Remember that just-for-kicks competition we started Thursday, the one among the 11 players from the 1997 U.S. Open who have returned to Congressional in 2011? Well, the ranks thinned considerably in Round 2. Only five guys made the cut. Here’s how the scoreboard looks with 36 holes to go:
The 1997 Returnees Invitational
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141 (-1) Davis Love
143 (+1) Phil Mickelson
143 (+1) Lee Westwood
144 (+2) Paddy Harrington
144 (+2) Steve Stricker
Missed Cut
147 (+5) Stewart Cink
148 (+6) Ernie Els
149 (+7) Jim Furyk
149 (+7) David Toms
150 (+8) Fred Funk
151 (+9) Robert Allenby
In our other alternative tournament, the Battle of the Bubbas, we already have a winner. Bubba Dickerson blew up Friday, shot an 81 for a 151 total, and meekly departed the premises. Bubba Watson, on the other hand, managed a 75 to finish right on the 146 cutline. So he’ll be supplying the only Bubba Magic in this Open from here on out.
