USGA U.S. Amateur. Final Round Pass or Fail?

[Sandy Lie]

For those of you who watched the final match the question is based on how the USGA managed the crowd especially on the back nine.  In my opinion based on what I saw the crowd at times were allowed to get to close to play.  Specifically to close to the rough in some cases, to close to the greens as well.  Now the players are highly skilled it may not of bothered then at all.

I just thought the USGA should have kept the spectators further back from the players.  Again just my opinion based on watching the event.

I would give them a passing grade, but barely.  They could of done better. That’s all.

[StuM]

I did not watch the event but just looked at some of it on YouTube and the crowd does appear closer to tee box & greens than in Pro Tours.  I've not watched much college/armature golf and I am curious if this is common or an outlier?  The crowd was clearly smaller then at a Pro event which probably explains the lack of ropes to keep the crowd further away.  It did not seem to bother any of the golfers I saw in the few spots I checked.  

 

 

[DeadMan]

Nah, it was fine. They (try to) keep spectators off the greens and tee boxes, but everything else is pretty much fair game. 

This is why you should try to get out to watch the Amateur if it's in your area. It's really cool to walk the fairways and be up close with these guys. I went to the US Am in 2012 when it was in Denver and walked with JT's first match. When I say walked with, I was right next to him at times and talked to his family a bunch. It was really cool.

[Sandy Lie]

58 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

Nah, it was fine. They (try to) keep spectators off the greens and tee boxes, but everything else is pretty much fair game. 

This is why you should try to get out to watch the Amateur if it's in your area. It's really cool to walk the fairways and be up close with these guys. I went to the US Am in 2012 when it was in Denver and walked with JT's first match. When I say walked with, I was right next to him at times and talked to his family a bunch. It was really cool.

Cool!

I live here in Pinehurst and attended the 2019 US Amateur here.  Fans were everywhere, and it seemed more controlled. But I was asked twice to move back from a green on the 13th and 17th holes. I was a little surprised by that request, I had to be 15-20 yards away from it at the time.  He said we were to close?  Maybe he had poor eyesight, who knows.

The last day the USGA guys had the ropes out early to keep back the crowds. I thought yesterday they may have waited a little long to do so.

Great comeback by Piot!