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Official 2013 U.S. Open at Merion Discussion Thread

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This is looking like it could be a mess, more rain Thursday...

I'm betting that Rory is going to have an excellent 4 days with these conditions. For some reason, the kid plays superb golf in conditions that are wet and slow and soft. I'm honestly not even sure if stats back me up on this, but from what I recall during the times I paid attention to him playing, he seemed to do very well.


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Landing area on #16. The fairway bamks up to the right but it is very narrow and nobody will try to hit it up there. It's a short iron over the quarry to the hole, so they will most probably play shor

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Ehem...

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The ridiculous thing is not that Phil is flying back for his daughter's 8th grade graduation, it is that her school is even HAVING an 8th grade graduation.  Alas this is becoming far too common.

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Looking like there's probably going to be some embedded lies... What's the rule on that? Can they clean the ball?

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Looking like there's probably going to be some embedded lies... What's the rule on that? Can they clean the ball?

As of now, there's no lift, clean and place in effect but they might not have a choice if it rains hard on Thursday and Friday.

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Looking like there's probably going to be some embedded lies... What's the rule on that? Can they clean the ball?

http://www.cbssports.com/golf/story/11868768

This is an interesting article from 2009. Unfortunately for the players, I believe this attitude is still upheld and there is no Lift, Clean and Place applied during the US Open. Somebody please correct me if I am wrong because that will definitely change the dynamic of this tournament.


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im not talking about lift clean and cheat, im talking about when the ball is sitting in its own plug - isnt there a rule that says you can take it out if you are through the green?

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im not talking about lift clean and cheat, im talking about when the ball is sitting in its own plug - isnt there a rule that says you can take it out if you are through the green?

The Rules say closely mown area but the PGA Tour often applies the local rule through the green, yes. The USGA tends not to want to do a lot of the local rule stuff…

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Yep, except the European Tour disapplies this rule in sandy areas and leaves Tiger to guess what a sandy area is!

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The Rules say closely mown area but the PGA Tour often applies the local rule through the green, yes. The USGA tends not to want to do a lot of the local rule stuff…


ok, so if a ball plugs in the fairway, do they have to put it right next to the plug?  do they drop it or place it?  how about cleaning off the ball?

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ok, so if a ball plugs in the fairway, do they have to put it right next to the plug?  do they drop it or place it?  how about cleaning off the ball?

I'm a big fan of self-starters and do-it-yourselfers: http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rule-25/ . Rule has "embedded ball" right in the title.

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I'm a big fan of self-starters and do-it-yourselfers: http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rule-25/ . Rule has "embedded ball" right in the title.


why would i do it myself if i can just ask you?!?!  lol, thanks!

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Wet fairways mean wider fairways. I can see the advantage going to longer hitters using one-irons & hybrids off the tees.


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Wet fairways mean wider fairways. I can see the advantage going to longer hitters using one-irons & hybrids off the tees.

judging by that rough, whoever stays in the fairway the most has the best chance.  hoping for a tiger performance like the year at the british open where he didnt hit into one fairway bunker the whole tournament.

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Tiger during his press conference said if the conditions stay as they are now he'll be using his driver more than he anticipated because as zipazoid stated the wet fairways will make them seem wider.

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Tiger during his press conference said if the conditions stay as they are now he'll be using his driver more than he anticipated because as zipazoid stated the wet fairways will make them seem wider.

That and they won't roll as much, so he'll want as much carry distance as possible. Thursday can't come soon enough right now.


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Thursday can't come soon enough right now.

i know, me too.  im taking as a consolation from tigers disastrous Memorial the fact that he hit 82% of his fairways.

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The players who will benefit most from the soft fairways are the ones who are both pretty long and pretty straight off the tee. The conditions aren't going to help tee shots that find the rough on the fly, and with no roll, the short-but-accurate drivers are going to have some long approaches. If I was searching for a potential winner, I'd look among the leaders in the PGA Tour's total driving statistic. The leader in that category so far in 2013? Justin Rose. Keegan Bradley is ranked fourth; Tiger is 12th, and Rory and Lee Westwood are tied for 14th.

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yeah, westwood might have a chance, his tee to green play is so good sometimes.

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