US Open Golf Standings

US Open Golf Standings Controlled by Barnes, Glover
The US Open golf standings have just two people leading the US Open golf standings over everyone else. But the US Open golf standings aren't led by Tiger and Phil, but by Ricky and Lucas. The US Open

US Open Golf Standings Controlled by Barnes, Glover
golf standings have Ricky Barnes and Lucas Glover leading by a wide margin, as the final round finally gets started. Today, the US Open golf tournament may finally crown a champion, and it is rapidly looking like the standings will favor one of these two unknowns.
The US Open golf standings heading into today have Ricky Barnes and Lucas Glover leading the field by five shots. Both were -7 under par, with four players, including Phil Mickelson, tied for third at -2. Unless there is a big comeback, or unless either Barnes or Glover collapse, the top of the US Open golf standings may be dominated by just these two players....


At this U.S. Open, Phil may be main attraction ahead of Tiger
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Tiger Woods, the world's No. 1-ranked golfer, is not the main story line this week as the U.S. Open returns to the famed Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island.
Despite Woods' unwavering celebrity and storied win in last year's U.S. Open — when he limped to victory on two stress fractures in his tibia and a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee — Woods is sharing the marquee with Phil Mickelson, the world's No. 2 golfer. Mickelson is the sentimental favorite here four weeks after his wife, Amy, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Together, 30 miles east of 'Manhattans skyscrapers, golf's biggest stars are at least temporarily getting top billing in New York's sports landscape.At 34th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, a 70-by-40-foot billboard of Woods towers over the street. Sports radio talk shows are buzzing. The New York Yankees and Mets have been moved off the back pages of the city's tabloids. Crowds at the Bethpage course during this week's practice rounds already were thirsting for a Sunday showdown.

Woods, with his obsession to surpass Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major titles (Woods has 14), is the prohibitive favorite this week. After having reconstructive knee surgery, Woods has reasserted himself this year with one victory in late March and another two weeks ago. Woods says his knee gradually has built enough strength so he finally again can practice at will, and thus fine-tune his swing. In his win two weeks ago in Ohio, his ball-striking performance compared favorably to his best ever...


Golf: U.S. Opens leave Zach Johnson moping
Zach Johnson has a complicated relationship with the U.S. Open golf championship.

"You arrive full of excitement, awe and confidence, but you leave ready for decompression," said the Iowa native and Drake graduate, who tees off at 7:28 a.m. Thursday in the first round at Bethpage Black. "You can't wait to tee it up, but you can't wait to be done. You love it, but you hate it."

Johnson has one major championship, the 2007 Masters, on his resume. He also has top-20 finishes in the British Open and the PGA Championship.
He's perennially listed as an Open contender because of his accuracy off the tee and his touch on the greens. But since shooting an even-par 70 in the first U.S. Open round of his career, at Shinnecock Hills in 2004, Johnson has been over par for 13 consecutive Open rounds. He has missed the cut in three of his five Open appearances and finished no better than a tie for 45th, at Oakmont in 2007.

"Unfortunately, I really don't have a theory as to why," Johnson said. "I honestly think I just have not played well during those weeks. One of these years I will be clicking on all cylinders. Hopefully it is this week."

Many things point to a breakout for Johnson at Bethpage Black. He leads the FedEx Cup playoff point standings and is second on the 2009 PGA Tour money list with earnings of $3.35 million. He's won twice, at the Sony Open in Hawaii and the Texas Open, and is ranked 20th in the latest World Golf Rankings....


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