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Phil made a great decision by using the claw grip this week. I didn't see him blow the ball past hole not one time today. If he missed, they were tap ins.

Phil's driving was also great. He might just win this thing!


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Added: But then again, it is Phil.

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Yeah keep an open mind, I think you'll have a different take by the end of the week. Pebble and Spy are well cared for and a lot of money is spent on keeping them lush. Obviously with

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Typical German. Blasts out of the gate and everyone considers surrendering, then he falters in the late campaigns. We just need some Brits, Frenchies, and Americans to come in and light that ass up.

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C'mon guys, these greens are too receptive. I want carnage!!!!

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Phil made a great decision by using the claw grip this week. I didn't see him blow the ball past hole not one time today. If he missed, they were tap ins. Phil's driving was also great. He might just win this thing!

I only saw one putt, on 9 - looked like he had a knee-knocker coming back. But, based on his score, yes, it was a good decision. Would love to see him put it all together this weekend...

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Phil's driving was also great. He might just win this thing!

Phil said he hit the fairway every time he used driver. It was only when he tried to be less aggressive that he put himself into the natural grass areas. Go figure.

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Fran Quinn would have been a great 3rd pick for the prediction contest

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Um... I don't think thats how that works. There shouldn't be a "fat" group in the first place.

Meh... I don't think it's that big of a deal.

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C'mon guys, these greens are too receptive. I want carnage!!!!

This isn't going to be Oakmont or Winged Foot this week, but at the same time it won't be Congressional or Bethpage '09. Like I said earlier in this thread, if you go back to the first round of the '99 Open at Pinehurst, the scores are very similar. As the week goes on, they'll all gather around Even Par.

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Thanks, guys.

Edit: I don't get the connection between Phil and Rose though...apart from being the reigning Open and US Open champs. Is that it?

It's a US Open tradition that the defending champion is paired with the British Open champ and U.S. Amateur champ. They've been doing that pairing since as long as I've been alive. Once in a while the US Amateur Champ can't play and they substitute them because they turned pro (which cancels out their automatic exemption).

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This isn't going to be Oakmont or Winged Foot this week, but at the same time it won't be Congressional or Bethpage '09. Like I said earlier in this thread, if you go back to the first round of the '99 Open at Pinehurst, the scores are very similar. As the week goes on, they'll all gather around Even Par.

Viewing from the other side of the pond, I'm finding it very entertaining. Not the stereotypical US Open course, plenty of scope for getting into trouble but also for getting yourself out if it by hitting imaginative shots. A proper golf course asking good questions of very good players.

The more I practise, the luckier I hope to get.

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As the week goes on, they'll all gather around Even Par.

Agree, as was mentioned earlier, they put some more water on the greens today. Conditions were pretty dry yesterday because they were expecting a storm to come in and nothing happened, so they had to soften things a bit.

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This thing is clearly Snedeker's to lose.

He's not even leading among the morning half of the field… ?

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He's not even leading among the morning half of the field… ?

Yeah 3 bogeys and a double will do that to someone. 6 birdies keeps them in it. He will learn from it.

Probably had a bad hot dog at the turn or something.

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Here was the leaderboard at the end of the 1999 US Open first round. Like I said, very similar scoring conditions, and yet only one player broke par that year:

Duval -3

Mickelson -3

Mayfair --3

Goydos -3

Berganio -2

Daly -2

Stewart -2

Woods -2

Yokoo -2

15 guys tied at -1

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Here was the leaderboard at the end of the 1999 US Open first round. Like I said, very similar scoring conditions, and yet only one player broke par that year:

Duval -3

Mickelson -3

Mayfair --3

Goydos -3

Berganio -2

Daly -2

Stewart -2

Woods -2

Yokoo -2

15 guys tied at -1

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This thing is clearly Snedeker's to lose.

Yep. A couple more pars and it's his. A certainty. Almost.

Unless Badds stops making triples to go with his 5 birdies per round

In the race of life, always back self-interest. At least you know it's trying.

 

 

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