With all the rain delays, you probably thought you’d never see the end.

Lucas Glover completed a 3-foot par putt on the 18th hole to finish the 2009 U.S. Open as the golf tournament’s 109th champion. Yup, it was an anticlimactic finish to an otherwise very boring series of days playing golf on a soaked field.

Well, to be honest, every time Tiger Woods doesn’t end up with the trophy on any golf tournament, the finish would always be anticlimactic anyway. And in a stage that usually belongs to Phil Mickelson, a new star has just been born at Bethpage Black.

If fans had no idea who Lucas Glover was before he won the 109th U.S. Open, you can bet your ass they have one now. He never lost the lead in the final 12 holes despite the fact that he had absolutely nobody rooting for him when all the attention was on Mickelson.

It did look like Phil Mickelson would be having one heckuva Cinderella finish. With his wife battling breast cancer, Mickelson was the emotional favorite at Bethpage Black. The fairy-tale finish he was suppose to have turned all too familiar when he missed two very makable par putts over the last four holes to settle once again as second best.

That second place finish gave Mickelson the wrong…

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Because watching people dressed in stupid outfits play golf is just too boring.

The best golfers in the world, including the always popular matchup between Tiger and Phil, will be on display at the 2009 U.S. Open. With the NBA Finals over and baseball the only ‘’major'’ sport left on the card, sports bettors have turned their attention to other events and golf is certainly one of them.

When the US Open odds and prop betting options hit the board, bettors started taking their shots. As one might expect, Tiger Woods was the center of attention for the sports betting public at online sportsbooks.

If you’re looking to add some fun to this year’s tournament and win some free cash, check out the ‘’US Open Pick The Winners'’ contest. It’s free, easy and you can win a lot of dough.

Included in the contest matchups is who will win between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Woods comes into the 2009 U.S. Open on a winning note as he won the Memorial Tournament in Ohio two weeks ago. He hasn’t won a major this year, and at SPORTSBETTING.COM, he is listed at +125 to win no majors, +138 to win 1, +400 to take 2 and +2000 to capture the U.S. and British Opens as well as the PGA championship.

Betting volume has come in this week on…

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We’ll see soon enough if Tiger Woods is really back to his old form.

The 2009 U.S. Open Championship golf tournament promises to be an exhilarating test of pure skill as current US Open champion, Tiger Woods, is determined to defend his title.

You read it, the U.S. Open is on as the world’s top pro golfers will be forced to play accurate drives down the pinched narrow fairways and avoid the ‘’open roughs'’ before lining up their pitches and putts with careful precision in a course from hell that has been compared to ‘’trying to hit a ball on top of a VW Beetle.'’

The 2009 version will take place on the Bethpage Black course at Farmingdale, New York from June 18 to 21.

Bethpage Black is a challenging test of golf at par 71 and a staggering distance of 7,297 yards. The USGA is in charge of the U.S. Open and they make the playing conditions so difficult that only the stout of heart have a chance to win.

Two of the main challengers to Tiger Woods will be Angel Cabrera and Geoff Ogilvy; Cabrera won the U.S. Open in 2007 and Ogilvy was the champion in 2006. Henrik Stenson of Sweden, on the other hand, won the recent Players’ Championship and stamped himself as a leading contender for the U.S. Open title. Stenson was rock-solid coming down the homestretch of the Players.

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington is another threat to the…

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Tiger’s bid for a successful comeback ended on a sour note.

The 2009 Accenture Match Play Golf Championship went underway with Tiger Woods looking like his old self, at least after day one anyway.

It has been a long eight months for many golf fans as they patiently waited for the return of Tiger Woods to competitive golf. When Tiger said last Tuesday that he is at 100 percent and stronger than ever as he prepares to return to form following eight months in the shelf, golf fans breathe a sigh of relief in unison.

You see, in his last performance before undergoing surgery to repair a torn left ACL, Woods provided plenty of dramatics as he beat Rocco Mediate in a playoff to win the U.S. Open in June. Woods completed the memorable triumph at Torrey Pines despite also suffering a double stress fracture of his left tibia.

The injury did sound bad that many were uncertain whether Tiger can still be the best golfer in the game today. It was rather unfortunate that he was booted out of the tournament this early after losing to Tim Clark.

Still, despite coming off an injury, Tiger was deemed as one of the heavy favorites to win the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship. Of course, he didn’t expect his rivals like Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim, all favorites to win the tournament as well, to just roll over for him. Although…

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The Tiger is back in the jungle.

Tiger Woods, who hasn’t played a single golf tournament since his dramatic U.S. Open win last June, said he would return to the links this week to tee it up in the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Woods has been sidelined since he won his 14th major at Torrey Pines. Just days after the tense playoff victory over Rocco Mediate, the world’s top golfer announced he would undergo season-ending knee surgery. As a result, he missed the year’s final two majors, the Open Championship and the PGA, along with the Ryder Cup.

More than eight months after Woods winced and wobbled on one good leg to win the U.S. Open, the world’s No.1 golfer said his reconstructed left knee and his game were in good enough shape to compete.

He signed up for the 2009 Accenture Match Play Championship, which begins Wednesday just outside Tucson, Ariz., and where Woods will hit his first real shot in 253 days.

The return of Woods was welcomed by the PGA Tour, which has seen television ratings plummet in his absence. Even the players, whom Woods has routinely beaten while compiling 65 victories, began skipping events as well.

In the eight months that Woods has been gone, Padraig Harrington won two majors, the Americans won the Ryder Cup and Vijay Singh won the FedEx Cup…

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Well, we’re really not sure if the caddie indeed called Mickelson that, but still, it would’ve been nice.

The fact of the matter is, the caddie representing the world’s most popular golfer, (yes, that’s Tiger Woods…) just blasted Tiger’s nemesis, Phil Mickelson, with some comments he probably never anticipated to go public.

Tiger’s caddie, Steve Williams, drew Phil Mickelson’s ire when he had these comments about the world’s third-ranked golfer during an event in New Zealand. ‘’I wouldn’t call Mickelson a great player, ’cause I hate the [expletive].'’

During an interview the very next day, Williams still had more comments about Phil Mickelson, saying, ‘’I don’t particularly like the guy. He pays me no respect at all and hence I don’t pay him any respect. It’s no secret we don’t get along either.'’

Of course, it was only a matter of time before Phil Mickelson learned about the caddie’s remarks. Mickelson then put out this statement through his representatives.

‘’After seeing Steve Williams’ comments all I could think of was how lucky I am to have a class act like Bones on my bag and representing me.'’

Mickelson’s caddie, Jim MacKay, is nicknamed ‘’Bones.'’

Oh, in case you were wondering, yeah, Tiger Woods also found out what his…

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Well waddaya’ know, we have the first guy to take advantage of Tiger Woods’ absence.

But wait, Padraig Harrington did win the British Open last year too right? And after he won yet again, winning the 2008 British Open, you have to wonder if we’ll have a different story if Tiger did play or not.

You read it, Padraig Harrington bagged the 137th Open Championship, winning the title for the second straight year after beating both Greg Norman and Ian Poulter. He is now a back-to-back British Open champion people, and if you don’t know the guy before, you SHOULD now.

Two weeks ago, nobody probably predicted Padraig Harrington will have a re-peat, if you will. Harrington was at home practicing with an injured left wrist. And as the 14th ranked player in the world, he was not 100 percent sure he can continue to play in the Open Championship.

Adding insult to injury, Harrington tweaked the wrist again a day before the British Open starts, then saying his chances of finishing the Open were just 50-50. Lady luck sure have a nasty sense of humor eh?

‘’If you ask, me my best trait over the years, it’s always been my ability to…'’

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You read it, and you’ll never guess who’s back on top.

After almost getting it done against Tiger Woods in the U.S. Open, many did not expect Rocco Mediate to have the strong start that he had in the 2008 British Open Championship and carry on with the momentum he had at Torrey Pines.

Lo and behold, Rocco Mediate shot a 1-under 69 to share the first round lead at The 137th Open Championship with Robert Allenby and Graeme McDowell. After having a taste of superstardom after earning a playoff match with Tiger at the U.S. Open, he’ll be having more than just a taste if Mediate keeps this up.

‘’It was just one of those rounds,'’ Rocco Mediate said. ‘’It was just up and down and up and down and a couple of birdies, and here we are. I would have been ecstatic with 73 or 74 today. I’m ecstatic with this one. This was a lot of fun.'’

Mediate was under the weather so to speak, coming to the latest tournament on the golf course. His bad back was well documented and putting that back on display against a temperature as low as the low 50s, not to mention the wind gusting up to 25 mph, nobody was…

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Yes, the world’s most popular golfer is unsure when he’ll be a golfer again.

That’s right, with Tiger Woods having undergone surgery, now wearing a knee brace and would need to be in crutches for at least three weeks, the world’s No.1 golfer is uncertain when he’ll be able to make a return to the golf course and play competitively.

Woods, speaking for the first time since his reconstructive surgery on June 24, didn’t have any timetable whatsoever to speak of when he made his first public remarks for the media since his operation.

‘’I really don’t know,'’ Tiger Woods said during a conference call to promote his AT&T National, a tournament near Washington, D.C., that he hosts but will be unable to attend.

‘’We’ll have to see how this thing heals and everyone heals at a different rate. Some six months, some at nine and some at 12. To be honest with you, no one really knows until we start the rehab process and see how this thing goes.'’

‘’My ACL wasn’t all that great to begin with,'’ he said. ‘’There wasn’t a whole lot left. You need to train and develop your hamstring and glutes as much as possible to hold it. Everyone was surprised it lasted as long as…'’

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Wha?!? You expected a virtual unknown that goes by the name ‘’Rocco'’ beat him?

I thought so. The 2008 U.S. Open is finally over with Tiger Woods, the very guy everybody knew will win, won it. Tiger defeated 158th ranked golfer Rocco Mediate last Monday to add another trophy to his name.

Yep, the the two-month layoff didn’t bother Tiger Woods. Hell, he wasn’t even favoring his knee after having surgery on it that put him out of the game for about eight weeks. With both his knee and his heart throbbing, he masterfully delivered in the clutch like most games he played with a club.

The U.S. Open playoff ended with Tiger beating a somewhat gritty Rocco Mediate, a victory that even Tiger himself found surprising. (Of course, it’s not THAT surprising to us. He is after all, Tiger Woods, but hey, we’ll go with it…)

‘’I think this is probably the best ever,'’ Tiger Woods said. ‘’All things considered, I don’t know how I ended up in this position, to be honest with you. It was a long week. A lot of doubt, a lot of questions going into the week. And here we are, 91 holes later.'’

Some say that the conclusion to the 2008 U.S. Open made it the…

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