The U.S. Open was an ode to Golf Misery. Plus, updates from swimming, cricket, darts, and the UFL, as well as a solution to the tied NCAA Track championship.
I, too, enjoyed watching the US Open kick the player's butts. Lots of F-bombs on the Peacock feed. When Justin Thomas had the 4 putt double bogey, my friends were yelling, "one of us!" The difference of course is that the pros can shake it off and birdie the next six holes, as JJ Spaun so elegantly demonstrated after a rough start. Meanwhile, I will shoot a double bogey, if not more, on all the subsequent holes. Golf is so dumb. But I love it.
*US gymnastics having a pretty solid week at Pan Ams despite some injury issues. They're coming away with 16 medals. Also, Jayla Hang is having a *year*. I think her AA score was the 3rd highest this year by someone who would be eligible for senior worlds this fall?
*I haven't watched anything in full yet, but I've enjoyed seeing a lot of clips of incredible artistic roller skating from the international series final over the last few days!
*An absolute chaos Beavers vs Chants half inning on Sunday, experienced exclusively through my umpire father's updates over the phone and Ben's posts in the chat
USC tying for the track title instead of winning it outright cost them the Directors' Cup. An outright title would've given them 5 more points than they earned, allowing Texas to win it again. This year's cup had the tightest finish EVER, with 3 teams in reasonable contention (Stanford was 3rd) until the men's championship finished.
I've read everything you've written from way back on SB, but if you're going to write about toe jam again without warning, I might have to unsubscribe! :D
I, too, enjoyed watching the US Open kick the player's butts. Lots of F-bombs on the Peacock feed. When Justin Thomas had the 4 putt double bogey, my friends were yelling, "one of us!" The difference of course is that the pros can shake it off and birdie the next six holes, as JJ Spaun so elegantly demonstrated after a rough start. Meanwhile, I will shoot a double bogey, if not more, on all the subsequent holes. Golf is so dumb. But I love it.
Some sports things I enjoyed this past week:
*US gymnastics having a pretty solid week at Pan Ams despite some injury issues. They're coming away with 16 medals. Also, Jayla Hang is having a *year*. I think her AA score was the 3rd highest this year by someone who would be eligible for senior worlds this fall?
*I haven't watched anything in full yet, but I've enjoyed seeing a lot of clips of incredible artistic roller skating from the international series final over the last few days!
*An absolute chaos Beavers vs Chants half inning on Sunday, experienced exclusively through my umpire father's updates over the phone and Ben's posts in the chat
USC tying for the track title instead of winning it outright cost them the Directors' Cup. An outright title would've given them 5 more points than they earned, allowing Texas to win it again. This year's cup had the tightest finish EVER, with 3 teams in reasonable contention (Stanford was 3rd) until the men's championship finished.
“To the best of my understanding, golf is the sport people with good lives play when they need to have a very bad time.”
Gold *chef’s kiss* 😂😂
I've read everything you've written from way back on SB, but if you're going to write about toe jam again without warning, I might have to unsubscribe! :D