2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Discussion Thread

[jkelley9]

If I'm DJ I hire an astrophysicist to prove that the position of the moon at the time of the putt was enough to move the ball on the stimp they set this tournament up for 

/sarcasm

[iacas]

1 minute ago, ChrisP said:

USGA screwed up big time telling him they may or may not assess him. Can't leave it hanging like that. Now you're opening it up for backlash either way.

I blame DJ. Accept the penalty and play on.

He doesn't know the rule. Go figure.

[atb5079]

Maybe IACAS can answer this because I really don't know...

So what is Westwood's authority on this situation? If the officials are basically going to call DJ out and give him a pointless benefit of the doubt, yet still penalize him, then what is the point to ask your playing partner their take? Does it have no merit?

[Chilli Dipper]

This whole tournament is devolving into a fiasco.

[jamo]

Some more tweets:

And this one just made me laugh:

 

[RFKFREAK]

5 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

I said yesterday that I was loving Foxs coverage.  Today, however, they are spending too much time showing them at the desk and talking when there is freaking golf being played.

Fox sucks and you can tell they're pulling for DJ

[Shindig]

1 minute ago, Hazsa said:

Butch Harmon on Sky TV screaming out for someone from the USGA to come and explain exactly what the situation/ dispute is. He has a point, it might settle everyone down.

Well, someone from the USGA went to the FOX booth and did exactly that, Butch.  

1 minute ago, David in FL said:

Tend to agree.  I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of their overall coverage, but just don't care for Joe Buck.  He just doesn't strike me as knowledgeable enough about golf...

Yes, it is an awful lot like his football coverage.

Just now, jamo said:

Me too, but I'd put that aside for a reason to use the term "oscillate-gate."

Yeah.  The exception I had in mind was Watergate (it was at the "Watergate" hotel), but I've also liked the use of it for the thing a few years ago where the Chargers had a TE who owned a rental property and the fence's opening wasn't wide enough for a wheelchair to go through, in violation of ADA compliance.  Gates'-gate's-gait-gate was amusing. 

[Chilli Dipper]

Jason Day isn't going to save us with an eagle-birdie finish.

[Shindig]

1 minute ago, atb5079 said:

So what is Westwood's authority on this situation? If the officials are basically going to call DJ out and give him a pointless benefit of the doubt, yet still penalize him, then what is the point to ask your playing partner their take? Does it have no merit?

I'm not Erik, but I think I know this.  As a witness, they can take his statement, same as any other witness.  He had a better position to see it than anyone else that isn't a camera.

[Aflighter]

Bye bye jason.

[BallStriker]

1 minute ago, Chilli Dipper said:

This whole tournament is devolving into a fiasco.

I was telling a friend that the USGA seems incapable of pulling off a tournament without a sh&tstorm

[Shindig]

Lowry misses that par putt on #14 and now we effectively have a three way tie. 

[RJH999]

Piercy, DJ, and Lowry share the lead...

 

[ChrisP]

This may be setting up for a Scott Piercy victory. Only one not slipping.

Edited June 19, 2016 by ChrisP

[Chilli Dipper]

Somebody is eventually going to win, right?

It might be Scott Piercy.

[David in FL]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

I blame DJ. Accept the penalty and play on.

He doesn't know the rule. Go figure.

Yup.  The tweets tend to show how a lot of players don't have a good understanding of some of the rules.

As they say, if you're gonna play the game (especially at that level), you've gotta know the rules.

[iacas]

2 minutes ago, BallStriker said:

I was telling a friend that the USGA seems incapable of pulling off a tournament without a sh&tstorm

They pull off several each year.

[jamo]

A couple times, I've noticed that the ambient noise on the broadcast has dropped out, and the only audio that's coming through is the announcers. Very jarring to hear.