I was rooting for Phil Mickelson to win the US Open this past weekend partly based on his past trials and tribulations at this event and his wife’s present and future fight with breast cancer. If anyone you know or love has been afflicted with such a malady, you know the stuggle she is about to face. As I understand, she’s a wonderful, tireless woman who has always been there for the less fortunate. Now she needs our prayers because they work tremendously.

Yes it rained throughout the US Open and yes it is a very tough course but through it all, a few golfers made it a memorable. My buddy Ed Kagel was rooting for David Duval because he is what the common man is about. How many of us have been to the top only to topple down and then pick ourselves back up again? David Duval is one of those. I commend his effort and Ed sums it up magnifcantly. Below is Ed’s post which I believe is too good to have it not highlighted. Enjoy it ..I did!       Nick

“All of us who play golf in any sort of competition realize that in any round you always leave a few shots, that might have made a difference, out on the course. Never was this more true than in the case of David Duval in the recently completed USA Open. I watched every shot (thanks TIVO)and DD missed at least 7 -8 putts by 1/4″ or less. Every competitor missed putts but what makes DD’s different is that he did not shoot the bogies, etc. (except once in round 4; which was not as disasterous as it seemed at the time), that compounded the missed putts. If just 2 or 3 of these had dropped he would have won going away. Any one who knows anything about golf must respect the games of Tiger and Phil but DD is one of us because we all hope and pray that he is back to challenge these guys where others have wilted, and is one among us who have faltered and hope to be resurrected. Is there anyone out there who was not pulling for him?”     Ed K.