US Open, Day 1: C'mon, Monty!
Earlier in the week, I wondered if David Duval could pull the miracle comeback (like Se Ri Pak) and win the U.S. Open. DD shot 77, so maybe not.
But Colin Montgomerie shot 69 and is the day 1 leader and only guy under par. Monty had the lead also at the 1997 US Open, I believe, but lost.
Monty finished 2nd at last year's British Open (where I got the chance to follow him along with the entire country of Scotland). A victory this week would be big, but I don't think it would be as big a comeback as Se Ri's or Karrie Webb's this year. Let's hope Monty has some better luck than before.
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Not as big of a victory as Se Ri Pak or Karrie Webb? Did I read that correctly? Not to belittle those achievements, but this is the US Open, and those were women's tournaments. To even insinuate that those victories would be bigger stories than the possibility of Colin Montgomerie winning a major is absolutely ridiculous. Those are nice stories, but come on, this is the US Open!
Got to agree with the previous post: Se Ri Pak & Karrie Webb have both won multiple majors; both have won many many tournaments in the US; both are (relatively) young...
Cf Monty: never won a major (but come close - RU in USO in '94 and '97, 3rd in '92 USO, RU in USPGA in '95); never won in the US (except for the '97 Accenture Matchplay but before it was a PGA Tour-sanctioned event). Plus during 2001-2004 Monty wasn't the player he used to be. He had a good year last year, yet still only won once. Apart from winning the Hong Kong Open this year, he's had a pretty poor year: lots of missed cuts...
A Monty victory (which I still think unlikely) would be the greatest comeback story in golf since...well, since, the last greatest comeback story...
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