Video: Miguel Angel Jimenez Shoots 64 at Turnberry

After carding an opening-round 64, Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez was pleased with his day's work. And looking forward to a good night!

Holy foreign invasion, Batman!

The U.S. Open is ostensibly the national tournament, but this year’s version has more accents than a James Bond movie. Sure Americans like Tiger Woods, Rocco Mediate, D.J. Trahan and Davis Love III lurk near the top of the leaderboard, but they share space with Australians Stuart Appleby, Swede Robert Karlsson, Brits Lee Westwood and Luke Donald, South African Ernie Els and Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez.

(By the way, is there anybody in golf cooler than Jimenez? His nickname’s "the Mechanic," he smokes cigars and he even makes a ponytail look tough. And that “orange crush” grouping on Friday of him, Boo Weekly and Shingo Katayama all wearing matching orange shirts and white hats was really funny.)

If that’s not enough, Ryder Cup stalwarts, such as Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington, posted great rounds Friday (70 and 67 respectively), while American standouts, such as Phil Mickelson, struggled.

“The South Africans and Australians have an advantage at Torrey Pines because they are familiar with playing on the kikuyu grass, but the leaderboard does have a European flavor,” said Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher Brady Riggs. “It makes you wonder if anybody but Tiger is going to get in the fight.

 “If this is a preview of the Ryder Cup, we’re in trouble. It’s a little depressing -- this is supposed to be the national tournament,” Riggs said.