Dustin Johnson Thinks the Chambers Bay Greens Cost Him the U.S. Open

Seemed like a slightly tentative pull.

What cost him the open was him missing multiple makeable putts on the back 9 Sunday. Can't blame the greens when he missed about 5 he should have sunk. Everyone else putted there.

Jordan missed a few inside 4" on Sat and the 3 footer on 17 Sunday. Water under the bridge; the 3 putt on 18 lost him the tournament.

My initial reaction was (a) under hit, or (b) quick bad green bump to the left.

But after watching that vine, I think you can see a bit of turnover on the tip of the head, which leads me to believe it was a very slight pull.  And very slight pulls on fast greens result in misses from four feet.

Watching as much of the event that I could, I found it obvious that the unique conditions made putting a bit more difficult than a normal PGA weekend. Understatement perhaps.

Would he have at most two-putted on a typical course? I think so. Just an opinion.

Doesn't really matter though. As soon as he missed the eagle putt and left it that long, I think his head imploded. Every bumpy putt from the whole event came to the frontal lobe and boom - Speith.

I'm hoping he keeps his personal poop together after such a thing.

You'd have 20 winners if everyone made the putts they would have on decent greens.

Had DJ made that putt would we be looking at a Vine with 20 handicappers analysing his stroke and saying "Wow - It's amazing he made that putt."

When you don't give each other 4 footers on crap greens you'll miss some, I promise.

First things firs, leaving yourself a four footer after a twelve foot eagle putt isn't very good, so he could have prevented this if he putted at better speed on the first try.

That being said, this was a putt to tie the lead, his last chance, just try to bang it in, because if you miss it you lose the U.S. Open anyway. He actually did on his second putt what he should have done on his first putt. Looking for this 'bounce', I don't see it, but okay, it could have been a visual effect caused by the shadow. It all sounds a bit like we all have to believe how bad these greens are, and how stupid the USGA was by choosing Chambers Bay. I think he pulled it. But if it bounced just don't say it caused DJ to lose the U.S. Open, he made much larger mistakes on the putt before this one and on the other holes. Everybody has a bad roll or bounce sometimes. Another time it goes your way. He should have prevented that such a small bounce (if it exists) costs him the U.S. Open by not making the mistakes elsewhere.

The greens were awful, but Spieth was clearly the better putter. Can't blame it all on the greens for a 3-putt.

On his first putt, he barely touched it and it rolled four feet past.  Coming off that slope, I don't know if he could have stopped it near the hole.  Jason Day had about the same putt, a little longer and his putt rolled by 3-4 feet.

From the time Jason Day holed his three-footer 'til the time Dustin Johnson stroked his eagle putt was almost 2 minutes.  And he was scoping it out while JD was lining up his birdie putt.  So DJ had a good look at that eagle.

I think he misread the putt. He probably thought it was right edge when it was 2-3 inches outside right edge. He actually had good pace on it, but just didn't start it right enough. You can see the ball come very close to falling in on the low side.

He either needed about 1 foot more pace or 2-3 inches more break.

Look at DJ's head right before he makes contact ... moves backwards causing a ...