2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills

[HJJ003]

The 2018 US Open is underway! Now to find out how to get work done and watch the US open at the same time....

[HJJ003]

Holy crap spieth...Almost made a quad on 11! "Saved" a triple. 

[Zeph]

It seems like you have to go here to get shot tracker for the tournament: http://www.usopen.com/scoring.html

It works fine, but I haven't found a way to jump to a specific hole yet. I can only scroll up and down, one hole at the time. This gets pretty annoying if you first want to look at hole 15, then hole 2.

Scoring so far indicate a difficult course. Or conditions. Or both.

Triple on a 157 yard par 3 is pretty bad by Spieth. +4 through two.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Zeph

[ChrisP]

The bite in the US Open is definitely back. 

I would say there’s a chance not one person breaks par today.

Edited June 14, 2018 by ChrisP

[HJJ003]

That fescue doesn't play!!

[rangers1314]

Is there anywhere where I can find which holes have grandstands? Thanks!

[colin007]

TV coverage just began on FS1

[Zeph]

Amateur Kristoffer Reitan is the first ever Norwegian to play in the US Open.

 

Spieth at +5 and McIlroy at +6 so far. Ouch. This is a tournament where you could see some random player win it.

[jbishop15]

Course is kicking ass so far. 

Spieth's ball speed with the driver has been under 170 every shot I've seen him hit. Interesting. 

[colin007]

Loving the protracer on almost all the shots.

[Zeph]

5 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Loving the protracer on almost all the shots.

 

Me too! Much better than the standard ball-against-blue-skies that doesn't tell you anything about the shape of the shot. Especially in these windy conditions where you might see players hit more punchy shots.

[DeadMan]

Hard to believe that the morning was supposed to be the easier draw.

[ChrisP]

Forecast shows double-digit wind speeds all week so this is likely not just to be a “one-day” carnage. This could be Winged Foot like scores by the end of week.

[Zeph]

1 minute ago, ChrisP said:

Forecast shows double-digit wind speeds all week so this is likely not just to be a “one-day” carnage. This could be Winged Foot like scores by the end of week.

Up to double digits, yeah, but Thursday will be the worst. Drops below 10 after 1 PM tomorrow, and on Saturday it's around 5 from the morning. Might get some rain the following days, which will affect the course. Not that it gets flooded, but wet grass is different from dry grass.

[Vinsk]

11 hours ago, Gerald ladig said:

My favorite is Rory.

Lol. Classic Rory.....+6......

[ChrisP]

11 minutes ago, Zeph said:

Up to double digits, yeah, but Thursday will be the worst. Drops below 10 after 1 PM tomorrow, and on Saturday it's around 5 from the morning. Might get some rain the following days, which will affect the course. Not that it gets flooded, but wet grass is different from dry grass.

Amazing thing is greens look really receptive right now. Quite soft. If these greens get some fire to them and you add just a 7-10 mph wind, this course will get ridiculous.

[nevets88]

Sigh, I miss The Masters. US Open stream totally failing on me. Tried both groups, on laptop, phone and tablet. Totally unpredictable. Never had a problem with The Masters. 

[Vinsk]

4 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Sigh, I miss The Masters. US Open stream totally failing on me. Tried both groups, on laptop, phone and tablet. Totally unpredictable. Never had a problem with The Masters. 

Same here. So I’m just using HULU for FS1. It's working well.