The 2009 United States Open Begins
We’ll see soon enough if Tiger Woods is really back to his old form.
The 2009 U.S. Open Championship golf tournament promises to be an exhilarating test of pure skill as current US Open champion, Tiger Woods, is determined to defend his title.
You read it, the U.S. Open is on as the world’s top pro golfers will be forced to play accurate drives down the pinched narrow fairways and avoid the ‘’open roughs’’ before lining up their pitches and putts with careful precision in a course from hell that has been compared to ‘’trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle.’’
The 2009 version will take place on the Bethpage Black course at Farmingdale, New York from June 18 to 21.
Bethpage Black is a challenging test of golf at par 71 and a staggering distance of 7,297 yards. The USGA is in charge of the U.S. Open and they make the playing conditions so difficult that only the stout of heart have a chance to win.
Two of the main challengers to Tiger Woods will be Angel Cabrera and Geoff Ogilvy; Cabrera won the U.S. Open in 2007 and Ogilvy was the champion in 2006. Henrik Stenson of Sweden, on the other hand, won the recent Players’ Championship and stamped himself as a leading contender for the U.S. Open title. Stenson was rock-solid coming down the homestretch of the Players.
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington is another threat to the American players. Harrington has a history of playing well and winning in the major tournaments
Phil Mickelson should be a contender as well, but he has a history of yielding to the fierce pressure of the U.S. Open. Of course, it would still be foolish to count Mickelson out. He’s, after all, a past Master’s winner.
The U.S. Open golf tournament is the second major in line after the Masters and it’s always played on the third week of June, so championship Sunday will fall on Father’s Day.
Can Tiger Woods win the 2009 U.S. Open? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Tiger Woods 3.00
Padraig Harrington 11.00
Sergio Garcia 15.00
Ernie Els 23.00
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