US Open: Who do you want to win, who will win?
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That's what I mean...moving backwards instead oomeone going out and catching him. The guys that make par will catch him, not going out making birdies. I get it...the US Open wants this...love it once a year, couldn't watch it every week. Some of these pin set ups really are ridiculous. These greens were not built to be 12 or 13...
Reminds me of a monster miniature golf complex I played back in my teen years called Par King. Lots of the usual miniature golf gimmicky holes.
Well, PAR IS KING this week.....156 of the world’s best golfers, not even one under par.
Well, PAR IS KING this week.....156 of the world’s best golfers, not even one under par.
One of the golf supers was on the Golf Channel earlier in the week saying that Shinnecock has barns and greenhouses all over the area holding thousands of tons of sod....apparently they are going to dig up a bunch of the rough to widen the fairways for the members when this carnival is done. I am a 7 handicap, a fairly accomplished player....I couldn't break 100 here i would bet...
Have they "lost the course"?
To me, it's the US Open. The hardest contest in golf for the year. I'm OK if the greens are like a rock and the rough is miserable.
Certainly got the most of Phil M. today. Love the guy, but I think he experienced a little "putting rage" today.......
To me, it's the US Open. The hardest contest in golf for the year. I'm OK if the greens are like a rock and the rough is miserable.
Certainly got the most of Phil M. today. Love the guy, but I think he experienced a little "putting rage" today.......
Berger and Finau handled Shinnecock just fine today with 66. All you need is perfection and you can score. You want to win it - go get it. The course isn't giving you a thing. It's the UNITED STATES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, not the local hit-and-giggle.
Going to be a fight to the finish tomorrow. Anybody at +7 or better is in it. But only the strong will survive.
Going to be a fight to the finish tomorrow. Anybody at +7 or better is in it. But only the strong will survive.
My friend was there today. He said the change in wind in the afternoon was drastic. Basically Made It a different course
But I love it. US Open winner should be around par IMO
I played in the “Hit and Giggle” today and didn’t fare as well as the guys playing Shinnecock!
BTW - How’s that wheel recovering Foxy?
Would be interesting if the players could pick their tee times tomorrow beginning with the leaders having the first pick and then everyone else picking their tee time in the order they finished today.
I can’t believe the announcers are bending over backwards defending the condition of the course.....even reading parts of a letter from the President of the club this afternoon defending the course’s condition.
I watched the entire telecast today and the greens and many of the pin locations have diminished the level of SKILL while dramatically adding the level of pure blind LUCK.
One par 4 on the back nine.....68 golfers, the closest second shot was 39 feet.
Seeing your footsteps as you walk on a green? That sounds like fun.
Seeing players putt off various greens all day long? I’ll go to my club if I want to watch that!
The course was apparently built on or near Indian burial grounds. Scalping the greens for a US Open seems like a strange club tradition.
I can’t believe the announcers are bending over backwards defending the condition of the course.....even reading parts of a letter from the President of the club this afternoon defending the course’s condition.
I watched the entire telecast today and the greens and many of the pin locations have diminished the level of SKILL while dramatically adding the level of pure blind LUCK.
One par 4 on the back nine.....68 golfers, the closest second shot was 39 feet.
Seeing your footsteps as you walk on a green? That sounds like fun.
Seeing players putt off various greens all day long? I’ll go to my club if I want to watch that!
The course was apparently built on or near Indian burial grounds. Scalping the greens for a US Open seems like a strange club tradition.
I, for one, love a good bloodbath once a year. Other than a few bad pins, I love how the wind and the rough force them to dink and dunk. How often do you see par 5’s that they can’t bomb it there in 2? Par 5’s are instant birdies half the time. 15 and 18 greens were almost unfair though......
The pride of Manheim Township High school in Lancaster County.
Phil is an ahole. Whined about the rough at Oakmont in 2007. He's 48, going on 3. Just a little spoiled brat, who was never forced to grow up. Hope he got a pacifier and a rattle for his birthday.
No picking Nits here, just a couple of other observations.
Sam Snead was also born in 1912. They were (Hogan, Snead, Nelson) the Big 3 in the late 30s and 40s.
Hogan was Army Air Corps but did not see action and was mustered out before the war was over. Hogan retired in 1961. Would have been interesting to see what Nelson could have done if he had stayed with it.
Wow, no surprise Poulter is killing the USGA and and the obnoxious fans at Shinnecock. Even I have to say the morons on every shot shouting Baba Booey, Mashed Potatoes, Get in the Hole and Dilly Dilly are clowns. It was funny 10 years ago....maybe
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Relayer, I agree with you 100% on the loudmouths, wish they were tossed. I don’t ever recall it being as loud and as widespread as it has been this year.
The Phoenix Open’s (?) “designated” par 3 is the time and place, not the US Open.
The architecture of the greens make them better suited for a 10 at most on the stimp, not the lightning numbers the USGA try to reach. Koepka hit a shot on 15 that under normal greens, stops at 8-10 ft and he has a great birdie look. Instead, it falls off the green into a bunker. He makes bogey. As Mike Davis said, good shots weren’t rewarded, they were penalized. I’m fine with it being a stern test. Thursday and Friday were fine setups. Saturday, the USGA failed to have a fallback if the winds came up, which given the location, was easy to guess might happen.
Same thing happened at Oakmont a few years back. REmember when DJ's ball moved on the green. The reasoning for that was simple...those greens weren't meant to be mowed to a 13....no way that ball doesn't move. And lets not forget how the USGA made Chambers Bay look....it was like watching a golf tournament from Mars. Not being prepared for the wind on an oceanside course is inexcusable.
They just needed to water the damn greens Friday night. Heck, the grass looks dormant............ Putting on baked clay.
So....when can one of the players beat senseless these clowns that insist in yelling out nonsensical comments after every drive off the tee?
It's maddening. I may need to bring in the USGA version of Murder Incorporated to take care of these guys.
Tommy Fleetwood hoping the wind starts blowing 30 mph. In about 20 minutes anyway.
Fleetwood must have set a record for largest average margin between rounds for an entire tournament. 75-66-78-63 is amazing (12-stroke average).
Simple solution a la Augusta. Immediate ejection
"whaddya mean you don't need a pinball machine in your bar? You sure about dat?"
BTW these greens are toast. 80% brown.
Congrats to Brooks. Cardinal Newman (WPB) grad. He stared it down and never flinched. DJ needs to work on his concentration on the greens. Seems he's out to lunch on every other one.
To the usga - stop it. You ended your best event w/ brown greens. You can control this from the equipment end, or you can continue to end your championships on brown greens. Do the right thing. Amateurs use aluminum bats in baseball. Get some different equipment standards for these guys so they can play 7,000 yard golf courses again. Please.
To the usga - stop it. You ended your best event w/ brown greens. You can control this from the equipment end, or you can continue to end your championships on brown greens. Do the right thing. Amateurs use aluminum bats in baseball. Get some different equipment standards for these guys so they can play 7,000 yard golf courses again. Please.
