BubbaP
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US Open 2025 - Oakmont
- Thread starter Arthur Wedge
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Barking_Mad
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Wish they had more cameras at ground level. It's so hard to see the slopes from the views from above.
Barking_Mad
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Swango1980
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McIlroy should just do a Tiger Woods, feign injury, and quit his round 
IanM
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Tough watch this. Course is visually unattractive and some of the runoffs are punishing decent shots.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
What's the point of having a green that size if half of it is unusable?
Barking_Mad
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What's the point of having a green that size if half of it is unusable?
I can't get the link to embed, but here's a 122 yard putt
Swango1980
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I was thinking that yesterday.What's the point of having a green that size if half of it is unusable?
How many greens have vast areas that will never actually be putt from, as ball just rolls off green.
I gave up watching the US Open seriously years ago. I’ve caught bits of this, but am not really watching it.
Personally I am absolutely sick and tired of the USGA and their willy waving. They make the courses so ridiculously difficult that they border on unfair, punishing decent shots as you rightly say.
I am no fan of seeing 25 under winning tournaments, but neither do I enjoy seeing the worlds best golfers look like hackers. If I want to watch hackers, I go to mine on a Saturday morning.
C7usk
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Yeah gotta agree with most of the comments... Am still watching it as I love watching the majors.... But it's a much harder watch than usual... Unattractive course...no shape to the holes... Ridiculous greens... Rough that is so thick you would never find your ball without spotters... Having pros have to take wild swings just to get it out the rough and only have a general idea where it is going is not good viewing....
Swango1980
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Is it worse than Chambers Bay? I remember the controversy that course brought
Depreston
Club Champion
The thing is this course would be really really hard even without the stupid rough
I don’t mind it though once a year it’s a fun watch
Quail Hollow was ridiculous that bad shots were just not punished enough
I don’t mind it though once a year it’s a fun watch
Quail Hollow was ridiculous that bad shots were just not punished enough
bigyin55
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Just showed thriston Lawrence at the tee box on one of the holes saying he's been waiting over 23 minutes for the fairway to clear. Bloody hell.
Pin-seeker
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A broken clock
Agreed, but this set up has gone way too far the other way. I’m sure they could find a happy medium if they were of a mind to.
Arthur Wedge
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This has gone a little bit too far and I normally enjoy the US Open
Good shots are not being rewarded
Good shots are not being rewarded
I didn’t see much of yesterday’s coverage, but my regular playing partner this morning was telling me that Justin Rose’s caddy told him yesterday to play to miss 8 short and right where the gallery had been walking as that gave him the best opportunity of making par.
Sorry, but that sums it up for me. Just plain daft.
Sorry, but that sums it up for me. Just plain daft.
Swango1980
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I've not watched a lot so far. Obviously the rough looks horrific. Is it mega long as well (beyond the mega long Par 3)?
I'm all for growing high rough in certain areas, maybe to punish longer drives and making it risk and reward. Or long rough on shorter courses generally, encouraging players to be more cautious.
Not a fan of a course being made mega long, with mega punishing rough everywhere. Just becomes a slog.
It seems like anytime I've seen a player miss a green, they are having to hack a chip from rough, and they are relying on luck as to where ball finishes after the chip
I'm all for growing high rough in certain areas, maybe to punish longer drives and making it risk and reward. Or long rough on shorter courses generally, encouraging players to be more cautious.
Not a fan of a course being made mega long, with mega punishing rough everywhere. Just becomes a slog.
It seems like anytime I've seen a player miss a green, they are having to hack a chip from rough, and they are relying on luck as to where ball finishes after the chip
srixon 1
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If it wasn’t a major, I doubt most of the players would turn up. What is the point of having rough around the greens that takes all the short game skills away from the players.
Pin-seeker
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Watching this makes me feel better about my game 
