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41 minutes ago, HooverOutlaw said:

Those Yankees boys at Shinnecock Hills need to come to Augusta if they want to see what a perfect course is. 

The US open has been one big screw up.

Just like high school and college football our golf is better.

It's a beautiful course. These players have no idea how to handle a consistent wind 

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1 minute ago, HooverOutlaw said:

 Hitting in 35 mph cross winds is tough.

Yes it is. And its eating these players alive. Next week might be a little easier in CT but the water is still there so there might still be wind. Mickelson melted down today with Fowler. It's amazing that Johnson was +7 today and hes tied for the lead 

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10 hours ago, HooverOutlaw said:

Those Yankees boys at Shinnecock Hills need to come to Augusta if they want to see what a perfect course is. 

The US open has been one big screw up.

Just like high school and college football our golf is better.

Shinnecock is one of the most beautiful courses in the country.  If you ever find yourself out on Long Island I highly recommend you try and check it out.  You will not be disappointed if you are an avid golfer.

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28 minutes ago, NYHSFAN33 said:

Shinnecock is one of the most beautiful courses in the country.  If you ever find yourself out on Long Island I highly recommend you try and check it out.  You will not be disappointed if you are an avid golfer.

New York is so ugly. I mean, there's nothing beautiful about it. No positives at all. Can't even drive because of tolls and traffic. Shitty pizza. Yuck!

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New York is a typical big city but enjoyed my visits there doing the typical site seeing thing. New York as a state is beautiful once you get out of the city. Played Pebble for the first time this year, have walked it many times during the AT&T, so prestine!! 

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On 6/16/2018 at 7:45 PM, HooverOutlaw said:

Those Yankees boys at Shinnecock Hills need to come to Augusta if they want to see what a perfect course is. 

The US open has been one big screw up.

Just like high school and college football our golf is better.

Yes, Augusta was, is, and always will be golf's holy grail. But you cannot compare it to Shinnecock Hills. That's Apples and oranges.  The USGA runs the U.S. Open they want the course to be very difficult where players shoot par or above. With 2 ft. high rough and difficult pin placements. Augusta National runs the Masters. They also decide on course set up so the greens are extremely fast and there is no rough. Note neither tournament is run by the PGA. They just both have players that are on the PGA Tour playing in them. The USGA did screw up on Sat. the weather and wind direction changed and made the afternoon rounds nearly unplayable or I should say way too difficult for what they were trying to achieve. It gave the early morning players a big advantage. The Masters has had their tourney at Augusta every year since 1934 so each year they fix whatever was not up to par the year before. USGA moves their tourney every year to a different location. Some years they get it right some years they get the course condition wrong. They knew they screwed up Sat. so Sun. they made the conditions much easier and there were lower scores. 

 

On 6/16/2018 at 8:28 PM, HSFBfan said:

It's a beautiful course. These players have no idea how to handle a consistent wind 

Agreed, beautiful course. Most PGA Tour players don't have problems with wind. Unless it's 40-50 mph. They know how to flight the ball and keep it low, etc. What happened at Shinnecock on Sat. The wind was drying out the greens and they wouldn't hold. The way they're designed they look like upside down plates and if you didn't hit it to the right spot the ball would roll off the green. The USGA didn't want to water the greens during the round like they did in 1996 because the media would rip them but that's what needed to be done to make it fair for the players that teed off Sat. afternoon.    

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Not the course but the setup, notably on Saturday when the holes were cut too close to the edge of the greens.     After Koepka shot that sixteen under last year, the UGSA decided to make the course as tough as possible to reduce the scoring.      Most likely an overcorrection at this point.    Will be interesting to see what they do at Pebble Beach next year.

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58 minutes ago, 1DayPGA said:

Yes, Augusta was, is, and always will be golf's holy grail. But you cannot compare it to Shinnecock Hills. That's Apples and oranges.  The USGA runs the U.S. Open they want the course to be very difficult where players shoot par or above. With 2 ft. high rough and difficult pin placements. Augusta National runs the Masters. They also decide on course set up so the greens are extremely fast and there is no rough. Note neither tournament is run by the PGA. They just both have players that are on the PGA Tour playing in them. The USGA did screw up on Sat. the weather and wind direction changed and made the afternoon rounds nearly unplayable or I should say way too difficult for what they were trying to achieve. It gave the early morning players a big advantage. The Masters has had their tourney at Augusta every year since 1934 so each year they fix whatever was not up to par the year before. USGA moves their tourney every year to a different location. Some years they get it right some years they get the course condition wrong. They knew they screwed up Sat. so Sun. they made the conditions much easier and there were lower scores. 

 

Agreed, beautiful course. Most PGA Tour players don't have problems with wind. Unless it's 40-50 mph. They know how to flight ball and keep it low, etc. What happened at Shinnecock on Sat. The wind was drying out the greens and they wouldn't hold. The way they're designed they look like upside down plates and if you didn't hit it to the right spot the ball would roll off the green. The USGA didn't want to water the greens during the round like they did in 1996 because the media would rip them but that's what needed to be done to make it fair for the players that teed off Sat. afternoon.    

Next year US open back in long island at bethpage black.

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