European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June stars stripes Page 39 open question is Baddeley another Zach Johnson re Crmim Hap pit by John Harper new York daily news the temptation is to say its Tiger Woods is at the top of the open Leader Board with a Bunch of unproven Young guns who have no idea How bad their Knees will be shaking on the first tee on its like the neighbourhood kids with their Piggy Banks trying to commentary outbid Donald Trump and keep the Corner comic Book store from becoming a Condo development right that what years of watching Tiger win majors has trained us All to its True that he has never won a major in which he trailed going into the final but sunday he starts two strokes behind Aaron Badde with the Chance to intimidate the Young australian in the final Aaron Baddeley suffice to say vegas would make Tiger a prohibitive but it was Only two months ago at the masters that everyone was handing him his 13th major when he began the final sunday one stroke behind Stuart and to and be a nobody from Iowa named Zach Johnson took the Green jacket right off his what if it want the Fluke of All flukes what theres a new wave of contenders that wont faint in tigers presence on major sundays the Way Davis love and Ernie Els and a tray Singh and even Phil Mickelson did for so Many years what if or Justin or Paul All of them under 30 years turns into Zach Johnson on sunday perhaps More to the what if like Mariano Riv int quite the lock Down closer he once was after he did take the Lead during that final round at the Only to let it slip then if Tiger plays any thing like he did shoot Fri 0 a winners name will randomly drawn from those in Happy birthday America shopping at Winner will receive an cafes or nex gift card or a shopping spree w an appropriate design a birthday Jird in Honor of United states of americas birthday july 4 and write a greeting to a deployed service the gift Fard May be used for merchandise items purchased May not be be turned for Cash Register your card online at under the Happy birthday America shopping spree link and print out a registration form to affix to the Back of your card Tomlin file your ing a 69 with a near perfect bal striking round on the unforgiving Oakmont its hard to imagine him but in some that what makes you wonder if Tiger just int quite As bulletproof As he was for so Many when do you Ever see him fail to take advantage of such Brilliant Golf the Way he did yesterday anybody can have one of those Days with the burning the Edge of the Hole time after its just that Tiger has always seemed capable of willing the Ball into the Hole when he played at such a High knowing he was crushing the Hopes of the other he hit 17 of 18 greens in Regula a remarkable but made Only two Birdie with a hot Putter he could have had a Johnny Miller like per haps Matching that historic 63 that Miller shot on sunday to win the 1973 open Here at instead he not Only failed to take advantage of All the but gave the contenders Hope by making his Only bogey of the Day on the 18th id be miffed if i hit bad said but i hit Good he explained some of the misses by saying he had to putt defensively at with All of the Speed and undulation on these and certainly there is some truth to but if s also True that the Urga was kind to the players on watering these greens on Friday night and saturday slowing them to a manageable Speed after All the train wrecks in round maybe it was just one of those and Tiger will make it a moot Point sunday by out playing Baddeley and the if he keeps finding the Fairway till probably take a heroic round to beat its just possible the tide is turning in Golf Ever so As sure As Tiger int the lock from 10 feet on the greens that he was in his there finally May be a new wave of Young golfers that relishes the idea of dueling with the Best player in the Johnson had the right Well see about some eight years ago he was a teenage billed As a Tiger in the and he embraced such declaring publicly that wanted to be the Best in the he was humbled on the pea failing to win a tournament until last but he won another one earlier this year and looks to be blossoming at age i was a Little bit Badde Ley said but i was speaking from my in a Dif Ferent person like night and Ive worked my whole life to be in this position so in going to embrace in very comfortable playing with Tiger in a i like How Many times have we heard other golfers Mouth similar Only to come away from a sunday pairing with Tiger wondering what hit them so does Tiger restore order on sunday or did Zach Johnson change All of that