The USGA had to be very pleased with the way the final round played out on Monday. With Tiger Woods virtually out of the US Open after the first round and with the bad weather, and the wet course conditions, the tournaments final round had a lot of drama and excitement that made golf fans forget about the beginning of the US Open.

The final round of the US Open began on Sunday afternoon and was finished on Monday afternoon with Lucas Glover posting a -4, winning by 2 strokes over Phil Mickelson and David Duval. The crowd favorite, Phil Mickelson, made a push to win the tournament when he eagle’d the 13th hole and took a share of the lead. Glover hit a perfect 8 iron on the 16th to set up his only birdie of the day, giving him a 2 shot cushion. He par’d the 17th and 18th giving him his first major championship and only his 2nd tournament win. His best finish in major championships prior to this one, was a tie for 20th.

ESPN, NBC, and USOPEN.com made it possible for everyone who had to work on Monday to watch the conclusion of the tournament. The live video quality was almost as good as if you were watching in your living room on a television. I’m sure every golf fan in america was sitting in their office with their emails up on one side of the computer and The US Open up on the other side. I found myself so into the action, that I had to remind myself that I was at work and actually had things to do before the end of the day. Then I thought, The US Open only happens once a year and I better enjoy the great finish.

I tip my hat to the grounds crew at Bethpage for making the course as good as possible after a tremendous amount of rain from Thursday on.

Congratulations Lucas Glover on being the 109th US Open champion. Along with winning the US Open, Glover moved up t0 number 18 in the world rankings and earned $1.36 million dollars.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.