Matty2803
Head Pro
He needed that one. If he posts 4 under he'll at least be in a play off, imo.
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turkish
Journeyman Pro
Guess for winning score? I'm thinking -7
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
If Day is doing things a little slower than normal, what odds his group finishing two holes behind?
Ethan
Money List Winner
So you dismiss Rory's great play as lucky? I don't think you know what you are talking about.
In my opinion, the course is not unfair - it is very difficult and requires a vision that the players usually don't have to apply at US Opens and certainly not at PGA Tour events. Who said you should be able to aim at every pin and hit is straight at it? The US Open used to be a dreadful affair, with hideous tree lined fairways and hideous rough won by plodded who hit 2 irons off the tee and putted from 40 feet to tap in for par. Thanks God (or the deity of your choice) that they have shaken it up a bit.
The players near the top of the leaderboard are almost all players near the top of the world rankings or with links experience (Lowry and Grace). And there are a handful below par and a decent number of scores below par on the day. Looks to me that it is doing a fine job identifying the best players and rewarding good golf.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
he was being sarcastic ethan.
jp5
Q-School Graduate
It was a reposte to those who have claimed that the course is farcical, unfair, ridiculous.
posters on this thread as well as players e.g. https://twitter.com/Chris_Kirk_/status/612721005824380928
(maybe has something to do with the 10 he took on the first)
In my mind everyone plays the same course and it's no coincidence that the leaderboard is packed with the best players in the world.
jp5
Q-School Graduate
:thup:
Love the course. Drama, excitement, punishment (sometimes unfairly).
It's separating the in-form, world class from everyone else - just like a US Open should.
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
The excitment of the leader board is enough to forget the green but then shots like days drive in the middle rolling nearly into a bunker in that fashion. Fully can expect a bad kick on a links course but that was just silly.
Oxfordcomma
Challenge Tour Pro
If anyone posts -5 I think they'll win.
jp5
Q-School Graduate
And how many times have we seen bad shots get a bounce back into the fairway, or bounce back off a tree?
Can work both ways!
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
the 11th @ strabane. you cannot hold that fairway when its baked. lol
SyR
Challenge Tour Pro
I want to watch until the end but have to be up early for work tomorrow. I think DJ is in a great position now but this course can coax a nasty score on any hole! I wish I could stay up to watch it all.
JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
Would love to see Rory post -3 and see what happens to the field.
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
That's the thing. It wasn't a bad bounce. It simply stopped on the fairway and rolled then rolled into the rough. It was a well struck drive with draw into a left to right sloping fairway exactly the way you should try and play it.
Btw Gary. That is also a stupid, stupid hole.
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JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
Oh well it was fun when it lasted. Rory's pretty much out of it but he gave us all a run for our dish.
Curls
Journeyman Pro
Sneds turn to charge. Didn't see that coming. Wish Lowry wasn't scrambling so much and would give himself some decent chances, just moved to level, love to see him finish well he comes across as a normal.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
I love the green. I see it as a great challenge.
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Playing in a four ball with my bro, nephew and cousin. My cousin was mooned by a flag thief and verbally abused for wearing a pink shirt. Lol
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Still tricky to pick the winner
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