CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Around the treacherous finishing hole at Carnoustie, the fans groaned when Kevin Kisner's second shot landed in the infamous Barry Burn. Maybe they should have responded with a standing O instead. Maybe they should have felt like giving poor Mr. Kisner a kiss.
Nothing against the fine Southern gentleman and golfer by way of Aiken, South Carolina and the Palmetto Golf Club, where the baked summer fairways and greens can prepare an American for the unpredictability of Scotland's high-speed links. But Kisner's miniature van de Velde-ian misadventure on the 18th Friday led to a double bogey, dropped him into a share of the 6-under lead with Zach Johnson, and brought a couple of distinguished elders named Tiger and Phil back from the major championship dead.