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USGA Executive Director David Fay Saturday at the U.S. Open responding to Tiger Woods comments.
“As far as the greens are concerned, he’s wrong,” Fay said. “That old statement that you’re entitled to your opinion? He is entitled to his opinion, but he’s off on his facts. These putting surfaces have never been better.”
Fay said if there should be criticism of the greens, it’s more of a cosmetic issue than an agronomic one. Poa annua greens have brown splotches, but he says an “A-team” of superintendents from around the country have made these surfaces better than ever.
“They are much truer than we had in 2000, ’92 and ’82,” he said of past U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach. “They wanted them fast, firm and smooth. And I think they have accomplished that.”
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