Watched all day - I'd be fine if the US Open never comes back Shinnecock. I can live with excellent players being off by inches and losing a stroke - but three strokes is crazy. Just too arbitrary and not very attractive either.
Not really going out on a limb here, but I'm going to go ahead and call it...you heard it here first, Dustin Johnson wins the 118th United States Open. He's in the zone...DJ, if you're reading this, step up and take it, this is your moment!
The USGA needs to be commended by putting together the 3way of Noah Goodwin, Richie Ramsay and of course Kenny Perry. Not often you have those three champions play together especially when it counts.
Very entertaining so far, I am playing 2 US Open tickets with DJ topping both of them. As of today, I am in the top 10 with DJ, Jordan Henrik and Snedeker and in the top 20 DJ, Brooks, Hiedeki and Durner. If they all make the cut I should be in good shape to finish in the money. The entry fee was $12 a piece.
Horrible. And he’s laughing about it too. Sometimes, the ends don’t justify the means. We don’t really go by that in the USA any more though. What a fucking joke.
Phil should have been disqualified for that move, he obviously (and even admitted it in the interview) stopped the progress of the ball because he didn't want a harder shot. They applied the easier rule to avoid having to boot him.
Love Phil, briefly met him once, he was very gracious...what he did today defies all logic, a tragic disregard for the rules of golf. It goes against everything the game stands for, surreal. He will regret that for a long time.
DJ struggling, it's a game of recovery, but he has to stop the bleeding at some point, I think he turns it around. Henrik Stenson coming on strong.
Note 1: A player is deemed to have committed a serious breach of Rule 1-2 if the Committeeconsiders that the action taken in breach of this Rule has allowed him or another player to gain a significant advantage or has placed another player, other than his partner, at a significant disadvantage.
Once again, the USGA's smartest have out smarted themselves with the setup of this historic course. On a course this tough, too much human intervention has turned hard into humiliating and arbitrary.
Look at that smug look on his face too. Maybe it’s time to give up professional golf and just hustle hedge-fund managers from here on out Phil. I’m sure they get a big kick out of the move we’re you hit your putt again while it’s still moving.
Yeah I actually want to see professional golfers play the holes to completion. If I want to watch the bullshit Phil pulled, I’ll take my six year old nephew to mini golf.
What’s a “Chadfest” by the way? Is that some derogatory term that costal elites have for gatherings of real Americans who wear cargo pants and talk loudly about fucking?
This is what the US Open does to these elite pros, and this is why the US Open is so great.
These guys aren't used to being over-matched by a course, and thus they're not used to being humiliated and losing their cool.
Being able to do just about anything with the clubs & ball, and generally being able to handle big-time pressure and maintain his composure is so second nature to him that when Phil was shockingly unable to put the ball where he wanted it he became embarrassed and lost his cool.
I'm sure he knew the rule so what he says is accurate, that he was just willing to take the two-shot penalty and move on, but the lack of composure in that moment didn't allow him to realize how this meaningless move (he's so far out of the leader board who really cares what he did?) will now haunt him.
If he had just hacked his way through that hole he could have laughed it off and everyone would have forgotten it by next week, but instead he allowed his rare embarrassment to cloud his judgment because he just wanted to get the fuck off that hole. And now he will pay a much deeper price, as this is NOT something that people will forget about.
US Open 1 - Phil Mickelson 0.
I love watching the US Open. It's really to only tournament that is always interesting to me, because it's the one time all year that these super elite players can't simply do whatever they want, and it's fascinating to watch how each of them handles the impossible conditions and keeps their cool. Or loses their cool.
In all the other tournaments, including the Hallowed Masters, the roughs are never rough, the greens are always mushy and half the field is under par and completely dominating the course... boring. The players are never truly challenged by the course but only by each other.
In the US Open NO ONE is under par. Missing fairways is a disaster, putting is a massive challenge of nerves & luck where the slightest miscue can ruin an entire round. In the US Open no one is competing against the other players, they're all desperately competing against the course and themselves, sweating out how to struggle through every hole, and the strain of it is obvious in their body language and the looks on their face - two things you never see anywhere else.
I think that's awesome, and I think that leads to moments like what just happened to Poor Phil, something you just never see a pro do anywhere else.
Another year perhaps for DJ, if there's another guy in the mix I'd like to see win it'd be Tommy Fleetwood, what a grind this course has been...at some point you have to make putts.
Can you have a trained squirrel move your ball...is there a rule against that?
Can you scream in someone's backswing...is there a rule against that? If so, if it's only 2 strokes might be worth it. Maybe you throw a competitor's ball in the lake?
Phil will propel golf's 'gamesmanship' to the next level.
I thought Saturday was just about unwatchable. I like watching great golfers struggle as much as the next guy, but that wasn’t golf. It would be entertaining to watch the NBA finals played on a hockey rink without ice skates but it would have nothing to do with the game of basketball. The course doesn’t need to be that hard. I want to see them play against each other not the course. I want to see them rewarded for being aggressive. I don’t want to see every hole turn into a ridiculous three or four put.
Also based on the US Open you would think the majority of golf courses in the US are links courses. We already have a major every year played on a links course we don’t need to replicate it in the US as well.
I would think given the par 3 debacle from the last us open at SH, where the ball wouldn't stay on the green early afternoon, that some type of during the day emergency watering policy would have been created just in case. They're own admission course got away from them due to the wind.
Respect the power of the wind, always!!!!!!!!. The course could have been set up a little easier just in case the wind picked up. Not a very mature judgment.
The USGA has not amassed a strong record as of late on many issues. But other tournament final day courses have been set up ridiculously easy past few years so, they are not the only guilty party.
FOX sports is awful, awful coverage, awful announcing except for the post interview's with Shane. Strange is just an idiot.
What I would have liked to have seen was Fleetwood scoring a 62 and then winning in a playoff.
But, that type of inspiration doesn't much happen these days. aka 86 Masters type stuff.
There no winning it anymore, it's just whomever doesn't lose it.
Alex, I'll take Golf for $1000
A: I'l telling yah, I'm telling yah, I don't know what's happening these days, the pants are so tight out there I don't know if I'm watching the PGA or the LPGA.
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http://www.usopen.com/viewing-schedule.html
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Jordan was +4 after 2.
Jordan was +4 after 2.
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Two players at + 12 already..
Two players at + 12 already....brutal!
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Rory is +6 thru 5.
Rory is +6 thru 5.
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Bounce back birdie by Rory.
Bounce back birdie by Rory.
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The wind and this course are
The wind and this course are eating some good players alive
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+5 to make cut tomorrow???
+5 to make cut tomorrow???
Ouch
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Some guy named Scott Gregory
Some guy named Scott Gregory just carded a +22 round of 92. His caddy could have shot a better round.
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Wow par 70 at Shineycock too.
Wow par 70 at Shineycock too.
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Watched all day - I'd be fine
Watched all day - I'd be fine if the US Open never comes back Shinnecock. I can live with excellent players being off by inches and losing a stroke - but three strokes is crazy. Just too arbitrary and not very attractive either.
Next year at Pebble Beach!!!!!!!!!
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Rory probably liked watching
Rory probably liked watching Rich Beem get DJ a free drop on 6.
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Not really going out on a
Not really going out on a limb here, but I'm going to go ahead and call it...you heard it here first, Dustin Johnson wins the 118th United States Open. He's in the zone...DJ, if you're reading this, step up and take it, this is your moment!
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https://youtu.be/DLAd1HHzJzM
https://youtu.be/DLAd1HHzJzM
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It’s definitely DJ’s
It’s definitely DJ’s tournament to lose.
Let’s hope for his sake that he’s not up with his wife doing cocaine this weekend because that could possibly have a negative impact on his play.
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https://youtu.be/sxAnIEuXbyM
https://youtu.be/sxAnIEuXbyM
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Wet and windy morning.
Wet and windy morning.
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The USGA needs to be
The USGA needs to be commended by putting together the 3way of Noah Goodwin, Richie Ramsay and of course Kenny Perry. Not often you have those three champions play together especially when it counts.
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Very entertaining so far, I
Very entertaining so far, I am playing 2 US Open tickets with DJ topping both of them. As of today, I am in the top 10 with DJ, Jordan Henrik and Snedeker and in the top 20 DJ, Brooks, Hiedeki and Durner. If they all make the cut I should be in good shape to finish in the money. The entry fee was $12 a piece.
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Great tradition of old rich
Great tradition of old rich white guys getting away from their wives and playing golf all these years.
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What do old rich black guys
What do old rich black guys and old rich brown guys do with their days?
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Fox is so bro.
Fox is so bro.
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I hate to be the one to say
I hate to be the one to say it but Tiger should commit full time to Ambiens and Margaritas because watching him try to play golf is painful.
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Overheard on Fox during Patrick Reed shot:
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Also seen on Fox today, Phil,
Also seen on Fox today, Phil, apparently high on PCP, RUNS AFTER his putt and HITS IT AGAIN WHILE ITS STILL MOVING
https://mobile.twitter.com/MrRogers99/status/1008052400144441347
that shit should be an auto DQ
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I agree with everything he
I agree with everything he said. He would have held up play to be 15 out instead of 17.
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Horrible. And he’s laughing
Horrible. And he’s laughing about it too. Sometimes, the ends don’t justify the means. We don’t really go by that in the USA any more though. What a fucking joke.
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Phil should have been
Phil should have been disqualified for that move, he obviously (and even admitted it in the interview) stopped the progress of the ball because he didn't want a harder shot. They applied the easier rule to avoid having to boot him.
Brutal conditions out there.
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Love Phil, briefly met him
Love Phil, briefly met him once, he was very gracious...what he did today defies all logic, a tragic disregard for the rules of golf. It goes against everything the game stands for, surreal. He will regret that for a long time.
DJ struggling, it's a game of recovery, but he has to stop the bleeding at some point, I think he turns it around. Henrik Stenson coming on strong.
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Note 1: A player is deemed to
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He wasn’t in the tournament.
He wasn’t in the tournament. He didn’t know DJ might shoot 82.
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Once again, the USGA's
Once again, the USGA's smartest have out smarted themselves with the setup of this historic course. On a course this tough, too much human intervention has turned hard into humiliating and arbitrary.
That said, Phil didn't need to humiliate himself.
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Look at that smug look on his
Look at that smug look on his face too. Maybe it’s time to give up professional golf and just hustle hedge-fund managers from here on out Phil. I’m sure they get a big kick out of the move we’re you hit your putt again while it’s still moving.
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I can't believe people wanted
I can't believe people wanted him to spend ten more minutes playing that hole.,
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Yeah I actually want to see
Yeah I actually want to see professional golfers play the holes to completion. If I want to watch the bullshit Phil pulled, I’ll take my six year old nephew to mini golf.
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This isn’t the Hooters tour
This isn’t the Hooters tour btw, it’s the Goddamned US OPEN. Maybe Phil should have a little respect.
You think he’s going to pull that shit at Augusta? Even the Beef was laughing at him in disgust.
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He has a lifetime exemption
He has a lifetime exemption at Augusta and it's family friendly.
The U.S. Open is Chadfest.
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Yeah super family friendly at
Yeah super family friendly at Augusta. They even let Mom’s in now!
2018: Fuck the rules. Maybe Phil will drive a cart up the fairway next week. It’s faster!! Wouldn’t want to HOLD UP PLAY!!!
Maybe Phil should take up disc golf instead.
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What’s a “Chadfest” by the
What’s a “Chadfest” by the way? Is that some derogatory term that costal elites have for gatherings of real Americans who wear cargo pants and talk loudly about fucking?
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This is what the US Open does
This is what the US Open does to these elite pros, and this is why the US Open is so great.
These guys aren't used to being over-matched by a course, and thus they're not used to being humiliated and losing their cool.
Being able to do just about anything with the clubs & ball, and generally being able to handle big-time pressure and maintain his composure is so second nature to him that when Phil was shockingly unable to put the ball where he wanted it he became embarrassed and lost his cool.
I'm sure he knew the rule so what he says is accurate, that he was just willing to take the two-shot penalty and move on, but the lack of composure in that moment didn't allow him to realize how this meaningless move (he's so far out of the leader board who really cares what he did?) will now haunt him.
If he had just hacked his way through that hole he could have laughed it off and everyone would have forgotten it by next week, but instead he allowed his rare embarrassment to cloud his judgment because he just wanted to get the fuck off that hole. And now he will pay a much deeper price, as this is NOT something that people will forget about.
US Open 1 - Phil Mickelson 0.
I love watching the US Open. It's really to only tournament that is always interesting to me, because it's the one time all year that these super elite players can't simply do whatever they want, and it's fascinating to watch how each of them handles the impossible conditions and keeps their cool. Or loses their cool.
In all the other tournaments, including the Hallowed Masters, the roughs are never rough, the greens are always mushy and half the field is under par and completely dominating the course... boring. The players are never truly challenged by the course but only by each other.
In the US Open NO ONE is under par. Missing fairways is a disaster, putting is a massive challenge of nerves & luck where the slightest miscue can ruin an entire round. In the US Open no one is competing against the other players, they're all desperately competing against the course and themselves, sweating out how to struggle through every hole, and the strain of it is obvious in their body language and the looks on their face - two things you never see anywhere else.
I think that's awesome, and I think that leads to moments like what just happened to Poor Phil, something you just never see a pro do anywhere else.
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Me to daughter: "Phil
Me to daughter: "Phil Mickelson hit a ball while it was still moving."
Daughter to me: "You mean like I do with miniature golf?"
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Do you think Fox will show
Do you think Fox will show his whole round tomorrow? Will he be booed at or cheered for?
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Phil let everyone down. How
Phil let everyone down. How embarrassing. He’s Dry John Daly now.
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Will Dougal be there tomorrow
Will Dougal be there tomorrow?
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He should try that at
He should try that at Carnoustie some day. He wouldn’t make it to the airport alive.
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“On his 48 birthday US golfer
“On his 48 birthday US golfer Phil Mickelson acts like a 10year-old”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/104779368/on-his-48th-birthday-us-...
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golf lol
golf
lol
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OH YEAH WHAT ABOUT IT PAL
OH YEAH WHAT ABOUT IT PAL
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They tried to soften the
They tried to soften the course up last night, which I guess means the night watering crew worked a full shift. Easier pin placements today too.
Good to see Ricky Fowler bounce back strong after his 82 on Saturday.
Someone in the 3+ group will shoot a 66 and win this thing at -1. My money is on DJ.
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I was there yesterday
I was there yesterday afternoon & spent last night at this really sweet motel in Westhampton.
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Another year perhaps for DJ,
Another year perhaps for DJ, if there's another guy in the mix I'd like to see win it'd be Tommy Fleetwood, what a grind this course has been...at some point you have to make putts.
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I was thinking about Phil's
I was thinking about Phil's remarks this morning.
What other rules can be used to one's advantage?
Can you have a trained squirrel move your ball...is there a rule against that?
Can you scream in someone's backswing...is there a rule against that? If so, if it's only 2 strokes might be worth it. Maybe you throw a competitor's ball in the lake?
Phil will propel golf's 'gamesmanship' to the next level.
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Well, they set a precedent.
>> Phil will propel golf's 'gamesmanship' to the next level.
Well, he set a precedent. Every player from now on can stop a moving ball if he thinks 2 stoke penalty is better than the alternative.
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Nobody will try it. Nobody
Nobody will try it. Nobody will need to. Pros don't 6 jack.
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I thought Saturday was just
I thought Saturday was just about unwatchable. I like watching great golfers struggle as much as the next guy, but that wasn’t golf. It would be entertaining to watch the NBA finals played on a hockey rink without ice skates but it would have nothing to do with the game of basketball. The course doesn’t need to be that hard. I want to see them play against each other not the course. I want to see them rewarded for being aggressive. I don’t want to see every hole turn into a ridiculous three or four put.
Also based on the US Open you would think the majority of golf courses in the US are links courses. We already have a major every year played on a links course we don’t need to replicate it in the US as well.
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That was a heckuva a finish,
That was a heckuva a finish, I finished 12th out of 139 contestants, I think that means I am out of the money.
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I would think given the par 3
I would think given the par 3 debacle from the last us open at SH, where the ball wouldn't stay on the green early afternoon, that some type of during the day emergency watering policy would have been created just in case. They're own admission course got away from them due to the wind.
Respect the power of the wind, always!!!!!!!!. The course could have been set up a little easier just in case the wind picked up. Not a very mature judgment.
The USGA has not amassed a strong record as of late on many issues. But other tournament final day courses have been set up ridiculously easy past few years so, they are not the only guilty party.
FOX sports is awful, awful coverage, awful announcing except for the post interview's with Shane. Strange is just an idiot.
What I would have liked to have seen was Fleetwood scoring a 62 and then winning in a playoff.
But, that type of inspiration doesn't much happen these days. aka 86 Masters type stuff.
There no winning it anymore, it's just whomever doesn't lose it.
Alex, I'll take Golf for $1000
A: I'l telling yah, I'm telling yah, I don't know what's happening these days, the pants are so tight out there I don't know if I'm watching the PGA or the LPGA.
Q: What is something Al Czervik would say?