The final round of the 2010 US Open today and my last day on Pebble Beach, unless the day ended with a tie. I was prepared for a tie; had the hotel booked for an extra night, had my name in as a available worker for Monday, but it was decided! Graeme McDowell pulled out the victory by outlasting everyone else and won with a final score of EVEN after 4 rounds. It went right down to the wire, with him finally having 2 putts to win. He missed the first but left it really close and tapped it in for the win!
I worked the 3rd hole, this time in the landing area on the left side inside bend, in the rough. And the balls fell; Tiger, Kelly, and at the end Dustin Johnson put it to the left. Dustin's ball actually went into the shrubs across the cart path and we (the marshals) and the caddie hunted for it, but didn't find it until after the 5 minutes allowed had expired. So he had to go back to the tee and re-hit. He ended up double-bogeying the hole; combined with a triple bogey on 2 and a bogey on 4 he lost all 6 strokes that he had under par in just 3 holes!
I tore my pants coming out of the shrubs after looking for the ball, so after a snack and watching for a minute on #17 I decided to head back here to the hotel. Made it right before Graeme's final putts and promptly booked a night in Reno and canceled my Monday stay here in Morgan Hill. Tomorrow it is off to Reno, via Petaluma (only 51 miles out of the way) just for a quick peek. Then Tuesday it is the return haul across Northern Nevada; hopefully without the Check Engine light this time!
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