Colin montgomerie trudging up the hill here. A long week at oak tree, as he tries to become just the third player from scotland to win a usga championship in the last 87 years. Earlier, we told you tommy armour was the first in the 1927 u. S. Open at oakmont of all places, where monty had a shot back in 1994. You see gene sauers moving very slowly up that 18th fairway. Dan, i cant help think back to that playoff on that british open where tom watson made a makable putt, a chance to win. Went into the aggregate playoff with stewart cink and it was like he had no energy like. Deflated . Exactly. You kind of get that sense with gene. Look at him, his heads down. I dont know, he said he hit a good putt on the final hole. Its almost like he resigned himself to the fact that was my chance. Well, gary, i wrote down the year before the playoff started. I just wrote down par, par, par. I thought that that would do it. Absolutely. Two very difficult holes. To 18. Sauers to play first, rog. 186 u