Try the US Open Trivia Quiz below. There are 20 questions and you’ll get your score at the end plus a chance to view the answers.

Do you have your own blog or site? If you do then you are welcome to grab a copy of this quiz and use it as wish. It’s quite easy to edit the questions and make it your very own. the download link and brief instruction page link are shown below.

Click here to DOWNLOAD the U.S. Open Quiz for use on your site.

***INSTRUCTIONS ON ADDING THE U.S. OPEN QUIZ TO YOUR SITE***

1. ABOUT THE FILES

There are two essential files: assessment.swf (this is the “engine” to the quiz and does all the clever stuff) and assessment.xml (this is the data file and feeds the questions and text to the “engine”)
The assessment.html file “houses” the quiz and will display it – you do not necessarily need this file although you will need to include the HTML from the beginning <object> to ending </object> tags somewhere in a page on your site.

2. PUTTING THE FILES ON YOUR SITE

The assessment.swf and assessment.xml must be placed in the same folder/directory.
The assessment.html file specifies the location of the assessment.swf (it is specified to http://www.opsgolf.com/USOpenQuiz/assessment.swf meaning that the files being used by the quiz will be on the opsgolf.com site unless you change this location). You can change that location to wherever you like as long as it is where the xml and swf reside.
Note: You’ll need to change the location in two separate places within the <object> tags.

3. EDITING THE QUIZ

You can edit the xml file to customize the quiz. You can even use the file to make an entirely different quiz if you wish. Just be sure to use the same syntax and format as the original file.

4. NOTE FOR WORDPRESS USERS

If you use WordPress then be careful that your version does not include the bug/ feature that changes <embed> tags to <ibed> tags since that will interfere with how the files are displayed.

5. If you need any help please feel free to contact ty@opsgolf.com

Just avoiding work here. Waiting for coverage to start and watching the preview show.

Stephen Ames has had a good day. Have to support him since he’s almost as old as me plus he’s lives in the same city as me; Calgary. Tiger has just bogeyed to go one-over and, gasp, he’s nine back and his name was just mentioned in the same sentence as the word “cut”.

Oh, and what’s this, Harry Potter is 3 under after 5 and right in contention. Hold on, it’s actually Justin Rose. I just saw the head shot so it’s a case of mistaken identity. But Justin Rose is certainly the closest thing to Harry Putter in this year’s field.

Coverage has started and it’s gotten underway with a recap of Tiger’s start. I’m going to ignore him from here on today since, eh, eh, just since I feel like it.

Quiet moment here. Just time to recall a story form earlier in the week in which Paul Azinger reportedly called Nick Faldo as “prick.” My thoughts on that? Maybe he used to come across like a bit of one when he was in his heyday but he seems to be a fairly nice chap these days. Azinger on the other hand? Perhaps he gets this week’s “Mr Pot” award.

Watching Ian Poulter right now. Colorful character, and great golfer but I see a chiropractor in his future. Still, wasn’t that a suitably funky hole-in-one he got in the first round?

And I feel I have to say this; Augusta doesn’t look that tough a course! The fairways are huge, hardly any rough, and the greens are massive – plus there’s no kids running on a stealing golf balls (yes, that’s the type of course I learned on). What’s that I hear you say? Well no actually, no I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Ah, here’s my first look at the 12th, and the “wind is just picking up.” Dang, they’ve switched to cover Tiger’s eagle attempt at the 8th.

Cool; Poulter just made a 2 at sixteen – that’s a total of 3 for two days. And Tiger missed that eagle but made birdie.

Another bloody advert! And we’ve just had Augusta’s vice-chairman on telling us about the 56 out of 60 minutes coverage for every hour. I guess we’re spoiled.

Interesting stat: Harry Potter is playing his 4th Masters and he’s led/ co-led after the 1st round in three of them. Remarkable!

Now we’re listening to Gary Player. Never been a big fan of his but playing 51 straight Masters is quite a feat.

What? Here’s another advert. Get me Augusta on the phone right away.

The 10th at Augusta always seems to cause problems. Must be tough. Rarely see anyone close in two and everyone seems happy to get off the green with par.

Here’s something. Michael Thomson, an amateur, right on the cut, just called a penalty on himself for the ball moving as he addressed it on the green. Really distinguishes golf from other pro sports. That said, f**king stupid rule.

Just had a brain movement!

It has to do with the trouble that golf course makers are having with all those pros who are hitting the golf ball further and further and further. The tees can only be pushed back so far. And let’s be honest, we can’t have 300 yard par threes and five hundred yard par fours; it’s just not right.

So what’s the solution? It’s really rather simple and, though I say it myself, it’s somewhat brilliant; Simply do away with the tee peg. When you think about it, the tee peg is really a bit of an oddity in a game where we’re expected to play out of divots and hit plugged balls in the rough. Why should we (or maybe just those long hitting pros) be able to cheat the golf course with such a yardage enhancer.

Just watched Jim Furyk successfully defend his Canadian Open title. There’s something about that swing that I love
– it’s weird, but strangely attractive, not to mention extremely effective. And kudos to Jimmy for making the trip
north when so few of his mates could join him. Too bad he didn’t take his hat off at the presentation but, having
seen his rarely exposed and follicly challenged hairstyle, I understand.

Another swing I like is Old Tom Watson’s. Remarkable coincidence given that he just won the British Senior Open Championship today in Scotland. It hasn’t seemed to change that much over the years. Just one of the simplest up-and-down actions I can think of. By the way, wonder why those pompous R&A folks haven’t dropped the “British” from the title of this championship – you know, like they’ve done with the Open Championship that was played last week. Do you think someone should tell them that no one else in the world (the place outside, and all around the
magnificent R&A clubhouse at St. Andrews) calls it anything other than the British Open?

What else do I like?

I like how golf cheats get labeled as such for life; try googling “vijay singh cheat” to see what I’m on about.
I like how the pros react when they watch a competitor miss a put that would tie or beat them on the 72nd hole. It’s so convincing that I’m beginning to suspect that they are actually sincere about it. If it’s not, it must be really hard to fake.
I like how Jean Van de Velde still appears to be unbothered by his monumental f#<&-up at Carnoustie in 1999. I’ve started thinking that he really means it. Bravo to him if he does.
I like the way Geoff Ogilvy acts around the golf course. I saw a program featuring himself where he indicated a sports head doctor had sorted out his overly wound up attitude on the course. When you watch him play it really does look like he doesn’t care what happens. I wish I could be like that.

Here are some things that I don’t like in golf in no particular order.

Carts: I know that some people wouldn’t be able to golf without them so I’ll excuse that group. To everyone else I simply ask, “why?” You’re meant to walk. It’s simple. It’s the only way to properly enjoy the game. Carts are just wrong. OK, maybe in desert sun they’re less wrong – but they are still wrong. And as for courses that don’t allow walking? Totally wrong.

Alcohol: I enjoy more beer than I should and I’ve got no problems with drunks as long as they don’t drive, fight, or talk to non-drunks. But I don’t understand why people think they can successfully mix alcohol and golf. To me golfing time is precious time and I don’t want any of it to wasted. I can drink for most of the other 163 hours in the week. Golf is difficult. Overcoming the difficulty is what makes it fun. Why make overcoming the difficulty harder/ impossible? Get pissed after the game!

Ryder Cup: In the good old days, when nobody really cared about this, it was fun for the Brits and the occasional Irishman to play with and lose to the world’s best golfers. And the Americans so courteously applied the whipping – re: Nicklaus’ 4-foot (or whatever it was) concession to Tony Jacklin in 1973 (or whenever it was) to tie the overall match. Then Ballesteros happened and the rest of Europe joined in to try and even the contest. This was successful and we had ourselves an even battle – much more watchable. It was a fairer fight. But, unlike hockey, there’s no fights in golf and there shouldn’t be any crowds chanting, captains dancing, and fists pumping, which leads me to #4 – Fist pumping.

Fist pumping: First let’s distinguish between a modest closed-fist motion when holing a big put in strokeplay (OK) and the Sergio Garcia-like Ryder Cup antics (not OK). I think Tiger Woods is great and I’ve no problem with how he carries himself (like he cares what I think?) but if I had had one wish ……Tiger, cool it with the fist.

Bad phrases: I’m glad to say that I haven’t recently heard anyone say “golfing the ball” or “golf the ball”, maybe they’ve gone out of vogue: I certainly hope so. I still get annoyed when I recall them though, and wait nervously for the latest evolution of “golfer speak.”

The above is negative, I know so I’ll conclude by saying that I like pretty much everything else about golf.

I didn’t watch all the coverage although I did see more than I usually do. This was probably down to my not too uncommon perversion for enjoying seeing golf megastars suffering. While most golfers would give their first born to even just attend as a spectator, these elite white ball whackers are complaining that it’s a wee bit cold.

One snippet that did stick in my mind was Tiger’s approach to 17 on Sunday. Two back of Zach and in perfect shape in the fairway, the maestro lofts his approach short right into the bunker, severely denting whatever chances he had of a birdie, birdie finish. The look on his face was one of total disbelief. This, together with his “what just happened there?” uttering directed at the world, got me to thinking about what was really happening in Tiger’s head. Was he mad with Caddie Steve, or was it the wind, or was it both? Does he really have so much control that an unexpected blow from the golf gods leaves him flummoxed? I thought at first he was just being a bit of a brat, but when I ponder a little longer I suspect the “what just happened there” comment shows just how good Tiger thinks he his. I think his confidence is as admirable as it is unlikeable and it’s a major part of what makes him great.

All that said, it would have been nice to be close enough to respond with a “you fu<&ed-up Tiger.”

What else?

That Zach Johnson seems like a nice enough fellow.