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Fng West Coast - I’ve been drinking beers since 10AM (Texas time) and watching golf, only to piss off the family on “ Father’s Day weekend”! It’s always Mother’s Day weekend, in my house, so it should be Father’s Day weekend!

As of right now, the 2nd to last pairing will be Rory and BDC. That would be fun. 

3 minutes ago, msucolt45 said:

Fng West Coast - I’ve been drinking beers since 10AM (Texas time) and watching golf, only to piss off the family on “ Father’s Day weekend”! It’s always Mother’s Day weekend, in my house, so it should be Father’s Day weekend!

Pardon?

Bryson is such a jackass, "yeah well, what I figured out is that you just bomb it and can really play from anywhere,  it's not so tough.... save for the Masters) 

Just now, TonyTexas said:

As of right now, the 2nd to last pairing will be Rory and BDC. That would be fun. 

Two leaders are lucking out that they get to play with each other. 

louie gonna be the guy to beat.  that was huge.

Honestly thought Loui had a water ball aproach on 18, 230 out. Makes eagle, -5. 

14 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

As of right now, the 2nd to last pairing will be Rory and BDC. That would be fun. 

Louis screwed that up. 

I think he took the E and +1 guys out of play.

12 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Good fucking lord. Do they have to shoehorn Tiger into every damn shot?

I think you know the answer to that...

2 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

That's why they should go to 6800 yard courses with thick rough and fast greens and let 75% of the field back in

3 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Inspirational

I'll take 12 of those Pacifico's please.

3 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

Good fucking lord. Do they have to shoehorn Tiger into every damn shot?

I'm as big a Tiger fan as there is and I'm tired of the 2008 BS.  Let's just focus on 2021 and who is in the hunt.  The leader board really looks good for tomorrow.  IT's a great mix with lots of story lines to follow.  I think we are in for a great Sunday finish where any of 10-15 golfers are in it. 

3 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Inspirational

Have a little rep for this little nugget of greatness.

4 hours ago, Dewey said:

Bryson is such a jackass, "yeah well, what I figured out is that you just bomb it and can really play from anywhere,  it's not so tough.... save for the Masters) 

 

3 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

 

I meant to reply to Dewey earlier, and yes he's still an asshole, but Bryson is 100% right. This course just hasn't punished fairway misses. He was all over the place off the tee but he was always about 350 from the tee taking his 2nd shot. And he carded a bogey-free 68. 

Whether he wins or not or capitalizes on his findings we shall see but his strategy is pretty on point. The rough and fringe just aren't that punishing this week and there are a lot of holes where distance plays into scoring in a major way. 

In fact - Rory's 67 today wasn't all that dissimilar. I'd have to check his fairway % but he's always one of the longest hitters and sprayed at least a few off the tee today. He probably putt a bit worse than Bryson but put more balls in the fairway. 

Edited by ztejas

Rory will benefit by not playing with Bryson in the final round. 

Edited by Jive Turkey

7 hours ago, ztejas said:

 

I meant to reply to Dewey earlier, and yes he's still an asshole, but Bryson is 100% right. This course just hasn't punished fairway misses. He was all over the place off the tee but he was always about 350 from the tee taking his 2nd shot. And he carded a bogey-free 68. 

Whether he wins or not or capitalizes on his findings we shall see but his strategy is pretty on point. The rough and fringe just aren't that punishing this week and there are a lot of holes where distance plays into scoring in a major way. 

In fact - Rory's 67 today wasn't all that dissimilar. I'd have to check his fairway % but he's always one of the longest hitters and sprayed at least a few off the tee today. He probably putt a bit worse than Bryson but put more balls in the fairway. 

I wasn't saying he was wrong, just a jackass. The past several US opens have been this way. They gone soft on us. 

Win or lose for Bryson,  I wonder what him saying this means for future US opens. Unless they are okay with a player telling the world you don't  have to hit it straight to win, there's no punishment if you hit it far.

The course is punishing players.  But they are also really good.  I wonder if the ability of players is outpacing the difficulty of the course.  If they make it harder, you may get a winner at -1 or even, but the cut might be +8.

9 hours ago, ztejas said:

 

I meant to reply to Dewey earlier, and yes he's still an asshole, but Bryson is 100% right. This course just hasn't punished fairway misses. He was all over the place off the tee but he was always about 350 from the tee taking his 2nd shot. And he carded a bogey-free 68. 

Whether he wins or not or capitalizes on his findings we shall see but his strategy is pretty on point. The rough and fringe just aren't that punishing this week and there are a lot of holes where distance plays into scoring in a major way. 

In fact - Rory's 67 today wasn't all that dissimilar. I'd have to check his fairway % but he's always one of the longest hitters and sprayed at least a few off the tee today. He probably putt a bit worse than Bryson but put more balls in the fairway. 

Just as a point of discussion, Rory was 23rd in fairways hit, Bryson was 35th. 10th & 2nd in driving distance. Tied for 8th in GIR. 21st and 15th in putts.

Hughes and Oosie are 60th and 18th in fairways, 53rd and 61st in driving distance, 8th and 41st in GIR, 6th and 2nd in putts. 

Edited by heso

1 hour ago, heso said:

Just as a point of discussion, Rory was 23rd in fairways hit, Bryson was 35th. 10th & 2nd in driving distance. Tied for 8th in GIR. 21st and 15th in putts.

Hughes and Oosie are 60th and 18th in fairways, 53rd and 61st in driving distance, 8th and 41st in GIR, 6th and 2nd in putts. 

so drive for dough, putt for dough?

where do you find these stats?

 

Drive for dough if you have the short game to cover up the mistakes and the rough isn’t punitive enough. 
US Open rough is supposed to be very punitive, but you mitigate that somewhat if you are long enough with driver and irons that you need an 8 iron instead of a 5 or 6 out of the rough to hit the green. 
 

Now how does that change if the rough is so bad that al you can do is play sideways to get back on the green, at any distance?  Well your third shot is then still a cub or two  closer if you are long, presumably making it easier. 

Edited by Pato del Muerto

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

so drive for dough, putt for dough?

where do you find these stats?

 

Us open app

3 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

The course is punishing players.  But they are also really good.  I wonder if the ability of players is outpacing the difficulty of the course.  If they make it harder, you may get a winner at -1 or even, but the cut might be +8.

I think that's part of it. I also think the usga is probably overreacting to the criticism in years past regarding setups just being ridiculous and unfair. 

I dont mind watching these guys have to work but I also don't need to see greens a ball literally won't stop on. 

I think the biggest problem this week is the course. I think Torrey is very meh. I don't find the holes that interesting to watch.  It's a course that's just kind of by the ocean but doesn't seem to use much of the natural terrain very well. 

I'll still watch. And I'll still hope bryson loses, but this is one just doesn't have me for some reason. 

Longer hitters will have the advantage in most courses, tough to set it up otherwise. Unless long, wayward drives end up in treed areas with no shot while 50 yards back you can just hit over them. But yeah the skill in putting should be in reading break and speed, don’t make the speed impossible to read or to execute. 

I agree with those that think Torrey seems boring for a major championship course.

12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I agree with those that think Torrey seems boring for a major championship course.

Yeah I'm not fan of 18 being a par 5 that you're expected to birdie. In my mind 18 should optimally be a difficult par 4 but not the hardest hole on the course, either. 

the leaders are -5, seems like the rough is doing it's job fairly well because there has been no wind that I've seen

Fuck NBC.  I wanted to see Phil try to get up and down from the parking lot.

Changing preshot routine on US Open Sunday. What could go wrong?

Is the hole location at 18 the same as 2008 when Tiger made birdie to force the playoff? Maybe NBC will let us know.

what is with Azinger calling long putts made "no brainers"?

48 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Is the hole location at 18 the same as 2008 when Tiger made birdie to force the playoff? Maybe NBC will let us know.

Are you sure tiger won in 08?  I haven't seen anything about it. 

24 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

what is with Azinger calling long putts made "no brainers"?

Because he's an idiot

2 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

I hope ooesthuizen wins, will pay me about $2500  

You might be in the chips on that bet. 
 

Oosty has such sound mechanics and a mortician‘s demeanor on the course. 
 

Unless another player goes wild, Louis is my favorite to win. 

Have to cheer for a cat named guido

Say what you want about the course or layout or rough, but the first page of the leaderboard is loaded. 

Edited by Jive Turkey

The paraglider idiots are such “look at me” fools.  There is 655.8 miles of California coastline (I looked it up) and they HAVE TO fly their death traps over Torrey Pines during the US Open.  
 

Please scramble fighters out of Coronado and take them out.  

Edited by deadshank

The only good thing I can about NBCs  broadcast is that they no longer allow Pete Jacobson to break out in song. Everything else sucks. 

 

4 minutes ago, deadshank said:

The paraglider idiots are such “look at me” fools.  There is 655.8 miles of California coastline (I looked it up) and they HAVE TO fly their death traps over Torrey Pines during the US Open.  
 

Please scramble fighters out of Coronado and take them out.  

Rather pick them off with a .50 anti-aircraft battery.  

12 minutes ago, deadshank said:

The paraglider idiots are such “look at me” fools.  There is 655.8 miles of California coastline (I looked it up) and they HAVE TO fly their death traps over Torrey Pines during the US Open.  
 

Please scramble fighters out of Coronado and take them out.  

Gliderport is in Torrey Pines and is the most popular/famous place to paraglide/hang glide in the state (probably the whole country), regardless of what's happening on the golf course. Of course it was going to be packed today.

Edited by aggie08

1 minute ago, aggie08 said:

Gliderport is in Torrey Pines and is the most popular place to paraglide/hang glide in the state, regardless of what's happening on the golf course. If course it was going to be packed today.

They’re still annoying jerk offs. 

NBC even has animated paragliders in their graphics. Stupid.

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