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ESPN.com: Covering the hell out of the US Open

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

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If you go to ESPN.com right now you will be immersed in US Open coverage.  I love it.  My favorite headline right now is: “Double Bogeys Hurt Tiger.” 

Now, once you click on the link, the actual article has a more respectable title, but nonetheless, the lead-in is to point out that double bogeys = not good in major championship golf.  Well played sirs at ESPN.com.  I tried to think of a few scenarios where a double bogey would not hurt ones scoring in any golf scenario.  I struggled.  Here is what I can think of:  “Double bogey welcomed by golfer averaging triple bogey.”   The same could be said for quadruple bogey, and so on.  It is unlikely that such headlines would appear in conjunction with the Open Championship however (unless it was about that guy who repeatedly tricked his way into British Open qualifiers, only to then shoot like 150 in the first round.  I believe he passed away last year). 

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