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The US Open Challenge

Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:19 pm
Posted by Shankopotomus
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:19 pm
Only one player managed to break 100, and it wasn't Saint Drew.

Pretty ugly day for the group...think you could do it?

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Posted by bomber77
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:28 pm to
I could shoot between 89 and 91 there.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:56 pm to
Seeing as my putting sucks,no way i break 100,i am the amateur version of Sergio....
Posted by LSUshad
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:02 pm to
I broke 70 yesterday:

I'm awesome.
Posted by HDTigers
Pirates Cove
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:13 pm to
I think I could shoot around 86, tips and down
Posted by Quigley
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Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:23 pm to
I'm a -7 and I'd be thrilled to break 100 with the way it is set up for the US Open
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:27 pm to
think i would just take an iron off every tee and add a stroke to par and attempt to shoot 18 over
Posted by lsugolf1105
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:41 pm to
Black Rating (2010 U.S. Open Championship): 75.5/Slope 145; Yardage - 7,040 (Par 71)

this cant be right. with no us open pressure, i still think it is more like 78. that means that even a 20 handicapper should break 100 occasionally.
Posted by hehateme2285
Katy, TX
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:48 pm to
Unless the wind blows, pebble isn't that hard of a golf course. See the 92 us open
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

think i would just take an iron off every tee
you wouldn't make it to the fairways....
Posted by HDTigers
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 5:53 pm to
quote:

Black Rating (2010 U.S. Open Championship): 75.5/Slope 145; Yardage - 7,040 (Par 71)

this cant be right. with no us open pressure, i still think it is more like 78. that means that even a 20 handicapper should break 100 occasionally.
what you're not factoring in is that the greens for the u.s. open will be infinitely faster than anything a 20 handicapper will have most likely ever played, numerous 3 and 4 putts that they dont normally do at their local club.....plus the rough will be much tougher than the rating would indicate, plus its tipped out
Posted by Quigley
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 6:00 pm to
In addition to being fast Pebble's green are tiny poa annua greens. Doubt most folks on here have ever played on poa annua, but it can be worlds different from what we see in the south. Especially in the afternoon when the grass starts to bud and the greens get bumpy.
Posted by Shankopotomus
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 10:24 pm to
quote:

75.5/Slope 145


that doesn't seem bad for a US Open course.....where'd you pull that stat from?
Posted by Quigley
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Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:29 pm to
Not sure where that info came from, but here's the official USGA numbers and course/slope ratings

LINK

quote:

PAR AND YARDAGE - Pebble Beach Golf Links will be set up at 7,040 yards and will play to a par of 35-36-71. This layout is 194 yards longer than the setup for the 2000 U.S. Open conducted at Pebble Beach Golf Links


quote:

COURSE RATING AND SLOPE - Based on the course setup for the championship, the Course Rating is 76.3. Its Slope Rating is 149.


Posted by LfcSU3520
Arizona
Member since Dec 2003
24466 posts
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:34 pm to
quote:

Unless the wind blows, pebble isn't that hard of a golf course. See the 92 us open



for them. I'm a solid golfer, usually play to around a 5 and I went 82-83 there this year. That was with the course set up as easy as can be. We saw what they were gonna be doing to the course, and i'd be schocked if I broke 100 on it then.

They can make it a nightmare, and after Tiger's romp, i'll bet they do
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
26999 posts
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:46 pm to
Ricky Fowler??? I would spend the first nine holes trying to cleave his skull with a long iron. Or just wipe my taint sweat off with the idiotic bill of his fricking hat after 18 holes.
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
26999 posts
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:50 pm to
I played Bear's Best in Vegas about 4 years ago. The forecaddy told me while I warmed up "be ready they are rolling a 12 or maybe 13." I have never seen greens like that. The average player has no concept of what a 12 on a stempmeter is like. I sure as hell didn't. Add to it US Open condition greens and severity. I would be happy to putt less than 50 times in a round.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 6/15/10 at 6:19 am to
quote:

Ricky Fowler
didn't qualify...
Posted by lsugolf1105
BR
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 6/15/10 at 8:12 am to
LINK

came from pebble beach website.
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
26999 posts
Posted on 6/15/10 at 9:08 am to
quote:

didn't qualify...




Good.

Looks like he was a celeb "caddy" though in the photo.
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