Dave Marr Jr., son of 1965 PGA Championship winner Dave Marr, is a broadcaster for The Golf Channel and covers the Champion's Tour. He shares his thoughts this week with www.ussenioropen.com

This Sunday ended as so many USGA championships seem to: a magnificent venue set to exacting specifications delivering a worthy champion, an exciting finish and a bit of history thrown in. Allen Doyle will be portrayed as an overachieving underdog but he has always shown the grit and skill of a champion. His friend Jim Thorpe says that when Doyle swings a club it looks like he's trying to kill a chicken, but the homemade move has earned millions on the golf course and now a second U.S. Senior Open.

Doyle is a leaderboard watcher and spent most of his day viewing players get deep into red numbers only to slide back. There are few things as difficult in golf as sustaining a good round on Sunday at a USGA championship. Doyle's par save at 11 then birdie at 12 seemed to be the turning point of his round. After struggling for two holes he got to 7 under, the score he thought would win. It turns out he was prescient as his 8 under par finish was good for a two-shot win.

Tom Watson's play thrilled fans all week, but his Sunday effort left the local favorite feeling a bit empty. He became an honorary member of Prairie Dunes in 1977, and is looking forward to a visit under less pressurized circumstances.

Bruce Lietzke has one of the best scoring averages in the history of the U.S. Senior Open and today he showed why. A high ball hitter seemingly unsuited to the Kansas winds his round was filled with eagles and birdies and pars, oh my! A lone bogey had the 2003 champion smiling in third place.

While USGA championships remain in 2006, the "Open Season" is over. Wonderful weeks in New York, Rhode Island and Kansas identified the best golfers in the respective fields. Next year awaits Oakmont, Pine Needles and Whistling Straits…and three more champions.