Visit to McCarthy's Hometown...........Kenny Mayne

Friday, July 6, 2007

US Senior Open begins at Whistling Straits

The day started out hot and sunny, but play was suspended at 5:05 p.m. because of lightning in the area. The course was buffeted by high winds and rain and the round was postponed at 6:15.
Scoring conditions were ideal in the morning, but the breeze picked up in the afternoon.

Twenty-six groups (78 players), the full afternoon portion of the 156-player field, had not finished when play was called. The first round was to resume at 7 a.m. today with the second round scheduled to start at 8.

Eduardo Romero, fired a 6-under-par 66 at Whistling Straits and took the lead in the first round of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday. Romero lives just a few blocks from Angel Cabrera. this years US Open Champion in Cordoba, Argentina.

Read more about Romero and the US Senior Open from Gary D'Amato's article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=629064

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