US Open Thread-***May Have Spoilers***

[Hacker Khan]

Woods shot 80, so I think you've lost on that one!

Really! Oh well, I'm sure my sure fire bet Fowler will take care of business for me.....

 

[Dan2501]

Yep. He shot 81

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Tee to 'green' think the course looks great............however those brown/tan/grey/yellow things with the flags on them look shocking!

I think the greenkeeping staff have been making full use of Washington states drug laws and have been smoking the stuff they should be putting on the greens!!

 

[Cossie440]

Only problem I have with the greens is actually knowing where the fairway finishes and the green starts..

Did anyone see that shot of the course with that huge snow-topped mountain in the background?? Stunning!!

I'm just loving how different it is from every other PGA course you see on TV

 

[BrianM]

Only problem I have with the greens is actually knowing where the fairway finishes and the green starts..

Did anyone see that shot of the course with that huge snow-topped mountain in the background?? Stunning!!

I'm just loving how different it is from every other PGA course you see on TV

They've marked were the green starts with white dots so the players know where to pick up their ball and mark it, hard to see on the telly though.

On another note, great round by Monty.

 

[Swingalot]

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Just going to leave this here.....

Wow! That is a dreadfull shot. It's not even a 'good bad shot' as the ball is slicing away along the deck.

Did not stay up to watch it all, but the first few holes were painful viewing. Butch Harmon hit the nail on the head when he said the swing we see on the course from Tiger is a zillion miles quicker than the smooth thing we all witnessed only moments before as he went through the routine on the range. This has been mine and I know many others views for Months now, but he does not seem able to fix that.

Does this whole episode, with the one of the golfing greats of all time, prove that range/practise work is next to useless when compared to actually playing the game????

 

[garyinderry]

Tired, cranky, head fuzzy full of regret. that could describe me for staying up to watch tiger's car crash round or the man himself.

Lucky for tiger he is only going to be up for another night.


The course is great IMO. Excellent change from knee high rough. Seeing the players use the slopes to their advantage is cool. Putting from miles out looks fun but extremely hard. love that some people are just completely fooled by the breaks. makes them look human.

Its a tournament where it seems unlikely that someone can coast if they manage to slip a few into the lead. This course can bite. A few players got themselves in nightmare spots last night.

Hope the morning players can take advantage today and get more players under par.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Excellent change from knee high rough. Seeing the players use the slopes to their advantage is cool. Putting from miles out looks fun but extremely hard.

Agree with this - such a refreshing change from the usual US target golf where everything is perfect.

Also re. the course, just goes to show that if you want to build a true links course you really do need the right land to do so in the first place.

 

[Tongo]

Wow! That is a dreadfull shot. It's not even a 'good bad shot' as the ball is slicing away along the deck.

Did not stay up to watch it all, but the first few holes were painful viewing. Butch Harmon hit the nail on the head when he said the swing we see on the course from Tiger is a zillion miles quicker than the smooth thing we all witnessed only moments before as he went through the routine on the range. This has been mine and I know many others views for Months now, but he does not seem able to fix that.

Does this whole episode, with the one of the golfing greats of all time, prove that range/practise work is next to useless when compared to actually playing the game????

Is it any surprise? He's played one event since the Masters (I think). How does he expect to perform at the highest level with such a Spartan schedule? Even in his pomp that wouldn't have been enough.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Agree with this - such a refreshing change from the usual US target golf where everything is perfect.

Also re. the course, just goes to show that if you want to build a true links course you really do need the right land to do so in the first place.

Loved a shot that Ricki Fowler played when he'd missed the green to the right and was way beneath level of green - his partner from same place had played way over the flag up the slope and it rolled back. Fowler hit it at right angles to the line to the flag and it went way up the bank around the green and travelled anti-clockwise from about 4o'clock to 11 o'clock then rolled down towards the hole. Great fun

 

[Hacker Khan]

It's finding the middle ground between it resembling a crazy golf course, especially on the greens, and making player think about their shots and placement. So that the player who thinks his way round the course will win. I'm glad it is not another stupid US Open course that is made virtually unplayable by rock hard greens, minute fairways and silly rough, or it being purely a test of execution and driving distance target golf, that the PGA tour mostly serves up.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I was watching last night and wondered how many balls I would need on that course if I was playing with no spotters looking for my ball. With the wacky bounces and rolls, tall rough on the course and bunkers. I stopped at quite a few. I think I would be happy with 15 stableford points as well.

There was one tee shot, can't remember it I'm afraid, that looked truly terrifying. Endless huge bunkers down the left, hole dog legs left, narrow landing area. I don't think I saw anyone land on the fairway. Bunkers for all of them.

Interesting to watch but it wont make my list of courses to play.

 

[Hacker Khan]

I was watching last night and wondered how many balls I would need on that course if I was playing with no spotters looking for my ball. With the wacky bounces and rolls, tall rough on the course and bunkers. I stopped at quite a few. I think I would be happy with 15 stableford points as well.

There was one tee shot, can't remember it I'm afraid, that looked truly terrifying. Endless huge bunkers down the left, hole dog legs left, narrow landing area. I don't think I saw anyone land on the fairway. Bunkers for all of them.

Interesting to watch but it wont make my list of courses to play.

But I am assuming you would be teeing off from considerably closer than the pros are so it would be less daunting. To be honest I'd love to play the course, looks superb to me. Really enjoying the PGA live hole coverage on the 284 par 4.

 

[Swingalot]

Is it any surprise? He's played one event since the Masters (I think). How does he expect to perform at the highest level with such a Spartan schedule? Even in his pomp that wouldn't have been enough.

Agree 100% that Woods has not played anywhere near enough. I was questioning more the whole 'range work' concept most pro's and a lot of club golfers swear by and if the whole thing is a waste of time, when one of the best golfers we have ever seen can't get anywhere close to replicating what he does in practise, then why should anyone else bother?!

 

[Tongo]

Agree 100% that Woods has not played anywhere near enough. I was questioning more the whole 'range work' concept most pro's and a lot of club golfers swear by and if the whole thing is a waste of time, when one of the best golfers we have ever seen can't get anywhere close to replicating what he does in practise, then why should anyone else bother?!

I said in another thread that Woods needs to go back to being a rank and file tour pro, cos that's what he is at the moment. Playing the same schedule, or less at the moment, that he did when he was kingpin isnt going to help him get back to his best. He needs to go back to being a pro golfer.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Agree 100% that Woods has not played anywhere near enough. I was questioning more the whole 'range work' concept most pro's and a lot of club golfers swear by and if the whole thing is a waste of time, when one of the best golfers we have ever seen can't get anywhere close to replicating what he does in practise, then why should anyone else bother?!

Even having not played enough, it's clear that whatever he thinks he is working on isn't working. A player of his calibre going through a swing change might not expect to compete for wins but he's not even competing for second last, he's shooting a round of 80+ every time he tees it up and that simply isn't good enough regardless of a swing change.

I've seen one shot of his so far and that was his opening tee shot, it landed plum in the middle of the fairway but from the swing and ball flight I immediately thought that it wasn't going to be a pretty round of golf. When I looked at the leader board when I woke up this morning I went atraight to the bottom and wasn't surprised to see him propping up the field.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Even having not played enough, it's clear that whatever he thinks he is working on isn't working. A player of his calibre going through a swing change might not expect to compete for wins but he's not even competing for second last, he's shooting a round of 80+ every time he tees it up and that simply isn't good enough regardless of a swing change.

I've seen one shot of his so far and that was his opening tee shot, it landed plum in the middle of the fairway but from the swing and ball flight I immediately thought that it wasn't going to be a pretty round of golf. When I looked at the leader board when I woke up this morning I went atraight to the bottom and wasn't surprised to see him propping up the field.

Hmm, seems I was either really tired or my app wasn't working properly this morning as I see he wasn't quite propping up the field. What the hell happened to Rickie Fowler!!!!

 

[Sponge1980]

That was some 4 by Day just now.

 

[Topped Drive]

Here's a question, would you rather be Jordan Spieth who may finish on -5 after 2 rounds (if he stays as he is) Or be DJ or Stenson who are on -5 with a round in hand. They have the potential to get to -8 etc. but also to lose the top spot? Who is in the better position score in the bag or potential to do better?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Here's a question, would you rather be Jordan Spieth who may finish on -5 after 2 rounds (if he stays as he is) Or be DJ or Stenson who are on -5 with a round in hand. They have the potential to get to -8 etc. but also to lose the top spot? Who is in the better position score in the bag or potential to do better?

It's always nice to get your own score in first as weather conditions could change for the worst later on.

DJ just needs to go out and play his own game, he's capable of at least another -5.