2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Discussion Thread

[Chilli Dipper]

Joe Buck acknowledges the inevitability of him referring to Cole Hammer as Cole Hamels. Sounds like a good drinking game for those watching at home.

[David in FL]

Pretty much.  Sat down and starting crying after the tee shot.  I don't think it was because of the result.  I just think he's a bit overwhelmed.  As he should be.  He's 15.

Almost birdied his first hole!

[RJH999]

It is a bit strange to see so many sprinkler heads that close to the pin. I think it's just because you can't tell the difference between off the green and on the green.

Yeah, Tiger was talking about how easy it is to hit a sprinkler head.

[ChrisP]

Scoring pretty good so far. I kind of thought this....USGA watered the heck out of these greens and they seem pretty receptive early on. That coupled with the wide fairways are resulting in some early birdies. They have the power to make it tougher and bring the scores back down, though. Like I predicted early this morning, I think you'll see some scores get to 5 or 6-under these first couple days before they start going the other way.

[Wally Fairway]

Kevin Na in the deep stuff off the 12th tee - his setup and preshot routine look normal (disclaimer, he did play right after yippy dippy Keegan Bradley)

[Aguirre]

Scoring pretty good so far. I kind of thought this....USGA watered the heck out of these greens and they seem pretty receptive early on. That coupled with the wide fairways are resulting in some early birdies. They have the power to make it tougher and bring the scores back down, though. Like I predicted early this morning, I think you'll see some scores get to 5 or 6-under these first couple days before they start going the other way.

This is an unfamiliar set up as well as a new course for the USGA, so I suspect they decided to be cautious on Thursday.  With the forecast, they can toughen the layout up if they want, but I think they were worried more about going too far the other way.

[Chilli Dipper]

Kevin Na in the deep stuff off the 12th tee - his setup and preshot routine look normal (disclaimer, he did play right after yippy dippy Keegan Bradley)

With Kevin Na, how could anyone tell the difference?

[Valleygolfer]

They have black flies there too? Angel looked like he was being aggravated by something?

[ChrisP]

This is an unfamiliar set up as well as a new course for the USGA, so I suspect they decided to be cautious on Thursday.  With the forecast, they can toughen the layout up if they want, but I think they were worried more about going too far the other way.

Exactly. The weather being overcast is really good, too, for the late guys. It will keep the greens from burning out and should keep the scores pretty good all day, assuming the sun doesn't come out.

[Chilli Dipper]

16 golfers are under par at this early stage; 9 of them are among the top 20 in the world rankings. Fox must surely hope the leaderboard stays that way.

[travisv]

The guys on the internet feed for the featured group are decent.

Mark Brooks keeps calling the other guy out making him sound like a real idiot.

[Stretch]

Tiger-level F bomb from the English kid after hitting it miles right on 12.

[ChrisP]

16 golfers are under par at this early stage; 9 of them are among the top 20 in the world rankings.

Fox must surely hope the leaderboard stays that way.

David Duval said last night he thinks the winner and the leaderboard will be stacked with the top players. He said this course really requires a lot of skill and strategy and you will see that from the best players and players who have the experience. I disagreed just because a lot of the top players weren't coming in top form, but I hope I'm wrong and Duval's right.

[saturday]

Just loving the fact it's a links course for a US Open!

On a side note, anyone else having problems with the "Featured Group" Live Feed on the USGA website? Plays for a minute then goes down..

[ChrisP]

Does Fox ever take the leaderboard off? Seems like they're doing with it like they started with the NFL.

[Valleygolfer]

Just loving the fact it's a links course for a US Open!

On a side note, anyone else having problems with the "Featured Group" Live Feed on the USGA website? Plays for a minute then goes down..

I am not

[Stretch]

Stream is rock solid here across the pond. There's a lot of really awkward high-fiving in all the USGA promos though.

[Chilli Dipper]

Curt Menefee is no Bob Costas: no gravitas as an anchor, and he's seriously rushing through the copy. NOTE: Not because he's black! Mike Tirico's done very well in this role at ESPN for many years. I actually think a non-screaming Gus Johnson would have been a better fit in that chair.