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Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:46 am to tiderider
It's finally time for this season's leader in scoring average on the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, to win his elusive US Open title.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:50 am to rolltide32
he hit less than 50 % of the fairways in memphis ... better find something on the range this week cause he won't make the cut with that type of driving ...
Posted on 6/13/16 at 9:11 am to tiderider
This tournament is going to be bananas, and I can't wait!
Posted on 6/13/16 at 9:23 am to tiderider
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he hit less than 50 % of the fairways in memphis ... better find something on the range this week cause he won't make the cut with that type of driving ...
He also gained nearly 12 strokes putting which is going to make someone with his iron game and short game a lock to contend at a course with as much of a premium on putting as Oakmont
Also don't forget that at Winged Foot in 06 Phil driving was as bad as possible and he should have won. If there's one course with comparable rough that's it.
Phil also plans to lay back off most tees. Remember how good he drove it at Merion without a driver?
Before Memphis Phils driving had actually been some of his best in recent memory this year
This post was edited on 6/13/16 at 9:27 am
Posted on 6/13/16 at 9:42 am to rolltide32
Anyone see the video Fowler posted? Greens are going to be insane.
Here it is, if you havent seen it.
Here it is, if you havent seen it.
This post was edited on 6/13/16 at 9:44 am
Posted on 6/13/16 at 12:29 pm to WinnPtiger
It's gonna be a massacre this weekend.
Rough is high as hell and the greens are insane already.
Way over par wins.
Couple of players have already said its the hardest course they have ever seen in their lifetime of playing golf.
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Rough is high as hell and the greens are insane already.
Way over par wins.
Couple of players have already said its the hardest course they have ever seen in their lifetime of playing golf.
. Posted on 6/13/16 at 12:46 pm to CBandits82
can we sticky this thread?
Posted on 6/13/16 at 12:58 pm to rolltide32
On greens that fast, as someone who struggles to make 5-10 footers for par, Phil isn't going to win
Posted on 6/13/16 at 1:11 pm to KingofthePoint
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On greens that fast, as someone who struggles to make 5-10 footers for par, Phil isn't going to win
This is ball striking all day long and putting.
Plays right into Spieth's hands IMO.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 1:15 pm to KingofthePoint
I'd love to see Sadlowski make the field...or any field for that matter. Dude would be a huge crowd-draw I imagine. 600yd par 5...Driver, 9i 
Posted on 6/13/16 at 1:34 pm to KingofthePoint
Posted on 6/13/16 at 4:16 pm to Tiger Ryno
time to sticky
Posted on 6/13/16 at 4:34 pm to tiderider
I played it a couple times on WGT. It's not really that tough.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 7:53 pm to TidenUP
good article about oakmont before the '07 open
Maybe not, but there is a palpable sense of honor in being an Oakmont member, of being able to play a course day in and day out that boasts a roster of tournament winners including Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Miller, Mahaffey, Larry Nelson and Ernie Els. And they play just about year-round, despite those famed Pittsburgh winters when the Steelers and Penguins are doing their thing a few miles down the Allegheny River. "Our motto is, 'If it doesn't snow, we have to go,' " says Paul Mazeski, a 44-year-old attorney who joined when he was 22. "The golf course never closes. If they can keep it open, they keep it open."
Mazeski, a plus-1, is one of 198 players among the club's 560 members with single-digit handicaps. That's an impressive percentage, and it's worth noting most scores are posted from the tips, which carry a course rating of
78.3 and a slope of 150. Oakmont may be a "country club," but it is very much a golf club in the purest sense -- to the point that founder Henry Fownes' son, W.C., the long-time member of the USGA's Implements and Ball Committee, resigned his presidency when the club started discussing a swimming pool.
There isn't a water hazard on the course -- just 18 of the meanest greens in golf. You don't lose balls at Oakmont -- you just lose your mind. "We putt everything out," says club president Bill Griffin. "And the 12-inch putts around here are by no means gimmes."
Maybe not, but there is a palpable sense of honor in being an Oakmont member, of being able to play a course day in and day out that boasts a roster of tournament winners including Gene Sarazen, Tommy Armour, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Miller, Mahaffey, Larry Nelson and Ernie Els. And they play just about year-round, despite those famed Pittsburgh winters when the Steelers and Penguins are doing their thing a few miles down the Allegheny River. "Our motto is, 'If it doesn't snow, we have to go,' " says Paul Mazeski, a 44-year-old attorney who joined when he was 22. "The golf course never closes. If they can keep it open, they keep it open."
Mazeski, a plus-1, is one of 198 players among the club's 560 members with single-digit handicaps. That's an impressive percentage, and it's worth noting most scores are posted from the tips, which carry a course rating of
78.3 and a slope of 150. Oakmont may be a "country club," but it is very much a golf club in the purest sense -- to the point that founder Henry Fownes' son, W.C., the long-time member of the USGA's Implements and Ball Committee, resigned his presidency when the club started discussing a swimming pool.
There isn't a water hazard on the course -- just 18 of the meanest greens in golf. You don't lose balls at Oakmont -- you just lose your mind. "We putt everything out," says club president Bill Griffin. "And the 12-inch putts around here are by no means gimmes."
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
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I know everyone on here hates him, but it's a shame this guy won't be on the call.
Why the hate for Johnny Miller?
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:14 pm to KingofthePoint
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On greens that fast, as someone who struggles to make 5-10 footers for par, Phil isn't going to win
Go check the stats.
Phil Mickelson is #1 on tour this season is putting inside 10 feet.
He's made 90.6% of his putts inside 10 feet.
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:33 pm to MSH
Jealousy
Posted on 6/13/16 at 8:38 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Jealousy
Bingo
When Johnny was on he was a boss. I think even Jack admitted that prime Johnny Miller may have been the best golfer of all time. It was just a very short prime.
Posted on 6/14/16 at 6:58 am to rolltide32
clubhouse competition at oakmont
controversial removal of trees restores course to origins
the stimpmeter
controversial removal of trees restores course to origins
the stimpmeter
This post was edited on 6/14/16 at 6:59 am
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