2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst

[4zim]

5 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

There are literally 75 golfers left on the course and instead they are showing DeShamblow’s ugly mug and highlights of his douchieness. It’s nauseating. Show golf NBC! Your paying Mike Tirico a lot of money to announce too!

I found this session irritating but I wasn’t sure if it was just me being in a bad mood. Bryson isn’t a good commentator and honestly I don’t find the Smylie Kaufman broadcast moments interesting in the slightest at any tournament. 

[boogielicious]

25 minutes ago, 4zim said:

I found this session irritating but I wasn’t sure if it was just me being in a bad mood. Bryson isn’t a good commentator and honestly I don’t find the Smylie Kaufman broadcast moments interesting in the slightest at any tournament. 

I muted it. 😜

[saevel25]

Looks like Cantlay's short game betrayed him today. He was +3.9 yesterday, and now he's -1.9 today!

 

[iacas]

1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

There are literally 75 golfers left on the course and instead they are showing DeShamblow’s ugly mug and highlights of his douchieness. It’s nauseating. Show golf NBC! Your paying Mike Tirico a lot of money to announce too!

I mean… the regular announcers need a bit of a break, and Bryson's a lot more tolerable these days.

LIV may have been good for him. He's not in our faces as much, he can edit his YouTube videos, and he's getting a LOT of cheering around the golf course. People are on his side more now than ever.

[boogielicious]

7 minutes ago, iacas said:

I mean… the regular announcers need a bit of a break, and Bryson's a lot more tolerable these days.

LIV may have been good for him. He's not in our faces as much, he can edit his YouTube videos, and he's getting a LOT of cheering around the golf course. People are on his side more now than ever.

Part of my point is they weren’t showing golf on the course. Instead, they were showing past clips of his antics. I want to see the current competition. They seem to think we don’t want to watch the actual tournament.

[billchao]

17 minutes ago, iacas said:

I mean… the regular announcers need a bit of a break, and Bryson's a lot more tolerable these days.

LIV may have been good for him. He's not in our faces as much, he can edit his YouTube videos, and he's getting a LOT of cheering around the golf course. People are on his side more now than ever.

I might actually like the guy now if he wasn’t getting paid with blood money. His YouTube videos are entertaining, at least the few that I’ve actually watched, and he did yell at a guy for trying to steal a golf ball he was giving to a kid.

He’s become my favorite LIV golfer, though I suppose is about the same as having a favorite cow plop in a field.

[iacas]

20 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

Part of my point is they weren’t showing golf on the course. Instead, they were showing past clips of his antics. I want to see the current competition. They seem to think we don’t want to watch the actual tournament.

They showed a bit but they also showed golf shots at the U.S. Open and got Bryson’s commentary on them.

[Kingkat1954]

Worst coverage of any previous US Open tournament by NBC. Incomplete first round and now, cutting out before all players have finished. Should have had USA Network on in the mornings and then NBC pick up in the afternoons. Another network needs to cover this tournament. 

Also, only got to see Rory play about 27 holes over these two days. 

Wasted time with Bryson. Not a fan. 

Will watch only after the leaders tee off tomorrow and Sunday.

[4zim]

The interview with Straka right after was just as bad, choppy and coarse. Smylie just isn’t an engaging interviewer. 

[Zeph]

They can’t pick players to highlight based on who’s a fan in here. I didn’t see that part, but it can’t have been that long?

Bryson is fine, except for the LIV part. He’s more entertaining than many others and having some LIV representatives up there stirs the pot a little.

[GolfLug]

It's a freaking frictionless course. This is akin to playing with rock flites. These greens have to effectively play the smallest in all of golf. I know they all want to play middle of the green but then putting away from middle after is no picnic. 

There was a discussion earlier where they said the projected score for a 5 handicap is 84. I would put my house on the over.

[iacas]

Pinehurst #2 is actually pretty playable for the average golfer because… the average golfer misses short a lot, and short misses aren't punished much at Pinehurst.

[saevel25]

Looking at the aerial, there is very few holes were short is bad. You can always putt from off the green, so it makes the short game easier. I can see where the big number is out more often. It's not really a course where you can easily go low at either. The sand down there is super easy to play out of.

[GolfLug]

25 minutes ago, iacas said:

Pinehurst #2 is actually pretty playable for the average golfer because… the average golfer misses short a lot, and short misses aren't punished much at Pinehurst.

Yeah, watched Geoff Ogilvy's bit on Fried Egg about his conversation with some bogey golfer finding #2 most fun to play and the irony in it being so. 

16 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Looking at the aerial, there is very few holes were short is bad. You can always putt from off the green, so it makes the short game easier. I can see where the big number is out more often. It's not really a course where you can easily go low at either. The sand down there is super easy to play out of.

Makes sense.

[Vinsk]

On 6/12/2024 at 8:27 PM, jxdama said:

Looks alot  like those  "native areas" a few  years  back that were supposed to be tough but ended  up being  just another fairway shot  unless you were  very  unlucky and  got right  behind a tuft  of  grass. I  predict  -15 for the win. Someone will be  -8 at the end  of the day tomorrow.

[4zim]

Get the feeling Bryson is going to pull this off and win his second US Open

[iacas]

On 6/12/2024 at 8:34 PM, iacas said:

Cool. Here's the deal we'll make you. If you're right, we'll remove your restrictions. If you're wrong, you'll never again be permitted to whine about how "easy" a golf course played (particularly given that you wouldn't likely break 90 at it), and if you do, you're gone forever.

57 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

Loving the deal I made.

[Vinsk]

I definitely have a better outlook on BD after watching his YouTube channel and his appearances on Grant Horvath’s channel. He’s an odd character but he loves the game and is considerably more entertaining than Scheffler and many other PGAT players. I do however continue to see Koepka as a total douche. 
 

I’m pulling for Rory but won’t be disappointed if BD wins. It’s just a damn shame he’s with LIV.