The 107th United States Open Championship

#26
#26
Did anyone see the Golf Channel coverage last night that talked about Tiger's first trip around the place this year. Said he only missed one fairway. I don't believe that as far as I could punt Tim Herron, but if it's even remotely true, he wins in cakewalk style.
 
#28
#28
BigPapaVol said:
Did anyone see the Golf Channel coverage last night that talked about Tiger's first trip around the place this year. Said he only missed one fairway. I don't believe that as far as I could punt Tim Herron, but if it's even remotely true, he wins in cakewalk style.
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the local pro he played with had more on that. Said he only hit 2iron that day. Not a single driver. Haney says Tiger will play maybe 7 drivers at Oakmont, so not much was learned from that round....
 
#29
#29
i should be there. had tickets for Sat and Sun. Oakmont is literally 10 minutes from the in laws' house.

but nooooooooooooooo the baby is coming this weekend........:p
 
#30
#30
Watch for Phillip Pettit, he is a member of the UT golf team. He is a the brother of a friend of mine and made the field.
 
#37
#37
GAVol said:
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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I played the Tour 18 course in Dallas (made up of replicas from famous golf holes). They had a hole from Oakmont with those things - missed them fortunately.

The course ended with Amen Corner - funny, Dallas just doesn't look like eastern Georgia....
 
#38
#38
volinbham said:
I played the Tour 18 course in Dallas (made up of replicas from famous golf holes). They had a hole from Oakmont with those things - missed them fortunately.

The course ended with Amen Corner - funny, Dallas just doesn't look like eastern Georgia....
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and those greens ain't as slick
 
#41
#41
I wasn't familiar with many of the holes they were attempting to replicate. The ones I was aware of were pretty weak IMHO. If I didn't know what it was supposed to be, I'd have thought it was just another course.
 
#42
#42
volinbham said:
I wasn't familiar with many of the holes they were attempting to replicate. The ones I was aware of were pretty weak IMHO. If I didn't know what it was supposed to be, I'd have thought it was just another course.
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a couple of the holes were decent, but it was pretty much just another course. The finish at the 18th from St Andrews was pretty good.
 
#44
#44
Bubba Watson -1 thru 4
Can't wait to see what he does with #8

Wish they would set up a live video feed for #8 like they did for amen corner at the Masters.
 
#46
#46
orange+white=heaven said:
The biggest drawback to the Open being contested at Oakmont... I'll have to hear from and about 'The Ego' until Sunday night...
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agreed.......did you catch him on PTI last night?
BigPapaVol said:
I'll take Johnny Miller, Nick Faldo and Gary McCord all day long. You can have the rest of them, except maybe Feherty.
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like all of those guys, and Fherty is a riot. we were at the Wachovia a couple of years ago, on no.10 and he was following Phil, after his tee shot, he was striding down the fairway and my brother just ran over to the rope and said....."2003 Tiger Woods Golf, you rule!"

and Ferhty responded "Ah, white male, 25-35 with drink in hand, my demographic".

it was great.

did anybody see on the golf channel last night the little sting they did on the greens? i forget who it was but he poured some water on the practice green, and the water rolled down the green like it would on freshly waxed car. didn't soak at all.

can you say speedy? should be an interesting week......
 
#47
#47
orange+white=heaven said:
It is early but 7 players are -1 to this point. Forecasts of +10 winning just don't seem likely. These guys are really good.
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someone said +4 last night, that seems a little more reasonable.

the rain last night may help some scoring today, but i don't think any rain is in the forecast, i expect by the weekend, the course will be flexing it's muscle.
 
#48
#48
jakez4ut said:
someone said +4 last night, that seems a little more reasonable.

the rain last night may help some scoring today, but i don't think any rain is in the forecast, i expect by the weekend, the course will be flexing it's muscle.
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Absolutely. And no, I would not be a bit surprised to see a winner at +2 to +4...


The amateur Rhys Davies is -1 thru 8 and shares the lead. He started with the back nine though. Numbers 7 thru 10 are said to be the juggernaut.
 
#49
#49
Jose Maria -2 thru 6. The Baby Boomers make a Thursday run!!!



Just saw the up to now highlights. Tiger has his putter working for him today. He keeps the form with the flat stick thru the weekend, he'll be tough to beat. -1 thru 7
 
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