OT: US Open

Submitted by PolskaPride on

I wanted to get people's thoughts on the first day. Any surprises? What do you think of the venue?

I'm sure some of you guys made some Draftkings lineups. Is anyone killing it right now or has any player screwed you over?

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bluepow

June 18th, 2015 at 10:34 PM ^

I don't really care either, but the greens definitely suck.  Oddities are always fun, so whatever.

I really like on-line featured group coverage, been good at the Masters too.  I just keep wishing they realize that full mic-ed up and limited announcing is the best way to go.

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GoBlueRandy

June 18th, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^

I actually like Jonny Miller. One of the few announcers in any sport that will tell you exactly what he's thinking and not sugar coat things. Sure, he's a bit arrogant, (did you know he shot 63 at Oakmont?) but at least he calls it like he sees it. Berman on the other hand, is terrible.



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814 East U

June 18th, 2015 at 9:55 PM ^

I completely forgot it was on FOX. For me, learning it was on FOX would be similar to hearing M signed with Adidas for an average amount of money.

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MichiganStudent

June 18th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^

Opinions: Fox is a bogey, Tiger makes me sad, the course is cool but should not be a U.S. Open venue, it's exciting because the ball goes all over the place and one shot can lead to a quadruple bogey.

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Gameboy

June 18th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^

Chambers Bay is about as much fun as you can have on a golf course where you can hit almost any shot you can think of. A 32 handicapper can play it while not losing a ball while even the best players in the world can have all kinds of problems. It is fantastic golf.

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smitty1983

June 18th, 2015 at 10:37 PM ^

I honestly didn't see him play today so that was a wild guess so I will take your word for it. But I do believe he teed off in the morning when the course was probably a lot softer and my guess is he did his scoring on the front 9. Regardless it's still a lot of fun to watch



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Gameboy

June 18th, 2015 at 10:51 PM ^

The course is long and due to the firmness of the green, you have a HUGE advantage if you can hit shorter irons into the green (more height and spin), allowing you to hit closer to the pin. Dustin had an EXCELLENT day with his irons and that is why he is at the top.

Similar story for Stenson who is also a long hitter.

If you can hit long and make 10 footers, you are going to score here.

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Gameboy

June 18th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^

The greens are quite receptive, actually. Most wedge shots are sticking within 5 feet of where they land. There are sideboards and ridges to slow your shots or direct your ball towards the middle if needed. All it takes is imagination and skill to get the ball close. There are a ton of guys shooting under par (for US Open). If anything, it is playing too easy (mostly because of easy pin positions).

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OhioBornMauiBlue

June 19th, 2015 at 2:18 AM ^

It's kind of ironic last night I put together a quarter team with a few lesser known golfers just because they qualified on my hometown course in Springfield, and I had a lot of $ left so I added Fowler. After today I'm currently sitting with 141 points and winning 60 cents. Lmao just goes to show anything can happen in a round of golf.

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BVB

June 18th, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^

I don't think Norman is bad on the Fox crew. The Fox Sports 1 crew earlier was awful. I'd also prefer to see more actual golf and less on the story of the course over and over.

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7words

June 18th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^

Joe Buck was meh.  Normans ok.   I'm not sure why they decided on the two people that they have doing the player post round interviews.   Some chick for eye candy i suppose and the other is a college football announcer.   I wish they would have actually shown more actual golf.  I realize the 2 feature groups had the big names, but man sometimes they would only show maybe 3 or 4 shots per hour from someone outside those 2 groups.  

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7words

June 18th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^

I only saw them do the green ring around the whole once in the few hours of coverage i watched tonight.  However they are doing that green shading thing that better shows just how undulating the greens are and i think that is a nice touch since you can't really tell on tv.  

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MGoBlue22

June 19th, 2015 at 9:51 AM ^

I didn't get a chance to watch FoxSports1, but was able to stream the morning's featured group of Mickelson, Watson and Cabrera via the US Open official website.  While the play of the golfers, and the views of the course, were fantastic, the color team of Tim Brando and Mark Brooks left a lot to be desired.  It seemed like they were always at odds with each other (even down to the comments Brando made over and over again about lefties having a course advantage over righties which was likely due, primarily, to Brando being a lefty).  Natalie Gulbis did a fine job and had a lot of indepth knowledge about the course and the types of shots required. 

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