One of the great events in sports begins today with the US Open golf tournament, which in theory at least, a tournament of the masses that anyone could qualify for.
I caddied for a few summers on a golf course in the Wheeling area and worked there as a groundskeeper for a couple others, took up golf then and grew to love the sport. It's been a few years since I've picked up a club though. Life has kind of gotten in the way but I still follow the sport.
Here is my US Open golf story. One day I caddied for a guy who came into town for one of the local amateur tournaments. I'd never seen this guy before but being familiar with all the hotshot locals I knew none of them would beat him. So I told the other caddies this guy was a sure thing to win, which he did. Several years ago I'm going through the tee times for the US Open and see him listed. After a little checking around I see he's now a club pro around Lancaster. He made it through some of the qualifying this year but didn't make the Open.
Source: Reported by It's A Paul World http://itsapaulworld.blogspot.com/
On Oct. 4, 1895, the first U.S. Open Championship was conducted by the United States Golf Association on the nine-hole course of Newport (R.I.) Golf and Country Club.
The first U.S. Open was considered something of a sideshow to the first U.S. Amateur, which was played on the same course and during the same week. Both championships had been scheduled for September but were postponed because of a conflict with a more established Newport sports spectacle, the America’s Cup yacht races.
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