Cryptogram 15 Answer

"It's going to be difficult, but you learn as you go and everybody has got to play, so I don't see any problem." _ Zach Johnson

Cryptogram 15

It just dawned on me that I won't have computer access tomorrow, so here's a quick cryptogram. All the players on the Players Advisory Council seem very enthusiastic about the new FedEx Cup plan. Zach Johnson's closing thoughts on next year:

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Cryptogram 14 Answer

"Everything was easy. After the first hole it was kind of a freak of nature I think." - Ben Curtis

Cryptogram 14

Ben Curtis: Uh-oh, I'm not the only player under 30 with a major anymore. Maybe it's time for me to win something again. Okay, so that's not a real quote, but here's what he did have to say after his opening round of 62:

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Mini-Crostic 15 Answer

A. (Rocco) Mediate, B. (Peter) Kostis, C. Hank Haney, D. Mute, E. Thirty, F. Desist, G. (Francis) Ouimet, H. Stat, I. Book
"It's not the birdies you make (in these type of courses), it's the mistakes that you don't make." - Colin Montgomerie

Mini-Crostic 15

One last word from the U.S. Open from one of Colin Montgomery's early round interviews:

A.		2000 Buick Open champion(L)		_		_		_		_		_		_		_
				30		29		45		11		40		6		36
B.		McCord's golf school partner(L)		_		_		_		_		_		_
				35		46		16		27		1		26
C.		O'Meara's swing coach(F,L)		_		_		_		_		_		_		_	_		_
				8		21		47		22		39		34		4	15		42
D.		Speechless		_		_		_		_
				20		44		25		9
E.		Bobby Jones Grand Slam, Nineteen _____		_		_		_		_		_		_
				33		28		24		12		41		17
F.		Abstain		_		_		_		_		_		_
				13		52		37		31		3		48
G.		First amateur U.S. Open champ(L)		_		_		_		_		_		_
				5		19		14		49		23		38
H.		Scoring average or GIR		_		_		_		_
				32		7		50		2
I.		Harvey Penick's Little Red ____		_		_		_		_
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"If you get yourself in the right mindset, anyone can do it out here when it's tough." - Geoff Ogilvy

Scramble-Up 14

First off, I am absolutely thrilled that Geoff Ogilvy is now a major champion although I certainly wasn't looking for anything as ugly as the way everyone else handled that 18th hole. I hadn't been that on the edge of my seat since Phil's 2004 Masters. That's how much I was rooting for Geoff this year. (Okay, I'll admit he was my second choice after David Howell tanked on Friday, but still.) I have a good quote from Monty that sums up this Open quite well, but it will have to wait until Friday's Mini-Crostic as the winner gets the honors.

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Crypto-Set 1 Answers

Hazeltine, Merion, Oakland Hills, Colonial, Inverness, Southern Hills, Shinnecock, Olympic Club, Baltusrol, Pebble Beach

Crypto-Set 1

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