The U.S. Open -- 2006 Style!
 

The Rough will be down...and up. The Tees will be back...and up, too! This is not 'your father's U.S. Open.' Click here to learn the way the railroad will be run this time 'round. http://www.usga.org/news/2006/march/open_setup.html

I hadn't realized Tom Meeks had retired. Should be interesting.

It seems like a good idea to match the length of rough to the degree a player goes off line.

Hopefully this will prevent the US Open getting boring which it has done on several occasions in the past.

Regards

Sean

PS Who would bet against Tiger winning on Father's Day?

Exponential Penalty Golf
 

The USGA may finally see the light. I hope course designers follow suit. So many of the really penal courses these days employ what I call exponential penalty golf. If you miss a little, you pay a lot. Not only is that unfair to the better ball strikers, but it makes for miserable times for the higher handicap folks. There is skill and strategy involved in hoisting one out of reasonable rough over a hazard to get to the green.:think: That skill and strategy becomes irrelevant if that same miss puts you OB, in the lake, or in rough over your knees.:BangHead:

Whazz it like?
 

Guess its a private course.

Anyone ever played Winged Foot (under normal conditions) & can share experiences?

My father in-law, and his father, were members many years ago, and he has lots of stories from when he was a kid, but alas, no longer a golfer and hasn't played there in years.

Hopefully, they don't let the greens ruin, and turn it into another farce. It should be tough, but fair. So often, the USGA does not seem to "get it."

However, what I call "reverse discrimination" seems to be a US Open policy. If you can drive the ball on to the fairway, you receive a 75 yard bonus roll. Fred Funk should average 325 yards Driving Distance this week. :)

Agreed
 

The greatest technological advantage giving today's tour players such long distance off the tee is the John Deere 3235C Fairway Mower. Why doesn't the USGA forget about COR and worry about HAG (Height Above Ground)? ;-)

LOL. The Trampoline Effect - the Fairway, not the Clubface. It looks like a Tennis Match.

Weekend Play
 

Wow!...Tiger out...Duval in...that's a switch.

The cut
 

gives that Tiger played 39 consecutive majors without missing a cut.

So what was Nicklaus longest streak of making cuts in majors.

You guessed it.

39



At the old Wembley Stadium thirty nine steps needed to be climbed to reach the Royal box and collect a winner's trophy.

GO Duval!

I want him to come back.

One more big dog to add to the excitement.

Except that if a shot goes over the rough and into the gallery a player will no doubt have a much better lie.

To reward accuracy the greens should be smaller, like the greens I play on. It's astounding that a player who accurately shoots at the pin, is then penalised by having the ball roll yards away simply because the ball was on the "wrong side" of the cup.

If they really want to test player's skill they should issue each player with an identical set of off-the-shelf clubs, the same ball and ban practice rounds and caddies :)

http://www.iseekgolf.com/forums/inde...#entry21 2776

Above is what the winner had to say.
I could not agree more.

Eye-opening
 

Great stuff. Eye-opening. This may be the original article.
http://www.golfobserver.com/features...vy_062006.html