US Open 2016

Berger said:
Play resumes today 7.30am local time, (12.30pm here). First round expected to be completed around lunch time and round 2 starts immediately after that. The third round will start at lunch time tomorrow and will be threeballs from 1st and 10th tees.
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They still reversing the field? that'll leave a few guys popping from the 18th green pretty much straight to the 1st for another 18
 
It seems that way. Although you would imagine they would give them 45 minutes or so to get changed and something to eat for anyone in that situation.

It looks like the leaders will tee off round 3 around 4/4.30pm which could mean a Sunday morning finish. But they shouldn't have any problems getting the final round completed on Sunday.
 
To get finished on Sunday they need to find a way of getting Speith to play a bit quicker. He's not even played one round, and is already on the clock.
 
I looked at the tee times as well - bit odd to me

Mcilroy et al should be finished round 1 in just over an hour then tee off again at 9pm with a 12 hour break, whereas Jason day will finish round 1 and i reckon have 40 mins before teeing up again

Those with later tee times are going to struggle to get many holes in as the last group scheduled to tee off for round 2 is 9:30pm - wont be dark by then?
 
Dan2501 said:
5 guys under par. USGA won't be pleased. Be planning some new bunkers as we speak.
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USGA policy is to make their Open 'true test of Golf', so are, imo. quite determined, and entitled, to challenge every aspect of the golfer's game! The fact that there aren't too many naturally challenging courses (like links courses can be in UK) means they have to manufacture the conditions on some otherwise 'friendly' courses!

With a Course Rating of 76.9 (Par 70/71) and Slope index of 142, however, Oakmont is already right up there as one of the toughest in the country! So setting the Greens at a 'game testing' pace, for Pros who are used to around 12 (so 13+ and possibly up to 14!), definitely has the potential to make both normally 'great' putters and the USGA look a little silly - if the weather doesn't act as forecast!

Here's another view! http://www.golfwrx.com/382856/whats-so-difficult-about-oakmont-anyway/

Oh! Good to see Walton Heath qualifiers Romain Wattel and Gregory Bourdy doing very well too! And Jeev Melka Singh taking advantage too!!
 
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Phil mickleson just doesn't shout fore does he.... I wonder if he's not happy unless he's putting someone's life in danger without warning them.
 
Is it sacrilege to say I preferred to watch the US Open at Chambers Bay? I just find these kind of courses a pure test of execution and therefore for me a bit boring. There's very little imagination or thinking your way around the course, they have to hit a pencil thin fairway and there is often only 1 way of playing each hole. Then you get to the greens which to me approach crazy golf at times. I'll no doubt still watch it but much prefer other majors when they set the US Open courses up like this.
 
Region3 said:
Surely course management is deciding what shot to hit and where to hit it, and there should be more than one way to play a hole.

Sounds like Oakmont is set up to only play the course one way. Might as well just send them to topgolf if it's a test of execution rather than a test of golf.
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Just looked through the old posts and saw Region 3 had said the same as I did. So for the rest of this thread I will delegate my posting to Region 3 and just assume I agree with what he said.
 
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Hacker Khan said:
Is it sacrilege to say I preferred to watch the US Open at Chambers Bay? I just find these kind of courses a pure test of execution and therefore for me a bit boring. There's very little imagination or thinking your way around the course, they have to hit a pencil thin fairway and there is often only 1 way of playing each hole. Then you get to the greens which to me approach crazy golf at times. I'll no doubt still watch it but much prefer other majors when they set the US Open courses up like this.
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Totally get what your saying, its a different challenge though hu?!
 
Alex1975 said:
Totally get what your saying, its a different challenge though hu?!
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Yes I agree it is. But I thought the PGA had stopped doing this kind of thing as the last 2 had been a bit different from the pencil thin fairway/thick rough/super fast greens formula. Sure make it a challenge, but I much preferred what they did at Pinehurst, tough but not just a case of every golfer trying to land the ball within the same 10 yard stretch on each fairway as it seems to be at Oakmont.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Yes I agree it is. But I thought the PGA had stopped doing this kind of thing as the last 2 had been a bit different from the pencil thin fairway/thick rough/super fast greens formula. Sure make it a challenge, but I much preferred what they did at Pinehurst, tough but not just a case of every golfer trying to land the ball within the identical 10 yard stretch of fairway as it seems to be at Oakmont.
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Yep, I like the fast greens with tight sloped run offs deal where they have to be accurate or they are going to have a tricky, high tariff chip but not our of long grass.

This place is a bit of a field too hu...
 
Commentator... 'Dustin Johnson on the4th tee...615 yds. Should be able to reach in 2...'

:rofl: :rolleyes:

And the 340 yard drive probably means he's probably correct!

Edit! Just an iron in! (though it's downhill & downwind)!
 
The problem is they have to trick up the greens and surrounding area to such an extent because the ball goes too far these days. Reign it back a bit. The big hitters will still be bigger hitters, but it will test their game a bit more. If DJ, Bubba, Rory or Jason took a driver off a Par 4 and crushed it I dont think there would be many holes they ever play where they have more than a wedge.

Listened to a podcast earlier today, I was amazed that in the 1970s Augusta greens ran at 8.5 and US Open at 7.5! And they were still the truest test of golf. Some of the downhillers at Oakmont are running at 18!!
 
TheDiablo said:
The problem is they have to trick up the greens and surrounding area to such an extent because the ball goes too far these days. Reign it back a bit. The big hitters will still be bigger hitters, but it will test their game a bit more. If DJ, Bubba, Rory or Jason took a driver off a Par 4 and crushed it I dont think there would be many holes they ever play where they have more than a wedge.

Listened to a podcast earlier today, I was amazed that in the 1970s Augusta greens ran at 8.5 and US Open at 7.5! And they were still the truest test of golf. Some of the downhillers at Oakmont are running at 18!!
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Isn't 18 like putting on concrete?
 
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