2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Discussion Thread

[Dave2512]

I suppose it depends on Sat weather.

[SavvySwede]

13 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

So, who's in better shape: the players who didn't make it out today who are looking at 36 holes tomorrow, or the players who did make it out today, will finish their rounds in the morning, and may be playing 36 holes on Saturday?

I think the guys who didn't play at all are at a disadvantage. In most tournaments I would consider it an advantage, but I think a U.S. Open set-up wears them down more mentally.

[ChrisP]

11 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

So, who's in better shape: the players who didn't make it out today who are looking at 36 holes tomorrow, or the players who did make it out today, will finish their rounds in the morning, and may be playing 36 holes on Saturday?

Without question the guys who haven't teed off yet. They get this golf course about 5x softer than it was today and don't have to deal with the wind the players today had. The wind today and still pretty hard teens kept this course from being had. With no wind tomorrow and very soft greens, I think the guys that are yet to tee off can get a 64 or 65 providing they hit it straight off the tee. This now becomes a tournament of hitting fairways. Do that and you can stick some shots.

 

It's sad we are not gonna get the true Oakmont :(

[Gunther]

5 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Without question the guys who haven't teed off yet. They get this golf course about 5x softer than it was today and don't have to deal with the wind the players today had. The wind today and still pretty hard teens kept this course from being had. With no wind tomorrow and very soft greens, I think the guys that are yet to tee off can get a 64 or 65 providing they hit it straight off the tee. This now becomes a tournament of hitting fairways. Do that and you can stick some shots.

 

It's sad we are not gonna get the true Oakmont :(

Agree.  The morning wave got screwed.  In addition to all you cited, the fact that they had to stop and start twice made it difficult to get into a rhythm.  That alone had to take a toll.

[Gator Hazard]

3 hours ago, nevets88 said:

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

 

 

Oh damn!  Lol

[newtogolf]

30 minutes ago, SavvySwede said:

I think the guys who didn't play at all are at a disadvantage. In most tournaments I would consider it an advantage, but I think a U.S. Open set-up wears them down more mentally.

I agree, today they had some softer greens to hit into, as the weekend progresses it's going to get tougher, not easier.  36 holes at Oakmont is going to be painful for many of these guys.  

[Mr. Desmond]

1 hour ago, Dave2512 said:

She looks more plastic like as time passes. In a couple years they can just put her on a stick like a mannequin.

You mean "those lips, those implants, that tan ..." if that is a natural tan from the sun, can you say leather and melted lips?

Maybe there's a song there instead of Leather and Lace.... 

Edited June 16, 2016 by Mr. Desmond

[Broke100Once]

6 minutes ago, newtogolf said:

I agree, today they had some softer greens to hit into, as the weekend progresses it's going to get tougher, not easier.  36 holes at Oakmont is going to be painful for many of these guys.  

Agreed.  While the course may play a bit "easier" due to softer greens, it's still Oakmont.  36 holes in one day is an absolute grind on a course like this, under pressure like this.

[ChrisP]

11 minutes ago, newtogolf said:

I agree, today they had some softer greens to hit into, as the weekend progresses it's going to get tougher, not easier.  36 holes at Oakmont is going to be painful for many of these guys.  

Yeah, but the course tomorrow is gonna be so extremely soft. It was still pretty hard today, even with the rain this morning, and the wind was blowing. But the storm they got this afternoon completely drenched that place. We only got about a quarter inch here this morning, but we got easily at least 2 inches of rain this afternoon. I think tomorrow is gonna be like the 2nd round of Bethapge in 2009 where the afternoon wave played Friday morning and got a course that had absolutely no roll to it and guys were able to stick some shots. I truly pray I'm wrong on this, but I think you're gonna see a lot of rounds in the 60s tomorrow. The only issue could be fatigue come the end of the day for the more out of shape players (i.e. Colt Knost).

It'll get harder over the weekend, but the USGA has already said they received so much rain this afternoon that they won't be able to get it back to the speed they had yesterday.

Edited June 16, 2016 by ChrisP

[newtogolf]

2 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Yeah, but the course tomorrow is gonna be so extremely soft. It was still pretty hard today, even with the rain this morning, and the wind was blowing. But the storm they got this afternoon completely drenched that place. We only got about a quarter inch here this morning, but we got easily at least 2 inches of rain this afternoon. I think tomorrow is gonna be like the 2nd round of Bethapge in 2009 where the afternoon wave played Friday morning and got a course that had absolutely no roll to it and guys were able to stick some shots. I truly pray I'm wrong on this, but I think you're gonna see a lot of rounds in the 60s tomorrow. The only issue could be fatigue come the end of the day for the more out of shape players (i.e. Colt Knost)

I don't know anything about the drainage on the course, but I'd expect they will dry it out and put fans on the greens that don't drain well.  2" is a lot of rain, guess we'll see tomorrow what affect it had.  

[Golfingdad]

1 hour ago, Chilli Dipper said:

So, who's in better shape: the players who didn't make it out today who are looking at 36 holes tomorrow, or the players who did make it out today, will finish their rounds in the morning, and may be playing 36 holes on Saturday?

Oh that's easy ... whichever group Colt Knost is not in.   

 

(Seems he's not actually in the field, so let's sub in Kiradech Apibarnrat for that joke instead) 

[ChrisP]

2 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

Oh that's easy ... whichever group Colt Knost is not in.   

 

(Seems he's not actually in the field, so let's sub in Kiradech Apibarnrat for that joke instead) 

Poor Colt. He's gonna need a few beers after playing 36 tomorrow.

Saw this guy on the course today named Andrew Johnston. He is a big boy. Love his beard and he's always smiling. Reminds me a little of Shane Lowry. Also came away really impresseed with Spieth, DeChambeau and ZJ today. Three classy guys. Came over and talked to the fans while they were waiting and cracked some jokes. ZJ's caddy was cracking some, too. Seemed like a cool guy. I know some people here don't like Spieth for whatever reason, but the guy's pretty classy. Got a good sense of humor, as does Bryson, who I really wasn't a fan of until today.

[Joe92385]

3 minutes ago, ChrisP said:

Saw this guy on the course today named Andrew Johnston. He is a big boy. Love his beard and he's always smiling. 

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/andrew-beef-johnston-if-i-win-us-open-ill-be-drunk-for-a-week 

Seems like a guy I'd want to hang out with.

[Chilli Dipper]

2 minutes ago, Joe92385 said:

http://www.golfdigest.com/story/andrew-beef-johnston-if-i-win-us-open-ill-be-drunk-for-a-week 

Seems like a guy I'd want to hang out with.

His nickname is "Beef," and with a name like that I feel like I know everything one needs to know about him.

[ChrisP]

2 minutes ago, Chilli Dipper said:

His nickname is "Beef," and with a name like that I feel like I know everything one needs to know about him.

Haha that is funny.

[Al B Tross]

3 hours ago, RJH999 said:

Cool pants on Patrick Reed.

He's still an asshole.

Post of the day - I laughed out loud. So true.

[Hardspoon]

33 minutes ago, newtogolf said:

I don't know anything about the drainage on the course, but I'd expect they will dry it out and put fans on the greens that don't drain well.  2" is a lot of rain, guess we'll see tomorrow what affect it had.  

It does help that it's been a bit dry here for the past few weeks...we really haven't had much rain overall this month.

The weather forecast is changing hourly - welcome to summer in Pittsburgh!

[ChrisP]

2 minutes ago, Hardspoon said:

It does help that it's been a bit dry here for the past few weeks...we really haven't had much rain overall this month.

The weather forecast is changing hourly - welcome to summer in Pittsburgh!

Yeah I think by Saturday afternoon it'll have some of its teeth back, but I think tomorrow morning with no wind and sunny skies, players will try and throw darts. Just hit the fairway.

The good news is the rain is likely over and sun rises at 6 am and sets close to 9pm. So they should be back on track by  the end of round 3. Just gonna be a bit messy until the final tee time Satursday which will prolly be a threesome around 4 or 5 pm.