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12 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Ouch. An obvious thought though, given their histories. But don't all winners have a horror story? At least one.

 

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Just some of my take: I was there Wednesday and yesterday, stood right next to Colin Montgomery for a little while by 9 green and he is A LOT less heavy in person than he appears on tv. It was od

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My dad picked up me up at 9am this morning.  We wanted to wait until rush hour had died down.  Today, no parking pass.  So we parked at the Pittsburgh Mills mall and took the shuttle to Oakmont. I mea

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Ok.  Credit where it's due.  I've gotta commend Fox on their camera work following Paulina walking with DJ to the scorer's tent...

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These greens are getting into my head. Not really enjoying how crazy they are.  Would rather the players were challenged by tight fairways, thick rough and the elements than by tricked up greens.  I'm playing later today, I guarantee I'll be short on the 1st 2 or 3 holes with Oakmont in my head.

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Who the frick is Greg Bordry? 

And starting to put Rory on 63 watch....or dare I say 62?

Edit: Rory got the message he needs to wake the **** up. Why didn't Rickie?

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Once again the US Open is just not entertaining.  My complaint about the golf course is that the greens are too fast.  IMO, the USGA has screwed up a great track trying to protect par.  

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10 minutes ago, Lastpick said:

Once again the US Open is just not entertaining.  My complaint about the golf course is that the greens are too fast.  IMO, the USGA has screwed up a great track trying to protect par.  

Too fast? These greens are pretty slow for Oakmonts standards. What makes the US Open great is the challenge of it and the fact par is a good score. If they made the greens slow and made scoring better, then it'd lose its identity and be just any other tournament.

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24 minutes ago, Lastpick said:

Once again the US Open is just not entertaining.  My complaint about the golf course is that the greens are too fast.  IMO, the USGA has screwed up a great track trying to protect par.  

Have to say I disagree. I like that they make it this tough as it's a mental test as much as anything else. We can see birdies and eagles left, right and centre on any other PGA Tour weekend - you know when they get one here, they've really earnt it!

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Gregory Bourdy at Oakmont tying Johnny Miller would be the greatest thing ever and I love it.

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20 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Too fast? These greens are pretty slow for Oakmonts standards. What makes the US Open great is the challenge of it and the fact par is a good score. If they made the greens slow and made scoring better, then it'd lose its identity and be just any other tournament.

I doubt it.  No club double rolls and triple cuts greens to get them to 15 for their members.  13, 13.5 is plenty fast.

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Bubba is the only golfer that I enjoy watching screw things up. Watch him go and blame anyone or anything else...

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11 minutes ago, Gunther said:

I doubt it.  No club double rolls and triple cuts greens to get them to 15 for their members.  13, 13.5 is plenty fast.

The members claim it's like this all the time but I agree with you - I have a hard time believing that.

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Bubba is the only golfer that I enjoy watching screw things up. Watch him go and blame anyone or anything else...

Somewhat related ... I'm still a big fan of Jordan but his commentary after all of his poor shots or "bad breaks" is starting to sound a lot like Bubbas complaints/excuses.

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Spieth +4, McIlroy +5 and Day +5. That's not good.

A lot of analysts were saying they thought the big names would rise to the top this week. It's not looking like that at all. Looks like the final pairing this afternoon will be Landry, Bourdy and DJ. Second final will be Piercy, Summerhays and Sergio.

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5 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Spieth +4, McIlroy +5 and Day +5. That's not good.

A lot of analysts were saying they thought the big names would rise to the top this week. It's not looking like that at all. Looks like the final pairing this afternoon will be Landry, Bourdy and DJ. Second final will be Piercy, Summerhays and Sergio.

The top of the leaderboard ranges from shaky to unproven; Day and McIlroy are trending upward, at least, and they'll be playing their third rounds on the opposite side of the course as the lead pack. A lot can change this afternoon.

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33 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

The top of the leaderboard ranges from shaky to unproven; Day and McIlroy are trending upward, at least, and they'll be playing their third rounds on the opposite side of the course as the lead pack. A lot can change this afternoon.

Not even sure Spieth and McIroy are gonna make the cut at this point. It will be a great weekend regardless and I look forward to it, but for those who tune in to see the big boys duel it out, this probably isn't going to be your weekend. Personally, I would love to see Zach get a 3rd major and be just one major away from the career slam.

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Zach lays up on #17 and misses the fairway wide right.  Hacks out, hits a wedge shot and has to make a low-probability putt to save his par.

Dustin went for it both days and made par, having had a real shot at birdie both days.

One more way Dustin Johnson is a smarter golfer than Zach Johnson.

I'm really enjoying this tournament.  Not many U.S. Opens you can play poorly for the first two rounds and still play on Saturday. :-)

I do have to wonder if they'll finish by tomorrow afternoon.  I have work on Monday that I can't (and won't) beg out of.

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Whilst I'm sad to see Rory drop out, a 7 over round should take you out of a major. Just mentally not as strong as some of the others out there for me. It's a shame, as I love to watch him when he's on form.

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You look at the four majors Rory's won, they've all been on relatively easy tracks. It seems like the more difficult the track, the more he struggles. I know he's got a good relationship with his caddie, but I wonder if he should consider a change towards someone who specializes more in putting. Any track with fast greens just give him all sorts of problems. I think he'll be fine at Troon in July, but if his putting woes continue, he's not going to be racking up many US Opens or Masters in his career.

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