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Isn't delaying the women's U.S. Open for fog a contradiction?

Saturday July 1, 2006 | 04:43:03 am 174 words, 5245 views  

Pardon me for quipping about this two days after it happened, I’ve been getting settled in Europe (small dogs, smaller cars) and learning my way around TravelGolf.com’s massive Castle Office.

Suspending the U.S. Open an entire day for fog is ridiculous. I thought the U.S. Open was supposed to be golf’s most difficult test. So shouldn’t fog be exactly what they’re looking for? Who says difficult conditions can be regulated ONLY by the tournament committee? Man, the LPGA is so hot right now even Mother Nature decided that she wanted to participate in making the U.S. Open golf’s ultimate challenge – and She gets disssed!

You can’t cancel a day’s round of the U.S. Open for fog. Annika and Michelle aren’t trying to park ocean liners, they’re trying to hit fairways. It’ll be a little harder in fog, and if it were the Skin’s game, I’d send everyone bowling too. It’d make great TV drama to see someone blast a drive down the wrong fairway because they couldn’t see either.

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Comment from: Nike [Visitor]
Oh that's really bad that US open was suspended for the full day. But tell me didn't you enjoyed the mother nature or not.
PermalinkPermalink 07/01/06 @ 05:34
Comment from: Golf Goddess [Visitor]
Hey Brandon, Has the men's Open ever been cancelled due to fog? Let us know if there's a double standard.
PermalinkPermalink 07/05/06 @ 16:45
Comment from: Brandon Tucker [Member] · http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/brandon.tucker
Not to my knowledge. We knew women couldn't hit the ball as far but who knew their depth perception and vision was worse too???
PermalinkPermalink 07/06/06 @ 07:48

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