2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club, Brookline, MA

[Vinsk]

35 minutes ago, ShawnSum said:

What happens if DJ gets hot and just declines media coverage all week. Pretty troll but a real possibility I guess. 

Doing the press conference post win while wearing a LIV GOLF shirt….that would be trolling…😀

[Dr. Manhattan]

53 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Doing the press conference post win while wearing a LIV GOLF shirt….that would be trolling…😀

I am surprised Norman & Saudi did not require all those guys to wear the LIV Golf logo all the time. 

[turtleback]

11 hours ago, Shindig said:

They just said no left hander has won the U.S. Open, but the other majors have seen such a winner.

 

if they are going to play the Phil is not left-handed game, Ben Hogan has won the US Open and he was a natural left-hander.

Come to think of it, Hogan is also a left-hander who won the PGA.

Edited June 17, 2022 by turtleback

[boogielicious]

Some more photos from yesterday.

 Stewark Cink showing his caddie son how Superman flies on 14.

Rahm, Morikawa and Piot on the tiny 11th. It was hard to see the ball in the air due to the milky sky. 

Adam Scott, Spieth and Homa on 11. All of them did AimPoint (Spieth’s caddy does it) or as the guys sitting behind us called it, ‘that thing with your feet’.

The very popular Harold Varner III. He got as many encouraging shout outs as Rory.

These three should have been put on the clock. They were more than a hole behind the group in front in 9. The group in front had putted out, shook hands and were gone 3 minutes before these three teed off on the Par 4 9th.

Hideki hit a nice approach on 9. Missed the putt.

Xander did not and is sizing up the green for his bunker shot (behind him). It was not his best.

Rory hit a poor approach and was in the lettuce right below us. He hit a nice flop, but I rolled out too far.

Here he’s sizing up his putt when it just skirted the lip.

9 was a good hole to watch top to bottom. It’s a down hill par 4 but most laid up due to water in the right in the drive zone. 

One more of Rahm, Piot and Morikawa. We followed them for two holes.

[Shindig]

7 hours ago, turtleback said:

if they are going to play the Phil is not left-handed game, Ben Hogan has won the US Open and he was a natural left-hander.

Come to think of it, Hogan is also a left-hander who won the PGA.

How did I not know Hogan was a natural left-hander?  I thought for the longest time that Bob Charles was the only left-handed person to win a major until Bubba.  Good to know new-to-me information!

[Zippo]

16 hours ago, Dr. Manhattan said:

Oostie & Phil are a combined +14. Good job repping your LIV tour. 

Not very nice but I really enjoyed watching Phil 4 putt.

[Double Mocha Man]

1 minute ago, Zippo said:

Not very nice but I really enjoyed watching Phil 4 putt.

At least he didn't putt the ball while it was rolling...

[Zippo]

2 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

At least he didn't putt the ball while it was rolling...

I found myself hoping that he would...

[Vinsk]

Poor Hovland…what a collapse.

[Zeph]

Schadenfraude makes this even even more exciting when you got more players to root against.

A birdie for Rory. Yay.

A bogey for Phil. Yay!

11 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Poor Hovland…what a collapse.

Talk about a bogey train...

[billchao]

16 hours ago, Dr. Manhattan said:

Oostie & Phil are a combined +14. Good job repping your LIV tour. 

Guess they forgot they needed to play well to make money this week.

11 hours ago, turtleback said:

if they are going to play the Phil is not left-handed game, Ben Hogan has won the US Open and he was a natural left-hander.

Come to think of it, Hogan is also a left-hander who won the PGA.

They were talking about playing left-handed, not being left-handed. That was @Shindig being goofy. There were probably other major winners who were naturally left-handed but played right-handed, or even born naturally left-handed but forced to be right-handed.

[nevets88]

Did he actually do this during a round, that's not practice?

 

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Did he actually do this during a round, that's not practice?

Yes.

[Darkfrog]

20 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Did he actually do this during a round, that's not practice?

 

I heard during PGA Championship that he has been chipping with that grip for a couple years now or something. It looks so awkward.

[Shindig]

Morikawa with a share of the lead!  Rahm with a great up and down.

I hope next week I don't find myself regretting rooting for these two, I do like them. 

[turtleback]

3 hours ago, billchao said:

Guess they forgot they needed to play well to make money this week.

They were talking about playing left-handed, not being left-handed. That was @Shindig being goofy. There were probably other major winners who were naturally left-handed but played right-handed, or even born naturally left-handed but forced to be right-handed.

Yes, I'm not stupid, I know.  Not the point.

Yeah, but someone tried to play the 'Phil is not a left-hander who won a PGA' card because he is a natural right-hander, and I was turning it around on that game.

Edited June 17, 2022 by turtleback

[Shindig]

Did I just hear that one of the amateurs has Dudley Hart as his caddie? 

[iacas]

48 minutes ago, turtleback said:

Yeah, but someone tried to play the 'Phil is not a left-hander who won a PGA' card because he is a natural right-hander, and I was turning it around on that game.

He wasn't being serious.

You responded seriously. Plus, I already addressed it for those who might think he was being serious.