Rocco Mediate qualified for the U.S. Open on Monday at Columbus, Ohio, but only after an intense playoff involving 11 players.
Mediate, who played at Florida Southern in the mid-1980s, shot 72-67 to earn one of 23 spots at the sectional qualifier played at Brookside Golf and Country Club and the Ohio State University Scarlet Course.
But Mediate, who lives in Naples, had to survive the playoff that decided the final seven spots at Columbus, one of 13 sectionals played on Monday across the nation.
Bart Bryant of Winter Garden, the younger brother of Brad Bryant of Lakeland, qualified at Columbus, the runner-up behind medalist Carl Pettersson with rounds of 69-65.
Mediate will joiner former Florida Southern teammate Lee Janzen of Orlando at the U.S. Open June 12-15 at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Janzen, a Lakeland High graduate, was exempt from qualifying.
Mediate was one of seven former FSC golfers competing in the sectionals.
Marco Dawson of Lakeland, also a teammate of Janzen and Mediate, fell short in the sectional at Cordova, Tenn. Dawson fired a 65 in the morning round, but slipped to a 74 and missed the playoff by two strokes. That qualifier was held at Colonial Country Club and Chickasaw Country Club.
Darron Stiles was one of nine players in the playoff for the final spot at Cordova, but finished third and settled for the first alternate spot. Stiles, who shot 68-69, will play in the Open if one of the 14 golfers who qualified drops out. But that's not likely.
In the sectional qualifier at Tequesta, Drew Mathews of Winter Haven shot 75-73 at the Jupiter Hills Club and fell seven shots short of a playoff for the final spot. Joey Lamielle of Sarasota earned the third and final spot at Tequesta in a lengthy playoff Tuesday morning with Julian Suri of St. Augustine and Rod Perry of Port Orange. Lamielle holed a 15-foot putt for birdie on the ninth playoff hole to advance, eliminating Suri. Perry dropped out on the third playoff hole as Lamielle and Suri made birdies.
B.J. Pitzen of Lakeland, a former Moc who advanced from the local qualifier at Lone Palm on May 5, shot 70-74 at Columbus to miss the playoff by five strokes. And Matt Stauch, an upcoming junior at Florida Southern, posted rounds of 76-78 at Columbus.
Zoran Ilic of Lakeland, a former FSC player who also advanced at Lone Palm, failed to qualify at Lake Forest, Ill. Ilic shot 77-71 at Conway Farms Golf Club, missing by seven strokes.
And former Moc Steve Sokol of Connecticut came up short at Purchase, N.Y. Sokol shot 73-72, two strokes from a playoff.
Fernando Figueroa of Chapel Hill, N.C., the medalist at Lone Palm, qualified for the Open at Springfield Country Club in Columbus, which was the site of two different sectionals. Figueroa, who fired a 10-under-par 62 at Lone Palm, shot a pair of 67s to finish third and gain one of six spots awarded.
Chip Deason of Jacksonville and Josh McCumber of Orange Park, the other two players who advanced at Lone Palm, didn't qualify. Deason shot 73-72 at Roswell, Ga., to miss by 11 strokes. McCumber carded a pair of 71s to miss a playoff by one shot at Lake Forest.
2008年6月14日 星期六
What they said: Rocco Mediate
ROCCO MEDIATE: Bet you didn't think I'd be back here, did you?
Q. Congratulations.
ROCCO MEDIATE: Thank you. I had a blast.
Q. Describe your day.
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's just -- I started out -- I played as good a front nine as I could play. I think I hit every fairway and a couple of greens, a couple of fringes. It's my favorite kind of golf. It's hard. Most of us are not machines, especially myself. I missed a few on the back nine and I had to pay.
I love this type of golf. This golf course is set up so nice, it's good. But it's my favorite tournament.
Q. You've been in this position before. Can you take from those other times and be able to maybe now take that next step?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I know what it's going to be on the weekend is putting. Hopefully I'll be able to hit the ball as well as I did today and keeping it in front of me the next two days. It's going to get harder and tighten down and not get easier. There are a lot of people chasing everybody. Who knows who will lead. It's going to be hard and you have to deal with it. Around par is going to win this, but the way things look, who knows.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: Yesterday I played early. Today the poa is sticking up a bit. I grew up on this stuff. I misread a lot of putts early, I thought they were a lot faster and I left them short and I should have known better. They're fine. It's set up great.
Q. You struggled before and have not been able to play the way you wanted. How do you feel right now?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I feel absolutely perfect. I have no problems. Is there any wood up here? I have no problems.
Q. It's good to be back in position?
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's great. I don't have many mornings left. I'm in a great spot. We'll see what happens.
Q. What is your game plan for tomorrow?
ROCCO MEDIATE: They're hard to hit.
Q. You seemed relaxed. Is that a result of being out in front?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I'm like that all the time. I do the same thing, it doesn't matter. Everyone says -- I'm playing pretty good in a U.S. Open, how could I be angry? I was pretty pleased. It will be nerve-wracking and insane the next few days.
Q. The fact the sun didn't come out, was that --
ROCCO MEDIATE: It came out early early. You guys say marine layer. Like Curtis said, it's fog for most people. The wind laid down a little bit, but not like it was late yesterday morning and early afternoon. It had to help. It didn't get any firmer yesterday.
Q. Yesterday the sun was out.
ROCCO MEDIATE: Yeah, so it was firmer. It laid down all day. The fog came in -- the marine layer came in all day.
Q. What's making this golf course so difficult?
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's that word, the U.S. Open thing they have on most of the pins. It's so hard. The greens are so firm. They're not really firm, they're not real, real firm yet, but they're plenty. You see the scores -- a lot of guys said this golf course will play much easier for a U.S. Open. If somebody gets to 3-under, it's 3-under par, and it's not going to get easier on the weekend. It seems like they always run first day is easiest, second day is a little harder and it keeps going.
Q. How do you compare this to other Opens?
ROCCO MEDIATE: This is the best. It's perfect. Nothing is wrong. The pins are all good. He put 18 up two days, I like to see that. 13 was way back today. I think that's great. And the 3 and 16 changes, I think that's a great idea. They're doing a great job. I think most of the guys will say the same thing. I haven't heard any complaining this week.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: That's the dream. That's what you want. I mean you don't get a lot of chances to play with the best player that does anything, especially at my age. And I played with him a lot -- not a lot, several times over the years. And it's quite a -- it's awesome. I mean you want that. You want that.
Q. How much does your attitude about The Open affect you? How much do you think that comes into play and how you're doing?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I just like a golf course where you have to be precise. I happen to be starting to play better and I'm feeling better and I'm moving the ball pretty good right now. I'm putting it where I want most of the time. It's not going to happen all the time. And that's what you have to deal with. I'm doing a job. But I like the fact that I need to make 8 birdies a day -- it would be nice to.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: We're going to find out. I think I can, but there are some other guys it that might have a different say about that. We'll see. I'll give it a shot.
Q. Congratulations.
ROCCO MEDIATE: Thank you. I had a blast.
Q. Describe your day.
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's just -- I started out -- I played as good a front nine as I could play. I think I hit every fairway and a couple of greens, a couple of fringes. It's my favorite kind of golf. It's hard. Most of us are not machines, especially myself. I missed a few on the back nine and I had to pay.
I love this type of golf. This golf course is set up so nice, it's good. But it's my favorite tournament.
Q. You've been in this position before. Can you take from those other times and be able to maybe now take that next step?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I know what it's going to be on the weekend is putting. Hopefully I'll be able to hit the ball as well as I did today and keeping it in front of me the next two days. It's going to get harder and tighten down and not get easier. There are a lot of people chasing everybody. Who knows who will lead. It's going to be hard and you have to deal with it. Around par is going to win this, but the way things look, who knows.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: Yesterday I played early. Today the poa is sticking up a bit. I grew up on this stuff. I misread a lot of putts early, I thought they were a lot faster and I left them short and I should have known better. They're fine. It's set up great.
Q. You struggled before and have not been able to play the way you wanted. How do you feel right now?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I feel absolutely perfect. I have no problems. Is there any wood up here? I have no problems.
Q. It's good to be back in position?
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's great. I don't have many mornings left. I'm in a great spot. We'll see what happens.
Q. What is your game plan for tomorrow?
ROCCO MEDIATE: They're hard to hit.
Q. You seemed relaxed. Is that a result of being out in front?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I'm like that all the time. I do the same thing, it doesn't matter. Everyone says -- I'm playing pretty good in a U.S. Open, how could I be angry? I was pretty pleased. It will be nerve-wracking and insane the next few days.
Q. The fact the sun didn't come out, was that --
ROCCO MEDIATE: It came out early early. You guys say marine layer. Like Curtis said, it's fog for most people. The wind laid down a little bit, but not like it was late yesterday morning and early afternoon. It had to help. It didn't get any firmer yesterday.
Q. Yesterday the sun was out.
ROCCO MEDIATE: Yeah, so it was firmer. It laid down all day. The fog came in -- the marine layer came in all day.
Q. What's making this golf course so difficult?
ROCCO MEDIATE: It's that word, the U.S. Open thing they have on most of the pins. It's so hard. The greens are so firm. They're not really firm, they're not real, real firm yet, but they're plenty. You see the scores -- a lot of guys said this golf course will play much easier for a U.S. Open. If somebody gets to 3-under, it's 3-under par, and it's not going to get easier on the weekend. It seems like they always run first day is easiest, second day is a little harder and it keeps going.
Q. How do you compare this to other Opens?
ROCCO MEDIATE: This is the best. It's perfect. Nothing is wrong. The pins are all good. He put 18 up two days, I like to see that. 13 was way back today. I think that's great. And the 3 and 16 changes, I think that's a great idea. They're doing a great job. I think most of the guys will say the same thing. I haven't heard any complaining this week.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: That's the dream. That's what you want. I mean you don't get a lot of chances to play with the best player that does anything, especially at my age. And I played with him a lot -- not a lot, several times over the years. And it's quite a -- it's awesome. I mean you want that. You want that.
Q. How much does your attitude about The Open affect you? How much do you think that comes into play and how you're doing?
ROCCO MEDIATE: I just like a golf course where you have to be precise. I happen to be starting to play better and I'm feeling better and I'm moving the ball pretty good right now. I'm putting it where I want most of the time. It's not going to happen all the time. And that's what you have to deal with. I'm doing a job. But I like the fact that I need to make 8 birdies a day -- it would be nice to.
Q. (Inaudible.)
ROCCO MEDIATE: We're going to find out. I think I can, but there are some other guys it that might have a different say about that. We'll see. I'll give it a shot.
Rocco Mediate's Putter
I said years ago that Rocco was a class player... When did he switch back to a "regular' length putter ?? I know the odds are against it, but I'd love to see him win The US Open
2008年6月13日 星期五
Is Tim Russert a democrat or republican?
Russert worked for a Democratic New York U.S. Senator and a Democratic New York State Governor before becoming a journalist. This type of transition is typical in American media-- former Democratic Party staff become the media. For example, George Stepanopolis is on ABC as a Political Commentator. He used to work in Democratic President Bill Clinton's White House. Studies have shown that journalists as a group vote 9-to-1 for Democrats.
Tim Russert Biography
Early life
Born in Buffalo, New York to Irish American Catholic parents, Russert is an alum of Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York and a graduate of John Carroll University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. Although Russert was of age during the peak of the Vietnam War, he has no military service. Russert was admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia. Before joining NBC News, Russert served as counselor in New York Governor Mario Cuomo's office in Albany in 1983 to 1984 and was chief of staff to Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1977 to 1982. An avid fan of the American Football team the Buffalo Bills, Russert usually closes Sunday broadcasts during the football season with some type of pro-Bills comment. He has also ended his show by mentioning the successes of Boston College football and basketball. With the recent success of the Buffalo Sabres, he has also begun to show tribute to the Sabres at the close of some shows. When the Sabres lost Game 7 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals, Russert looked into the camera and heartfully said, "I hate the Buffalo Sabres. They have betrayed me yet again and for this I will never forgive them."
Career
Russert graduated from law school and went to work on Daniel Patrick Moynihan's (D, NY) 1976 Senatorial campaign. He later went to work on Mario Cuomo (D, NY) campaign. In 1984 he was hired by NBC at their Washington Bureau. He became Washington Bureau Chief 4 years later. "[1]
During NBC's coverage of the 2000 US Presidential Election he calculated possible electoral college outcomes on a marker board on the air, accurately predicting in advance that the election would hinge on "Florida, Florida, Florida." Four years later, Russert would again accurately predict the final battleground of the presidential elections: "Ohio, Ohio, Ohio." He often moderates political debates.
On MSNBC's show "Tucker," Russert predicted that the battleground states of the 2008 presidential election would be New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada, saying "If democrats can win three of those four, they can lose Ohio and Florida, and win the presidency."[2]
The marker board is a recurring theme on election nights.
Personal life
Tim Russert’ recent book, Wisdom of Our Fathers
In 2004, Russert penned a bestselling biography, Big Russ and Me, which chronicled his life growing up in a predominantly Irish working-class neighborhood in South Buffalo as well as his education at Canisius High School. Russert's father, a World War II veteran held down two jobs after the war, conveyed to his young son, through the methods of the "carrot and the stick," the importance of maintaining strong family values, the reverence of faith, and of never taking a short cut to reach a goal. He claimed to have received over 60,000 letters from people in response to the book, detailing their own experiences with their fathers.[citations needed] In 2005 he released Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons, a collection of some of these letters, which also became a bestseller.[citations needed]
While in law school, an official from his alma mater, John Carroll University, called Tim to ask if he could book some concerts for the school as he had done while a student. Tim agreed, but said he would need money to do it because he was running out of money to pay for law school. One concert that Tim booked was headlined by a then-unknown singer, Bruce Springsteen, who charged $2,500 for the concert appearance. Tim told this story to Jay Leno when he was a guest on the The Tonight Show on NBC on June 6, 2006.[1] On September 28, 2007, Springsteen and the E Street Band played live on the Today show in Rockefeller Plaza, and Tim could be seen listening to the music in casual dress toward the front of the stage.
Russert appeared briefly in a scene on the television drama Homicide as himself. On that show, one of the fictional characters, Megan Russert, was his cousin. Russert also appeared on the game show What Would You Do?
Tim Russert is married to Maureen Orth, who has been a special correspondent for Vanity Fair since 1983. They have a son, Luke, who attends Boston College and hosts the XM radio show 60/20 Sports with James Carville. Russert is a Washington Nationals and Washington Wizards season ticket holder. [2]
Ongoing CIA leak scandal
Scooter Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that Russert was the first to tell him of the identity of Central Intelligence Agency agent Valerie Plame (Mrs. Joseph C. Wilson). Russert testified previously and again in United States v. I. Lewis Libby that he did not tell Libby of Mrs. Wilson's CIA identity.[citations needed]
Russert testified again in the trial on Wednesday, February 7, 2007.
During the trial, another witness, former Cheney communications director Cathie Martin, testified that she "suggested we put the vice president on 'Meet the Press,'" hosted by Russert on NBC, and that it was "a tactic we often used....It's our best format."[3]
Born in Buffalo, New York to Irish American Catholic parents, Russert is an alum of Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York and a graduate of John Carroll University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. Although Russert was of age during the peak of the Vietnam War, he has no military service. Russert was admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia. Before joining NBC News, Russert served as counselor in New York Governor Mario Cuomo's office in Albany in 1983 to 1984 and was chief of staff to Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1977 to 1982. An avid fan of the American Football team the Buffalo Bills, Russert usually closes Sunday broadcasts during the football season with some type of pro-Bills comment. He has also ended his show by mentioning the successes of Boston College football and basketball. With the recent success of the Buffalo Sabres, he has also begun to show tribute to the Sabres at the close of some shows. When the Sabres lost Game 7 of the 2006 Eastern Conference Finals, Russert looked into the camera and heartfully said, "I hate the Buffalo Sabres. They have betrayed me yet again and for this I will never forgive them."
Career
Russert graduated from law school and went to work on Daniel Patrick Moynihan's (D, NY) 1976 Senatorial campaign. He later went to work on Mario Cuomo (D, NY) campaign. In 1984 he was hired by NBC at their Washington Bureau. He became Washington Bureau Chief 4 years later. "[1]
During NBC's coverage of the 2000 US Presidential Election he calculated possible electoral college outcomes on a marker board on the air, accurately predicting in advance that the election would hinge on "Florida, Florida, Florida." Four years later, Russert would again accurately predict the final battleground of the presidential elections: "Ohio, Ohio, Ohio." He often moderates political debates.
On MSNBC's show "Tucker," Russert predicted that the battleground states of the 2008 presidential election would be New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada, saying "If democrats can win three of those four, they can lose Ohio and Florida, and win the presidency."[2]
The marker board is a recurring theme on election nights.
Personal life
Tim Russert’ recent book, Wisdom of Our Fathers
In 2004, Russert penned a bestselling biography, Big Russ and Me, which chronicled his life growing up in a predominantly Irish working-class neighborhood in South Buffalo as well as his education at Canisius High School. Russert's father, a World War II veteran held down two jobs after the war, conveyed to his young son, through the methods of the "carrot and the stick," the importance of maintaining strong family values, the reverence of faith, and of never taking a short cut to reach a goal. He claimed to have received over 60,000 letters from people in response to the book, detailing their own experiences with their fathers.[citations needed] In 2005 he released Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons, a collection of some of these letters, which also became a bestseller.[citations needed]
While in law school, an official from his alma mater, John Carroll University, called Tim to ask if he could book some concerts for the school as he had done while a student. Tim agreed, but said he would need money to do it because he was running out of money to pay for law school. One concert that Tim booked was headlined by a then-unknown singer, Bruce Springsteen, who charged $2,500 for the concert appearance. Tim told this story to Jay Leno when he was a guest on the The Tonight Show on NBC on June 6, 2006.[1] On September 28, 2007, Springsteen and the E Street Band played live on the Today show in Rockefeller Plaza, and Tim could be seen listening to the music in casual dress toward the front of the stage.
Russert appeared briefly in a scene on the television drama Homicide as himself. On that show, one of the fictional characters, Megan Russert, was his cousin. Russert also appeared on the game show What Would You Do?
Tim Russert is married to Maureen Orth, who has been a special correspondent for Vanity Fair since 1983. They have a son, Luke, who attends Boston College and hosts the XM radio show 60/20 Sports with James Carville. Russert is a Washington Nationals and Washington Wizards season ticket holder. [2]
Ongoing CIA leak scandal
Scooter Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that Russert was the first to tell him of the identity of Central Intelligence Agency agent Valerie Plame (Mrs. Joseph C. Wilson). Russert testified previously and again in United States v. I. Lewis Libby that he did not tell Libby of Mrs. Wilson's CIA identity.[citations needed]
Russert testified again in the trial on Wednesday, February 7, 2007.
During the trial, another witness, former Cheney communications director Cathie Martin, testified that she "suggested we put the vice president on 'Meet the Press,'" hosted by Russert on NBC, and that it was "a tactic we often used....It's our best format."[3]
Tim Russert
Timothy John Russert, Jr. (born May 7, 1950) is an American journalist who has hosted NBC's Meet the Press since 1991. He is the Washington Bureau Chief for NBC News, and hosts Tim Russert, a weekly interview program on MSNBC. He is also a frequent correspondent and guest on other NBC News programs, such as The Today Show and Hardball. He co-hosts the network's presidential Election Night coverage. He also presents the polling results of the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News alongside the anchor of the show.
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