2020 US Open

[tbowles411]

4 minutes ago, drbonesvt said:

Did he pick up speed 

I actually think he's swinging TOO fast now.  It's not as smooth as it used to be.

[iutodd]

10 minutes ago, tbowles411 said:

As much as I like RF, I wonder now if he's EVER going to break through.  I know he's changed his swing this year, but he's so up and down.  He's not lost like Jordan Spieth, but he's still knocking on the door after all that promise and talent.

I wonder if he’s gonna end up as this generations Kuchar.  Just makes a ton of money and has a ton of top tens but never quite wins the big one.  This past year has been, I think, his worst on tour while he changes his swing.  If he can get his form again it seems likely he’ll just keep playing for years and years.
 

Who knows how he’ll end up this week - he’s playing terribly today so far.

[Dave2603]

Anyone else having problems with the shot tracker on the leaderboard section of the USGA website?  The shot tracks either don't show at all, or are not properly laid on top of the hole graphic for me.

[Ronnie Mundt]

Peacock app sucks. Thanks Comcast! POS of a company.

[TheMoneyShot]

10 minutes ago, Ronnie Mundt said:

Peacock app sucks. Thanks Comcast! POS of a company.

Yes it does!  I turned it off, waiting for TGC coverage. 

[BobMorris]

Via Firestick and connected to fast ethernet, I have no problem with Peacock. YMMV I guess.

[bladehunter]

2 minutes ago, TheMoneyShot said:

Yes it does!  I turned it off, waiting for TGC coverage. 

Me too.  

[leezer99]

Apologies if this has already been addressed but did I just see Rickie rockin' the stand bag?

[jwhite86]

2 minutes ago, leezer99 said:

Apologies if this has already been addressed but did I just see Rickie rockin' the stand bag?

 

Yeah he's been doing that most of the year, Vessel x Cobra collaborations

[doublepar93]

3 minutes ago, leezer99 said:

Apologies if this has already been addressed but did I just see Rickie rockin' the stand bag?

He’s been rocking it for a while now.

Pretty cool taking some of the weight off his caddie.

Edited September 18, 2020 by MitchellGolfing

[bryanr]

11 hours ago, JD3 said:

Beth page black would easily be tillinghast best course had he finished the greens (a local firm did it when he left the project). Far better course than winged foot who's land was so plain they felt they needed to trick up every green. BPB just needed some of that contouring instead of the pancake flat surfaces out there now. 

 

It was never a Tillinghast course (he was retained as a consultant after the layout had been designed), but agree that it would have been even greater with more interesting greens.

 

Good read on uncovering the history of Bethpage https://www.golfdigest.com/story/who-designed-bethpage-black

[iutodd]

Looks like the cut line went to +3. Pretty amazing given where we started the week with scoring predictions.  I don’t know if it it will go to +4 or not given +4 is T75 - isn’t the wind supposed to pick up this afternoon?

[tbowles411]

6 minutes ago, jwhite86 said:

 

Yeah he's been doing that most of the year, Vessel x Cobra collaborations

They make a great bag...but they're not trying to give them away!  Pricey!

[tbowles411]

Just now, iutodd said:

Looks like the cut line went to +3. Pretty amazing given where we started the week with scoring predictions.  I don’t know if it it will go to +4 or not given +4 is T75 - isn’t the wind supposed to pick up this afternoon?

It wouldn't shock me if it went to +5 or maybe +6.  Weather is coming in.  I think it's just going to come down to timing and some luck.

[Shilgy]

8 minutes ago, tbowles411 said:

It wouldn't shock me if it went to +5 or maybe +6.  Weather is coming in.  I think it's just going to come down to timing and some luck.

Agreed, I'm thinking at least+5 for the cut. Scores are higher today. Can always pretty much double the Thursday line.

[bscinstnct]

2 hours ago, JD3 said:

Let's be realistic and objective about him:

 

- he lacks length off the tee

- he lacks accuracy off the tee

- he's a streaky putter

- his short game is overall is deteriorating, with that chunked chip

- he doesn't attack courses

- he is a good wedge player with both distance and spin control, but that won't be anywhere near enough to compensate for the above 

 

 

 

 

JD, we are on the same page. You’ve been out here even longer than I, back to 2007.

 

Eveything you just said has been true for many years. Remember when TW had the yips, “chip yips”, every “yip” known to man, couldn’t keep up distance wise, broken back, on drugs, and mentally toast?

 

Here is my take on being realistic....

 

If TW is healthy enough and driven enough to practice and play the same regiment he did in 2018,19 again, he can beat anybody at the Masters or Open. 

[QuigleyDU]

17 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

JD, we are on the same page. You’ve been out here even longer than I, back to 2007.

 

Eveything you just said has been true for many years. Remember when TW had the yips, “chip yips”, every “yip” known to man, couldn’t keep up distance wise, broken back, on drugs, and mentally toast?

 

Here is my take on being realistic....

 

If TW is healthy enough and driven enough to practice and play the same regiment he did in 2018,19 again, he can beat anybody at the Masters or Open. 

 

The Masters I would agree. I am not sure about any other major. I think Augusta plays well into his strengths, favors the experienced and is not as penal if you get a bit loose. 

[iutodd]

28 minutes ago, Shilgy said:

Agreed, I'm thinking at least+5 for the cut. Scores are higher today. Can always pretty much double the Thursday line.

Yeah... +4 is already T69 from T75 so guys are headed that way.  +5 is T91. 

[manku]

So far, at least as of Friday morning, what I'm seeing seems to illustrate that PGA pros can handle anything but firm and fast...that's about the only defense these days.

 

As for WF, I never got the adulation.  It's set on an incredibly boring piece of land, and every hole looks the same.   Most holes have a big rectangular green that you can run your ball up...great for bogey members, but on TV, visually really dull.    For all the talk about greens and greens complexes, I'm seeing no more than the usual three putts, and people seem to be able to scramble with a decent lie.

 

The most memorable feature of a course is the stately and very important (and wealthy) looking clubhouse...probably why they continue showing it.

 

 

 

[QuigleyDU]

2 minutes ago, manku said:

So far, at least as of Friday morning, what I'm seeing seems to illustrate that PGA pros can handle anything but firm and fast...that's about the only defense these days.

 

As for WF, I never got the adulation.  It's set on an incredibly boring piece of land, and every hole looks the same.   Most holes have a big rectangular green that you can run your ball up...great for bogey members, but on TV, visually really dull.    For all the talk about greens and greens complexes, I'm seeing no more than the usual three putts, and people seem to be able to scramble with a decent lie.

 

The most memorable feature of a course is the stately and very important (and wealthy) looking clubhouse...probably why they continue showing it.

 

 

 

 

I think these greens are pretty wild. There are 5 foot putts with 3 feet of break...

[jdl]

This is a top 10 Phil moment.

 

 

[ebrasmus21]

6 minutes ago, manku said:

So far, at least as of Friday morning, what I'm seeing seems to illustrate that PGA pros can handle anything but firm and fast...that's about the only defense these days.

 

As for WF, I never got the adulation.  It's set on an incredibly boring piece of land, and every hole looks the same.   Most holes have a big rectangular green that you can run your ball up...great for bogey members, but on TV, visually really dull.    For all the talk about greens and greens complexes, I'm seeing no more than the usual three putts, and people seem to be able to scramble with a decent lie.

 

The most memorable feature of a course is the stately and very important (and wealthy) looking clubhouse...probably why they continue showing it.

 

 

 

As I said earlier in this thread - the championship would be far more interesting and entertaining if the green complexes had no rough. 

[JD3]

bryson's putter is letting him down, he'd be right up there near the top otherwise. conditions seem like they will get progressively more difficult with more wind effecting shots and drying greens further (yesterday they had no wind)

[jdl]

Rickie is melting down.

[JD3]

Just now, jdl said:

Rickie is melting down.

he must feel like a pro-am partner to the other guys in his threesome

[pingbling23]

17 minutes ago, jdl said:

This is a top 10 Phil moment.

 

 

Thought it was good until Casey had a very similar shot next to Phil and stuck it to 10 feet.

[jdl]

3 minutes ago, JD3 said:

he must feel like a pro-am partner to the other guys in his threesome

At least he's with his fellow Cowpokes.

[tsecor]

6 minutes ago, jdl said:

Rickie is melting down.

most overhyped player ever....i like him personally but he is NOT a great player in comparison to the other"big names"

[TheIncelGolfer]

Pieters with 4 bogeys on the back nine. Just missed a 2.5' putt and made another bogey. Dropped from -6 to -2 ?

[hoselpalooza]

37 minutes ago, iutodd said:

Yeah... +4 is already T69 from T75 so guys are headed that way.  +5 is T91. 

 

came here specifically to ask what you all think the projected cut will be. would love to see tiger on the weekend.