"Glory's Last Shot" is upon us, and with He Who Should Not Be Named out for the second consecutive major, we in the golf world have to type and make up things as we pick "favorites" when we really have just as good an idea of who will win as you.

If that doesn't entice you, this might -- only one golfer not named Tiger Woods in the top 10 of the Official World Ranking has won a major championship since the Masters in 2006. Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Geoff Ogilvy, Stewart Cink, Steve Stricker and Adam Scott have all gone a very long time without winning a major (if ever) and it seems these top-10 golfers might be due.

Here are my favorites, their best finish in a PGA Championship, and why they made the list.

• Phil Mickelson -- WON -- My least favorite person ever to pick in majors, but he did play good for three rounds (or four if you ask him) last week and had himself in a extremely good position even with a balky putter and his obviously struggle with weight choking. If he can somehow find a way to hit the fairway this week, he'll be near the top come Sunday (and on cue probably find a way to drop the ball in dramatic fashion).

Most of the time viewers watch golfers on the PGA Tour and are more jealous than the buddy of a powerball winner.

Today isn't one of those times.

The leaders at the Open Championship are battling their way around the links of Royal Birkdale in winds that are gusting to 40 miles-per-hour, hitting balls in places you'd never expect pros to be.

Nobody has broke par today and an Englishman named Simon Wakefield, who even the best of golf fans couldn't pick out of a lineup, fired an even-par round of 70 to post five-over, a number that is slowly becoming the mark to beat.

Justin Rose shot an 82, Jean Van de Velde fired an 80 and Adam Scott posted a 77 in winds on a day where the scoring average is 75.75, nearly six-over.

It appears nobody told Greg Norman that he's supposed to be struggling in these conditions. The Shark just made a birdie on the 14th hole to move in the lead at three-over, tied with K.J. Choi as they attempt to take advantage of the par-5 15th.

The weather has brought a lot of golfers back into the picture, including early favorite Anthony Kim, who made an eagle on the 17th hole to post 71. Kim stands at seven-over and as close as he's ever been to winning a major championship.

Bundle up, throw down another glass of coffee and remember how important a par is today. Our final pairing tomorrow could very easily be Simon Wakefield and Greg Norman. My how the world of golf is different without a certain Tiger Woods around.

In today's Washington Times, Barker Davis has more details on the Tony Navarro-drunk spectator(s) confrontation during Friday's round of the U.S. Open (backstory here).

Apparently, Thomas Campbell, 37, and his old man, 62, were shouting at Navarro, Adam Scott's caddie, as they approached the ninth hole. According to Davis, the two allegedly hurled racial slurs in Navarro's direction(?), which, to no one's surprise (other than the Campbell's, I'm guessing), prompted the caddie to go under the ropes, "head-butt" Campbell the Younger, knocking his hat off his head.

Navarro and the younger Campbell then wrestled for several seconds, Campbell missing the caddie with a wild swing. Mickelson's caddie, Jim Mackay, then arrived to try and stabilize the situation. And moments later San Diego cops arrested Campbell and his father, who hurled himself into the fray to try and rescue his son, injuring two female officers in the process. Both were charged with public drunkenness and hauled away to the local bastille.

Stay classy, Campbell family!

I have no idea if this is a consequence of grouping Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Scott together for the first two days, or if this would've happened solely because these two a-holes had access to alcohol for eight hours.

Apparently, Tony Navarro wasn't the only person questioning the USGA's decision to put Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and his guy, Adam Scott, together for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open.

It was a surprising decision, but also an intriguing one; how would the three best players in the world fare head-to-head-to-head in arguably golf's most challenging test? It could make for compelling television (as it turned out, just the last nine holes qualified), but that didn't make it any less insane of an idea. At least according to Golf Digest's John Strege.

There was no discernible boon to television, so long as they weren't allowed to play defense while the other was hitting. Every shot either of them hit was going to be aired anyway, whether they were a few feet or several hours apart.

It provided no boost at the gate, inasmuch as the U.S. Open already is a sellout. Instead, it was a catalyst for gallery gridlock that impaired everyone's ability to view unimpeded more than a few shots before the show moved on.

You know, I'm surprised it took nearly two rounds before somebody inside the ropes tried to throttle one of the thousands of people outside them. The 108th U.S. Open, played at Torrey Pines, features possibly the Best Threesome Ever: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott.

While the fans no doubt love the grouping, logistically, it's a nightmare for tournament officials, law enforcement types and, apparently, caddies.

After hearing a fan verbally abuse him and his golfer, Scott, caddie Tony Navarro charged to the ropes that keep fans off the course and chest-butted a fan. The man had been yelling at Navarro to come over to the ropes, and Navarro was heard telling the fan to meet him at the bottom of the hill of the elevated tee box.

After chest-butting the fan, Navarro dropped his golf bag and he and the fan rolled to the ground. Mickelson's caddie, Jim Mackay, went through the ropes to help Navarro and could be heard yelling, "Where are the cops?"

A couple of thoughts: first, I hope the fan gets the death sentence, and it's televised prior to every major championship to serve as a reminder for would-be tough guys. Second, caddies, in general, are nuts. They have no qualms about kicking your ass. Living in the backseat of a car as part of your job toughens you up like that.

One of the volunteer marshals who witnessed the incident (but whose 80-year-old hip prevented him from intervening), offered some details:

Okey doke, people, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods will be teeing off at 4:36 EST, and we'll be live-blogging it because, well, we're losers. We also want to make up for the earlier live-blog-that-wasn't; FanHouse's resident golf pro Shane Bacon ran into a few technical difficulties and his computer blew up.

You can fully expect that won't happen this afternoon, so you got that going for you. Dispensing with the formalities, let's get to it. Party starts promptly at 4:36, after the jump.

FanHouse's Ryan Wilson was joking when he wrote this morning that Tiger Woods might as well pack it up and forget about the U.S. Open after bogeying the first hole.

But Woods now has two double bogeys in his first round, and it's hard not to think his knee is bothering him. In addition to that double on 1, Woods also double bogeyed 14, missing what should have been an easy bogey putt and ended up with a six on the par-four hole.

Woods did have three birdies on the front nine, including a tremendous shot on 4, but he's at 1-over par, four shots back of the lead, very early on. Phil Mickelson is also at 1-over, and Adam Scott is at 2-over.

If the Masters has birds chirping, wind blowing and spectators enjoying those yummy sandwiches, the U.S. Open has cussing, club throwing and head scratching.

It isn't supposed to be easy at our national championship and this year at Torrey Pines should continue that trend.

Luckily, the morning round will be exciting with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson paired together, so Shane Bacon will be all over it with a Live Blog set up at 11:30 A.M. Eastern to follow the top two golfers around the course.

Is Tiger's knee hurting him? Is Mickelson going to post something impressive in his first round? Did Adam Scott just take a girl in the port-a-potty?

Log in, ask some questions, give your comments, and just make your Thursday a little better.

The Only Group That Matters is on the course for the 108th U.S. Open. As Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott and Tiger Woods made their way to the first tee, ESPN's Tom Rinaldi breathlessly reported that Lefty DOESN'T HAVE A DRIVER IN THE BAG TODAY!

Okay, I'm probably embellishing the breathlessness, but either way, it's interesting that Mickelson, the same guy who has been routinely criticized throughout his career for taking unnecessary chances, is apparently taking a relatively conservative approach to Torrey Pines.

Of course, it's not like he's totally abandoning the long game; Phil's replacing his driver with an 11.5 degree 3-wood. Two-time Open champion and ESPN analyst Andy North explains:

"That's only one degree more loft than I have on my driver. It's a strong ... 3-wood he'll probably be able to hit close to the length of his driver. He's not giving up that much distance. I think he understands he's not going to reach the 13th in two [shots]; this is about putting the ball in the fairway..."

Right on cue, Philbert hit his tee shot into the first cut of rough, but his second shot found the middle of the green, and he two-putted for par. And Woods? He duck-hooked his drive into the the deepest rough on the course, pitched out, blew the third shot over the green, and promptly two-putted for a double bogey. Thanks for coming, Eldrick! See ya next year.*

For more analysis, fewer lame jokes, FanHouse's resident golf pro Shane Bacon, who always carries two drivers during a round, will be live-bloggin' it up starting ... now.

* exaggeration

Where all ten golfers on this page will be emailing me to take them off the unlucky number page, the FanHouse Media Guide.

• Justin Rose -- t-5 -- I'm fully convinced Justin Rose (pictured) goes to every golf tournament with one thing in mind -- wearing tighter clothes than any female spectator in attendance. He has never won a PGA Tour event but he has won a tournament in 2002 called "The Crowns" which I'm sure is made-up.

• Rory Sabbatini -- t-51 -- Sabbatini hates Tiger Woods, normal belt etiquette and headwear that covers the top-portion of your head. He isn't having the year he's used to (33rd in FedEx points) and has missed the cut in four of his last six tournaments. Oh, and he hates this thing I just wrote.

• Adam Scott -- t-21 -- In case him being the third best golfer in the world and that your girlfriend wants to watch golf now because she might catch a glimpse of him isn't enough to hate him, check his sponsors. Titleist, Burberry, Rolex, Gulfstream, EA Sports, Footjoy, Aspen Group, Scott Golf Designs and Australian Golf Digest to name a few. Also, the U.S. Open is the only major he's never cracked the top-10.
  

• Patrick Sheehan -- DNP -- A journeyman that has bounced around between the Nationwide and PGA, Sheehan only has one top-10 this season. He graduated from the University of Hartford where he played golf with both Tim Petrovic and Jerry Kelly.

• Kevin Silva -- DNP -- Silva, a Tar Heel, has played on the Tarheel Tour, the New England Pro Golf Tour and the Minor League Golf Tour. Needless to say, this week will be the biggest stage he's ever been on.

• Vijay Singh -- t-3 -- The big Fijian has made the cut in 13 straight U.S. Opens, with seven top-10s during that stretch. He might struggle at times to find the fairway (147th in driving accuracy) but he always seems to make it work. Also, he was appointed a goodwill ambassador for Fiji in 2005.

• Heath Slocum -- CUT -- Slocum has been extremely consistent in 2008, making every cut since February 3. Slocum played on the same golf team as Boo Weekley (Bubba Watson joined the same team two years later) in Milton, Florida.

• Brandt Snedeker -- t-23 -- Everyone seemed excited about Snedeker at the Masters this year, where he closed with a 77 to tie for third. Since Augusta, he hasn't fared better than a tie for 35th with two missed cuts.

• Kyle Stanley (a) -- DNP -- He played in the 2007 Arnold Palmer Invitational, missing the cut with rounds of 75-74. A member of the Clemson golf team, Stanley is currently ranked 34 by Golfweek.

• Henrik Stenson -- t-26 -- It's amazing that Stenson has never finished in the top-10 at a major. The 15th ranked player in the world hasn't won this season on the European Tour but he does have six top-10s in just nine events.