2012 US Open at Olympic Club Discussion Thread

[The Recreational Golfer]

I just read an interesting note in the current GolfWorld magazine. It said that on Thursday and Friday, the players will be teeing off on #1 and #9. That will make #8 the final hole for half the field each day.

The 10th hole is at some remove from the clubhouse, which must be the reason.

[BallStriker]

The historic USGA "commonality" groupings....at first glance...probably more....

The "Chucks" grouping....Carl Peterson, Charl Swartzel, Charles Howell III

The "Bobs" grouping...Robert Karlson, Bob Estes, Robert Rock

The initials first name grouping......YE Yang, KJ Choi, KT Kim

The PGA Champs grouping.....Padraig Harrington, DL III, David Toms

The "Just because we (USGA) can" grouping....Tiger, Phil, Bubba

The "Hyphenated Name" grouping....Gonzalo Fernandez-Castańo, Sang-Moon Bae, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

The "US Open Champs" grouping....Ernie Els, Geogg Ogilvy, Angel Cabrerra

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by BallStriker

The historic USGA "commonality" groupings....at first glance...probably more....

The "Chucks" grouping....Carl Peterson, Charl Swartzel, Charles Howell III

The "Bobs" grouping...Robert Karlson, Bob Estes, Robert Rock

The initials first name grouping......YE Yang, KJ Choi, KT Kim

The PGA Champs grouping.....Padraig Harrington, DL III, David Toms

The "Just because we (USGA) can" grouping....Tiger, Phil, Bubba

The "Hyphenated Name" grouping....Gonzalo Fernandez-Castańo, Sang-Moon Bae, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

The "US Open Champs" grouping....Ernie Els, Geogg Ogilvy, Angel Cabrerra

This is hilarious ... they always do this?  Cool.

FYI, I'm an idiot ... when the previous posters said Tiger, Mickelson, Watson, my brain kept telling me Tom.  Not until you wrote Bubba did I realize I'm a dufus.

[Zwick]

Originally Posted by Golfingdad

This is hilarious ... they always do this?  Cool.

FYI, I'm an idiot ... when the previous posters said Tiger, Mickelson, Watson, my brain kept telling me Tom.  Not until you wrote Bubba did I realize I'm a dufus.

Haha, when I first wanted to post the groupings, I wrote Watson (Bubba). But then I thought it would be obvious and deleted the first name.

[iacas]

Originally Posted by Golfingdad

This is hilarious ... they always do this?  Cool.

Yeah they always have fun with them.

Where's the ******* pairing, that's what I wanna know. They almost always have one. They've done them a bit less lately though since they were "outed" a few years back.

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by Zwick

Haha, when I first wanted to post the groupings, I wrote Watson (Bubba). But then I thought it would be obvious and deleted the first name.

I think it would be obvious to somebody who doesn't (apparently) think it's still 1990.

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by iacas

Yeah they always have fun with them.

Where's the ******* pairing, that's what I wanna know. They almost always have one. They've done them a bit less lately though since they were "outed" a few years back.

Now that I know this, I'm trying to find more.

Scott, Bradley, Simpson ... the 'long putter' group?

McIlroy, Donald, Westwood ... the 'God Save The Queen' group?

Cink, Immelman, Glover ... the 'fluke major winners' or 'one hit wonders' group?

This is fun!

(Side note:  When I made my prediction in the contest, I wanted to pick Branden Grace as my second but didn't see him on the contestant list.  I'm just writing this so I can brag on the off chance he wins)

[jamo]

Yeah they always have fun with them. Where's the ******* pairing, that's what I wanna know. They almost always have one. They've done them a bit less lately though since they were "outed" a few years back.

I'm guessing the ******* is ass-hole minus the hyphen? ;-)

[iacas]

Originally Posted by jamo

I'm guessing the ******* is ass-hole minus the hyphen?

Yeah. But actually I think they refer to it as the prick pairing (even though it's three people).

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by iacas

Yeah. But actually I think they refer to it as the prick pairing (even though it's three people).

Alliteration makes everything sound better.

[Motley01]

There can't be a prick pairing, Sabbitini didn't qualify, thank god!

[bplewis24]

Originally Posted by Motley01

There can't be a prick pairing, Sabbitini didn't qualify, thank god!

Neither did Levin.

Why was the Golf Channel going on and on about the Watson-Woods-Mickelson grouping not liking each other?  Sounded like they were suggesting 2 of the 3 had some type of a mini-feud...I'm assuming Woods and Watson?

Brandon

[Chilli Dipper]

Neither did Levin.

Levin, though, could still qualify if he moves up one position in the world rankings this weekend.

[Zwick]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Neither did Levin.

Why was the Golf Channel going on and on about the Watson-Woods-Mickelson grouping not liking each other?  Sounded like they were suggesting 2 of the 3 had some type of a mini-feud...I'm assuming Woods and Watson?

Brandon

They are just trying to generate interest, like the big Woods-Mickelson rivalry they wanted to establish, or to make people believe they hate each other. It sells better than "they are not best friends but get along just fine". It's probably because Watson criticized Tiger's swing changes as uneccessary earlier this year.

[ApocG10]

Originally Posted by bplewis24

He hasn't played very well lately, has he?  I'm not sure about his most recent start, but before that I seem to remember him missing a few cuts.

Brandon

ya, he has definitely struggled lately. But he was struggling before his Masters win as well.

[Wally Fairway]

The media/feel good story pairing

Thursday (June 14), hole #1; Friday (June 15), hole #9

12:45 p.m. / 7 a.m. - Casey Martin, Eugene, Ore.; A-Cameron Wilson, Rowayton, Conn.; Dennis Miller, Youngstown, Ohio

[k-troop]

Did y'all notice that Casey Martin in back in this year's Open?  I can't believe that guy is still playing golf, but pretty amazing.  I hope they show some coverage of him.

[Motley01]

I watched the morning drive today on TGC. And Bubba called in on the phone. They talked about how he felt for the US Open. He didn't even sound confident, acknowledged that he hasn't played much since the Masters.

Then they talked about an incident last week during the memorial. Him and his wife were coming home late 11pm from some charity concert or something. And some car was following him. So they drove around for like 45 min, and then the strange car finally gave up and left. Strange he didn't even call the police to report it. But if he had the General Lee, he could have smoked em lost them quick.

In any case, I don't think Bubba even makes the cut, he's just sounds like he's just not into it right now. His focus is still his family right now.