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Canadian Tire Red Sox catcher-Ryan aviffin, 11, makes the catch at home during Waterloo Minor Baseball‘s Tyke tournaâ€" ment last Saturday at Waterloo Park. ommmmrel ONTARIOFOWen GENERATION Making the play at home Call 1â€"800â€"268â€"3838 or visit www.explorethebruce.com and request your copy of the OFFICIAL PASSPORT & ADVENTURE GUIDE. pal Marmot IENFER Oamiston moto The finalâ€"nine finish also was noteworthy because no less than eight different nations were represented in the final groups, making it a truly international showcase And of course, it will be remembered years from now for the fact that Ogihy finished at five over par, one shot ahead of Mickelson, Jim Furyk and Scotsman Colin Montgomerie. And yet, the 2006 Open was remarkable for shots other than Phil‘s finalâ€"hole farewell to the title. I don‘t recall ever seeing so many fairway holeâ€"out eagles recorded on par four holes or _ shots holed out of bunkers. Hey Phil, Tiger, Retief and others, now you know how I feel when my favourite local layout beats up on my home made game. For a lot of us high handiâ€" cappers who struggle to break the century mark, seeâ€" ing the wellâ€"off pros face tough challenges is a little bit of a soothing balm. Based on the interâ€" viewsâ€"pre and _ post roundâ€"that 1 heard, the pros didn‘t seem to be whinâ€" ing as much as they have in the past, saying basically the course was "tough but fair." very difficult levels of "rough." Condnuedfmmpgezs Mickelson meltdown â€"roverm ./ u) Bill (Skip) Johns retired from fullâ€"time sportswriting a few years back, and can be reached at skipschips@goldâ€" en.net. If the unwritten rule is determined by where you are in your round, there‘s no way Phil and Jim should have been oneâ€"two. I know, pickyâ€"picky but what else has an old Grumpa got to whine about. fact that Phil was on 10. Furyk was on the 13th hole and ()gil\myMlon(_\' were on the 11t 1 may be the only guy that noticed but when Mickelâ€" son. Ogilvy, Montgomerie and Furyk were all tied for the lead late in the round, the TV leaderboard showed Mickelson and Furyk as the top two names of the four tied. And this despite the Of course, I wouldn‘t be the ol Geek if I didn‘t find something to gripe about. On Sunday it was about the fact that American televiâ€" sionâ€"in this case NBCâ€" just loves to put the Ameriâ€" cans as high up the leaderâ€" board as they can, despite where they might be in the final round. of golfing talent