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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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Did Phil miss his attempt or was that a practice swing?

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Did Phil miss his attempt or was that a practice swing?

Went clean right under it!

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Went clean right under it!

Always makes me feel a little better about the game ( or how difficult it is) when the pros screw up like that.

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On one hand I feel bad that the crowd isn't close to the action but there is a considerable decrease in "baabaa booeys" and "get in the holes"...

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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On one hand I feel bad that the crowd isn't close to the action but there is a considerable decrease in "baabaa booeys" and "get in the holes"...

Get in the hole is so old and so juvenile. I wish they'd permanently ban any one who says that from all future events.

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It's not the poa they are complaining about its that the fescue greens got some poa that invaded it causing the bumpy greens

With that said, the greens are obviously not perfect but the course looks cool and it's been a great tournament. I'm really enjoying the open this year even with all the controversy

Nice first post. :-) That's what it is,  the poa grows in these conditions and the fescue stays dormant. This is what you get in the NW this time of year.

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I'm a little surprised that Coetzee was permitted to switch to a driver of different make and specs mid-round. I would have thought he would need to replace it with the same make and model. I'm also a little surprised that his sponsor wasn't on hand to get a replacement in the bag. What happens if he has the best driving day of his life with that Cally? Lol...awkward...

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I'm a little surprised that Coetzee was permitted to switch to a driver of different make and specs mid-round. I would have thought he would need to replace it with the same make and model. I'm also a little surprised that his sponsor wasn't on hand to get a replacement in the bag. What happens if he has the best driving day of his life with that Cally? Lol...awkward...

I was just about to say the same! In this day and age when manufacturers are putting equipment out in seconds notice there was no rep for him? Also, what's with Reed wearing shirts and pants two sizes too big? lol

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I'm a little surprised that Coetzee was permitted to switch to a driver of different make and specs mid-round. I would have thought he would need to replace it with the same make and model. I'm also a little surprised that his sponsor wasn't on hand to get a replacement in the bag. What happens if he has the best driving day of his life with that Cally? Lol...awkward...

I don't know what happened with his driver (I missed that part), but if your club is damaged in the course of play, you can replace it with any other legal club as long as doing so doesn't unduly delay play. He could have asked for a 64 degree wedge instead if he wanted. I'm very surprised his sponsor wasn't there for him though. Same as when Tiger broke an iron against a tree at the Masters a few years ago. You'd think they'd stick around until every player with any of their clubs is off the course... just in case.

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A round of applause for all the folks behind the scenes. Infrastructure, baby.

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I'm very surprised his sponsor wasn't there for him though. Same as when Tiger broke an iron against a tree at the Masters a few years ago. You'd think they'd stick around until every player with any of their clubs is off the course... just in case.

Often, they have to get to the next site and be there for Monday-Wednesday. They might also want to go home for a day or two. Further complicating things, at The Memorial, for example, Jack doesn't allow equipment vans to be on site, so they send a skeleton set of stuff out and that's all they've got.

Pros don't often break stuff and need instant replacements.

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[QUOTE name="Shindig" url="/t/81357/2015-u-s-open-at-chambers-bay-discussion-thread/1368#post_1158304"] I'm very surprised his sponsor wasn't there for him though. Same as when Tiger broke an iron against a tree at the Masters a few years ago. You'd think they'd stick around until every player with any of their clubs is off the course... just in case.[/QUOTE] Often, they have to get to the next site and be there for Monday-Wednesday. They might also want to go home for a day or two. Further complicating things, at The Memorial, for example, Jack doesn't allow equipment vans to be on site, so they send a skeleton set of stuff out and that's all they've got. Pros don't often break stuff and need instant replacements.

All good points. That makes sense; for the past decade (the entire time I've watched golf), I can only think of it happening three times anyway, and one wouldn't have been able to get a replacement anyway (because he didn't notice it until he had played a stroke with the damaged club).

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Hey Horschel, tell us what you really think. Lol.

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There's a bunch of guys on the course today posting 67 and 66. Not sure how much tougher the conditions will be in a few hours, but it looks like someone from the leaders group will need to get to -7 to win this thing.
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