1. By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. —
Jordan Spieth loves golf
history, which is appro-
priate for someone quick-
ly becoming part of it.
Spieth was a freshman
at Texas when he first
went to St. Andrews with
the rest of the Walker
Cup team. They played
the Old Course, soaked
up the vibe at the home
of golf, then headed north
for their matches at Royal
Aberdeen.
“It’s one of my favor-
ite places in the world,”
Spieth said Sunday. “I re-
member walking around
the R&A clubhouse
and seeing paintings of
royalty playing golf, and
it was dated 14-whatever.
I’m thinking, our country
was discovered in 1492
and they were playing
golf here before anyone
even knew the Americas
existed.”
That Walker Cup
experience was only four
years ago, when not many
outside golf circles knew
Spieth. He’ll get more
115TH U.S. OPEN
Spieth well versed in golf history
The 21-year-old Texan knows he’s a part of sport’s lore after win Sunday
DAYTONA TORTUGAS
Team had plenty of highs in 1st half
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ON THE TRACK
Erik Jones’ future looks brighter
after he completed a big
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HEY,
WILLIE!
KEN
WILLIS
HEY, WILLIE!
How many guys who played
the U.S. Open will be lined up to
purchase a home near Chambers
Bay?
BOB
HEY, BOB!
In real estate listings, you
rarely see the words “within
walking distance of former
gravel mine,” so it’s an issue
we won’t have to consider. My
opinion of Chambers Bay bob-
bled like many of the putts that
were knuckleballing along the
mix of fescue and poa grasses.
But in the end, in the age of
12-year network contracts, it’s
about the visuals. The Puget
Sound visuals — particularly
with the train traffic — were
stunning enough to attract the
type of casual viewers craved
by the network suits.
It will someday host another
major, and in the meantime will
probably host something else of
significance. But they’ll have to
fix the greens.
Meanwhile, we get the grand-
daddy, St. Andrews, for the
British Open in July. Chambers
Bay, as natural as it looked, was
contrived by man; St. Andrews
was built by sheep and tides.
HEY, WILLIE!
What were they thinking?
Johnny Miller and Nick Faldo
never looked better in compari-
son.
Great golf, lousy TV.
STANLEY
HEY, STANLEY!
Some of the Fox innovations
were good — particularly the
additional microphones that
picked up the player/caddie
chatter better than the other
networks. But there are issues,
which hopefully will be worked
out during the upcoming Senior
and Women’s Opens.
For starters, those post-round
interviews with Holly Sonders
look like something you’d see
outside the men’s grill at the an-
nual member-guest. And come
on, no one thought to send Greg
Norman down there to console
(oops, I mean interview) Dustin
Johnson?
HEY, WILLIE!
Chambers Bay looks like a
West Virginia mountain top
after strip-mining. Does anyone
really think the ancient Brits
would have built a links course
if they could’ve built courses like
we’re accustomed to seeing at a
U.S. Open?
JOHN
HEY, JOHN!
Good point. Just because we
have the ability to replicate an
1800s-era layout doesn’t neces-
sarily mean we should.
There’s a reason we no longer
slap together thatched huts
or hang our fresh kills in the
smokehouse. But I liked it. Ex-
cept for the parts I didn’t.
Still bobbling, bobbling ...
HEY, WILLIE!
I thought it would be impossi-
ble for the USGA to a create less
inviting U.S. Open than Pine-
hurst.
All Chambers Bay needs is a
clown and a windmill.
PHIL IN EDGEWATER
HEY, PHIL!
The shots purposely sent be-
yond the hole, knowing the ball
would hit the back slope and
come rolling back toward the
hole, did have a certain Congo
River putt-putt look. Except,
if anyone actually won a free
game this past week, I doubt
they’d want to take advantage
of it.
The Open is supposed to be
tougher than normal tour-
naments. Giving the players
options on how to attack the pin
seems like a nice change from
the old-school, straight-forward
layouts with only one sure way
to play each hole. But then
again, it was so contrived.
See, still bobbling.
Ken Willis can be reached
at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com.
Twitter: @HeyWillieNJ.
Course is
no place to
call home
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta — Alex Morgan
scored her first goal of the Women’s
World Cup as the United States ad-
vanced to the quarterfinals with a 2-0
victory Monday against Colombia.
Abby Wambach’s penalty kick early
in the second half went wide after
Colombia goalkeeper Catalina Perez
— a backup herself — was ejected for
a foul on Morgan. Stefany Castano,
who replaced Perez in goal, got a
hand on Morgan’s shot five minutes
later, but couldn’t stop the goal to put
the United States up 1-0.
Carli Lloyd also scored for the sec-
ond-ranked Americans, who will face
No. 16 China on Friday in Ottawa.
The United States is seeking its third
World Cup title, but first since 1999.
The Americans have not allowed a
goal in 333 minutes.
Colombia never has won soccer’s
premier tournament, but the No. 28
Las Cafeteras pulled off one of the
biggest upsets in any World Cup in
the group stage when they defeated
third-ranked France 2-0.
Morgan and Wambach started up
top for the United States, which used
the same starting lineup as it did in
the group-stage finale against Nige-
ria — a first since Jill Ellis became
coach.
It was Morgan’s second consecutive
start after working her way back
from a bone bruise in her left knee.
Morgan came in as a sub in the first
two matches of the tournament.
Perez, a 20-year-old junior at Miami,
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: U.S. 2, COLOMBIA 0
TWICE AS NICEAmericans do all their scoring in second half to advance
Associated Press/JASON FRANSON
Carli Lloyd (10) scored the second of the Americans’ two goals in their win Monday against Colombia in Edmonton,
Alberta.
Associated Press/MATT YORK
Jordan Spieth heads to St. Andrews under
intense pressure to win the British Open.
Only players to win
Masters and U.S.
Open in same year
1941: Craig Wood
1951, ’53: Ben Hogan
1960: Arnold Palmer
1972: Jack Nicklaus
2002: Tiger Woods
2015: Jordan Spieth
SEE SPIETH, PAGE 3B
NICK
TRAVIESO
SEBASTIAN
ELIZALDE
By BRIAN LINDER
brian.linder@news-jrnl.com
The Daytona Tortugas
will wrap up
the first half
of the season
Wednesday,
and they
have given
local base-
ball fans
plenty to be exited about.
From top prospects to
title runs, here are a few
things we learned in the
first half and a few things
to look forward to in the
second:
WHAT WE LEARNED
1. Cincinnati sent a
talented group to Daytona
Buzz: Daytona might not have
featured the offensive fire-
power it possessed the past
few seasons, but the Tortugas
certainly had some eye-catch-
ing talent on the field in the
first half. Like big arms with
big-time projections? Well,
this was the team for you. Led
by first-round pick Nick Tra-
vieso, a Florida State League
All-Star; big, hard-thrower Sal
Romano and left-hander Amir
Garrett, who is on the Reds
40-man roster, this team put
some impressive throwers on
the mound. Daytona also hit
when it had to. Sebastian
Inside
Monday’s
box score,
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SEE TORTUGAS, PAGE 5B
Up Next
Who: U.S. vs. China
Where: Ottawa, Ontario
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
TV: Fox
At stake: Winner faces Germany-
France winner in a semifinal at
7 p.m. June 30 in Montreal.
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