People may forget the events that occurred at the 113th U.S. Open Championship and people may forget who competed, but there is one thing they will never – Merion was the course that demanded more from the pros than they could offer.

 

Through all the tears, frustration, praise and ridicule, the pros fought valiantly against a course that did not care if they were No.1 in the world, did not care if they won prior U.S. Opens and did not care if they held the lead for three straight days.

 

Merion did not discriminate but challenged every professional to step foot onto its stomping grounds.

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After all the whispers subside from Merion and all praises

cease from Justin Rose’s (113th U.S Open Champion)

ears, this course will continue to be remembered as the

Goliath of all championship courses to date.

 

However, let's not take away from Rose’s well-deserved

victory. The moment when Rose lifted his silver-plated victory towards the sky all while thanking his father--he instantly became recognized as a David amongst men.

 

Rose battled his way into the top spot this past weekend and in the end reaped the reward of his first major victory.

 

He shot scores of 71-69-71-70 to ultimately receive a net score of 1-Over-Par. While a 1-Over-Par is not the ideal score for tour professionals, Merion demanded many sacrifices from its competitors and its competitors paid the price wholeheartedly.

 

Where other players fell apart at the seams, Rose stayed consistent. He was top-ranked in ball striking, fairways, putts and birdies.

 

Now, the 113th U.S. Open produced more quality golf than Rose winning his first major, but we saw Phil Mickelson play better golf than we’ve seen most his career, we saw an epic return of Luke Donald scoring a 4-Under-Par on first round of play, we saw Adam Scott live up to his Master’s win and we even saw a glimmer of the former Tiger Woods.

 

But, where the tour pros had given all they could to this Goliath of a course, the fun is not over.

 

With the Travelers Championship and AT&T National on the horizon, there is no time to rest as the pros need to find their swings again and prepare to battle for a top spot once more.