On the rise

1 – That noise you hear is Megan Khang (five top 10s in the last nine majors) about to kick open the door.

Not captivating

2 – As a public facility, Torrey Pines offers brilliant golf courses, both South and North. But as a U.S. Open stage, the South is uninspiring.

On the flip side

3 – But it does get the national open to San Diego, which is a good thing.

Say it when you can

4 – The shame of not having more match play is the scarcity of hearing “dormie.” Lovely word.

Think the pool is deep?

5 – Cursory scan of U.S. Open final qualifying shows that among those who failed to advance were two former U.S. Open champs, three other major winners, 31 players who have won on the PGA Tour, a onetime world No. 1, two past FedExCup champions, and more than 50 who have or have had full PGA Tour status.

Which leads me to ask

6 – Glamorous business, eh?

It’s a fact

7 –The quickest route to water right is to aim left.

They are not connected in any way

8 – Presently, of the top 10 in the world, eight are likely to be on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, two are going to be on the European team. But, as a reminder, at this point in 2004 the Euros had one Ryder Cupper in the top 10 and in 2006 at this point they had two. Euros, of course, annihilated the Americans by a combined 18 ½ to 9 ½ those years.

Serenity to end the day

9 – Should you find pleasure in a 7 p.m. arrival at your local golf course to chip and putt for an hour or more, we can be friends.