Today was one of those hot, hot days where I wanted to do nothing but stay inside and soak up the AC. Luckily for me - I had plenty to watch on TV while ironed every pair of slacks and shorts that the ‘better half’ and I own. So, I wasn't JUST sluggin’ out on the sofa. I started out on NBC, moved over to ESPN at 3:00, and finally quit watching at 9:30 p.m.

If you watched you know it was a pretty exciting day. The Torrey Pines golf course in San Diego, CA was giving the players a major fit, with it's thick, coarse rough and lightening fast greens. By the end of today, Stuart Appleby had a one shot lead over Rocco Mediate, Robert Karlsson and Tiger Woods.

Now, Thursday's 1st round was pretty good, too; but, being a Tiger fan, today was the day I was waiting for. We Tiger fans wanted to see if the knee held up after yesterday's inaugural round after his surgery. I think we can all agree that it held up quite well.

What fun it was to see at least one of Tiger's must-have, miracle shots. On hole # 1 (his 10th, since he started the round on hole # 10) he had to stand on the cart path to hit a shot. It turned out well, and then he made a long putt for his par. It was THE shot that turned the round around for him and got his mojo working. I thought that, and so did the commentators. Up to that point, Curtis Strange, in the booth for the 1st time in ages, said it had sure been some 'sloppy' golf played by the number 1, 2 and 3 players in the world (Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott) who played together yesterday and today.

Tiger tees off tomorrow in the 2^nd to last group, but we all know he’d rather be in that last group. His knee seems to be working alright, and he made some great putts today to leave him just one off the lead.

If you're watching and have any comments you'd like to share and have me to post, e-mail me at golfbythecupful1405@verizon.net  or leave a comment by clicking on the 'ad new comment' button below. Let me hear what you think about the Open, the players, the shots, the gossip, etc.,

(Personal note: I have been away from my GOLF BY THE CUPFUL blog since April, and I'm glad to be back. There were issues with our internet carrier after we changed, and getting a new email working turned out to be a month-long nightmare. But, I'm back up and working, and once again ready to talk golf, golfers, your golf game, my golf game . . .  or, anything else related to golf that grabs our fancy.

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