Horschel lays down the smack

[Bushwood CC]

Hard to say he's whining given that he just shot a 67. Have to say I agree with Horschel - bad greens neutralize good approach shots and putting. The speed of the greens is not the primary issue - it is the INCONSISTENCY and bumpiness of the greens. You take greens that are super fast such as a place like Oakmont, but this only promotes great putting and rewards great shots because they roll "pure" and on a "true" line. Great putters LOVE playing on super-fast pure greens because it is an advantage.

Horschel's main point is true - crap greens simply turn great shots and great putts into pars from birdies and tap-ins from one-putts (and vice versa, average putts into tap-ins, etc...). Horschel hit the ball much better than a 67 today.

 

[Bushwood CC]

McIlroy is probably tied for the lead, if not outright leading, if these greens were even marginally puttable the way he has been just been knocking the pin down the last two days -- he's been inside 8 feet on virtually every hole the last two days and when he has played it at the hole the ball has taken the break....when he has played the break, the ball bobbles, bounces off the line and doesn't ultimately break. These greens are so absurdly inconsistent, you can even see it at a distance on the TV cameras (laughed when Horschel did his little "snake" thing on the 16th hole imitating the ball going all over the place on its way to the hole).