Arnold Palmer has been going through the longest goodbye in history.

An article in The Pilot, a local Pinehurst paper show that local reaction to the US Open is varied.

I don’t personally think I’d be very happy about it. Saturday afternoons in the fall here in Ann Arbor are a nightmare as 100,000+ people descend on the town to see the University of Michigan Woverines—temporarily doubling the town’s population. It’s a nightmare. I keep a list of the Wolverines’ schedule just so I can schedule my Saturdays to avoid the traffic. I imagine that hosting the US Open would be a lot like that—only it lasts a week.

Amazon’s running a deal right now where you get $5 off a future purchase when you subscribe to a magazine through them.  The magazines include Golf , Golf Digest, and Golf World. The deal also includes a couple of others that I get: Wired, and Men’s Journal.

Here’s the ridiculous item of the week: Golf Painted Reader & Case

The only thing is, I’m pretty sure my mother-in-law would like these.

Scott Wraight from Sports Illustrated dot Com has a list of his top nine golf achievements: Nelson’s 11 Straight Wins, Nicklaus’ 18 Majors, Tiger’s 142 straight cuts, Nelson’s 18 win season, Tiger’s 52 rounds of par or better and so on.

I have only a couple of quibbles. I think that number three—right behind Nicklaus’ 18 majors is Nicklaus’ 19 seconds in Majors. Tiger may get 18, but I don’t see him finishing second 19 times.

The other is that Sam Snead won PGA Tour events in four different decades.

Jack Fleck’s 1955 US Open Victory over Ben Hogan is one of the most amazing in golf. An article in The Morning Call catches up with the now-83-year-old Fleck.

Hale Irwin turns 60 next week, but you wouldn’t know it from his play. At an age when many are thinking abouti becoming ceremonial starters, Irwin is still winning tournaments. And now he says his goal is to win all of the Senior majors.