OAKMONT, Pa. -- From Z to A.
The Grand Slam of Golf is half-set for 2007 with Zach Johnson and Angel Cabrera.
Maybe some up-and-comer like Tiger Woods or Vijay Singh can win the British Open or PGA Championship and join Zach and Angel in Bermuda this fall.
You know a golf course is difficult when Tiger Woods can't find a birdie on the back nine holes on Sunday, and that was Oakmont Country Club. Johnson said before this U.S. Open began that the story of the tourney would be the course, and it was. Cabrera bogeyed 16 and 17, but won because Fuyrk bogeyed 17 and Woods couldn't find any magic down the stretch.
But Cabrera earned it. His 69 was the only under-par round Sunday of anyone who finished on the leaderboard.
Johnson played two groups from the final pairing on Sunday at Augusta. Woods played in the final twosome, but tied for second. Cabrera played four groups from the last pairing here Sunday. Woods again played in the final twosome.
So the two majors champions this year are from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Cordoba, Argentina. Makes sense to me. Iowa beef and Argentinian beef. From A(ngel) to Z(ach).