Johnny laughs at 63

[kg92lefty]

Thomas could have shot 59 and Miller would still have reacted the same. Face it, Johnny, you've been bumped.

Little early to be drinking that hard. Any records or scores this week are a joke.

 

#1 Dustin Johnson, #2 Rory McIlroy and #3 Jason Day all missed the cut. I guess they weren't in on the joke.

 

Doesn't make the course hard. Means they played awful. When you hit a driver as bad as Rory did those two days you shouldnt make the cut anywhere. Add in that Rory and Day don't even care about golf, they just want to be ripped.

[jslane57]

Thomas could have shot 59 and Miller would still have reacted the same. Face it, Johnny, you've been bumped.

Little early to be drinking that hard. Any records or scores this week are a joke.

 

#1 Dustin Johnson, #2 Rory McIlroy and #3 Jason Day all missed the cut. I guess they weren't in on the joke.

I guess it is time for the top 3 to make the switch to Titleist. LOL.

[dlygrisse]

Actually JM didn't use balata for 73 Oakmont....

The golfers of today are better athletes. They are in better physical condition. The fields are deeper. The world is much smaller with modern day air travel. It is truly a global game at the highest level. There are more better players that train more and are the fields are much deeper.

 

Loved the old days, but it is a new era. That doesn't diminish Millers accomplishment or Thomas's accomplishment today. Both are remarkable.

Today's golf course was nearly 1,000 yards longer than Oakmont in 1973. Not saying it as hard as Oakmont, but that is worth noting.

wrong. Not worth noting. JM used balata and persimmon. Has fairways 1/2 the width and faster firmer greens with rough around the greens. Try again.

 

Wound surlyn?

[bscinstnct]

Thomas could have shot 59 and Miller would still have reacted the same. Face it, Johnny, you've been bumped.

Little early to be drinking that hard. Any records or scores this week are a joke.

 

#1 Dustin Johnson, #2 Rory McIlroy and #3 Jason Day all missed the cut. I guess they weren't in on the joke.

 

Doesn't make the course hard. Means they played awful. When you hit a driver as bad as Rory did those two days you shouldnt make the cut anywhere. Add in that Rory and Day don't even care about golf, they just want to be ripped.

 

It was 8 of the top 12 that mc. (Promise, last time I say that ; )

 

If this was bomb and wedge, it would be 5 of those guys on the leaderboard. Not Brian Harmon.

[freelanceterry]

Actually JM didn't use balata for 73 Oakmont....

The golfers of today are better athletes. They are in better physical condition. The fields are deeper. The world is much smaller with modern day air travel. It is truly a global game at the highest level. There are more better players that train more and are the fields are much deeper.

 

Loved the old days, but it is a new era. That doesn't diminish Millers accomplishment or Thomas's accomplishment today. Both are remarkable.

Today's golf course was nearly 1,000 yards longer than Oakmont in 1973. Not saying it as hard as Oakmont, but that is worth noting.

wrong. Not worth noting. JM used balata and persimmon. Has fairways 1/2 the width and faster firmer greens with rough around the greens. Try again.

 

Wound surlyn?

 

http://www.golf.com/photos/johnny-millers-clubs-1973-us-open

[QMany]

After 3 rounds, the leader at Oakmont last year was 203.

 

After 3 rounds, the leader at Erin Hills is 204.

[dlygrisse]

Actually JM didn't use balata for 73 Oakmont....

The golfers of today are better athletes. They are in better physical condition. The fields are deeper. The world is much smaller with modern day air travel. It is truly a global game at the highest level. There are more better players that train more and are the fields are much deeper.

 

Loved the old days, but it is a new era. That doesn't diminish Millers accomplishment or Thomas's accomplishment today. Both are remarkable.

Today's golf course was nearly 1,000 yards longer than Oakmont in 1973. Not saying it as hard as Oakmont, but that is worth noting.

wrong. Not worth noting. JM used balata and persimmon. Has fairways 1/2 the width and faster firmer greens with rough around the greens. Try again.

 

Wound surlyn?

 

http://www.golf.com/photos/johnny-millers-clubs-1973-us-open

 

Cool article. But it says he switched to a101 compression after using a softer balata. Pretty sure that macgregor ball is a balata, just a higher compression. Probably switched from a 90 compression.

[acularw]

Can't stand Miller. How petty...

[sfiggins]

IMO, the biggest (and current) difference between the two 63's is that Johnny Miller's 63 won the U.S. Open. Justin Thomas still has some work to do.

 

BTW, both of them have 6 letter first and last names.

[sshoe9]

BTW, both of them have 6 letter first and last names.

 

Also, when Johnny shot his 63, he was wearing a red shirt with houndstooth pants - looking very much like a Bammer Crimson Neck fan. JT happens to be a graduate of that awful school.

[Vindog]

After 3 rounds, the leader at Oakmont last year was 203.

 

After 3 rounds, the leader at Erin Hills is 204.

 

Nice tidbit!

[WilCox]

IMO, the biggest (and current) difference between the two 63's is that Johnny Miller's 63 won the U.S. Open. Justin Thomas still has some work to do.

 

BTW, both of them have 6 letter first and last names.

 

True, but Miller spells his name with fewer vowels.

[dan360]

It rained at Oakmont,

Nite before, Round number 4,

Fake Oakmont golf course.

 

 

[farmer]

It rained at Oakmont,

Nite before, Round number 4,

Fake Oakmont golf course.

No, it didn't. Rained the night before the third round, rained Sunday night after the final round. The ball JM used was balata, just a firmer compression. As DL pointed out, probably went from 90 to 101. Those MacGregor balls were awful at any compression, although, to be fair, balata balls in general were awful.

[bscinstnct]

Johnny is built like a linebacker.

 

US Open Sunday!

 

Ginger ales all around.

[BeautifulNice]

What if . . . JT makes the eagle putt after driving the green. Shoots 62. Still no love?

 

Today's equipment makes it possible to carry 3 wood 290. That it's possible doesn't mean many people do it. JT did it from the tee and from the fairway in the same round to inside 10' both times. Maybe Miller's rounds was "better" in some sense, but the approach on 18 was something special. Good for JT. Hope he wins it. Will put some burnish on a very special round.

[dan360]

It rained at Oakmont,

Nite before, Round number 4,

Fake Oakmont golf course.

No, it didn't. Rained the night before the third round, rained Sunday night after the final round. The ball JM used was balata, just a firmer compression. As DL pointed out, probably went from 90 to 101. Those MacGregor balls were awful at any compression, although, to be fair, balata balls in general were awful.

 

You're screwing up my fake news haikus.

 

The rains at Oakmont,

Came and went, so leisure suit,

Sixty three could shoot...

 

 

[PuttingIsNotGolf]

Justin's 63 doesn't count because he doesn't know how to swing a golf club

[Fairways_and_Greens]

Comparing Thomas' 63 is like comparing Spieth's scoring at Augusta in 2015 to what Tiger did in '97. Yes, the aggregate scores were there, but Erin Hills and August in 2015 were significantly easier courses for the rest of the field than either Oakmont or Augusta in '97, which is supported by the scoring of the rest of the field.

 

While Miller boasts far too often and loudly about his 63, he is right that this round did not measure up to the one he posted at Oakmont.

 

FiveThirtyEight covered this a few years ago. Here is a nice graphical representation:

 

 

I will bet that Thomas' round today probably isn't even one of the twenty greatest rounds ever played at a US Open.

 

I think the field is more talented today than ever. I'm a data nerd, trying to prove what the best Open round ever is a fool's errand.

[QMany]

Hasn't the cut qualification changed? That would have an effect on comparing 63 to the field.

[EKELLY]

Every time I think Johnny's round was maybe just a great round.. I go back and look at the clubs he used and think about the course he shot it on. Yeah, greatest round ever. Period.

They all look like 1 irons!.....LMAO

[EKELLY]

Comparing Thomas' 63 is like comparing Spieth's scoring at Augusta in 2015 to what Tiger did in '97. Yes, the aggregate scores were there, but Erin Hills and August in 2015 were significantly easier courses for the rest of the field than either Oakmont or Augusta in '97, which is supported by the scoring of the rest of the field.

 

While Miller boasts far too often and loudly about his 63, he is right that this round did not measure up to the one he posted at Oakmont.

 

FiveThirtyEight covered this a few years ago. Here is a nice graphical representation:

 

 

I will bet that Thomas' round today probably isn't even one of the twenty greatest rounds ever played at a US Open.

 

I think the field is more talented today than ever. I'm a data nerd, trying to prove what the best Open round ever is a fool's errand.

60 yards wide.........All you need to know.......Unheard of in a US Open......JT is my favorite player, and a great round........Best ever, not even on the conversation. Hell, Stenson's 63 at the Open is far and away better than JT's......

[WilCox]

 

Hard to believe I actually wore one of those at one time

[grm24]

Hasn't the cut qualification changed? That would have an effect on comparing 63 to the field.

65 made the cut in 1973 and 68 this year.

[bscinstnct]

 

Hard to believe I actually wore one of those at one time

 

Pic on the right is avatar material.

[tbowles411]

 

Hard to believe I actually wore one of those at one time

 

Pic on the right is avatar material.

I'm fairly certain I had a suit like that with my afro!

[bscinstnct]

 

Hard to believe I actually wore one of those at one time

 

Pic on the right is avatar material.

I'm fairly certain I had a suit like that with my afro!

 

Now *that* would be avatar material ; )

[Darth Putter]

Johnny's round was superior to Justin's. And Johnny dressed better as well.

 

The people who think Justin's round was better are probably the same people with the attention span of a fruit fly that thought the Stenson/ Mickelson duel at Troon was better than the Watson/ Nicklaus duel at Turnberry.

[Hawkeye77]

Johnny is built like a linebacker.

 

US Open Sunday!

 

Ginger ales all around.

 

We are grilling ribeyes and enjoying margaritas at the moment after a nice 18 earlier!

[Hawkeye77]

It rained at Oakmont,

Nite before, Round number 4,

Fake Oakmont golf course.

No, it didn't. Rained the night before the third round, rained Sunday night after the final round. The ball JM used was balata, just a firmer compression. As DL pointed out, probably went from 90 to 101. Those MacGregor balls were awful at any compression, although, to be fair, balata balls in general were awful.

 

You're screwing up my fake news haikus.

 

The rains at Oakmont,

Came and went, so leisure suit,

Sixty three could shoot...

 

 

 

I had a reversible leisure suit in HS - jacket would go inside out and 2 pairs of pants! Then a friend introduced me to the proprietor of a proper men's store when I was a junior. Been wearing quality suits ever since (though not for work on a daily basis the past three plus years!!!!!!). FYI, not retired, just don't have to wear suits!