An-"gel-of-a" US Open
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Congratulations to Angel Cabrera - the victor of Sunday's 107th U.S. Open Golf Championship played at the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Angel (pron: on-hell) is the first Argentine to win the prestigious title ever, and the first Argentine to win a major in 40 years. I love that the first two majors of the year have each been won by guys no has ever heard of (Zach Johnson won the Masters back in April).
It was SUCH an exciting finish. My favorite moment was when Roger Maltbie informed a freshly beaten Tiger, just to the side of the 18th green: "We were all talking about it, and to our recollection, you never made more than a 12 foot putt during the entire course of this championship. True?" I really wanted Tiger to say, "That may be true, Roger. But have you seen my wife?"
Terry called a great celebrity look-a-like for our latest Major Champion: Alfred Molina (Spiderman, Dr. Otto Octavius)
Alfred Molina
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4 comments:
We watched the Open and I was rooting for Tiger to make that impossible birdie shot on the 18th to force a playoff (I just thought it would be cool for him to win on father's day just as he's about to become a dad himself).
Ironic that I end up with a guy who loves golf since I never had the slightest interest in it. We watched 10 hours of golf this weekend - yikes!
Oh, and I had the exact same thought as Terry on celebrity look-alike!!!!
Helen - maybe it's good you have golf to distract you from the Mets. Sorry.
And I know there was all kinds of karma for Tiger - it was the first time he played on father's day without his own dad and about to become the father of a ridiculously good looking child, but I still wanted Angel to win. Did you see him sneaking smokes between every hole? He was a nervous wreck. It was hilarious.
10 hours, huh? Impressive...
OK, that was a low blow! (LOL!) Yeah, I know, the Mets suck now. But if they were only going to win 1 of the 3, at least they beat Clemens. And they DID split the season series!
Dave was convinced that Angel's heart was beating so fast he was going to keel over between that & the nicotine!
One of the announcers said, "He's nervous as a cat out there." (He forgot, "...in a room full of rocking chairs."
So much more entertaining than Tiger.
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