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...understands that the world isn't how he'd like it. "Everything is entertainment. The news is entertainment. Sports is entertainment. It's all just one big game show," he says. And the Internet, oh, he does not like the Internet. "The Internet is a big dark hole. What if the Internet was the lead mugs that everyone in Rome was using that led to the end of that civilization? What if 20 years from now, the Internet led to the downfall of the world...
...plush London neighborhood of Kensington, last week, to sample the wares of the first British outlet of the upscale U.S. supermarket chain Whole Foods. But winning over the epicurious is the easy part of promoting the healthy-eating oriented chain in the land of toad-in-the-hole and chip butties...
What makes Oakmont so daunting for even the best golfers in the world? Start with the greens. On several holes, there are spots where no matter how gently you put your ball down, it will start to roll. And roll--right into a bunker like Big Mouth. And it's endlessly frustrating watching a putt glide toward the hole before making an abrupt left turn, to certain triple bogey. In fact, balls roll on (and off) the Oakmont greens so quickly that the United States Golf Association, which runs the Open, will probably add some water to slow them down...
...doesn't stop there. The 288-yd. eighth hole and the 667-yd. 12th, specially lengthened for the tourney, are the longest par three and par five, respectively, in Open history. Oakmont has added some 20 bunkers--there are now 210 traps on the course--and moved many of them closer to the fairways. Plus, since the last Oakmont U.S. Open, in '94, the club has undertaken a clandestine, middle-of-the-night deforestation scheme, against the opposition of many tree-loving members, that better lets in the Allegheny winds and summer heat...
...player who can stay patient, and accept that bogeys are not necessarily bad scores, will prevail. Not that fans don't enjoy a good meltdown--was there a more dramatic golf moment last year than Mickelson's U.S. Open choke on the 18th hole at Winged Foot? "I love watching the Masters for its tradition, and the British Open for its history," says Golf Channel analyst and former pro player Brandel Chamblee. "But I really love watching the U.S. Open for the vomit factor: seeing guys look like they're about to throw up." That's pretty much what Oakmont...