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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) – Washington Redskins wide receiver
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Tacoma.SAN FRANCISCO —The putt on the last hole hurt, and so did Casey Martins
leg. He limped off the final green uncertain of his chances of playing on the
weekend, though that didnt seem to matter to the crowd gathered on the hillside
above. They rose to applaud the effort, if not the score. Then they watched as
Martin left his golf cart behind and bounded up the 40-some stairs to the
clubhouse, forgetting for a moment the price his right leg might pay for it
later. He shot two respectable rounds on a brutally tough golf course, not bad
for a guy who hadnt competed seriously for six years. His rounds of 74-75
shouldnt have been too surprising, because the talent has always been there. Its
the leg thats always been the problem, though Martin wasnt about to use it as an
excuse. “The biggest thing is actually just thinking like a great player,” he
said. “Thats the challenge when you havent done it and you have some bad shots
that creep in there.” Martin is 40 now, and his day job is being the golf coach
at Oregon, not chasing Tiger Woods in the majors. That he was able to get
through qualifying rounds and make the Open for the first time since it was held
here 14 years ago was remarkable enough, even if he didnt have a circulatory
disorder that he thought by now might have taken his right leg. He engaged the
PGA Tour in a court battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court so he
could ride in a cart and play professional golf. But his career on the big tour
lasted only a year, and he became a golf coach after tiring of fighting to make
cuts on the Nationwide Tour. This might be his last hurrah, though Martin isnt
about to concede it. But this time he made sure he heard the applause, made sure
he would remember the support shouted out his way on every fairway and green.
“Its flattering to be here to get attention like this and as a competitor Im
disappointed right now,” he said. “These are experiences that dont come around
very often, to get to play in a U.S. Open in these conditions. So its a special
week.” Watching Martin hit a string of precision shots Friday was a reminder of
the talent that made him a teammate of Tiger Woods at Stanford and got him a tie
for 23rd when the Open was last played here in 1998. Watching him limp from hiis
cart to his ball and back was a reminder that all that talent couldnt overcome a
bum leg. Justin Smith Jersey. Without the cart he
drove himself alongside his playing partners, he would have had trouble even
making 36 holes on an Olympic Club course that is perched on the side of a sand
dune. Even with the cart, hes still at a disadvantage against players who can
practice and play longer and without pain. “Thats always a question,” Martin
said when asked if he could have walked the course. “Yeah, if you put a gun to
my head, sure. But it wouldnt be a lot of fun.” Martin began the day with a
reasonable chance of making the cut, and his odds improved after playing the
back nine—his front—in even par. But he still had the toughest stretch of
holes at Olympic to play, and he seemed to tire as he made five bogeys on his
incoming nine to finish with a second round 75. He had a par putt on the final
hole that would have guaranteed him a spot on the weekend, but the 18-footer
slid just by. “I would have liked to have made that last putt, I know that,”
Martin said. For a guy whose only competition the last six years was a charity
scramble event or an occasional game with his players, though, it was quite a
run. Martin made it through local qualifying in Washington in his first serious
competition since becoming golf coach, then faced sectional qualifying just two
days after his Oregon team reached the NCAA semifinals at Riviera in Los
Angeles. It almost all unraveled when he couldnt find his tee shot on the fifth
hole of the second round, but it was found at the last section buried in mud and
he made an improbable birdie that helped him claim one of two open spots. He
says he may try qualifying again next year, but he also seems to realize this
may be it “I wasnt really happy with how I played today,” he said. “But its
wonderful competing. I havent done it in so long it really feels great to get
out there and grind away.” An hour or so after his round, Martin went out to the
first tee again, this time to wish Woods well in his round. He admires Woods,
appreciates what he has done, but he cant help thinking what he might have done,
too, had he had two good legs. “Sure, yeah, I thought those things, absolutely,”
he said. ’ ’ ’
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