July 10, 2009, at 3:03 am
If your a long time golf fan, you probaly know who Lee Janzen is. If you’ve ever read
A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein, you deffonetly know who Lee Janzen is. Janzen is one of the many golfers chronicled in Feinstein’s 1995 masterpiece detailing life on the PGA Tour. Coincidentally, I just finished reading A Good Walk Spoiled on Wednesday afternoon. Was it Next Man Up? No. But it was close, and certainly a must read.
Although Janzen is not one of the more prominantly featured players in the book. Feinstein talks a lot about how Janzen skyrocked to fame after a U.S Open win in 1988, but never quite reached the pottential that man thought he had. Janzen’s career has been a gigantic roller coaster- fluxuating between the highest of highs and absolute mediocrity. Case in point- Janzen has not won since his second U.S Open triumph in 1998.
Now, I don’t know if day one of the John Deere classic in Silvis, Illinois would qualify as anything close to a U.S Open win. But for a guy that hasn’t won in eleven years, at least its something. Janzen shot a seven under 64 yesterday. This tied him at the top with Darron Stiles. Stiles has had a brutal year, making only two of twelve cuts. His highest finish came at the Zurich Classic when he tied for 34th. Something tells me that this will be a one day bit of glory for Darron.
Janzen actully had an outright lead on the 18th hole yesterday, but boggeyed it to allow Stiles to creep into the first place cabin.
J.J Henry, Matt Bettencourt, and Dean Wilson are one stroke off the lead.
Defending champ and my pick for player of the year, Kenny Perry, shot a three under 68 and sits tied for 24th. Tommorow will be about making a move up the leaderboard to put him in striking distance for the weekend. Perry had three bogeys in the first round.
Early returns are that David Duval has not returned from the dead. It looks like the U.S Open may have been a fluke after all. Duval shot a four over 75 in the first round and sits tied for 140th place. He has to play vertully perfect golf today to even think about the weekend. Looks like we may be looking at Duval’s 10th missed cut of the season.
Hey, I hate working weekends too.
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