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How were the greens?  I was there two years ago and the grass wasn't very dense at all on the greens.  Maybe that's just the way fescue grass is?  I didn't like them at all.

My ball landed on the green, above the 9th pin.  I had to putt downhill to the pin that day.  There was no way to stop the ball (other than making the putt)  My ball rolled past the hole and into that front bunker.  The only way to keep it on the green from the back is to putt it sideways 30 ft AWAY from the hole.  9 will be fun to watch.

How did you shoot?

Greens were just phenominal......very true and fast, but like you said, with those green complexes it can be too much in places.  I am a solid 6 handicap and shot an 83....and felt "pretty good" about it.....I misssed only four fairways and there were a couple lies in the rough that were just brutal.....like 60-80 advances brutal.

I also had the putter in my hands 8 times and failed to get up and down......now, those are not all technically three-putts because I was off the green a bit on some, but if I was a little bit more tidy with my speed, I could have been much better (had a three-putt par on 12).....for someone who doesn't get to play/practice nearly enough, my short game is always the shaky part.......need more work

But damn...........it was an absolute treat to see that course in near US Open shape.......

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I'd like at my take of the event from a spectators point of view. I'm between a 9-12 index depending.... and play about 100 rounds a year. I've been in person to about 15 PGA events. I have never b

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Spent yesterday at Chambers Bay. What a fantastic course, just stunning to behold and looks like so much fun to play. I will have to play it in a season or two when I'm ready. I have to say that there

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Well, it's been ages since I posted here, former writer at TST. I spent the Tuesday practice round and Thursday at Chambers Bay. It is expansive. Beautiful views of the sound and a golf course that lo

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Not surprising, no social live streaming vids announcement. Pretty hard to enforce though I would think. Most video shooting apps look the same if you look at the screen, how can you figure the identity of someone who just posted a video if account is anonymous. I think there might be more controversy to come.

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U.S. Open fairways will be out of bounds for live video streaming at next month’s tournament in Washington.

While golf fans will be allowed to bring their phones on the course for the first time at golf’s second-oldest tournament, apps such as Periscope and Meerkat will be prohibited.

“Violation of the above policy may result in immediate expulsion and loss of ticket privileges for the remainder of the championship,” guidelines from the U.S. Golf Association say for the tournament at Chambers Bay golf course in University Place, Washington.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-05/u-s-open-fairways-will-be-off-limits-for-streaming-video-apps

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I will be there on the Wednesday to watch the practice rounds.  I will be yelling at Poulter... telling him outfits are a farce.

I hope you're joking.

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Dear Dustin Johnson, Please take time to note what is a sand trap and what isn't. Signed, USGA

Dear @Rick Martin , As the USGA, we would not ever write "sand trap" to refer to what is known properly as a "bunker." Please consult the nearest copy of The Rules of Golf for more on this. Signed, USGA

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Rule books are for geeks. Signed, Adam Baddeley

Who the **** is Adam Baddeley? Rick, you do not even troll very well.

"The expert golfer has maximum time to make minimal compensations. The poorer player has minimal time to make maximum compensations." - And no, I'm not Mac. Please do not PM me about it. I just think he is a crazy MFer and we could all use a little more crazy sometimes.

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Given Fox's coverage of the U.S. Women's Four-Ball, I'm really not looking forward to this U.S. Open anymore. :-(

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Given Fox's coverage of the U.S. Women's Four-Ball, I'm really not looking forward to this U.S. Open anymore.

I watched some of it last night ... and yikes.  I'm going to try and remain optimistic about it though.  When they showed the Mid-Am a couple of weeks ago, it was with their "A" crew at the helm.  Joe Buck and Greg Norman were there.  I didn't really watch any of it so I don't know how the coverage looked.

This event was clearly not their A team.  So I'm hoping that means that it wasn't their A team all the way through.  Or should I say "praying."  (Of course, if they only have a couple of USGA tournaments a year, then there is no reason to even have a B team so ... oh no.)

I only got through a couple of holes because of how slow they were playing.  (When it started, they were all near the edge of a green, and eight minutes later, the hole finally ended.  Seriously, I rewound it to double check because I got distracted for a minute and looked back and assumed that they were on the next green already.  Nope.)  So after I turned it off, maybe they got a little more streamlined?

Beautiful course though!  Can't wait to play it now.

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Given Fox's coverage of the U.S. Women's Four-Ball, I'm really not looking forward to this U.S. Open anymore.

A super silly minor stupid quibble, but I can't stand those first 6 notes of the Fox Sports "theme" from football or baseball in the opening golf theme music. I understand the branding and marketing reasons, it just doesn't sound like golf, like NBC's theme did.

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yeah, some of the courses i play are ridiculous for the slopes of the tee boxes.  some are either concave or convex.

Like where?

We'll be seeing a lot of Holly with Fox covering the US Open, right?

IMO, she really hasn't helped herself with the "work" that's she's had done recently.

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One unique thing about Washington is it stays light there in June until around 10pm and the sun's up at 5. So golf will be going on all the way up until midnight on the East Coast. I expect the USGA to take advantage of the extra daylight. You'll be seeing the last groups teeing off prolly around 7:30 or so on Saturday and Sunday, which is very odd. Truly will be primetime golf.

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One unique thing about Washington is it stays light there in June until around 10pm and the sun's up at 5. So golf will be going on all the way up until midnight on the East Coast. I expect the USGA to take advantage of the extra daylight. You'll be seeing the last groups teeing off prolly around 7:30 or so on Saturday and Sunday, which is very odd. Truly will be primetime golf.

Really?  I had never heard that before.

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