Fifteen years ago the hottest show on television was “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”, hosted by Regis.
When they got around to doing a celebrity edition of it, Norm MacDonald was the final celebrity contestant for the week. Norm was a star, and got all the way to the final question which would have won his charity the million dollar prize (see clip starting at 5:21).
Regis talked Norm out of going for it, and of course, Norm would have gotten it right.
Anyways, whenever I think of the Greenbrier, I think back to this moment in tv history.
Jason Day collapsed on his final hole at the U.S. Open on Friday due to an attack of vertigo. Apparently he’s been battling vertigo for a few years now.
Incredibly, Day battled vertigo again for much of his Saturday round, and was able to shoot a 2-under 68. He birdied 3 of his final 4 holes to gain a share the lead at -4 going into the final round.
I hope the Jason Day’s ending at the 2015 U.S. Open is better than James Stewart’s in the movie Vertigo.
The key to hitting it straight and with effortless power is in proper hip movement in the golf swing. Golf Channel’s Annabel Rolley demonstrates the proper hip action. It’s another take on “Box Before Ball“, “How to Start Your Downswing“, and “Lead With Your Lower Body“.
The 2015 U.S. Open is being played at Chambers Bay, in the Pacific Northwest. This course opened in 2008 and immediately was named as the course for this year’s championship. The consensus is that Chambers Bay is going to represent a unique test for the world’s top golfers.
I went looking online for some videos about Chambers Bay, and here is what I found, starting off with a Fox Sports promo video.
PGATour.com posted this video as a “Guide to Chambers Bay”
Course Designer Robert Trent Jones Jr. discusses Chambers Bay.
Golfing World does a review of Chambers Bay
Another part of this year’s tournament is that Fox Sports will be broadcasting the tournament coverage for the first time (NBC has been the broadcaster for that past 20 years). Here is their broadcast team discussing the course and what to expect at the tournament.
I just hope Mike Davis and the USGA don’t trick up the course too much. Apparently they quit watering the course a couple of weeks ago and it is so baked out that you can bounce a golf ball off the fairway and catch it.
A few weeks ago you could enter the lottery to get tickets to the 2016 Masters Tournament. The other day I received an e-mail from the Masters. Unfortunately I was not chosen to receive tickets for the tournament days (Thursday thru Sunday).
I am, however, still in the running for a chance to get tickets for the practice round days (Monday thru Wednesday).
Congratulations to anyone who was selected to tickets for the tournament days, and good luck to everyone who is still hoping for tickets to the practice rounds.
I didn’t notice this until today, but for the first time since I started including the LPGA players in the Power Rankings, neither Lydia Ko nor Stacy Lewis are in the top-75. In fact, I don’t think either players has ever not made the list, and usually they are both in the top-10.
Some other notable current rankings:
19. Jordan Spieth
31. Lexi Thompson
40. Phil Mickelson
42. Rory McIlroy
71. Paula Creamer
76. Lydia Ko
94. Rickie Fowler
118. Sergio Garcia
125. Stacy Lewis
304. Jason Day
374. Tiger Woods
668. Michelle Wie
The Power Rankings are calculated using a mathematical formula and is based on the each player’s last 6 tournaments on the PGA, European, or LPGA Tours.
