The newest U.S. Open Anchor Site!
Merion Golf Club joins Pinehurst, Oakmont and Pebble Beach as the fourth Anchor Site, allowing us to invest in the future of our national championship.
We're glad he took his rightful place in the Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 right alongside his legendary 1999 men's golf team, which remains the only Spiders golf team to reach the NCAA National Championship.
@davidpollack47@WakeFB 3rd win against Top 25 team in last 17 games (9-4 last year, 3-1 this year)
Beat Miss State in Bowl game last year. Know one knows
😳 🎩 👊
@dannykanell 3rd win against Top 25 team in last 17 games (9-4 last year, 3-1 this year)
Bowl game win over SEC (Miss State) to end last year. No one knows. 😳 🎩 👊
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
Merion - All 18 - One Shot
Like Scorsese’s legendary continuous tracking shot of Henry and Karen entering the Copa, here’s all 18 holes with no cuts at Merion.
It’s often hard to get a sense of scale or an idea of the routing when looking at a photo of a course. This continuous video gives a wonderful look at Merion’s brilliant routing and the way the course uses every inch of its cozy property.
And as you can see, with the U.S. Amateur a week away, Paul Latshaw and crew have this golf course tuned to absolute perfection.