Well…what can I say. You knew I had to write a little more about the US Open Golf Championship 2008. I tried to avoid it. After all our world is filled with much more pressing concerns that I don’t need to waste pixels on another golf tournament…yet here we are.

 

All I can say it this tournament was the greatest golf tournament played in the last 10 years (probably more). The grit and fight and just plain amazing struggle for the win on both players parts was astounding. Many will not understand how I can get so passionate about something like golf (considering I’m not a very good player). But there are others out there who understand me perfectly.

 

There is something about golf that sets it apart from other sports. There is a unique trancendent moment when you hit that perfect drive…you know as soon as club face and ball meet that this one is going places. The thing is…you get the same feeling watching others in that moment as well.

 

I saw Tiger win the 1997 Masters when he was 20 years old…that was unbelievable…watching him win the 2008 US Open was better.

 

There you go – hyperbole in action.