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

[nevets88]

I assume NBC has to pay bands some kind of licensing fee to play their songs? Boston. The Cars. It’s only playing like a 5 second clip so fee lower?

[Darkfrog]

On 6/17/2022 at 2:11 PM, jxdama said:

Way too easy  for a  US Open. Not worthy. Thank God they only  have  2 par  5's or  scores would even be  lower.

Definitely way too easy 🙄

[jbishop15]

Jesus Christ morikawa shit the bed hardcore 

zalatoris doesn’t do it for me, so I hope he doesn’t win

pulling for Rory since my pre-tourney pick JT is essentially out of it

i think the winning score will be -2

[saevel25]

1 minute ago, jbishop15 said:

Jesus Christ morikawa shit the bed hardcore 

Looks like he was fighting something with his swing. Tough to play 4 rounds of good golf that way. 

1 minute ago, jbishop15 said:

i think the winning score will be -2

Might be... 

Weather is going to be like 60 degrees, still a bit windy, but also some rain. 

I think -5 is the score. That gives a range of the leaders shooting 1-under, or someone form behind to go like 4-under.

 

[colin007]

Mori went full on self immolation holy crap

[Vinsk]

What a great round today! Classic rollercoaster leaderboard. Too bad you’re missing out @jxdama.

[Shindig]

My goodness, I went out to play golf instead of watching today and it looks like my score was a lot closer to Morikawa's than I thought it would be!  

Tomorrow looks to be exciting.  I'll be watching instead of playing.

[iacas]

U.S. Open fans criticize NBC for Saturday’s TV coverage

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On a wild Saturday with a bunched leaderboard, NBC faced a difficult task of showing the drama unfold.

 

[nevets88]

I was watching the broadcast with the USO app open  and watching the individual hole videos for the players on the leaderboard on smartphone. That helped a little. Those videos aren’t exactly complete though. 
 

Also missed the segment on caddies. Hope I can find a recording somewhere. 
 

I’m also listening to podcasts while watching, volume level a little above the broadcast’s. 

[Shindig]

1 hour ago, nevets88 said:

Also missed the segment on caddies. Hope I can find a recording somewhere. 

I saw only part of it, mostly the part about using a rake to find your line on the tee.  I don't remember how they were using a rake in that way. 

[Friz]

Whoever can figure out how to get cameras on every player on the course, and give viewers a way to customize what they want to see will win golf forever.  The Masters is pretty close on this, it shouldn't be that hard.  Just let me pick who I want to watch.  If LIV spent their money perfecting this, they could actually do some damage

[boogielicious]

13 hours ago, nevets88 said:

I assume NBC has to pay bands some kind of licensing fee to play their songs? Boston. The Cars. It’s only playing like a 5 second clip so fee lower?

They pay ASCAP or BMI like a radio station would. Then those two orgs pay out the mechanical royalties to the recording artist. They pay per use no matter how much of the song is used.

Weather: right now it’s 51 and raining in the Boston area with gusty winds. So basically April weather. Welcome to New England!

[iacas]

[Vinsk]

7 hours ago, Friz said:

If LIV spent their money perfecting this, they could actually do some damage

Yeah, cuz I sure don’t wanna miss a shot by Richard Bland.🙄

[jmanbooyaa]

Way too many breaks from the action. Peacock app was awful. 

[colin007]

Is there a "Tour Players Are Whiny Little Bitches" thread? Can I start one? Justin Thomas bitching about having to play by the rules because he was honest?

[iacas]

1 hour ago, colin007 said:

Is there a "Tour Players Are Whiny Little Bitches" thread? Can I start one? Justin Thomas bitching about having to play by the rules because he was honest?

I took it more as bitching about other pros.

[Zeph]

The course is clearly playing too easy. I mean, leaders at -4 before Sunday? What were they thinking? 😉