The 107th United States Open Championship

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Golf's toughest test returns this week!!!

I'm really looking forward to this one. With question marks surrounding the games of the two best in the world, the field will get a good look by the media this week. And what fantastic shape the field is in this time around. One could probably make an argument that atleast 25 pros have their game in the kind of shape that they might contend at the newly invigorated test that is Oakmont.

I suppose folks will wind up calling Tiger the favorite, but I honestly think he is closer to the field right now than he has been since this time last season..

Anyone care to pick a winner?

I'm not taking Woods this time. I'll give you two others. Vijay or Luke Donald.

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I think Zach Johnson's game might be a better fit at Oakmont than it was at Augusta. As maniacal as that place is though, anybody could win.
 
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I love watching the US Open and like the pomp of choosing our national champ, but I don't at all like the setup of the courses and the sometimes flukish champs that result. The nature of the rough places such a premium on driving the ball and so limits the short game, that it opens the door more to fortune being the ultimate arbiter rather than the sticks. Additionally, I hate that the winner is often the guy making the most 8 footers for the week. Wish we could find a better way to do it.

That said, it does give guys like Pavin and Leonard a chance.
 
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I think Zach Johnson's game might be a better fit at Oakmont than it was at Augusta. As maniacal as that place is though, anybody could win.
Zach Johnson was my first choice, believe it or not.

Sets up well for short, straight hitter with deadly short putting game.
 
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I think Zach Johnson's game might be a better fit at Oakmont than it was at Augusta. As maniacal as that place is though, anybody could win.
If he drives as straight, and flights his approaches as well, you may be spot on... He's been putting great all season.
 
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There's a quote in last week's ESPN Magazine where Vijay thinks 10-12 over will win it.
 
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Oakmont and the USGA have had a chip on their shoulder ever since Johnny Miller closed there with a 63 about 30 years ago.
 
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folks say that kind of thing a lot. The score never runs that far up, though...

-2 to +2 is a more realistic bracket I think...

As crazy as the last couple of Open setups have been, I don't think anything is out of the question.
 
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Oakmont and the USGA have had a chip on their shoulder ever since Johnny Miller closed there with a 63 about 30 years ago.
and it's completely silly. A world class pro in the zone in all phases of his game can shoot a really low number anywhere.
 
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and how is he egotistical?
I don't know, BP, it's something about his approach to calling the play as he watches it that just scratches me the wrong way. I'm not going to describe this exactly right, but he has a tone that says to me...'what I'm saying is the only possible way it could be...'

Make sense?... Tough to describe...
 
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In that case I will take Boo Weekley vs. the field.
Followed Boo around with his family at the St. Jude a couple of years ago. Interesting day, to say the least. Started out just us, but by the end after a truckload of birdies and an eagle (with no driver in the bag), he had played his way up to second place and people were raving about his rain pants and bionic 3 wood.

Interesting family scenario there to say the least.
 
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I don't know, BP, it's something about his approach to calling the play as he watches it that just scratches me the wrong way. I'm not going to describe this exactly right, but he has a tone that says to me...'what I'm saying is the only possible way it could be...'

Make sense?... Tough to describe...
he definitely thinks he's right, but that's often the makeup of a guy who was 'the man'. I like his style (most likely because he says what I want to hear in a way that I like it). He's very blunt and knows what he's talking about. Faldo has the same knowledge base, but is amazingly quick witted to boot. My choice is Faldo, but Miller's not far behind.

I hate the Roger Maltby style of 'one would certainly think that' etc.
 
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he definitely thinks he's right, but that's often the makeup of a guy who was 'the man'. I like his style (most likely because he says what I want to hear in a way that I like it). He's very blunt and knows what he's talking about. Faldo has the same knowledge base, but is amazingly quick witted to boot. My choice is Faldo, but Miller's not far behind.

I hate the Roger Maltby style of 'one would certainly think that' etc.
Faldo and Nantz are going to be good together, they are not there yet though. Faldo and Tirico may have been as good a tandem as there ever was. You're right about the Faldo wit, who would've thought that was there when he was playing..

Faldo and Kelly Tilghman on TGC have great chemistry, and her play by play has improved 100% since she started doing tourneys at the beginning of the season.

We don't get to hear enough of Peter Alliss, not enough O's in smooth for the way that guy calls a broadcast. Although, with your Maltby quote, I suspect Alliss is likely not your cup of tea...
 
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folks say that kind of thing a lot. The score never runs that far up, though...

-2 to +2 is a more realistic bracket I think...

They took out over 5000 trees, so the wind is really going to be a major influence, along with a graduated rough, that someone told me was going to go up 7 inches deep.

That's brutal
 
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Have you seen those church pew bunkers? That is one of the scariest looking hazards I've ever seen. You get a bad lie in there and hitting it sideways is the only option.
 
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Faldo and Nantz are going to be good together, they are not there yet though. Faldo and Tirico may have been as good a tandem as there ever was. You're right about the Faldo wit, who would've thought that was there when he was playing..

Faldo and Kelly Tilghman on TGC have great chemistry, and her play by play has improved 100% since she started doing tourneys at the beginning of the season.

We don't get to hear enough of Peter Alliss, not enough O's in smooth for the way that guy calls a broadcast. Although, with your Maltby quote, I suspect Alliss is likely not your cup of tea...
Alliss has a very good sense of humor IMO. Maltby and Koch types are just abysmally boring to me. As for Nantz and Tirico, they could simply step aside and let me hear the other guys talking. I don't want or need their incessant blather about inane garbage.

Tilghman is good in that she's hot (for a former collegiate golfer) with a smokin' body. Just haven't yet figured out if she's straight.
 
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Have you seen those church pew bunkers? That is one of the scariest looking hazards I've ever seen. You get a bad lie in there and hitting it sideways is the only option.
Lots of opportunity for bad lies.
 
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...and even if you get a good lie, you could end up with a restricted backswing due to one of the "pews".
 

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