Speed golf with Omar
We may have a new course record at Pinehurst No.2 for fastest round. Omar Uresti, the first to tee off Saturday morning and playing by himself, didn't let seven bogeys slow him down. Going off at 8:10 am, he cruised through his round, going from 8-over to 13-over, in barely over 3 hours. He was in the clubhouse by 11:30.
Maybe he had a noon lunch reservation at Nina's. Our own Robert Bell is trying to find out such details now. It's not much fun being so far out of contention at the U.S. Open. But say this for Omar: He didn't have to linger on the greens waiting for his playing partner to putt out. And he always had honors at the next tee.
Incidentally, the group playing behind Uresti _ Irishman Graeme McDowell and Florida Gator Matt Every _ were still on the 16th when he finished.