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I know it’s still early, but I thought this USO was going to have a winner at like +5?

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46 minutes ago, iacas said:

Completely out on Phil after what he did at the U.S. Open a few years back. Was out on him at the start, started to like him, and then he did a few things including hitting the rolling ball and bullshitted after that, so I'm fully back out again.

I had completely forgotten about that...I rescind my support.

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2 minutes ago, ncates00 said:

I know it’s still early, but I thought this USO was going to have a winner at like +5?

You’re right, too early...greens appear receptive today. I doubt it’ll stay that way.

I also am expecting a +3-5 winner

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If Tiger can go around the course with his patented pull cut off the tee and make some putts, I think he has a great chance.

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I am happily surprised on Tiger and Rory.  I hope they can keep that up for all four days.

I would love to either one of those win this week.

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1 minute ago, Yukari said:

I am happily surprised on Tiger and Rory.  I hope they can keep that up for all four days.

I would love to either one of those win this week.

I'm actually not surprised about Rory.  He had his kid, no complications that we know of, mom & child are fine, his wife probably has her mom/or other support, etc.  All that frees you up to go after it.  When you're expecting a child, your first especially, it's a nervous time.  I'd say he and his wife have a lot of support around them, and now that the baby is here, Rory can breathe more.  Sleep, on the other hand, is another matter haha.

Tiger isn't so surprising.  I think a lot of the holes favor a pull cut off the tee.  If he has his usual approach play and makes some putts, I like his chances.

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10 minutes ago, woodzie264 said:

You’re right, too early...greens appear receptive today. I doubt it’ll stay that way.

I also am expecting a +3-5 winner

After hearing Mike Davis last night, I am not surprised to see a few good scores early. Sounded like they wanted today to be a scoring day. Some easy pins and more receptive greens. Plus they trimmed the rough some.

You got a front coming in tonight. That’s gonna change this course completely tomorrow, particularly the wind and wind direction along with the dry air.

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I tried watching on Peacock and the stream was stuttering. Switched to the USGA stream and no problems. Minor, but there's no pause button on Peacock, via a desktop browser. Guessing the source of both is the same, but Peacock is probably getting hammered more? Of all the streaming services, Peacock's interface I like the least.

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Rory's score surprises me a lot not just because I figured he'd have lack of sleep from now being a father, but because he doesn't have a good track record on traditional U.S. Open setups, the ones with fast tracks. His one win in the Open came on a slow track. Really his only other good finish in a U.S. Open was a backdoor top-10 at Chambers Bay. Did not see this coming at all.  Really, all four of his majors came on slow tracks. 

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Wow, players need to stop showing off. All they are doing is pissing off the USGA..😋. Retribution will be swift and telling.

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14 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Wow, players need to stop showing off. All they are doing is pissing off the USGA..😋. Retribution will be swift and telling.

No, the USGA is still a little gun-shy from all their bitching and moaning before.

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What a putt from Tigre!

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3 minutes ago, colin007 said:

I hate rollercoaster rounds

He's been off by such a tiny amount on fairways missed.  Makes a huge difference though.  Hopefully tomorrow, he gets that extra yard to hit more FW.

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4 minutes ago, phillyk said:

He's been off by such a tiny amount on fairways missed.  Makes a huge difference though.  Hopefully tomorrow, he gets that extra yard to hit more FW.

Agreed.

And then he just did that thing again.

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Ugh....how many decent swings led to being one step into the rough?

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