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"You like to drink?"
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Anyone know the dues and fees for clubs in KC?
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The thing is that they haven't tricked up any of these courses. Pinehurst was open without any rough, and the shaved areas presented little challenge for players with lob wedges and Pro V1s. Chambers Bay was unsuited to host a US Open because they stupidly assumed that poa annua wouldn't infest the greens. Oakmont is a legitimately tough course and the championship was running along fine until the USGA lost its mind over the Johnson ruling, and this course is just way too goddamned open and totally reliant upon weather to create any challenge.
You have to go back to 2004 at Shinnecock to see the results of some true one who sucks the penisy on the part of the USGA.
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#1549 |
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Johnny did it at Oakmont not Winged Foot
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#1550 |
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5 players double digits under par here
Have been six finishes total in us open history |
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David Duvall said it best. This course was set up to play hard and fast and that's why they have big fairways because of that. Mother Nature didn't allow that
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With technology we have now, not just clubs or balls but he'll, with the track man, there's no going back.
You can get so dialed in with it and know exactly what's going on, it's easy to fix and get right on. Match the clubs and the ball up to that and the athleticism of players , it just is what it is |
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#1553 |
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Course is a joke
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"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln |
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#1555 |
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Take Winged Foot for example:
Most holes have subtle doglegs with trees on either side of the fairway, placing a premium on accuracy off the tee, but also on the second shot. Thick rough bordering the greens requires precise placement, and many of the greens are also heavily bunkered. For a right-handed golfer, you need to hit a draw on 16, cut on 17, and a draw on 18. If you blow one too far off, not only do you have the rough, but trees to deal with. Where is the requirement for shotmaking on these Mike Davis specials?
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Wind is whipping this morning at 9.
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Hope the wind makes for some excellent meltdowns
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Ugh, wind is going to die down. Worst Open ever
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There's no doubt in my mind that had there been the normal wind (like today) and little/no rain this week, we'd be looking at a winning score of -4 at the most.
The USGA can't control the weather. Scores this morning are high and they are only dealing with wind - if they were dealing wind AND firm/fast? No one would be bitching. Last edited by OnTheWarpath15; 06-18-2017 at 10:13 AM.. |
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So don't go to a course that's difficulty depends on things outside of your power
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