***2018 US Open Golf Thread***
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Staying tune to see if Koepka wins and ******* about how unfair the course was to his competitors. 
What is a regulation basketball court? What - in your mind - would be a regulation golf course? You seem to be arguing for every course to be the same grass, the same length, the same greens, bunkers, etc...
Staying tune to see if Koepka wins and ******* about how unfair the course was to his competitors.
Hope I didn't jinx him.
Why do we care what they are to par? They are so good that I want to see good shots. And when they get on the green, I don’t need to see them putting it off the green. That’s not how golf was meant to played and it still isn’t. The course was built 100 years ago. This wasn’t the intended setup. I don’t see why it needs to change. They’ve lengthened it plenty.
After today's round, Patrick Reed called the 3rd-round setup "fair" with the exception of two pin placements. But what would he know?
Everyone seems to hate Patrick Reed, but I love the guy.
I like seeing them pushed to the limit like this. Yesterday got a little out of hand due to the wind being higher than expected.
Horrible analogy. All courses are different, all tournament set ups are different.
By your logic every single course would be laid out the same exact way with the same exact yardages.
Horrible analogy. All courses are different, all tournament set ups are different.
By your logic every single course would be laid out the same exact way with the same exact yardages.
I couldn't give a **** less what they are to par. I thought Erin Hills was fantastic but it was done in by weather. I thought this week was very interesting. 2 out of 72 holes got away from them, players bitched like a bunch of entitled children, and they were forced to back it way off. People hit ****** golf shots yesterday. There was zero wrong with how receptive those greens were. They're also Poa greens and if you expect smooth Poa at a US Open, or anywhere for that matter, that's your own fault. Talking heads are putting this in the 04 and 14 category. That's preposterous.
These guys live on the PGA Tour where they actively avoid any sort of weather, they soften everything so if there are missed they are never exacerbated. The rough is grown up around the green so everything stays close. Once they have to struggle they go into orbit.
He's a lot of things but whiny isn't one of them. I'm sure people don't know this but if there's a guy who has a game sensitive to a course getting out of hand, it's him. He doesn't hit it very high and it's almost always coming in right to left. Firm courses should be harder fot him than a lot of guys. Alas, he's the only one that will stand up and tell it like it is.
That's true, people will probably always complain. I'm sure it's not easy. The US Open is fun because you get to see long putts and scrambling to get up and down. It was just a minority of holes yesterday where the guys couldn't make a realistic run at a medium length putt or even attempt to chip it close. But fortunately it was the minority. Overall, probably the best course and setup in several years.
Koepka really managed that last round well, and proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he belongs on the big stage with the other big names. He played really well, and managed to minimize the damage there when he was off for a couple holes there in the middle of the round.
I really didn't see a problem with the course at all. About what I expect to see for a US Open.
I really didn't see a problem with the course at all. About what I expect to see for a US Open.
