By Art Spander
Special to The Oregonian
SAN FRANCISCO -- His round and tournament were over, so Casey Martin shifted from player to spectator.
An hour and a half after completing the second round of the U.S. Open, he walked to Olympic Club's first hole, the one atop the San Andreas Fault, and stood nearby as Tiger Woods began his round.
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By Art Spander
Special to The Oregonian
SAN FRANCISCO -- The description from Casey Martin was "pretty loud." The reference was to the electric green golf shirt he wore Thursday in the first round of the U.S. Open. It could have applied to the gallery response at every hole.
"I thought the galleries were great in '98," he said of the previous Open at Olympic Club, when he made history by riding his golf cart through four rounds. "And they were really wonderful today. Really supportive. So it was a special day. I'm thankful I played decently, but man it's a stress out there."
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By Art Spander
Special to The Oregonian
SAN FRANCISCO -- It's different now, but it's very much the same. Casey Martin is back at the Olympic Club, back in the Open, back playing practice rounds with Tiger Woods. Fourteen years have passed, and yet it seems time has stood still.
Another U.S. Open at Olympic, the place known as the graveyard of legends, because it is where Ben Hogan lost to Jack Fleck and Arnold Palmer lost to Billy Casper.
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