123rd U.S. Open Championship

[Cosmo]

Deserves its own thread to get away from all of the PIF stuff.

Begins Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club. Had a chance for a quick convo with Charlie Howe, the tournament director who happens to be from Virginia and has been on site for two years. Like many U.S. Opens, he says this course favor thoughtful ball strikers and will force the use of every club in the bag. The rough looks ... quite penal. Looking forward to seeing if our two local ams can threaten the cut line. I definitely think Michael Brennan--the ACC champ who will almost certainly play on the Walker Cup team--can hang. He nearly made the cut at the Genesis last year as a Wake sophomore.

Give me Scheffler, Schauffele, Homa and watch out for a potentially sneaky Matsuyama showing. Keeping an eye on Hovland too.

Betting odds

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Based on what I've seen of the course on TV on the Golf Channel, it should make for good viewing for the home audience. That fescue around the traps looks nasty. I figure I'd shoot about 150 from the senior members' tees with the Open setup.
PSL Says something about golf as a gambling proposition that multiple major winners are going off at 25-1 or higher.

 

[qtlaw]

I inserted Fowler instead of Matsuyama or Rory, in my pool, may regret that.

 

[playthrough]

Based on what I've seen of the course on TV on the Golf Channel, it should make for good viewing for the home audience. That fescue around the traps looks nasty. I figure I'd shoot about 150 from the senior members' tees with the Open setup.
PSL Says something about golf as a gambling proposition that multiple major winners are going off at 25-1 or higher.

Justin Thomas at 50-1 is stunning. Not undeserved given his season and atrocious putting/approach stats, but stunning nonetheless.

 

[MileHigh]

Looking forward to a new track. Been watching Golf Channel the past couple of days and there's a lot of fun holes there. About time USGA returns to L.A. after 75 years.

 

[ChrisLong]

Fun stuff. On FB, somebody posted a sign at one of the tees: 290 yard - Par 3.
Holy heck. Then a friend, who has played the course several times, chimed in that it's downhill and down wind.
I've been there once, for a memorial service. A guy from high school died. He was a member there and qualified for the Senior Open twice. He made the cut once. First person I saw was the parking lot attendant who told me I had to tuck in my shirt before I went into the clubhouse.

 

[qtlaw]

The short 15th (may be as short as 80 yds) is going to be fun to watch. Love to see the areas that are not pristine to give some more challenges.

 

[MileHigh]

Looking forward to watching the 6th.

This aired on Monday and Tuesday and was really good.

 

[SixToe]

If I had to pick three it'd be Rahm, Hovland and Koepka, with a sneaky feeling for Hovland.

 

[Alma]

If I had to pick three it'd be Rahm, Hovland and Koepka, with a sneaky feeling for Hovland.

Hovland is a one major max kind of golfer. Maybe this is it.

It'll probably be some 6-3 oaf.

 

[SixToe]

Eh, I think if Hovland gets a major he might knock down 2-3 others. Finish with three, maybe four. Jury still is out on him IMO.

Morikawa, similar deal. He got his. Will he win a third? Probably, at some point.

 

[playthrough]

Walked around for a while today, what a great joint. Not every major course makes me wanna grab my clubs out of the car and sneak on but this one does.