I agree on buck and azinger. Jesus Christ. Shut the **** up.

Aggie369 said:

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Lol Berger and Finau in final pairing and teed off at like 1030am

What a joke

Screw the USGA

The last 10 guys on the course today were 67 over par....embarrassing

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Exactly my point. Totally skewed result. Leaderboard is now made up of guys that played a totally different course based not on weather but purely on the USGA ****ing up royally. Flushed the first 36 holes down the toilet

Stfu joe

Still waiting for Aikman to strangle him one year.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/23815139/phil-mickelson-withdraw-us-open-bizarre-display-13th-hole-shinnecock-hills%3fplatform=amp

Jesus Christ. GFY dude.

Clown golf indeed.

As a resident living near chambers bay, I'm glad Mike Davis and his cronies butchered an american classic course for the sake of preventing a birdie fest. Chambers still gets a bad rap ( unless you've played it) which isn't fair. You want a difficult us open.....tighten the fairways immensely and go back to an old school ball.

BigHitterDaLama said:

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As a resident living near chambers bay, I'm glad Mike Davis and his cronies butchered an american classic course for the sake of preventing a birdie fest. Chambers still gets a bad rap ( unless you've played it) which isn't fair. You want a difficult us open.....tighten the fairways immensely and go back to an old school ball.

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I really want to play it. That said, my BIL, who was an assistant at Shalee, was hating on it well before the US Open. Think it's a love/hate course.

watty said:

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I love it. Yes, the course got away and is unfair. I completely agree and acknowledge that.

And I still love it. It messes with their heads and to see who can keep it together and survive the unfairness, that's a heck of a champion. I can't stop watching when it gets like this. I get far more joy watching bogeys and worse during US Opens than I do birdies on a normal week.

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Except if the winner comes from an early group, it's not that they coped with the unfairness, it's that, by sucking in the early rounds, they were rewarded by not having to deal with it.

I think this will be the last US Open at Shinnecock. The link from earlier in this thread mentioned that it took some convincing by the USGA, as well as promises that this **** wouldn't happen again, for Shinnecock to allow them to hold it here. At least the USGA screwed up Saturday, and Sunday might not be such a ****show.

This will NOT be the last US OPEN at Shinnecock.

ORAggieFan said:

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BigHitterDaLama said:

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As a resident living near chambers bay, I'm glad Mike Davis and his cronies butchered an american classic course for the sake of preventing a birdie fest. Chambers still gets a bad rap ( unless you've played it) which isn't fair. You want a difficult us open.....tighten the fairways immensely and go back to an old school ball.

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I really want to play it. That said, my BIL, who was an assistant at Shalee, was hating on it well before the US Open. Think it's a love/hate course.

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It's a great course but it's not worth the $250+ of whatever they're charging now.

aggietony2010 said:

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watty said:

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I love it. Yes, the course got away and is unfair. I completely agree and acknowledge that.

And I still love it. It messes with their heads and to see who can keep it together and survive the unfairness, that's a heck of a champion. I can't stop watching when it gets like this. I get far more joy watching bogeys and worse during US Opens than I do birdies on a normal week.

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Except if the winner comes from an early group, it's not that they coped with the unfairness, it's that, by sucking in the early rounds, they were rewarded by not having to deal with it.

I think this will be the last US Open at Shinnecock. The link from earlier in this thread mentioned that it took some convincing by the USGA, as well as promises that this **** wouldn't happen again, for Shinnecock to allow them to hold it here. At least the USGA screwed up Saturday, and Sunday might not be such a ****show.

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Agreed. Different story if the conditions were like that for everyone, but they weren't.

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DannyDuberstein said:

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Stfu joe

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Announcers are always making the point that the rules of golf can work for you or against you (particularly with drops and taking relief). Phil used the rules in a manner that may not be in the spirit that they were intended, but he used them in a way that he thought would benefit him. And that pisses Buck off, which makes me happy.

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Even though I like Phil, I have to say this was a very bad day for him. I remember when John Daily did a similar thing.. He was really ripped in the press, which he deserved.

Phil does too, imo. Phil's place in the game today is real high. I'm afraid this hurts that .

Can you imagine Jack or Tom Watson doing that ? No way.

Ouch these post round player interviews are brutal for the USGA.

You can play it less than that, much less. Its definitely a love/hate course but the USGA did it absolutely zero favors.

Brush Country said:

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You mean how he knew the rules and used them to his favor? You're right, real tarnish on his rep on another course that the usga again setup like dog**** in the rain.

As he said some of y'all need to "toughen up".

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We are just gonna have to respectfully disagree.

Brush Country said:

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No we aren't. These are the best in the world it shouldn't be a joke and a side high five that they can't make par. Phil made a point and most agree this course and the usga are complete *****

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Phil didn't make a point. Phil made a MISTAKE. I would like to think we can respectfully disagree, but if not..ok....have a good night.

Brush Country said:

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Phil knew exactly what he was doing. He was playing by the rules. He said so afterwards. If you want to make it more than that, go ahead. You're listening to fox too much.

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Perhaps you thought I meant he ACCIDENTALLY made a MISTAKE ? No, he knew what he was doing. On that we agree. I think he regrets it very much or will regret it later. That's all I'm saying.

HossAg said:

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I don't think he regrets anything. You're just regurgitating everything you heard Joe Buck say.

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Lol, no these are my thoughts... and we will see if Phil regrets it.

They screwed up Shinnicock again. Even David Fay mentioned the grass was too tight/short for the conditions. You can have a firm golf course with out taking it to the limit of killing it.