***2025 Oakmont US Open Thread*** (3 Viewers)

[gump]

7 guys under par at lunch time on Thursday? From what I’ve been reading I didn’t see this coming

Let's check back in at lunch time on Sunday...

 

[gump]

I’ll say it. This course is kinda boring to watch on TV

So bland. Looks like a flyover state from the window seat of a budget airline.

are trees illegal or something?

Gil Hanse 'restored' Oakmont to it's original design a few years ago...removing hundreds of trees. It was built as a links style.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Ace alert - Viktor Perez!

 

[Zeppelin]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

 

[encaitar]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

I thnk it shows that the golf course was done right. Scoring average is near 5 over, but if you're playing great golf you can still put up a great round.

 

[General Malaise]

Curious to see what kind of day Ben Griffin has up his sleeve. Guy is having a hell of a spring.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I know this isn't a revelation, but the greens are brutal.

Par is starting to Pac-Man munch the leaderboard.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

I thnk it shows that the golf course was done right. Scoring average is near 5 over, but if you're playing great golf you can still put up a great round.

I disagree. The length of the rough has removed all scrambling skills. The players who rate high in scrambling and have a deft touch around the green, no longer have an advantage. Whether you roll 6" into the rough or 6 yards, it still seems to be a guessing game on how hard to hit the ball out.

I think if the course had another row of intermediate rough at half the height of the primary rough, it would have served them well for shots that just missed the fairway, or rolled out a little further than expected.

 

[belljr]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

I thnk it shows that the golf course was done right. Scoring average is near 5 over, but if you're playing great golf you can still put up a great round.

I disagree. The length of the rough has removed all scrambling skills. The players who rate high in scrambling and have a deft touch around the green, no longer have an advantage. Whether you roll 6" into the rough or 6 yards, it still seems to be a guessing game on how hard to hit the ball out.

I think if the course had another row of intermediate rough at half the height of the primary rough, it would have served them well for shots that just missed the fairway, or rolled out a little further than expected.

There is an intermediate rough

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

I thnk it shows that the golf course was done right. Scoring average is near 5 over, but if you're playing great golf you can still put up a great round.

I disagree. The length of the rough has removed all scrambling skills. The players who rate high in scrambling and have a deft touch around the green, no longer have an advantage. Whether you roll 6" into the rough or 6 yards, it still seems to be a guessing game on how hard to hit the ball out.

I think if the course had another row of intermediate rough at half the height of the primary rough, it would have served them well for shots that just missed the fairway, or rolled out a little further than expected.

There is an intermediate rough

Make it a little wider, or have the grass on the intermediate rough a little longer to stop balls from rolling into the primary.

 

[gump]

I predict a wild weekend.

 

[encaitar]

Sam Burns shooting 65 on that golf course is ridiculous.

Jason Day with a 66. Pretty good too.

I thnk it shows that the golf course was done right. Scoring average is near 5 over, but if you're playing great golf you can still put up a great round.

I disagree. The length of the rough has removed all scrambling skills. The players who rate high in scrambling and have a deft touch around the green, no longer have an advantage. Whether you roll 6" into the rough or 6 yards, it still seems to be a guessing game on how hard to hit the ball out.

I think if the course had another row of intermediate rough at half the height of the primary rough, it would have served them well for shots that just missed the fairway, or rolled out a little further than expected.

I'm ok with scrambling not being rewarded, even if I disagree with you on that.(I think it's been very apparent that some of the guys are doing a better job of figuring out how hard/soft to hit it out of the rough than others).

It's the US Open. If the fairway is 18 yards wide and you hit it 15 yards right of center, you deserve to be punished. If you hit it over the green, I don't care if it's by a yard or ten, you deserve to be punished.

The guys leading this are showing that if you play great golf, you're gonna score well. Sam Burns had a 65 today. If you're not playing A+ golf, you shouldn't be given a chance to win this just because you're good at overcoming your screw ups. There's a lot of tourneys where good scrambling will give you a chance to win. I'm happy the US Open isn't one of them. Either have everything working in your bag, or lose. That's what this tourney should be.

 

[gump]

Rory only cares about Port Rush.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

I'm ok with scrambling not being rewarded, even if I disagree with you on that.(I think it's been very apparent that some of the guys are doing a better job of figuring out how hard/soft to hit it out of the rough than others).

It's the US Open. If the fairway is 18 yards wide and you hit it 15 yards right of center, you deserve to be punished. If you hit it over the green, I don't care if it's by a yard or ten, you deserve to be punished.

The guys leading this are showing that if you play great golf, you're gonna score well. Sam Burns had a 65 today. If you're not playing A+ golf, you shouldn't be given a chance to win this just because you're good at overcoming your screw ups. There's a lot of tourneys where good scrambling will give you a chance to win. I'm happy the US Open isn't one of them. Either have everything working in your bag, or lose. That's what this tourney should be.

I just think the course does not have to be so black and white regarding hitting a perfect shot or not hitting a perfect shot.

You hit it good - You are on the fairway.
You hit it pretty good - You're in the rough and have a horrible shot.
You hit it bad - You're in the rough and have a horrible shot.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I’ll say it. This course is kinda boring to watch on TV

So bland. Looks like a flyover state from the window seat of a budget airline.

are trees illegal or something?

Gil Hanse 'restored' Oakmont to it's original design a few years ago...removing hundreds of trees. It was built as a links style.

I get it. To me…it’s boring to watch on tv

 

[gump]

After a 'Big 4' run of 6 straight majors, this feels like the one to break that streak.
And possibly a 1st timer...Fleetwood, Henley, Straka, Ludvig, Neimann...

…Burns.

 

[Chaz McNulty]

Thriston Lawrence currently -1
In 4th place and +6000.
I know he's not a household name, but that seems like good value. Especially on a course like this.

 

[TLEF316]

Rory wins his green jacket and goes right back to being an unlikeable little cry baby. Throwing clubs....smashing the tee marker. Grow up, pal. You've got the career grand slam and like $500M in the bank. Its gonna be ok.

Lowry too. Tough Friday for the Irish

 

[Zeppelin]

I'm ok with scrambling not being rewarded, even if I disagree with you on that.(I think it's been very apparent that some of the guys are doing a better job of figuring out how hard/soft to hit it out of the rough than others).

It's the US Open. If the fairway is 18 yards wide and you hit it 15 yards right of center, you deserve to be punished. If you hit it over the green, I don't care if it's by a yard or ten, you deserve to be punished.

The guys leading this are showing that if you play great golf, you're gonna score well. Sam Burns had a 65 today. If you're not playing A+ golf, you shouldn't be given a chance to win this just because you're good at overcoming your screw ups. There's a lot of tourneys where good scrambling will give you a chance to win. I'm happy the US Open isn't one of them. Either have everything working in your bag, or lose. That's what this tourney should be.

This is a great test of having to play precision golf. Shots have to be in certain spots in the fairways and on the greens. This is a very demanding golf course and it's fair in my opinion. Bogeys are going to happen. Those that limit the double bogeys and worse have the best chance to win. In addition, they have to be mentally tough enough to handle the swings. It's a grueling test and is definitely not for the faint of heart and I love it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm ok with scrambling not being rewarded, even if I disagree with you on that.(I think it's been very apparent that some of the guys are doing a better job of figuring out how hard/soft to hit it out of the rough than others).

It's the US Open. If the fairway is 18 yards wide and you hit it 15 yards right of center, you deserve to be punished. If you hit it over the green, I don't care if it's by a yard or ten, you deserve to be punished.

The guys leading this are showing that if you play great golf, you're gonna score well. Sam Burns had a 65 today. If you're not playing A+ golf, you shouldn't be given a chance to win this just because you're good at overcoming your screw ups. There's a lot of tourneys where good scrambling will give you a chance to win. I'm happy the US Open isn't one of them. Either have everything working in your bag, or lose. That's what this tourney should be.

This is a great test of having to play precision golf. Shots have to be in certain spots in the fairways and on the greens. This is a very demanding golf course and it's fair in my opinion. Bogeys are going to happen. Those that limit the double bogeys and worse have the best chance to win. In addition, they have to be mentally tough enough to handle the swings. It's a grueling test and is definitely not for the faint of heart and I love it.

This is kind of where I am, too. I'm not smart enough to know whether the course is too penal, but I like watching these guys try to dig themselves out of trouble. I don't know if I'd want to watch it every week, but it's once a year. I think pretty much everyone who made the cut still has a chance.

Two questions:

1. How much rain did they get yesterday evening?

2. Are there any streaming options for the conclusion of round 2 this morning? Doesn't appear USA or NBC is.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

2. Are there any streaming options for the conclusion of round 2 this morning? Doesn't appear USA or NBC is.

It looks like peacock will start at 10am est

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Make it a little wider, or have the grass on the intermediate rough a little longer to stop balls from rolling into the primary.

This is the only thing keeping this course from being the perfect test of golf this weekend. I was surprised when I first tuned in to see how narrow the first cut was and it's clearly not stopping balls that are just slightly off-center in the fairway from rolling into the cabbage.

The guy who misses being dead center by 4-5 yards shouldn't be suffering the same fate as the guy who's so far left or right that he's on the wrong side of the bunker.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Thriston Lawrence currently -1
In 4th place and +6000.
I know he's not a household name, but that seems like good value. Especially on a course like this.

first time this guy has been called a "good value" - outside that member-guest where he's listed as a "tough course 8 index"

 

[Harry Frogfish]

Rory wins his green jacket and goes right back to being an unlikeable little cry baby. Throwing clubs....smashing the tee marker. Grow up, pal. You've got the career grand slam and like $500M in the bank. Its gonna be ok.

Lowry too. Tough Friday for the Irish

Another nation of followers in mourning, too. The DeChamBros.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Rory wins his green jacket and goes right back to being an unlikeable little cry baby. Throwing clubs....smashing the tee marker. Grow up, pal. You've got the career grand slam and like $500M in the bank. Its gonna be ok.

Another nation of followers in mourning, too. The DeChamBros.

I'm glad I faded both of them this week in my pick 3 pool. Went with Scottie/Rahm/Morikora instead.

 

[WDIK2]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

He's a mess right now.

 

[gump]

Here comes the rain I’ve caddied in this…trying to keep your player, clubs, gloves, ball dry while you get drenched is…a challenge. Not to mention the player has to hit a shot with rain pelting him.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

He's a mess right now.

Don't be surprised when he retires out of the blue.

 

[WDIK2]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

He's a mess right now.

Don't be surprised when he retires out of the blue.

Oof. That doesn't sound good. Crazy after winning Pebble, The Players, and the Masters this year. He's not happy the non-conforming driver issue got leaked. Did that really mess him up that bad?

 

[gump]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

He's a mess right now.

Don't be surprised when he retires out of the blue.

It’s a phase. He’s been the most accessible golfer in the world for as long as we can remember. He just climbed Everest. He’ll be dialed in for Port Rush.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

I imagine It's also personal life w Rory. They are moving to England. It's a lot for anyone to handle. Career grand slam. Being in contention so many times this year. Commenting on LIV for 2 years Ryder Cups. Being the PGAT spokesman for a while. Wife and kid on one coast while he partially lives in Jupiter. It's a lot to ask of one person and I'm sure it's exhausting. Easy to say he gets paid to handle it, but in the end he's human.

I think Lowry is the bigger disappointment of the Irishmen. That guy has nothing on his back and he has had a few meltdowns with fans and was a mess this week.

I love what Montgomery said. You got the best technology in the world now. Hit the damn fairway

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I imagine It's also personal life w Rory. They are moving to England. It's a lot for anyone to handle. Career grand slam. Being in contention so many times this year. Commenting on LIV for 2 years Ryder Cups. Being the PGAT spokesman for a while. Wife and kid on one coast while he partially lives in Jupiter. It's a lot to ask of one person and I'm sure it's exhausting. Easy to say he gets paid to handle it, but in the end he's human.

I think Lowry is the bigger disappointment of the Irishmen. That guy has nothing on his back and he has had a few meltdowns with fans and was a mess this week.

I love what Montgomery said. You got the best technology in the world now. Hit the damn fairway

I kinda want to like the guy (Rory) but man he makes it hard.

Lowry seems like a great hang, but yeah he's been really "touchy" lately. What's the word on him?

 

[-fish-]

"That's a US Open putt." You've used this line at least 5 times today. Stop.

 

[Zeppelin]

These last 2 groups are playing some great golf.

 

[gump]

Putting well is a must this week with these greens speeds.

Burns is currently the ‘best putter in the World’…

 

[bro1ncos]

It strikes me as odd that Viktor Hovland has the American flag on his bag design today.

 

[Harry Frogfish]

The only two that could save this thing are Scott or Hovland. Golf fanatics can argue all they want, we want trees not turnpikes. Or 5 hour rounds.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I like Rory, but I kind of want to see him shoot in the 90s today. The club throw was fine. Smashing the tee box marker was not fine. Now he's whining about greens.

He's a mess right now.

Don't be surprised when he retires out of the blue.

wuss

 

[TLEF316]

Apparently Wyndham Clark destroyed multiple lockers yesterday after missing the cut.

Dude has major anger issues. Don't want him anywhere near the Ryder cup team. Total one hit wonder

 

[Uruk-Hai]

This may be the oddest U.S. Open Rd 4 leaderboard I can remember.

I really thought someone like Scheffler and/or Koepka would make a run yesterday and at least some of the leaders would fall back.

Should be fun today in any case.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

It strikes me as odd that Viktor Hovland has the American flag on his bag design today.

Looks like everyone sponsored by Ping has that bag.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Wheres everyones money going today? The odds on Hatton seem really good. He will likely get in his own way, but I threw $50 at it.

 

[bro1ncos]

It strikes me as odd that Viktor Hovland has the American flag on his bag design today.

Looks like everyone sponsored by Ping has that bag.

Makes it look like they are all part of the US Ryder Cup team.

 

[bro1ncos]

Wheres everyones money going today? The odds on Hatton seem really good. He will likely get in his own way, but I threw $50 at it.

I'm going to go with Burns and his putter.

 

[belljr]

I mean he went to ok st and never played over seas minus the Norway amateur