Qualifier Miller: “The man upstairs blew that one in for me."

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Rob Oller with a nice follow-up story on Dennis Miller of the lip-hanger putt fame. Lost in the putt was Miller's status as an alternate who started his day at 6:15 and learned soon after that he was going to get in the field.

The video has gone viral. On it, Miller strokes his putt, which breaks left to right before stopping on the lip. One-eighth of an inch of grass separates him from his U.S. Open dream. He takes a step and turns away in disgust, not watching as the ball makes a handshake agreement with gravity and drops. Five seconds of hesitation that felt like an eternity. The small gallery goes crazy. Miller does a double take and raises both arms.

“The man upstairs blew that one in for me,” Miller said.

As of Thursday evening, someone's cell phone camera shot of their television screen had logged 313,583 views on YouTube (Tiger's Memorial chip-in actually has fewer: 222,908). So, so, SO glad the people in golf televisoin continue to really embrace the power of YouTube!

Miller has drawn a 12:45 Thursday time and 7 a.m. Friday tee time with Casey Martin and Cameron Wilson.

Feherty: "I was doing Sean Connery impressions on the first tee yesterday. With a parrot on my shoulder and an eye patch. What the hell was that about?"

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Check out the priceless and must-watch opening to the Feherty interview with Bill Clinton that airs tonight (10 ET, 7PT). It is in reference to this year's first tee Tavistock Cup shenanigans. And thanks to the former President for playing along.

Ed Sherman interviews Feherty about how the interview happened and impressions of Clinton.

Hawkins Let's Slip: Morning Drive's Kuselias Reassigned

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Stephanie Wei on Golf Channel confirming the reassignment of Morning Drive co-host Erik Kuselias, revealed not by press release but by John Hawkins in a Golf Channel online chat.

To be clear, Kuselias, a former ESPN personality whose contract wasn’t renewed in 2009, was not fired, according to Golf Channel spokesperson Dan Higgins.

“Erik has been working with the NBC Sports Network and been on assignment with ‘NBC Sports Talk,’ where he’s done a great job, so his focus is being shifted to that, instead of Morning Drive,” said Higgins via phone.

Kuselias has quite the interesting Wikipedia page.

More importantly, you've seen the fill-ins over the last few months. Who do you like to replace Kuselias? I smell an instant poll coming this week!