Rory McIlroy burned up the U.S. Open Leaderboard and turned in a performance that was historic -- and absolutely absurd.

Phil Mickelson has a chance to overcome past failure in the 2011 U.S. Open, but how concerned is he with doing that? Should he really be concerned with his legacy, or has he already accomplished enough to forget those failures?

The Tiger Woods-less U.S. Open needs a young American, or even an old one to step their game up at Congressional Country Club this weekend.