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The eyes of the golf world are on Torrey Pines in San Diego this weekend for the US Open. The Champions Tour, LPGA, and Nationwide Tour all have the week off. In fact, 12 Nationwide Tour members, including round one leader Justin Hicks, are playing in the Open.
Many European Tour players are also in San Diego, but there is a tour event in Saint-Omer in the north of France. It is not televised in North America.
Television coverage of the US Open begins at 3pm both Saturday and Sunday on NBC.
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Many eyes were on the interesting pairing of Woods, Mickelson, and Scott (Is Tiger Fit? Would Scott’s play rise to the level of his partners?), yesterday at Round One of the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines. However, it was two less-colorful, relatively-unknown veterans that topped the leader board at the end of the day.
Kevin Streelman, a six-year PGA tour player, has yet to win a PGA tournament, although he’s often in the hunt. Justin Hicks, who turned pro in 1997, also has yet to win a tournament, although he’s finished in the top five in several Nationwide Tour events. …read more

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Veteran American golfer, Mark Calcavecchia withdrew from the US Open today after just nine holes, citing an injured left knee and foot.
Calcavecchia was 8 over for the day when he walked off of the course. This is his 20th US Open; he has withdraw or failed to make the cut 10 times.
Calcavecchia won the British Open in 1989. He has 24 PGA Tour wins, the most recent of which was the PODS Championship in 2007.
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Yesterday was a practice day at the US Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Here’s a sampling of what was going on:
Ernie Els and Lee Westwood signed autographs on their way to the 18th green.
Phil Mickelson worked on his short game.
The Japanese contingent, Toru Taniguchi, Ryuji Imada, and Shingo Katayama, practiced together
Tiger returned.
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It’s here. The 2008 US Open begins June 12 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California. About is a lay-out of the course, recent past winners, and other US Open facts.
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The 2008 US Open begins June 12 at San Diego’s Torrey Pines Golf Course. But, how much do you really know about this major golf event? See if you know all of these US Open trivia:

The first US Open was played in 1895.
The tournament has been played each year since then, except during WWI (1917-1918) and WWII (1942-45).
All 42,500 tickets to the 2008 US Open were sold to visitors from 25 countries, making this the 22nd consectutive sell-out.
The first US Open was held at Newport Country Club in Newport, RI (in 1895).
The last player to win consecutive US Open Tournaments …read more

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The field is set for the 2008 US Open, which begins at Torrey Pines in San Diego on June 12. Of the 156 golfers, 72 are exempt from qualifying. This includes eight past champions (US Open champions are exempt for 10 years.)
A record 8390 golfers applied for the remaining 84 positions. Any professional or amateur golfer with a USGA handicap of 1.4 or less is eligible to try. The first qualifying 18-hole qualifying round was held in May at 111 sites in the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. Five hundred and fifty players advanced to the second round.
The second, …read more

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The USGA has announced the pairings for the first two days of the US Open at Torrey Pines, which begins June 12. The most exciting of these is the threesome of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Adam Scott. They will tee-off at 806am on Thursday.
Also worth watching are K.J. Choi with Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker (at 722am); Stewart Cink with Sergio Garcia and Vijay Singh (at 1252pm); and Trevor Immelman with Zach Johnson and Mike Weir (at 103pm).
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It’s not just the top amateur and professional golfers that have their sights set on the US Open, to be played June 9-15 at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California. Top athletes in a number of other sports are among the 8043 hopefuls that have entered the local qualifying rounds.
Among these athletes are Grant Furyk (pictured above), whose non-golf accomplishments include five Stanley Cup championships, being a five-time NHL all-star, and being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Others seeking to qualify for the Open include former tennis champions, Michael Chang and Ivan Lendl; former MLB third …read more

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