Rain Rain Go Away!!

I think we all knew the day wouldn't last long when we saw Tiger hit his drive on #1 way left. Yes things looked up as he hit an amazing approach shot, and came back to make par, but it just got worse. It seemed Tiger was more worried about whether he would or wouldn't wear his pullover jacket, as he took it off and on constantly fighting the rain that would suspend play for the rest of the day. As the U.S. Open stands, there is a four way tie at the top with your current overnight/partial 1st round leaders tied at 1 under par are Jeff Brehaut, Johan Edfors, Ryan Spears, and former Texas A&M golfer Andrew Parr, WHOOP!! Tiger was able to get through 6 holes, but sits at 1 over par, after his double bogey on #5, and birdie on #6. Mike Davis and Jim Hyler discussed the game plan for tomorrow, and will go as follows. All players that were on the course when the horn sounded will resume play at 6:30 A.M., and the Thursday afternoon scheduled players will start their round between 9:00 and 10:00 A.M. They will then immeadiatley start round 2 at around 2:30 or 3:00 Friday afternoon. They believe that most players won't get finished with their 2nd round of play as darkness will become a factor, which causes more problems, as the forecast for Saturday looks at dreary as it did today.

Another Texas A&M golfer, Bronson Burgoon, started on the back nine, was only able to get through 3 holes before the rain ended his day. He sits at 2 over par, as he double bogied #10, but then settled in and made par at #11 and #12. This has been a crazy month for Burgoon as he nearly choked away the national title for the Aggies, but saved it with his shot of a lifetime on #18 to bring the title home to the Aggies. He then headed to Dallas where he finished in the top 2 out of 36 to qualify for the U.S. Open.

It should be an interesting, yet long day for the players, as it starts bright and early at 7:30 A.M. EST.

There's a lot of questions to be answered tomorrow, such as, what will Tiger's 1st round finish up like, how will Phil Mickelson perform tomorrow with the added pressure of his wife battling breast cancer. Will he play the tournament of his life and wear his emotions on his sleeve or will he struggle to get through rounds 1 and 2? Will there be an unknown at the top of the leaderboard at the end of Friday or will it be a Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, or Geoff Ogilvy?
I will be updating throughout the day tomorrow, keeping you posted on the action from Farmingdale, NY.