Oakmont final day thoughts?

[hg]

Sunday's round was fun to watch....interesting to watch pros at that level struggle and see how they react to those struggles...Angel was really pacing up a storm at the end. How does Badds shoot an 80 ....was the stack and tilt unreliable under the pressure or was it is putter that did him in ...they didn't show much of his play. Why doesn't Tiger dominate like he use to ...why can't he come from behind like Jack did...maybe it's a bit of him coming back to the pack and the pack advancing up to his level. Not that sound mechanics is not important..but so much of golf is played in between the ears.

[Seanmx]

Why doesn't Tiger dominate like he use to ...

I think this time his chipping, pitching and bunker play were not up to his usual high standards.

e.g. The skull/flub combo on 3 is something we have never seen Tiger do before

[bambam]

I think this time his chipping, pitching and bunker play were not up to his usual high standards.

e.g. The skull/flub combo on 3 is something we have never seen Tiger do before

Couldn't agree more. I was shocked after #3, and equally as suprised after his bunker shot on 17. After 17's tee shot, I thought the only thing Tiger had to worry about was not bogying 18.

[Seanmx]

Couldn't agree more. I was shocked after #3, and equally as suprised after his bunker shot on 17. After 17's tee shot, I thought the only thing Tiger had to worry about was not bogying 18.

I think in his defense on the bunker shot on 17 there was a stone under the ball which took all the spin away

[12 piece bucket]

I don't get it. If the best players in the world are averaging 77 or whatever on a golf course . . . something is afoul. What's the big deal about them making a birdie. The USGA is selfabsorbed. Tweeking these old courses to "protect" them and par is like putting a mustashe on the mona lisa. It's not golf. The guys at the Masters are doing the same thing. Bobby Jones wouldn't recognize his golf course.

[bambam]

Is this course that much different than it was in the past? They said the 300 yard par 3 was about 250 yards back in 1920something. How many guys back then could hit that green w/ hickory clubs and the golf ball of that day? I bet it was significantly less than the number of players who could reach the current par three using less than driver. It sounded to me like the changes at Oakmont have made that course more like it was in the past...of course, I have no idea what it was like in the past, so I have to take their word for it

[asleep]

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course...the space between your ears.--Bobby Jones.

It was interesting to see the best of the best severely tested and observe how the reacted under such pressure. Final day got everyone. Tiger and Furyk skulled shots from the short grass...wow! Three musketeers: Casey, Rose, Baddeley had good showings up to Sunday, I thought. Anthony Kim continued to impress me with his final round 67. Stephen Ames "plays" golf and is fun to watch---ditto David Toms. I still feel Furyk made a strategic error on 17th even after hearing his explanation.

Surprise of the Open: Remove two holes where he completely lost his composure (9th on Saturday, 1st on Sunday) and your 2007 US Open champion is.....

Bubba Watson!

[Seanmx]

I don't get it. If the best players in the world are averaging 77 or whatever on a golf course . . . something is afoul. What's the big deal about them making a birdie. The USGA is selfabsorbed. Tweeking these old courses to "protect" them and par is like putting a mustashe on the mona lisa. It's not golf. The guys at the Masters are doing the same thing. Bobby Jones wouldn't recognize his golf course.

From what I have read I don't think the USGA had to do much to Oakmont other than cut the rough and slow down the greens!!!

[birdie_man]

I don't get it. If the best players in the world are averaging 77 or whatever on a golf course . . . something is afoul. What's the big deal about them making a birdie. The USGA is selfabsorbed. Tweeking these old courses to "protect" them and par is like putting a mustashe on the mona lisa. It's not golf. The guys at the Masters are doing the same thing. Bobby Jones wouldn't recognize his golf course.

I think I agree.

The only thing I can say on the other side of it is that sometimes you feel the nervous tension just watching it........imagine what they must feel.

[12 piece bucket]

I think I agree.

The only thing I can say on the other side of it is that sometimes you feel the nervous tension just watching it........imagine what they must feel.

I imagine the feel like if I had to do this every week I'd go back to stabbin' trash on the highway.

Whatchu doin' slummin' over here on the "bad guys" side? Haven't seen you 'round much. Hope all is well.

I need a banned-aid.