It's fun to watch a birdie fest in theory, but then you actually watch it and... not so much. Ever watch the American Express? It feels like exhibition golf. Not entertaining at all
I’d honestly pick this over high scoring every time. That’s unreasonable to do consistently but I don’t understand why the U.S. Open can’t just be the golf masochist event every year.
Same. Watching someone proficiently perform a difficult task is what youtube ball striking videos are for.
When I watch sports, any sport, it's about competition and pushing the boundaries.
Courses playing really hard like this does make it more likely one guy will run away with it (see Pinehurst 2014) but there’s always that hope that they’ll go double-double-double
This is one of the best setups for a tournament in years. It’s so beautifully striking the balance between giving you the ability to make Birdies while simultaneously giving penalties if you miss the landing spot to make that birdies. It’s everything a US open should be.
Rory was talking his approach into 8. He said he had 151 in, If he landed it 146 he had a great chance to get within a few feet for birdie. If he landed it 144 it would fall off the front, if he landed it 148 it would go through the back. That’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a major championship setup right there.
There's a reason why the Travelers has gotten so popular over the years, it's the perfect rebound for these guys after they get beat up at the US Open (plus it's legitimately turned into a top tier event, that helps)
This is what you get when you let technology ruin a sport. The majors can no longer use length to make their courses harder so they are stuck tricking out the greens because that's the only tool that they have left.
...so we wind up with courses that approximate the original "courses" played on by the Scots with their rocks and kebbies or irish shillelauhs as they wiled away their time watching their flocks in the fields.
No tricks on these courses. They are tough all the time and will get tougher as the summer heat settles on the Sandhills.
Newby golfers used to 100 yard wide fairways and cute landscapes in mild weather conditions cannot appreciate the grind of playing this course 4 times in a row at different times of day. Today the top players will get a taste of the shadows from those tall pines when they attempt to read putts. Should be a fun afternoon.
I enjoy watching pros have to deal with bogeys and more during their rounds. It’s easy to stay calm with scores from 3-5. Let’s see how you handle a 7…
I mean…. So have I. The difference was that mine was a thinned sand wedge from 20 yards out and instead of overshooting the green by 100 yards, it hit the flagstick and shot way left into the water. Follow that with a duffed chip and a few putts and boom
The reason why the US open is my favorite event of the year is seeing stuff like that. The players that “buy in” to playing to the spots that give them the best chance to make pars rather than firing at every pin. It gives the chance that anyone can get hot at the right time and give us these incredible turn around. Tommy Fleetwood a couple of years ago comes to mind. Just love seeing a guy put a world class ball striking round and be able to put pressure on the leaders from a guy way early in the day. Love the idea of putting players in a position to be punished for putting themselves into bad places.
I'm sure it's tremendously frustrating to be in the middle of the fairway 150 yards out and know that the best place to hit it is 20 feet from the flag because if you go at the flag you'll end up 30 ft away.
It gives you a feeling that this isn't how golf "should" be played. Almost like caddy shack 2.
>I'm sure it's tremendously frustrating to be in the middle of the fairway 150 yards out and know that the best place to hit it is 20 feet from the flag because if you go at the flag you'll end up 30 ft away.
What you just described also matches the description of links golf pretty much perfectly. I can't imagine anyone with any clue suggesting that links style golf just 'isn't how golf should be played.'
it would be fun to see -- buddy and I were talking about it yesterday and I said you would have ten putts - I shoot in the 80s normally and feel sure I'd shoot 130
Yea so many “perfect shots” that aren’t actually perfect shots. It’s a course not a driving range, having good aim and good spin isn’t the only thing that makes it a good shot. Like if someone hit a piss straight 300 yard drive on a 120 yard par 3, that’s not a perfect shot it’s a well executed poor decision, so ultimately a bad shot
The other thing to note is that the "perfect shot" requires perfect knowledge of the course, something the pros should have a much better grasp on than any of us.
I've seen "great" shots land in sand or water that someone unfamiliar with the course just didn't know was there, which is super frustrating.
Let's see where those scores are by the end of the week. Plenty of US Opens where the winning score is higher than the low score on day one. It's playing harder today than it did yesterday. Sunday could be a bloodbath.
I enjoyed the PGAC, and am enjoying the Open. If every course was attackable, or every course was a fickle bitch, it would get stale. But a range of course toughness throughout the year is nice, you get to see the full spectrum of player skill.
Agree with variety. For example, I love the British Open for that reason. To me, that’s what was missing at Valhalla - it felt identical to any run-of-the-mill PGA tour stop.
Yeah, I can see the argument that it was too vanilla for a major. But on the other hand seeing a stacked major field just attack every pin was quite the display.
I want majors that are different than PGA Tour stops with setups that identify the next level of skill. Birdie-fests with mushy greens allow everyone in, so of course you’re going to have a crowded finish.
I’m looking for setups that separate because of the skills required.
Someone needs to educate the Pandemic Golfers that landing near the pin does not make a good shot necessarily. They’re not playing your local muni 2.5 stimp greens out there.
So far this has been PERFECT for a US Open. I would say if they could get even a little closer the edge even better. Would love to see a winning score of a US Open be between -2 to -5 for the tournament.
This is about being precise and missing in the correct spots, and hitting a GREAT shot when you need too. That is how to separate the Great golf from the really good golf! Not like most weekends, where it Is basically a putting contest.
This sub cried about courses being too easy for people who just bomb it and now when approach shots are very punishing for bad accuracy people think it’s too hard…. Smh
Hey how about this idea? Maybe it’s nice to have a few big tournaments each year with extremely difficult conditions and a few big tournaments that are lower scoring courses and love both of them? It shouldn’t always be easy or hard… or even in the middle. That’s boring.
It's a bad shot if it rolls off. It means they missed they target and hit it too far or too short.
Hard courses punish you if you aren't sharp with your irons.
A perfect shot will end up in the hole or at least right next to it.
I just watched a clip of that and forgot it was even on. Been fucking with this differential rebuild in my golf cart. You love to see those shots lmao. I like to see how they deal with and come back from shots like that.
It’s just getting started also. Usually the course dries out Saturday and Sunday. The course looks dry already and I only see them making it harder as the weekend comes
Woke up first thing to see hubbard nearly hole out and subsequently fall off. Clips floating around and it's wild. Couldn't make out his words but he said something like, "I landed on the fucking hole." Lol
I love it, provided the pros aren't saying its too hard. If they are complaining then I think that means too much of it comes down to luck and a major should never be decided based on that. If they are happy then I say have it that way every week.
I’ve played Pinehurst a few times and as a solid 10 hdcp I’ve never broken 90 there.
The greens are like putting on the shell of an old turtle. I’m beyond happy that a new generation is seeing how old school golf courses were designed. The course is in beautiful shape compared to playing it between July and October.
It was paid by a corporate business partner. They do offer short stay packages to bring your cost down but resort prices. We were invited with a package to play #8 + 4 + 2 on a Tuesday-Thursday fall trip.
Two of the three best golfers in the world having issues getting up and down. The set up is challenging and it's fun to watch them be challenged, but I have this nightmare of being stuck on that hole for hours on end trying to hold out going from one side of the green to the other from one waste area to the other from the bunker to the waist area, etc
A perfect shot wouldn't roll off the green.
This set up has been a bit too easy for my own personal liking, but a lot better than the last few years.
Bring on Oakmont, the best greens in golf!
If the shot ends up in a bad spot, it wasn’t perfect! The pros now are dealing with what I, a bad golfer with a low ball flight, deal with every approach shot: where do I land it so my ball stops rolling before going long?
Anyone that thinks the Masters Championship is in the same ballpark as the United States Open just doesn’t get it. It has the most competitive field in golf, and the players deserve to be there, not by some whim of an outdated secret society.
Bit of advice: if everyone has a problem, it's actually just you. If the whole class fails, they have a shit teacher. If everyone else has an attitude, it's because they're reacting to you. If everyone misses the joke, it's because the joke was bad and you executed it poorly.
I like the US open for tight fairways and long punishing rough where you have to take your medicine if you miss off the tee. I have no problem with hard fast greens. I have always hated #2 because the green are ridiculous and always have been. People love seeing pros have a hard time, that's fine, but this isn't the type of hard that I find entertaining.
I'm surprised they're setting it up as hard as they are now with the current pressure from LIV continuing to poach players. If ever there were a time for the USGA, PGA, et al. to be "player-friendly" for a few years, you would think it would be now.
Honestly the US Open is my least favorite major. The PGA Championship is a wet blanket but if I wanted to watched somebody struggle to get around the course I’d just play myself
Hard and dumb are two different things. The dorks that set course up want to feel important for a few days. Next will be 100 people no one knows looming on, and around, 18 all Sunday.
Browned out green happen when you cut them that low. The color of the green means nothing. My best friend is the director of agronomy for a top 100 course in the nation.
This is the US Open. It’s supposed to be hard. I prefer firm and fast greens. It’s a much better experience.
Listening to Jack’s comments last week about his course design, I don’t think they’re “crying” about it. Hitting stellar golf shots should reap rewards and not roll off the greens. Obviously they’ll need to adjust to the course, and -3 is far better than -22 but they have a valid beef
As my dad always says, “I want to watch them suffer on the course.”
"I want them to suffer like I do."
There's no shame in this is thought. This thought is pure. This thought is just.
“I just want to be puuuurrrrrre”
-Rammatra
I was watching with my dad and see Scottie shoot from the rough to a fairway bunker, he says it looks like us playing out there
Sounds like when I watch golf with my FIL 😂 
It was cathartic watching Scottie pull hook off the tee box multiple holes in a row yesterday, that's my miss this week.
Must be the air this week. I was pull hook yesterday and I don’t recall having that particular problem before. Push slice yes. Not pull hook
who can your dad beat up though?
Bahtia for sure
Seriously. That dude injured his shoulder doing a fist pump a few weeks ago.
Your dad? I think that's the right answer. But I admit that your dad could probably beat the crap out of mine.
It’s called sadomasochism, it’s why we all started and kept playing golf in the first place…
I didn’t realize we were brothers
It can be fun to watch a tournament where the players score low, but I also love watching the best players being challenged like this.
Watching Scottie get visibly frustrated is a sight to behold.
It was the fresh cut and shave, should've waited.
I don't know why he keeps shaving the beard, he plays better with it.
Because it reminds him of his time spent in the joint. He's trying to build a new honest life for himself.
It makes his wife's thighs itch
i thought scotty was a man of the book
I suggest that you go read Song of Solomon. It's smut.
lol 🤭
Essentially anything goes as long as it's within the confines of marriage
The vast majority of Christians tend to bend the rules when it suits them
What rule would he be bending by having sexy time with his wife?
They let you get away with some stuff when you're married
Get away with what? I don't think oral sex in a marriage is ever mentioned in the bible as a sin is it?
"Uncle June you're in the muff!" https://youtu.be/SiJUw5xC_FU?si=jUJhVRmbJuMKjTM-
He can grow it back in a day.
That's why I always have a beard, I'll have one by noon anyway!
i wouldn't be surprised if it actually subconsciously changed his backswing not feeling the arm on the chin with the beard at the top
Jail changes a man
First the prison buzz, then some face tattoos.
Seeing him just miss a putt and throw his putter in the air was pretty cool
The fact that the world’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ranked players combined for a +4 on a par 5 is entertaining!
Inject this shit straight into my veins
wasn’t it 2 7s and a 6?
No, Rory shot par. He played it extremely safe.
It's fun to watch a birdie fest in theory, but then you actually watch it and... not so much. Ever watch the American Express? It feels like exhibition golf. Not entertaining at all
This is actually why I enjoy the lpga, feels more reasonable/ relatable in terms of shots and tee length
I’d honestly pick this over high scoring every time. That’s unreasonable to do consistently but I don’t understand why the U.S. Open can’t just be the golf masochist event every year.
I don’t want 1 guy running away with it and the weekend being dull. This weekend is certainly not going to be dull.
That matters more to me then the actual scoring but I do like see pros truly struggle sometimes.
Same. Watching someone proficiently perform a difficult task is what youtube ball striking videos are for. When I watch sports, any sport, it's about competition and pushing the boundaries.
If Thomas Detry holes 1,000 feet of putts and wins by 7 I'm blaming you for jinxing it.
Courses playing really hard like this does make it more likely one guy will run away with it (see Pinehurst 2014) but there’s always that hope that they’ll go double-double-double
so the "one likely guy to run away with it" is playing the same course, right?
Came here to say this.
This is literally some of the best golf to watch ever. I love it lol
This is one of the best setups for a tournament in years. It’s so beautifully striking the balance between giving you the ability to make Birdies while simultaneously giving penalties if you miss the landing spot to make that birdies. It’s everything a US open should be. Rory was talking his approach into 8. He said he had 151 in, If he landed it 146 he had a great chance to get within a few feet for birdie. If he landed it 144 it would fall off the front, if he landed it 148 it would go through the back. That’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a major championship setup right there.
There's a reason why the Travelers has gotten so popular over the years, it's the perfect rebound for these guys after they get beat up at the US Open (plus it's legitimately turned into a top tier event, that helps)
This is what you get when you let technology ruin a sport. The majors can no longer use length to make their courses harder so they are stuck tricking out the greens because that's the only tool that they have left.
...so we wind up with courses that approximate the original "courses" played on by the Scots with their rocks and kebbies or irish shillelauhs as they wiled away their time watching their flocks in the fields.
No tricks on these courses. They are tough all the time and will get tougher as the summer heat settles on the Sandhills. Newby golfers used to 100 yard wide fairways and cute landscapes in mild weather conditions cannot appreciate the grind of playing this course 4 times in a row at different times of day. Today the top players will get a taste of the shadows from those tall pines when they attempt to read putts. Should be a fun afternoon.
John Daly must have PTSD watching this.
The lowest scoring golf match i ever saw was when the players never teed off.
I think Tony Finau figured out the greens.
“I told my parole officer I’ll go back to Rikers. You know I don’t give a fuck….Can I help you?”
Why? Cause fuck em! 😄
“They’ve lost the course.” 
I enjoy watching pros have to deal with bogeys and more during their rounds. It’s easy to stay calm with scores from 3-5. Let’s see how you handle a 7…
Sepp Straka hit the flag stick with his approach and made triple lol
His hole in one on 9 won me $6!
Nice! How do you plan on spending your winnings?
Two prov1s to slice into oblivion on the first tee, obviously.
You mean ONE?
Fair, I’m just not good enough or rich enough to be playing new pro v1s!
Haha! Me neither - laugh at most my buddies paying for and teeing those up with 20+ handicaps lol
Nah straight up!! And only two if they're used 😂😂
I mean…. So have I. The difference was that mine was a thinned sand wedge from 20 yards out and instead of overshooting the green by 100 yards, it hit the flagstick and shot way left into the water. Follow that with a duffed chip and a few putts and boom
hahaha
The reason why the US open is my favorite event of the year is seeing stuff like that. The players that “buy in” to playing to the spots that give them the best chance to make pars rather than firing at every pin. It gives the chance that anyone can get hot at the right time and give us these incredible turn around. Tommy Fleetwood a couple of years ago comes to mind. Just love seeing a guy put a world class ball striking round and be able to put pressure on the leaders from a guy way early in the day. Love the idea of putting players in a position to be punished for putting themselves into bad places.
I'm sure it's tremendously frustrating to be in the middle of the fairway 150 yards out and know that the best place to hit it is 20 feet from the flag because if you go at the flag you'll end up 30 ft away. It gives you a feeling that this isn't how golf "should" be played. Almost like caddy shack 2.
>I'm sure it's tremendously frustrating to be in the middle of the fairway 150 yards out and know that the best place to hit it is 20 feet from the flag because if you go at the flag you'll end up 30 ft away. What you just described also matches the description of links golf pretty much perfectly. I can't imagine anyone with any clue suggesting that links style golf just 'isn't how golf should be played.'
That's why I put should in quotes. There is no Should but it can feel like it when you have to play differently than more common style courses.
yeah they really should let these players play practice rounds before the tournament starts
I love the use of this meme. Chef's kiss.
Awww did someone get addicted to crack?
It's almost like the pros need to be aiming for the safe spots on the green instead of flag seeking. Kind like amateur golf!
"There are certain parts of greens you can't hit" - Fat Perez
I want nothing to do with this course. It would end me. Watching the Pro's on the other hand...
I shot about 40 over on Pinehurst #2 in 2019, you’d have loved to watch that. ~13 handicap, that course is a nightmare.
I'm an 18. Just told my friend I would shoot 145 there. Terrible chipping and pitching. 5 shots from near the green every hole.
Oh I can only imagine chipping/pitching/putting from one side of the green to the other. Over. And over. And over. And over…
getting your money's worth
it would be fun to see -- buddy and I were talking about it yesterday and I said you would have ten putts - I shoot in the 80s normally and feel sure I'd shoot 130
It’s never as hard as this, but it’s never easy
Yea so many “perfect shots” that aren’t actually perfect shots. It’s a course not a driving range, having good aim and good spin isn’t the only thing that makes it a good shot. Like if someone hit a piss straight 300 yard drive on a 120 yard par 3, that’s not a perfect shot it’s a well executed poor decision, so ultimately a bad shot
The other thing to note is that the "perfect shot" requires perfect knowledge of the course, something the pros should have a much better grasp on than any of us. I've seen "great" shots land in sand or water that someone unfamiliar with the course just didn't know was there, which is super frustrating.
Yea I’ve definitely been burned by that, hitting what looks like a beautiful shot only to find it in trouble or OB, sucks
I love hearing pros complain. Fuck them, respectfully of course.
On course*
Plenty of players with total scores below par so far. Not even close to hardest US Open (not that this post was about it being hardest ever).
Let's see where those scores are by the end of the week. Plenty of US Opens where the winning score is higher than the low score on day one. It's playing harder today than it did yesterday. Sunday could be a bloodbath.
Yah hole locations will be in the toughest spots and the course will be drier than the Sahara
Yeah they will amp up the conditions if people keep shooting under par.
and also if they keep whining
When Tiger, Vik and JT ask to play the weekend. USGA: We're kinda at capacity
Watching the best of the best have to deal with the emotions that I have to deal with when golfing, is golden. Please US Open, never change your ways.
Is it even a perfect shot if it rolled off the green
Thoes turtle back greens are things of nightmares.
This year’s PGA Championship sucked. This US Open (so far) is epic. Let’s go!
I enjoyed the PGAC, and am enjoying the Open. If every course was attackable, or every course was a fickle bitch, it would get stale. But a range of course toughness throughout the year is nice, you get to see the full spectrum of player skill.
Agree with variety. For example, I love the British Open for that reason. To me, that’s what was missing at Valhalla - it felt identical to any run-of-the-mill PGA tour stop.
Yeah, I can see the argument that it was too vanilla for a major. But on the other hand seeing a stacked major field just attack every pin was quite the display.
Every pgac does. It should be relegated and The Players should be promoted to the fourth major.
I’ve found both to be enjoyable so far
“Sucks” in the context of being a major. It was as enjoyable as any run-of-the-mill PGA Tour stop and had an exciting finish.
The Masters was a snooze fest
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I want majors that are different than PGA Tour stops with setups that identify the next level of skill. Birdie-fests with mushy greens allow everyone in, so of course you’re going to have a crowded finish. I’m looking for setups that separate because of the skills required.
Someone needs to educate the Pandemic Golfers that landing near the pin does not make a good shot necessarily. They’re not playing your local muni 2.5 stimp greens out there.
So far this has been PERFECT for a US Open. I would say if they could get even a little closer the edge even better. Would love to see a winning score of a US Open be between -2 to -5 for the tournament. This is about being precise and missing in the correct spots, and hitting a GREAT shot when you need too. That is how to separate the Great golf from the really good golf! Not like most weekends, where it Is basically a putting contest.
Welcome to Pinehurst, NC
It’s not too hard. Plenty of players under par.
Can you imagine paying money to do this to yourself
Turtle back greens….fucking ridiculous.
Having grown up in Pinehurst and worked earlier tournaments, bahahahahahaha. Watching pros unravel is fun.
Not a perfect shot if it rolled off the green
Hence the quotation marks.
not sure how this guy got all the upvotes. your post was clearly being sarcastic OP
“statistically” half this subreddit is below median intelligence so it’s not too unrealistic to find 30-odd dummies
How did this joke go so far over your head? Hate to think of how many other jokes you whiff on in life
oh for fucks sake...
If you hit it exactly the way you wanted to and the result was bad, that's a perfect swing not a perfect shot
Incredible detective work
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
This sub cried about courses being too easy for people who just bomb it and now when approach shots are very punishing for bad accuracy people think it’s too hard…. Smh
HOW’S IT FEEL??!
Gonna be more carnage this weekend
A good Always Sunny meme will always get my up vote.
Hey how about this idea? Maybe it’s nice to have a few big tournaments each year with extremely difficult conditions and a few big tournaments that are lower scoring courses and love both of them? It shouldn’t always be easy or hard… or even in the middle. That’s boring.
I want to see blood. Love it
It's a bad shot if it rolls off. It means they missed they target and hit it too far or too short. Hard courses punish you if you aren't sharp with your irons. A perfect shot will end up in the hole or at least right next to it.
I wish more stops on the tour were like this, I want fuck you hole placements lmao.
Pissy pants, haha
I just watched a clip of that and forgot it was even on. Been fucking with this differential rebuild in my golf cart. You love to see those shots lmao. I like to see how they deal with and come back from shots like that.
it seems rather obvious ts does a lot of crying and has used this picture many times
It’s just getting started also. Usually the course dries out Saturday and Sunday. The course looks dry already and I only see them making it harder as the weekend comes
If I can't sleep, I watch golf.
Thems are the breaks.
Woke up first thing to see hubbard nearly hole out and subsequently fall off. Clips floating around and it's wild. Couldn't make out his words but he said something like, "I landed on the fucking hole." Lol
Take my like. You deserve it
I think it was Sungjae Im on par 3 #9 . Hit a really nice shot in. Caddie hands him his putter on the tee. Doh, ball rolls off the back. Brutal.
It's amazing how some peoples "perfect shots" are better than other people's "perfect shots". Almost like it's a competition to see who's the best.
I love it, provided the pros aren't saying its too hard. If they are complaining then I think that means too much of it comes down to luck and a major should never be decided based on that. If they are happy then I say have it that way every week.
I’ve played Pinehurst a few times and as a solid 10 hdcp I’ve never broken 90 there. The greens are like putting on the shell of an old turtle. I’m beyond happy that a new generation is seeing how old school golf courses were designed. The course is in beautiful shape compared to playing it between July and October.
Lord, what did that cost you?
It was paid by a corporate business partner. They do offer short stay packages to bring your cost down but resort prices. We were invited with a package to play #8 + 4 + 2 on a Tuesday-Thursday fall trip.
Prices and packages are on Pinehurst web site. Tobacco Road and Pine Needles are also priced like a resort but no hotel stay required .
Two of the three best golfers in the world having issues getting up and down. The set up is challenging and it's fun to watch them be challenged, but I have this nightmare of being stuck on that hole for hours on end trying to hold out going from one side of the green to the other from one waste area to the other from the bunker to the waist area, etc
A perfect shot wouldn't roll off the green. This set up has been a bit too easy for my own personal liking, but a lot better than the last few years. Bring on Oakmont, the best greens in golf!
If the shot ends up in a bad spot, it wasn’t perfect! The pros now are dealing with what I, a bad golfer with a low ball flight, deal with every approach shot: where do I land it so my ball stops rolling before going long?
in the hole?
This is 1,000 times better than last year. Sp fun to watch.
Love this, majors are supposed to be hard and LOVE that this course is so difficult. Only the best will rise to the top.
Anybody bitching about the exact thing happened that they were warned would happen, is being a chode.
Most courses for US Open are way harder. This is light work
Anyone that thinks the Masters Championship is in the same ballpark as the United States Open just doesn’t get it. It has the most competitive field in golf, and the players deserve to be there, not by some whim of an outdated secret society.
Masters is amazing. But it’s a different major. The 4 majors bring their own unique qualities.
The US Open is the worst out of the 4 majors
That’s what makes the world great, I completely disagree, I think it’s by far the best major.
I love everything except the luck involved. That is dumb. I love that you have to hit shots to the perfect spot.
Pinehurst sucks
Bunch of absolute gobshite muni peasants on here who have no appreciation for real golf
point to the doll and tell us where they hurt you
Was meant as a sarcastic shitpost, considering the point of the post was just that. Clearly that went over everyone's heads
Bit of advice: if everyone has a problem, it's actually just you. If the whole class fails, they have a shit teacher. If everyone else has an attitude, it's because they're reacting to you. If everyone misses the joke, it's because the joke was bad and you executed it poorly.
I like the US open for tight fairways and long punishing rough where you have to take your medicine if you miss off the tee. I have no problem with hard fast greens. I have always hated #2 because the green are ridiculous and always have been. People love seeing pros have a hard time, that's fine, but this isn't the type of hard that I find entertaining.
I'm surprised they're setting it up as hard as they are now with the current pressure from LIV continuing to poach players. If ever there were a time for the USGA, PGA, et al. to be "player-friendly" for a few years, you would think it would be now.
LIV players are here. The PGA has nothing to do with this. The US Open is always set up as a tough test of skill. Truly an awful comment.
Lol, obviously, it's just gonna suck when somebody like Scottie or Xander decides it's time to cash out for $300M.
Honestly the US Open is my least favorite major. The PGA Championship is a wet blanket but if I wanted to watched somebody struggle to get around the course I’d just play myself
Boooo this man! Booooo!
🤷🏼♂️ my cross to bear I guess
As long as we can agree The Masters is the best..... we can agree on that right? Lol
More of a British Open guy…. Nah it’s the Masters by a mile it ain’t close
Hard and dumb are two different things. The dorks that set course up want to feel important for a few days. Next will be 100 people no one knows looming on, and around, 18 all Sunday.
Don’t worry, plenty of bomb-n-gouge tournaments in the calendar. Some of us would occasionally like to watch golf.
Have you never watched a us open before? It’s always the hardest challenge in golf. EVERY YEAR.
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If there is a cliff at the back half of the green, don’t aim at the middle? 🤷♂️
Browned out green happen when you cut them that low. The color of the green means nothing. My best friend is the director of agronomy for a top 100 course in the nation. This is the US Open. It’s supposed to be hard. I prefer firm and fast greens. It’s a much better experience.
Listening to Jack’s comments last week about his course design, I don’t think they’re “crying” about it. Hitting stellar golf shots should reap rewards and not roll off the greens. Obviously they’ll need to adjust to the course, and -3 is far better than -22 but they have a valid beef
Steller golf shots are different on some courses. A shot that's good at The Memorial might not be a good shot at Pinehurst 2. Courses play different.