BigBadDonkey
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That US Open took the skill of a well struck, high, boring Iron shot OUT of the game. There was no reward for such a shot. Just putting and bump and run ... VERY LIMITED. If that was Golf, I don't wanna play it.
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That was just plain wrong.......
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Matt Taylor
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Dss and Donkey -
I agree that on the 7th hole some quality shots got punished, but some guys landed it on the right spot and the ball stayed on the green. Another thing I agree with you guys about is that if I had to play golf all the time on holes like #7 at the Open, I 'd get disgusted pretty quick.
But I'm not one of the best players in the world. To me, it wouldn't be a challenge -- it would be a massacre with my blood all over the golf course.
I like seeing these guys who have such control over the ball get challenged ONCE every year-- it allows us to see how good they really are. Yeah, some of them get their pants taken down on national television, but I don't think those guys should be embarrassed. Everybody knows it's a hard, hard golf course. I like seeing the guys who pull it off.
Really, other than the 7th, which hole was drastically "unfair"? The tenth? Maybe, but alot of guys made pars at the tenth.
Maybe if I played the course set up like it was I'd feel differently. I dunno. I just like the US Open to be the most challenging golf tournament of the year. I like seeing par be a great score for the tour guys for a change.
I agree that on the 7th hole some quality shots got punished, but some guys landed it on the right spot and the ball stayed on the green. Another thing I agree with you guys about is that if I had to play golf all the time on holes like #7 at the Open, I 'd get disgusted pretty quick.
But I'm not one of the best players in the world. To me, it wouldn't be a challenge -- it would be a massacre with my blood all over the golf course.
I like seeing these guys who have such control over the ball get challenged ONCE every year-- it allows us to see how good they really are. Yeah, some of them get their pants taken down on national television, but I don't think those guys should be embarrassed. Everybody knows it's a hard, hard golf course. I like seeing the guys who pull it off.
Really, other than the 7th, which hole was drastically "unfair"? The tenth? Maybe, but alot of guys made pars at the tenth.
Maybe if I played the course set up like it was I'd feel differently. I dunno. I just like the US Open to be the most challenging golf tournament of the year. I like seeing par be a great score for the tour guys for a change.
cherrybarry
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I don't agree with the argument that if all the players played the same course, then it was fair.
I play the same lottery as anyone else in my state but in the end, it's just random chance that decides who wins.
When on a golf course where a matter of inches determines the fate of the ball, it isn't fair.
Two players can land the ball inches from each other and have dramatically different shots afterwards.
You can't expect a golfer to be accurate to the inch. That is, you can't say that just because one player hit it on the square inch where the balls stays on the green means that this player is better than the other player who hit on the adjacent square inch where the ball runs over the green and into the rough.
It is unfair because the course is similar to a checker board with one square-inch squares and they alternate between giving good and bad bounces. Ok, maybe not this extreme, but regardless, there is not enough gradient in the course where a matter of inches doesn't always propell the ball into different and opposite fates.
I play the same lottery as anyone else in my state but in the end, it's just random chance that decides who wins.
When on a golf course where a matter of inches determines the fate of the ball, it isn't fair.
Two players can land the ball inches from each other and have dramatically different shots afterwards.
You can't expect a golfer to be accurate to the inch. That is, you can't say that just because one player hit it on the square inch where the balls stays on the green means that this player is better than the other player who hit on the adjacent square inch where the ball runs over the green and into the rough.
It is unfair because the course is similar to a checker board with one square-inch squares and they alternate between giving good and bad bounces. Ok, maybe not this extreme, but regardless, there is not enough gradient in the course where a matter of inches doesn't always propell the ball into different and opposite fates.
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