Jun. 13, 2011 By Melanie Hauser, PGATOUR.COM Correspondent 1. Sometimes you just gotta say what the heck and just play. That's what Harrison Frazar did Sunday and . . . well, it doesn't get much better than winning your first TOUR event after 13 years. And 355 starts. And . . . does all that really matter now? He talked to Quick 18 about being in a dark place a few years ago. He wrote a first-person for Sports Illustrated in March talking about how this might be his last season. A week ago, the just-this-side-of-40 Texan was still ready to pack it in. Then he played 36 and qualified for the U.S. Open. Then he got out of his own way and won the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Yes, those were misty eyes and. . .why not? A great thing for one of the great guys out there. 2. Frazar has always been brutally honest -- no excuses -- about what he hasn't done. What he has done? Back against the wall, he shot a 59 at 2008 q school to make it back to the TOUR. He had 36 holes to qualify for the U.S. Open and he made it. He had two events to make $451,644 and he won. That's seriously strong stuff folks. And he did by figuring out the balance he had to have between his career and his family, which is No. 1 to him. Kind of reminiscent of Steve Stricker a few years ago. 3. Everyone's talking about ... Adam Scott and Steve Williams. But wait. Before your mind wanders in every direction possible, Scott made it clear this weekend that Williams was just filling in. That he was still Tiger's caddie and that he's still looking for a full-time caddie after parting company with Tony Navarro. Will that stop everyone from asking? Probably not. 4. Williams does indeed have a great track record at Opens, and Scott doesn't. Could this be the spark he needs? Remember when he went into the 2008 U.S. Open ranked third in the world and played in the super-group with Tiger and Phil Mickelson the first two days? He had injured his hand and didn't play well. He's playing much better now and ... he's coming off that share of second at the Masters. 5. Going to point a finger this week? Stricker might be your man. Solid game, straight off the tee and his first comeback came at the 2006 Open when he shared sixth. Yes, he's among a handful of guys with great chances -- Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Phil and Matt Kuchar among them -- but ... just a feeling. 6. As we head into the U.S. Open, it's seriously worth repeating defending champ @GraemeMcDowell's tweet following media day: Congressional 7574 yards Par 71 US Open set up. No-one will break par.'' That's for the tournament. Let's see if his prediction is spot-on. 7. Best decision this week? If you don't count Frazar playing golf on his own terms, it might just be Tiger sitting this one out. As Quick 18 said last week, he needs to get healthy no matter how long -- or how many majors -- it takes. Yes, he'll be missed, but the Open won't lack for storylines, trust us. 8. If you're looking for a thrills-and-spills kind of group to follow at Congressional ... check out the Phil Mickelson-Rory McIlroy-Dustin Johnson threesome. They love birdies and they all give you something to talk about when they go for it -- mostly for better, sometimes for worse. Like glitz -- go for the Donald-Westwood-Martin Kaymer group. 9. Oh, the pain of being a teenager. BMW is presenting Matteo Manassero with a new car, but it won't be an M3 like the company gave Kaymer. Manassero, just 18, hasn't gotten his driver's license yet and, even if he had, Italian laws don't allow young drivers to drive anything that produces more than 73 horse power the first year or anything over 90 until they're 21. So what will Manassero get? Probably a basic Mini. 10. So many players looking for that first major this week ... among them Westwood, who closed with a 66 Sunday. That's seldom a bad thing heading into an Open. 11. Just in case you'd forgotten, Frazar roomed with Justin Leonard for a year when they played at Texas. Yes, they were the Odd Couple -- Frazar was Oscar; Justin was Felix. 12. Word from across the pond is dry conditions in Southern England means that high, thick wispy stuff that gobbled up golf balls at Royal St. George's in 2003 -- notably Tiger's first tee shot of the tournament -- won't be as high or as thick. The fairway is wider too. But St. George's is still a challenge, as balls play pinball down the fairways. 13. Danger Will Robinson ... Sir Charles Barkley said he just might play his next celebrity event left-handed. As if his swing wasn't bad enough, right? But the man does love the game. "I don't know what to say about my golf game," Barkley said. "I'm going to have fun. There are worse things to (be bad) at than golf." Not even Hank Haney could straighten him out. So why not try switching sides? "Playing left-handed helps free my mind up," he said. "When I play right-handed, I have no idea if I'm going to hook it or slice or shank it. When I play left-handed, I play freely and don't get the hitch." 14. Who's Michael Woodhead? A 23-year-old, former captain of the Rice Owls golf team and Sugar Land, Texas resident who has four career holes-in-one and is getting married next month. And, oh ... he's also the player who got into the U.S. Open field when Tiger withdrew. He had to win a playoff to advance out of the local qualifier in Houston, then lost a three-man playoff in the Dallas sectional to Frazar and Greg Chalmers, but was named first alternate. And now he's the guy who's replacing Tiger. "It still hasn't hit me yet," he told the Houston Chronicle. "I guess it means a couple more people will know my name." 15. If you didn't see it, you should. Tim Tebow's arms are seriously ripped -- and super-hero-esque -- in the photo of him teeing off at the St. Jude Classic. Shot was courtesy of Tebow's business partner Angel Gonzalez, who tweeted: Insane pic of @TimTebow getting ready to tee off @FESJCMemphis. Insane, indeed. 16. Snaps to 70-year-old Alabama pastor -- and former CNN broadcaster -- Bob Kurtz, who set a Guinness World Record by playing 1,850 holes last week. The old record? A mere 1,801 holes. According to The Huntsville Times, he played golf 16 hours a day -- with nearly 100 volunteers helping tee balls up and keep score -- and when people asked him how he managed that? "One hole at a time,'' he said. His average? A smooth 74.88/round. To maximize his time on the course, Kurtz had someone tee the ball up for him, had a speedy cart and had his grandsons/caddies pluck the balls from the holes. And there was a noble motive -- he raised money for tornado relief. 17. Only one golfer is the main 2011 ballot for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Fred Couples. The man who made a name for himself at the University of Houston and lived in Dallas for a while might have grown up in Washington, but Texans claim him as one of their own. 18. Best story of the weekend? Frazar told it. He was at son Ford's 8-year-old baseball game when the subject of him never having won a trophy came up when he was talking to Ford and another player. At the end of the conversation, the younger Frazar told his dad, "I think you're going to get a trophy pretty soon." Who needs a fortune cookie when you have a second-grader? Melanie Hauser is a columnist for PGATOUR.COM and can be reached at [email protected]. Her views do not necessarily represent the views of the PGA TOUR. Follow her on Twitter @melaniehauser.