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Westwood finished strong(ish); considering he missed nearly every fairway on his first nine. He is most certainly not out of it.
Luke OTOH.... eeesh, he and Phil and Rory are all in the same small cart, on a mean and nasty golf course. I wouldn't bet against either of the three having an outside chance come Sunday.
This certainly, albeit early, looks like a US Open that will finish somewhere around 280 or more... unless rains come and soften the greens a bit. Should be fun.
Luke OTOH.... eeesh, he and Phil and Rory are all in the same small cart, on a mean and nasty golf course. I wouldn't bet against either of the three having an outside chance come Sunday.
This certainly, albeit early, looks like a US Open that will finish somewhere around 280 or more... unless rains come and soften the greens a bit. Should be fun.
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I'm losing interest already.Not my idea of fun watching top class players struggle to make par and sometimes bogies.I agree that it has to be a stiff test but most of the birdies i saw from rnd 1 were chip ins.When you can't keep a 9 iron on the green it's too much for me to watch ,sorry!!The first 6 holes were 426 over par for the field.
Totally agree with this!
I REALLY hope someone like Michael Thompson, Alistair Presnell, Beau Hossler or Jason Bohn wins this event. Players who have come from obscurity who could not even be considered elite (no disrespect meant to them!). It might finally dawn on the USGA that setting up a golf course to play impossibly difficult does not bring the best to the top it only creates a lottery where ANYONE can win.
When players who were in good form going into the tournament cant break 80 thats not a fair test of golf. B##### ridiculous!!!!
I REALLY hope someone like Michael Thompson, Alistair Presnell, Beau Hossler or Jason Bohn wins this event. Players who have come from obscurity who could not even be considered elite (no disrespect meant to them!). It might finally dawn on the USGA that setting up a golf course to play impossibly difficult does not bring the best to the top it only creates a lottery where ANYONE can win.
When players who were in good form going into the tournament cant break 80 thats not a fair test of golf. B##### ridiculous!!!!
It actually creates an interesting debate...
What would we rather watch:
a) Top players eating up courses and hitting 20 under par, or
b) Top players facing a test like the one us amatuers face every time we play and be shown to be mortal
I kind of like it both ways to be honest! Whilst I love to watch how skillful these guys are - I sometimes like to see the top guys struggle a wee bit! Watching guys skelp the ball 300+ yards and put short irons to tap-in distance also gets a bit deflating, when comparing it to my own performance.
But - in principle, I agree... Sometimes the U.S.Open gets a bit silly!
What would we rather watch:
a) Top players eating up courses and hitting 20 under par, or
b) Top players facing a test like the one us amatuers face every time we play and be shown to be mortal
I kind of like it both ways to be honest! Whilst I love to watch how skillful these guys are - I sometimes like to see the top guys struggle a wee bit! Watching guys skelp the ball 300+ yards and put short irons to tap-in distance also gets a bit deflating, when comparing it to my own performance.
But - in principle, I agree... Sometimes the U.S.Open gets a bit silly!
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I agree with Alastair here, the viewing last night was so disappointing for what is a Major Competition. These guys are the best the game has to offer, they are playing in one of four majors, yet they are made to look like a Sunday afternoon hacker bludgeoning it round an unkempt municipal course somewhere.
It's not a fair test of golf as it is so far removed from anything else they play, anywhere, at any time of year.
If the rest of the courses on Tour are set up too easy then that has to be addressed, but this one is too penal, even for the worlds best.
No-one likes to be made to look stupid, but these top golfers have been made to look at best, average at worst made to look stupid.
Imagine if the 100m track at the Olympics was created in a different manner to all the other 100m tracks around the world, say a softer slower surface making for a slower track. You have to be really good to set a WR on it. The excuse being, well this is the Olympics...... it's meant to be hard and we want the best to rise to the top.
That would never happen at an athletics meet like that. It would soon be demoted and off the circuit if an organiser did that. So why does it happen at one of the Major, and it's not the first time it's happened either. Trouble is it won't be the last either.
It's not a fair test of golf as it is so far removed from anything else they play, anywhere, at any time of year.
If the rest of the courses on Tour are set up too easy then that has to be addressed, but this one is too penal, even for the worlds best.
No-one likes to be made to look stupid, but these top golfers have been made to look at best, average at worst made to look stupid.
Imagine if the 100m track at the Olympics was created in a different manner to all the other 100m tracks around the world, say a softer slower surface making for a slower track. You have to be really good to set a WR on it. The excuse being, well this is the Olympics...... it's meant to be hard and we want the best to rise to the top.
That would never happen at an athletics meet like that. It would soon be demoted and off the circuit if an organiser did that. So why does it happen at one of the Major, and it's not the first time it's happened either. Trouble is it won't be the last either.
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It's all Rory's fault, humiliating the toughest test in golf last year 
.... we knew there would be payback!
Seriosuly though it was weird seeing guys strike in a perfectly good 8 iron to a few feet of the green and just have it run off the back. The greens are too hard ontop of all the other challenge.
.... we knew there would be payback!Seriosuly though it was weird seeing guys strike in a perfectly good 8 iron to a few feet of the green and just have it run off the back. The greens are too hard ontop of all the other challenge.