George Ferguson column: A humbling, but rewarding day

George Ferguson column: A humbling, but rewarding day

If you're a golf fan, and a fan of golf courses, then tune in to the U.S. Amateur this weekend.

Why? Because it's being played on the already infamous Chambers Bay Golf Course in Tacoma, Wash.

I'm a fan of both golf and great golf courses and I've wanted to play Chambers since I was out in Washington three years ago, the year it opened. Well, thanks again to Marc Mariani, because his preseason NFL game in Seattle two weeks ago gave me that chance.

But after my round at Chambers was over, I was left wanting to thank almost no one, at leas...