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06-11-2013, 11:28 AM | #3376 |
best in the biz
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sweeeeet ... had a pair of those pioneer surface mount speakers...
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06-11-2013, 12:05 PM | #3377 |
Right in the Lumberyard Danny
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06-11-2013, 01:49 PM | #3378 |
Wish I had something clever...
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06-11-2013, 05:12 PM | #3379 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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Setting up for another disappointing US Open. It will be the second year in three that the course is going to be waterlogged, and the year in between it was played at suckass Olympic.
I don't know what the hell the USGA was thinking scheduling the Open on a course that is completely defenseless if it gets wet. Idiotic. |
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06-11-2013, 06:31 PM | #3380 |
No Keys, No Problem
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Thats the draw. It's gonna be brutal if you get in bad spots.
In my draft I got Jason Day Matt Kuchar Angel Cabrera Zach Johnson Dustin Johnson But who knows. That course is setup to destroy players. |
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06-11-2013, 06:39 PM | #3381 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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06-11-2013, 09:11 PM | #3382 |
No Keys, No Problem
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If there is a player that can be that accurate all 4 days then sure. I think the best score there was a -4 the last two or three US Opens. Dude those fairways are narrow. The rough is brutal. The US Open is the toughest Major setup, the rain might help though to stick and slow the greens. Its a par 70 with like a reeruned 150 slope rating. I'll be suprised if the winning is 10 under.
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06-11-2013, 10:42 PM | #3383 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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A 6500 yard course in 1981 is about a 7300 yard course today. On top of that, those guys were using balls that spin more and drivers that were orders of magnitude less forgiving.
Dan Pohl led the PGA Tour in driving distance in 1981 at 280 yards. Bubba Watson averaged 315 last year. That course had a margin of error for survival if it was firm and fast. But with rain soaked fairways and greens, and distances that are 25 yards longer per club than the last Open there, that course is going to get its ass handed to it unless Davis goes full Shinnecock on the greens, and I don't even know how that is possible with as wet as they are. |
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06-11-2013, 10:52 PM | #3384 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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A few interesting Mickelson notes:
1) He flew back to San Diego Monday night to attend his daughter's 8th grade graduation and won't fly back to Merion until Wednesday night. He has a 7:11 am tee time. 2) He's not carrying a driver this week. Honestly, I think this makes little difference for him due to the nature of his swing. When he's off he'll miss fairways with 6 irons. |
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06-11-2013, 11:28 PM | #3385 |
sorta mod-ish
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Mickleson needs that Perfect Putter Dangerfield had in Caddyshack...
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06-12-2013, 05:17 PM | #3386 |
MVP
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Just ditched the TM FW/Hybrids in my bag and replaced them with Callaway's X Hot Pro series. Can't wait to get these out on the range tomorrow.
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06-13-2013, 07:35 AM | #3387 |
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The USGA is ****ed.
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06-13-2013, 09:23 AM | #3388 |
Now you've pissed me off!
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This is why I'm not a big fan of the graduated rough setup (yes, I know that Merion doesn't have it). They need to pick courses that have a combination of length and penal rough to defend themselves, otherwise they'll get slaughtered when it's soupy. The latter ****ed Congressional. The former is going to **** Merion.
They have to mitigate the weather as a variable as much as possible, and that's the only way to do it w/o turning the greens into clown shoes. Last edited by 'Hamas' Jenkins; 06-13-2013 at 09:41 AM.. |
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06-13-2013, 11:13 AM | #3389 | |
Indian Twitter
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06-13-2013, 11:16 AM | #3390 |
Bono & Grbac wasn't enough
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They should make them go back to feather balls.
Not me mind you, but them. |
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