peterson was the 2011 NCAA Individual Champion and was runner-up (while still an amateur) to Harris English (also an amateur at the time) when he won the 2011 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational.
- And Nicholas Colsaerts, though maybe not familiar to American fans, is a multiple winner on the European Tour, including the 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship in May.
Add in all the different "tales" inside the subject behind these players, and you certainly cannot say there is a fluke within the bunch.
The USGA says they may do very little watering to the path for Saturday, and the weather is predicted to be the warmest but. This may additionally literally come to be being one hell of an Open!
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