U.S. Open at Winged Foot: Monday and Tuesday photos

[Steve_ Shaffer]

Anthony

Take a look at John Hawkins piece on the greens:

http://blogs.golfdigest.com/hawkins/2006/06/putting_the_bes.html

[Gordon Oneil]

Michael and the rest of you gentlemen,
I have been fortunate to have been invited to compete in several John G. Anderson tournaments over the years, although I haven't been back since I permanently banished my clubs to the garage almost 5 years ago.  But whether or not you've been to the Foot in person or seen it on television, I have never seen such excellent photos that truly reflect the nature of the golf course.
Amateur photographer or not, well done Michael.
Gordon

[Martin Del Vecchio]

How long was #3 playing for TW to hit fairway metal?

The card has it at 243 yards.  Tiger can hit his 2-iron 270, so I imagine he could hit 2-iron, 3-iron, or even 4-iron here.

But I think he carries the 5-wood to get a higher trajectory on these shots into the green.  

[Nick Church]

Great photos.  Thank you so much for sharing.

What kind of camera did you use (if you don't mind me asking)?

Those greens are incredible.  Sink or swim to be a member there.  I can't imagine how well their members do when they play outside the club.  Other greens must seem juvenile to them.

[Martin Del Vecchio]

What kind of camera did you use (if you don't mind me asking)?

You don't have to ask; the information is in the .JPG file.  It's a Canon PowerShot G3, then fixed up (or just resized, perhaps) with Adobe PhotoShop CS on a Macintosh.

This makes the achievement even more outstanding, as this is a 5-year-old 4-megapixel point-and-shoot camera.  

[Anthony_Nysse]

Looks like I can answer my own question......

http://gcm.typepad.com/photos/2006_us_open_tuesday/usopentuesday_031.html

Tony Nysse
Asst. Supt.
Long Cove Club
HHI, SC

[Gene Greco]

Michael:

    I believe your composite of pictures does in fact capture the ferocity of the 18th green very well. Thanks for sharing.  

[Mike_Sweeney]

Caddybytes also has a good tour of the back 9:

http://tinyurl.com/m2zz5

[Garry Cox]

Mike:  You really captured the essence of the challenge that awaits the golfers this week.  Beautiful photography.

Garry

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Michael,
 Your expertise with a camera is showing that your learning a thing or two in South Bend!

Go Irish!

Call me.

[Ed Gulewitz]

These are great pics, very valued to those of us who can't be at the venue.
Thanks!!!!

[Michael Kim]

For this photo, where was Stevie ... ?

With modern digital cameras, shutterclicks should be silent ...

Mike,

I may not be a professional photographer, but I do have common sense and understand what is appropriate and what isn't. I turned off the shutter sound on my camera so I would not distract Tiger. And Steve Williams can't do anything anyways since it is a practice round and cameras are allowed.