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re: Official U.S. Open Thread
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:18 am to lsugolf1105
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:18 am to lsugolf1105
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not really. the way he is hitting the ball, there is a better chance he shoots 65 than 80.
I agree with this. Having said that, he will have a harder time in the afternoon than he had in the morning. It will be interesting to see how he handles the afternoon conditions.
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Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:20 am to DovaVol
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Not necessarily. This is what he had the most trouble with yesterday, and the announcers made note of it several times. Hell on 2 he had a little half wedge in, a shot that used to be his bread and butter and he flew the hole and it rolled out to the back fringe. He had numerous issues with this on the front.
he was in complete control of his ball flight. go listen to what phil and bubba said after the round.
also, tiger was probably playing away from the flag some of those times. he knows that pars will win this thing. once you start getting aggressive, you bring bogey and double bogey in play.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:21 am to threeputt
No one shoots a 65 on this course there are not enough possible birdie holes. Even for someone shooting lights out.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:25 am to LSUtigersarefun
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No one shoots a 65 on this course there are not enough possible birdie holes. Even for someone shooting lights out.
take away his 2 bogeys, his missed birdie putt from 5 feet and the missed up and down from greenside bunker on 7 and that is 65. not saying he will, but if he hits it the way he did yesterday, chances are better for mid 60's than 80.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:26 am to threeputt
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but if he shoots 65 - he will not be leading by multiple shots - IMHO
ok but there is still a better chance of him shooting 65 and leading by 3 than him shooting 80.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:27 am to lsugolf1105
Rickie Fowler will be in the top 5 after today.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:28 am to lsugolf1105
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not really. the way he is hitting the ball, there is a better chance he shoots 65 than 80.
Tiger played the best he could possibly play. He only left 2 shots on the course. Thompson just had a round where his putter couldnt miss. 22 putts has to be a record. I will say no way Tiger plays as good he did yesterday and also Thompson may have 30+ putts today and shoot 75+. -1 or -2 will be leading because Mike already said the course will be set up the same except a little bit longer today. Anyone +8 or better should make the cut.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:29 am to lsugolf1105
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take away his 2 bogeys,
So you are saying that a golfer is going to go bogeyless in the US Open? lol. This isnt Pebble.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:30 am to Choupique19
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Rickie Fowler will be in the top 5 after today.
I didn't get to see much of his round yesterday, but what makes you say this?
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:33 am to threeputt
I went back and took a quick look at the 2nd round scores back to 2000. You're right. In about half the years the 2nd round leader was -5 or better.
After what happened last year at Congressional, I can't imagine the USGA jackets giving the players an easy setup today, Saturday or Sunday.
After what happened last year at Congressional, I can't imagine the USGA jackets giving the players an easy setup today, Saturday or Sunday.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:33 am to VegasPro
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So you are saying that a golfer is going to go bogeyless in the US Open?
do you even know how he made his 2 bogeys?? middle of the fairway on 14 with 145 and hits it over the green. and then a poor bunker shot on 6.
you don't shoot the lowest score you could possibly shoot with 29 putts.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:37 am to lsugolf1105
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take away his 2 bogeys, his missed birdie putt from 5 feet and the missed up and down from greenside bunker on 7 and that is 65. not saying he will, but if he hits it the way he did yesterday, chances are better for mid 60's than 80.
I guarantee you there were two times yesterday where he got just as lucky as those were bad shots.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:37 am to threeputt
quote:I would guess -3.
i personally think at least 5 under will be leading ... we will see ..
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:40 am to DovaVol
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I didn't get to see much of his round yesterday, but what makes you say this?
he looked good yesterday.. had one bad hole where he doubled but his first 15 or so holes he was very sharp
Posted on 6/15/12 at 8:42 am to lsugolf1105
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do you even know how he made his 2 bogeys?? middle of the fairway on 14 with 145 and hits it over the green. and then a poor bunker shot on 6.
you don't shoot the lowest score you could possibly shoot with 29 putts
LOL. They have a window on some of these holes to land the ball within a 5 yard radius. You also dont shoot -1 in the first 6 holes which he gained 3.756 strokes on the field on. I see what you are trying to say but saying a golfer is going to go bogeyless at the US Open at Olympic is ridiculous.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 9:01 am to VegasPro
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LOL. They have a window on some of these holes to land the ball within a 5 yard radius. You also dont shoot -1 in the first 6 holes which he gained 3.756 strokes on the field on. I see what you are trying to say but saying a golfer is going to go bogeyless at the US Open at Olympic is ridiculous.
all i'm saying is that if you think he shot the lowest possibly score he could shoot yesterday, you didn't watch his round.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 9:19 am to lsugolf1105
Tiger played classic day 1 at a major tiger. I watched his entire round. He left alot in the bag. He'll probably play similarly today and then determine whether he needs to crank it up on Saturday.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 9:19 am to lsugolf1105
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take away his 2 bogeys, his missed birdie putt from 5 feet and the missed up and down from greenside bunker on 7 and that is 65.
Come on Golf...I read your stuff on here all the time...you're better than that. I mean, couldn't you say that about ANYBODY out there? Like if Bubba hadn't hit 15 bad tee shots, he'd have been under par. I mean it's one thing to use the what if logic if someone clicks a camera or a strong gust of wind hits right as the ball goes up into the air...anomalies. But you're talking about routine golf events. I mean, I could turn it around and say Tiger got lucky by about two shots, maybe even three on that lucky putt that might still be rolling if it hadn't hit the hole on his last birdie. Even he knew he got away with one.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 9:25 am to Obi-Wan Tiger
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Come on Golf...I read your stuff on here all the time...you're better than that. I mean, couldn't you say that about ANYBODY out there? Like if Bubba hadn't hit 15 bad tee shots, he'd have been under par. I mean it's one thing to use the what if logic if someone clicks a camera or a strong gust of wind hits right as the ball goes up into the air...anomalies. But you're talking about routine golf events. I mean, I could turn it around and say Tiger got lucky by about two shots, maybe even three on that lucky putt that might still be rolling if it hadn't hit the hole on his last birdie. Even he knew he got away with one.
my whole point is that his 69 was not a grind it out 69. most people watching his round would say, yeah he could have bettered it by a 1 or 2 shots. they would not say, he got all he could out of that round and was lucky to shoot 69. it was not round 3 at torrey pines.
Posted on 6/15/12 at 9:28 am to Brodeur
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I watched a little bit of the open yesterday afternoon after Michael Thompson had already finished his round. No mention of Thompson in about the 30 minutes I was watching. Hell they only showed the leader board once. All they kept talking about was Tiger Phil and Bubba. I decided I would just catch the highlights before I went to bed on the "sports center at the US open". Watched it for 20 minutes and NO mention of Thompson. The kid LAPS the field on the first day and I can't even see a shot of his bc of the Tiger Phil Bubba bull shite. Awesome coverage ESPN. Also Berman is garbage
I don't have any real beef at all with Tiger. In fact, I tended to pull for him during his incredible runs throughout the late 90s and early 2000s. Having said that, what you bring up irritates the living crap out of me too. The commentators constantly harp on every single solitary thing both Tiger and Phil do and often ignore the players at the very top of the leaderboard. Tiger or Phil could be 20 shots out of the lead and taking a pre round dump and the commentators would analyze it and interview everyone about it while ignoring the leaders on the course. They practically ignored Thompson throughout the entire broadcast and barely showed any of his highlights.
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