With all the rain and storms of the first few days and with a complete unknown at the top of the leaderboard, alongside a player who has had some success but not a huge amount on tour, was this Major nothing but a literal and actual damp squib?

Congratulations must go to Lucas Glover, he may not have been anyone’s pick, and he seems to have caused certain amounts of outrage that someone like him had the audacity to win a Major (HOW DARE HE!) but he did card the best 72 hole score.

Lets also not forget that after a poor 2008 he had won $2million (2007) $2.6million (2006) and $1.6million (2005) in the years before hand. He also was just a few points off making the 2006 Ryder Cup squad and making a trip over to the K Club in Ireland. So give the guy a break, holding his nerve over the last few holes with all the big names falling away showed greats guts and skill.

Ricky Barnes – 2nd place in the US Open is a great effort, but had he won then this really would have been one of the worst Majors ever.

David Duval’s revival was a fantastic vision to behold, having been World Number 1 around 2000 and winning the British Open in 2001 his career has dramatically fallen away, but just like Greg Norman’s British Open last year he found himself in contention when no one had backed him, and to finish tied for 2nd really was a great performance from the man. Lets hope he manages to have a bit more consistency to his play for the next few seasons.

It may now be 40 years since a European has won the US Open, but England’s Ross Fisher was to many the most impressive performer throughout the entire tournament. His 69 in round 3, which included a massive 37 putts, was an incredible effort and had he managed to go under par in his final round then he would have at least shared the lead. Lets hope this is a catalyst for his career to really take off in the right direction from here.

The final word must go to Phil Mickelson, with all the things that have been going on in his life, to actually be leading with 4 holes to play must have seemed like a dream, and I have to wonder if the pressure, expectation and of course incredible emotion of the moment meant that he slipped back to 2 under when 4 under surely would have meant a win for him.

So even though the weather was horrendous, an unlikely guy won it and it was shown on tv when everyone was on their way home from work and that's  the tournament continued to bring up lots of great stories and action... I didn't even mention Tiger!

Anyway Turnberry is just over 3 weeks away… bring it on!