2011 U.S. Open

[deasy55]

It's ridiculous really. I never hear commentators going on about Dustin Johnson or Nick Watney and their final rounds at majors last year. It's been blown completely out of proportion tbh

Originally Posted by arogolf

I know they are tv people and they need drama, but in the last 15 min of tv coverage the announcers mentioned rorys final round at augusta at least a dozen times... I mean give it a rest. I hope he wins just so we don't have to hear about it. We need tiger back so he and rory can go at it.

[jamo]

It's ridiculous really. I never hear commentators going on about Dustin Johnson or Nick Watney and their final rounds at majors last year. It's been blown completely out of proportion tbh

Watney, true, but I've heard a lot of stuff about Johnson's meltdowns.

[arogolf]

I never understood why my dad sometimes watches sports with the tv muted...until now.

[turtleback]

Originally Posted by deasy55

It's ridiculous really. I never hear commentators going on about Dustin Johnson or Nick Watney and their final rounds at majors last year. It's been blown completely out of proportion tbh

You do when they are leading.

[motteler621]

Rorys got this one in the bag, we already have the US open winner. I dont see him doing what he did at the masters, you only do that sort of thing once, hes got something to prove now and hes a professional

[mcfc_nick]

Originally Posted by deasy55

It's ridiculous really. I never hear commentators going on about Dustin Johnson or Nick Watney and their final rounds at majors last year. It's been blown completely out of proportion tbh

? thats because Watney or DJ aren't leading at the minute and Rory is. What are they supposed to talk about? Instead of talking of what the leader has done previously they should say 'Rory's leading by 8 but remember about Watney and Johnson last year'. If it was one of those two in Rory's position then their situation would get spoken about.

[Malvern]

Originally Posted by iacas

They always have fun with the pairings. Former Masters champs played together, too. They'll play games with people's last names - Brian Gay, Gregory Havret, and Thomas Levet (all "-ay" last names) played together. They've made "dickhead pairings" of three people nobody likes in the past.

It's fun and light-hearted. If anything, it might give some players advantages - playing with your brother might be a good situation for the Molinari pair, for example.

Lighten up, people. :-P

So this year the DH group was Sabbattini, Allenby and Ryan Moore. The other two are certain starters did Ryan Moore deserve it or if not he is now guilty by association.

Rory / Jason Day quinella. Go lads.

[jamo]

Rorys got this one in the bag, we already have the US open winner. I dont see him doing what he did at the masters, you only do that sort of thing once , hes got something to prove now and hes a professional

Rory already has almost done this twice. He lead big after thursday at the Open Championship last year. His blowup just came a few days earlier. Also, if that's only something you do once, Dustin Johnson and Greg Norman would like their trophies. That said, I think Rory pulls this one out.

[motteler621]

Originally Posted by jamo

Quote:

Originally Posted by motteler621

Rorys got this one in the bag, we already have the US open winner. I dont see him doing what he did at the masters, you only do that sort of thing once, hes got something to prove now and hes a professional

Rory already has almost done this twice. He lead big after thursday at the Open Championship last year. His blowup just came a few days earlier. Also, if that's only something you do once, Dustin Johnson and Greg Norman would like their trophies.

That said, I think Rory pulls this one out.

well I guess he did do it twice, hmm. Hes really got something to prove,lol. I dont see him doing it again

[michaeljames92]

Wow you are a negative person. Some of your posts that I read are so assuming and opinionated. Why would you ever wish for a train wreck? So it is better viewing for you? That attitude sucks mate.

Originally Posted by Chilli Dipper

Well, I guess my Sunday afternoon has opened up a bit. Nobody's catching Rory now, and I'm not going to spend all day wishing for a train wreck.

[Kieran123]

Rory is unreal. What would make tomorrow perfect is Tiger at -10 and an afternoon charge with Rory holding his own

Rory is cruising along

[Chilli Dipper]

Wow you are a negative person. Some of your posts that I read are so assuming and opinionated. Why would you ever wish for a train wreck? So it is better viewing for you? That attitude sucks mate.

Again, I'm not assuming anything. I'm certain Rory is going to pull it off tomorrow, and hopefully it will be the start of something much greater than this tournament alone. Is this a wonderful story for Rory McIlroy, and the game of golf itself? Yes. But runaway victories are extremely boring. There's little entertainment to be found in a professional golfer playing a round with no human competition to speak of. The only thing at stake is whether he breaks the US Open scoring record, and he doesn't need a particularly spectacular round (a 72) to break that. An 18-hole coronation lacks drama; I won't be missing much if I don't watch it all day.

[bplewis24]

I guess I'll root for the meltdown just to be the bad guy in this thread .

In all seriousness though, I was pretty confident that he was going to implode at the Masters.  This time I'm pretty confident he won't.  Even if he did, his lead is so big he'd probably still win.

Anyway, I'm glad I scheduled a round of golf a few weeks ago for this Father's day... there won't be much drama tomorrow.

Brandon

[B-Con]

It's ridiculous really. I never hear commentators going on about Dustin Johnson or Nick Watney and their final rounds at majors last year. It's been blown completely out of proportion tbh

Well, that was only a couple months ago and a very similar situation, so comparisons make sense. Let him finish this out and then give it a year, then his last round at the Masters will hopefully fade into trivia. Lots of people blow big leads, I think those memories only persist strongly if they do it more than once in a short amount of time. It looks like McIlroy has it in the bag, and I hope he wins it. If for some bizarre reason he didn't, he would never hear the end of it. Not sure what happened to Phil. He had a fighting chance at top 5, or at least top 10, but that died with six over on the back 9 today. I'm still holding out for a -18 charge by Stricker. :-D

[B-Con]

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You're right; Phil was "unlucky" but Rory "felt invincible" even though their end result was the same.

I wonder who you're supporting...

If you watch the post-match interview with Rory he even says it was a little more left than he wanted it to be as he aimed at the front right of the green but got a bit of grass between the club and ball and it turned over more than he wanted; it wasn't a "gamble" or him feeling "invincible".

Phil had no choice, he had to hit between trees. Rory aimed at a pin tucked behind watery from a long way away when he has an alternative option available. It's obvious, one played the shot they had, the other chose a difficult shot. [edi]It was a gamble, he was hitting from the rough, and going for a tight shot like that from that kind of lie is definitely somewhat of a gamble. I'm not saying Rory was dumb, but both players had the same result. One was forced into it, the other took a risk.[/edit][/quote] You clearly know more about Rory's golf than he does. He says he aimed front right but turned over too much as he had grass between club and ball but you know better and he deliberately aimed left. :rolleyes:[/quote] Apologies are in order: I read your last post as "front left", not "front right". No wonder it made no sense... Sorry. I didn't hear his post-round interview, so until now I thought he'd hit on the line he'd aimed for. If he did aim right, well, two players got unlucky circumstances on that hole.

[deasy55]

How many records has Rory broken so far?

>Lowest 36 holes at US Open in relation to par (11 under)

>Lowest 36 holes aggregate (131)

>Lowest 54 holes in relation to par (14 under)

>Lowest 54 hole aggregate (199)

>Lowest under par at a US Open at any point during the tournament (14 under)

Missing any?

[The Recreational Golfer]

I expect McIlroy to win the U.S. Open today, and Lee Westwood to win the tournament that everybody else is playing in.

[sacm3bill]

Originally Posted by deasy55

How many records has Rory broken so far?

>Lowest 36 holes at US Open in relation to par (11 under)

>Lowest 36 holes aggregate (131)

>Lowest 54 holes in relation to par (14 under)

>Lowest 54 hole aggregate (199)

>Lowest under par at a US Open at any point during the tournament (14 under)

Missing any?

Yep: Quickest to get to double digits under par (26 holes, I believe).