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Looks like some weather rolling in tomorrow thru Friday that could soften things up a touch. Players are going to need all the help they can get on this monster.
Speith can't keep it in the fairway recently which is a little terrifying at Oakmont.
http://www.golf.com/golf-plus/chambers-bay-one-year-later-lessons-learned-its-2015-debut-big-stageBack to a "traditional" US Open venue at Oakmont CC after the debacle that was Shamber's Bay. Deep rough, bikini waxed greens
Some of the talking heads on The Golf Channel said the big hitters have a decided advantage at Oakmont.
It's funny, I listened to the Shack House podcast this morning and those guys were all over the place as to who the setup favors too. One guy was saying that the difficulty favors scramblers, the other was saying that the rough around the greens was so long that it might nullify that advantage and make scrambling a crapshoot, and thus preferred the GIR guys. And they couldn't agree about the role length will play either. I don't think anyone has any idea, other than obviously preferring guys who hit fairways.
Back to a "traditional" US Open venue at Oakmont CC after the debacle that was Shamber's Bay. Deep rough, bikini waxed greens
That's a shame. The US Open should be played on public courses IMO. As a USGA member I think its a shame that I can't show up and play on that course.
Aside from Pebble (currently like $500 to play), public venues are a relatively new development. I'm pretty sure Bethpage in 2002 was the first ever municipal host. Since the '99 Open at Pinehurst, there have been a bunch of publically accessible courses. Pinehurst three times, Bethpage twice, Torrey Pines, Chambers Bay, Erin Hills next year. But historically, the Open has been played on private courses, which makes sense because most of the best courses are private. I'm with you though, and a lot of others are too, I love the idea of them playing them on public courses every few years.
Think this is a good argument. Why they continue to include Olympic in the rotation when four of the five past champions there are Webb Simpson, Lee Janzen, Scott Simpson and Jack Fleck is beyond me. It plays like it's missing a windmill or two.
It's possible the Lake Course isn't even the third best course surrounding Lake Merced.
I don't see it as catering to anybody, honestly. And the game is heading in a much more inclusive direction. It is going away from exclusivity, not towards.
Hope you're right about this. I've only been involved with golf for five years, so my experience is limited.
Did you see his interview? I was going to take him until he admitted he just started swinging the driver full go last Thursday.
Greatest performance ever. I've played Torrey and on an average day that course is stupid hard, much less US Open conditions. Tiger made it look like a pitch and putt that week. God I wish he were still playing good golf now that there are young guys that could tee it up with him. Would be so much more fun.
Yup. That shot was unreal. I was there Saturday (that shot was Friday) and while the crowd didn't have access down there we obviously saw plenty of deep rough and that was called the deepest rough on the course, as it's the lowest point. I saw an equally mind-boggling shot off the lip of the bunker 75-100 out on the left from about 15 feet away on the same hole the next day. I assume you meant Pebble.
You say this every tournament. You were wrong about the Masters.
Ya, and I think it goes without saying that any tournament, not to mention a US open, is going to favor people putting well from distance.
That was Pebble Beach.
