So would it be better to be Day, and have to go right back out after shooting a shitty score, or McIlroy who has to sit on his shitty score for 24 hours, but also can get some work in?
2016 US Open- Oakmont
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I was just thinking the same thing. I feel like giving yourself some time to cool off and recalibrate would be better as opposed to going right back out there.
And I'd be pretty surprised if Dustin Johnson wins this thing. He's accumulated a decent amount of "final round baggage" that I think will continue to make it tough for him this week.
Yes but he only has 2 nights to sleep on his first round now. He's reduced his exposure by a third.
I'd love to see him win this. Sort of surprised him and Bubba are near the top of the leaderboard.
That seems extremely unlikely. It's going to be fast and firm tomorrow. Guys playing twice today are looking at incremental changes between their first and second rounds. Rory will be playing an entirely different course.
These greens are totally different than yesterday and this morning. Three putts about to commence.
We'll see how the next few hours go, but I'd be surprised if the cut line is any higher than +7. Shooting under par tomorrow is going to be a tall order.
It's like they are treating Round 2 as if it's the final round and just focusing on the leaders.
The course is playing easier now than it has at any point in the last two days. There are about 20 players under par in Round 2, with about another 20 more at even.
I'm watching. They cut and rolled the greens after the 1st round finished up. These guys playing round 2 are seeing much faster putts. Are you saying it's easier right now? 7 of the 14 under par aren't playing right now and tee off in the morning for Rd 2
There are 20 players under par IN ROUND TWO. That's about twice as many as at any point during round one. The course is undeniably playing easier right now.
I basically haven't had a chance to watch any of the coverage until now, and I'm having trouble figuring out what they did after the delay. Rob was at +1, and he was in the 18th fairway (the 9th hole) when play ended yesterday. So, they had him come out today, and finish the last half of the 18th hole (which he bogeyed), and now he has to wait until tomorrow at 7:22 a.m. to play his second round. I thought he would have had an early tee time today without the weather issues yesterday, so why didn't he go out and play his second round today? I'm confused by the whole thing.
They just did it the standard reverse tee time way. He went out early in round 1, which means he goes out late in round 2, which means tomorrow.
Doesn't the second round go in the reverse order to the first, so if you have an early first round you have a late second round and vice versa?
Ok, that's what I had wrong. I thought he was late/early, not early/late. I keep forgetting that some guys literally didn't even play yesterday.
How do you mean?
And wow Justin Thomas with back to back birdies from off the green.
My point is the greens are faster for today's round two than they were for today's completion of round one. Course could be playing easier since its dry, but the greens are faster.
And you're number is dropping. 16 players under par for RD 2 right now. Let it play out.
That video game camera view of the ball flight over an overhead picture of the hole is unbelievably cool. One of the coolest spots things I've ever seen on TV.
Yes, of course. The greens are faster and getting faster. But overall the course is playing easier. There is zero wind, it's playing shorter, and on holes like 17, pretty much everyone has the chance to go for the green.
Yes, and those guys who didn't play yesterday played two rounds today. That's a tough break if you're playing poorly(Jason Day, for example) but obviously an advantage if you're rolling.(DJ) Nothing they could really do differently, though, if they want to keep to the schedule.
I will echo the complaints about the lack of diversity in people hitting shots. They really have kept to a certain number of people and really haven't expanded from it.
The Fox coverage is still flawed, but it has improved and shows potential. Their camera guys struggle to find the ball at times, but they do a solid job with the shot tracking/graphics stuff off the tee.
Got it. I was talking about the greens. Watching and working at the same time I wasn't getting the full picture. I caught the repeated info about the speed.
And I do love the tracker. Awesome
This is what I meant. She looks like a Barbie doll.
Why the fuck are we watching guys walking up the fairway when there is a course full of golfers actually hitting shots?
I was talking to Rob's brother a little while ago, and he said when Rob was originally supposed to go out yesterday, the conditions would have been the easiest they could have been. Each day, they are going to get a bit harder, so by having to play 36 (if he makes the cut) tomorrow, he'll be playing basically the toughest conditions of anybody in the first two rounds. Not complaining about it, just the unfortunate luck of the draw. He played well yesterday, hit fairways and greens, and didn't make any big mistakes. If he can just do that, with his putter, he should be able to make the cut, and maybe even get a pretty good finish. I think he plays better in the tournaments that have lower winning scores because he's not very long, so he struggles to pile up birdies like some of the other guys. But, when you give him a course where you have to use your head, put the driver away at times, he can do pretty well. Man, what a fun weekend this would be if he gets into the hunt.
The shot Sergio just hit a few minutes ago from the rough on #5 is what I love and hate about the US Opens. I love that its' a true test of these guys' abilities, and that they have to take their medicine when they make a mistake. But, he hit an absolutely perfect shot, landed it short of the hole, almost barely on the green, rolled it up to the hole perfectly, and it just kept rolling and finished about 30 feet away, right near where DJ finished. It's virtually impossible to get a ball to stop near the hole, no matter how good the shot. If Sergio had landed that any shorter, it wouldn't have got on the green, and any longer, it's off the back. I feel like if you hit the perfect shot, from where he was (he was just barely in the rough, and had a decent lie, so he got a little spin on the ball), you should be able to get a good shot at birdie, but some of these holes just don't even give them a chance.
Crazy round for Justin Thomas. Through 17 holes, he has 6 pars, 7 birdies(including 3 hole outs), 2 bogeys and 2 doubles. -1 for the day.
That's what you get for wearing pink pants.
Joking aside today was great and tomorrow should be as well. Major weather delays suck but they make for great viewing and add to the pressure.
Joking aside today was great and tomorrow should be as well. Major weather delays suck but they make for great viewing and add to the pressure.
He likes adding geometric shapes to his score card, appaprently.
I've particularly enjoyed the split screen dual tracker, where they show the behind-tee box perspective on the left, and the hole-layout perspective on the right.
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It's funny hearing the guy from the course(didn't catch his name) be so disappointed that good shots aren't rolling off the green or into crap.
Like most hack golfers I don't mind seeing the great players struggle on hard courses but balls that land just softly just past the hole shouldn't end up 20 yards short of the green like he wants.
Like most hack golfers I don't mind seeing the great players struggle on hard courses but balls that land just softly just past the hole shouldn't end up 20 yards short of the green like he wants.
He had to sit around for like 38 hours sitting on a lead in the US Open. That's tough for a nobody. Also, this open has been very weird thus far but by this afternoon, it'll be normal.
Also, the announcers being angry the players aren't dealing with punitive conditions and are able to stop the ball on the green is so odd. You know, these guys are good. It's the PGA tagline.
I look forward to a bevy of missed makable putts this afternoon from Lee Westwood. Yes, a bevy.
WD for Stenson, citing a not-making-the-cut-so-don't-want-to-get-up-early-to-play-a couple-meaningless-holes flu.
Lol boo hoo. Provided he doesn't have a serious injury, he's an entitled dick. He gets to play the best courses in the world, for millions of dollars, and he can't wake up early to finish his round? Yeah, he wasn't making the cut but it still doesn't excuse it.