Official 2019 US Open Thread - Pebble Beach

PhuckHugh22

Dont see a thread for this yet. Should be a great week. Lots of different narratives going on and a lot of players playing well.

Love this course and this tournament so hope it all goes well.

Hard to know who will win it. Would love Tiger to hit #16

slave1

Would love a top battle, Brooks, Dustin, Rory and give me Tiger too fighting it out with all on top form..
...but nothing will compare to the Tiger Slam where he destroyed the field back in the day, that was just unreal to watch

Blinky Plebum

Hopefully we get a controversy free tournament and the USGA set up the course properly and don't try to embarrass the players in order to keep the score close to par or have a really easy course like it was for Erin Hills.

Just go back to the traditional US Open Set up of narrow fairways and high rough and forget about screwing around with ridiculous pin placements (like last year) and it should be fine.

martinkop

https://twitter.com/i/status/1137003216523149312

Rough is definitely up:D:eek::eek:

PhuckHugh22

Just looking at some of the flyovers there on the site.

https://www.usopen.com/course.html

Jesus the 2nd is an absolute animal converted to a par 4. 516yards If they put the pin back right 5 will be a result.

Love the 8th hole.(Probably my favorite hole in golf that i havent played)
Actually the stretch from 6-10 is unreal. Would love a crack off them.

slave1

The US Open has always been about he who makes the least mistakes wins, Dustin/Brooks/Rory all so accurate off the tee could be a deciding factor

Itssoeasy

It looks like the USGA have said feck it and are going back to the old way of trying to stop as many players as possible getting above par.

Benicetomonty

Optimistic the USGA wont mess up too bad this week. As was mentioned, they seem to have reverted to the traditional US Open formula, so tight fairways and heavy rough on the menu. I think they understand you can take some risks on new courses like Chambers and Erin Hills, but to screw up at Pebble would be deemed almost sacreligious. Shinnecock was a massive black eye so they cant really afford a repeat.

2010 was brutally difficult -14 and 17 were almost unbirdeable, on day 4 at least - but none of the players were up in arms despite an unexpected winner in GMac and Havret as runner up, so they mustve considered it fair.

It was bone dry back then. Looks like itl be softer this week, so you have to think therl be a few guys under par by week's end. But they wont destroy it.

Unless Rory gets over his hangover promptly 😶

HighLine

DJ will get the win this week.

spacecoyote

This guy has a great YouTube channel. He's around a 3/4 handicap (US)

Here he is playing Pebble with the current set up for the US Open & attempting to break 90 strokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ0osQkfOKU

fullstop

martinkop wrote: »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1137003216523149312

Rough is definitely up:D:eek::eek:

He's in a hazard though, you can see the red stakes at the end. Not representative of the rough in play.

DuckSlice

I fancy Finau for this week, I think he is close to winning a major.

Blinky Plebum

etxp wrote: »

I fancy Finau for this week, I think he is close to winning a major.

Finau has a terrible record of winning full stop he's won 1 tournament on the PGA tour and that was the Puerto Rico Open which was against a reduced field as a WGC was on the same week.

DuckSlice

Blinky Plebum wrote: »

Finau has a terrible record of winning full stop he's won 1 tournament on the PGA tour and that was the Puerto Rico Open which was against a reduced field as a WGC was on the same week.

I know he hasn't won much but I still think he is capable of winning a major. he has had a few top 10 finishes, I don't know the stats but he hasn't performed bad in majors.

Blinky Plebum

etxp wrote: »

I know he hasn't won much but I still think he is capable of winning a major. he has had a few top 10 finishes, I don't know the stats but he hasn't performed bad in majors.

I worry will he turn into one of those players who have a great degree of consistency but their top level of performance isn't enough to win them much he's very consistent in majors without ever really looking like he was going to win one.

Hope I'm wrong though as he's a good player to watch and seems likea nice fella.

HighLine

https://twitter.com/GOLFTV/status/1138717320652697603

yaboya1

Itssoeasy wrote: »

It looks like the USGA have said feck it and are going back to the old way of trying to stop as many players as possible getting above par.

You mean below par.

Pissartist

Well Jack has tipped Tiger so who am i to argue with him, i have Lowry and Pieters each way aswell, it'll be interesting to see how far the ball is travelling through the air and on the deck, alot of players will hit irons and three woods off the tee, if that's the case it's hard to look beyond tiger,

slave1

Good point, Pebble is not overly long but obviously the longer off the tee you are the closer you are to the green so the higher your approach and ability to stop on the green

Mantis Toboggan

Watched a few videos from the course and I'm thinking course management will be key so I'm leaning towards Tiger, speith of Kuchar. Should be a great test.

DJIMI TRARORE

A week to leave the driver at home,if TW is tuned up this should suit him down to the ground,but he has a tendency to pull so he could flounder,personally i fancy Frankie to get major no.2,about 4/5 under

Deeper Blue

etxp wrote: »

I know he hasn't won much but I still think he is capable of winning a major. he has had a few top 10 finishes, I don't know the stats but he hasn't performed bad in majors.

Quality player no doubt but needs to improve his putting. I wouldn't fancy him on the fast greens at pebble particularly if it's windy. I do think he's capable of winning a major but I reckon a PGA is his best chance since they (I assume) have the least tricky greens of the four.

Joeyjoejoe43

I can see an outsider with experience like Snedeker, Kuchar or even our own G Mac going close this week.. You don't need to be a bomber to do well here. Patience and decision making will be rewarded and these three guys will go well I feel.

US opens have a habit of dipatching many top players by end of play Friday also, so don't be surprised to see some big names missing the cut. Rory has missed the last 3 US open cuts on the bounce..

Redo91

What time is this likely to finish up at on Sunday? Will it be a 2/3am job?

spacecoyote

Redo91 wrote: »

What time is this likely to finish up at on Sunday? Will it be a 2/3am job?

Yeah, that's probably not far off correct. Its an 8 hour time difference. Last group out on day 1 is at 2.40pm local time as far as I know. Field will be smaller by Sunday, but even if they're out at 1pm local, that's 9pm start time here & the way pros play these days, you won't be getting much change out of around 5.5hrs for the round I'd say

paulos53

Live stream of the featured groups:

https://www.usopen.com/watch/live.html

McIlroy, Rahm, Leishman
Mickelson, McDowell, DJ

HighLine

Also for anyone looking at the Leaderboard.. there is a big delay on the PGA Tour site so best to use the US Open site below

https://www.usopen.com/scoring.html

PhuckHugh22

Cracker of a start from Rahm and also Piercy.

Will Rahm finally get the job done in one of these.

Mantis Toboggan

Lovely shot from McIlroy on 17. Tough tough par 3.

Mantis Toboggan

Looks very cold and overcast for California.

Mushy

Some hole to birdie

Dayor Knight

Mickelson chewing big clumps of.......? Doesn't look right, does it.

Mantis Toboggan

Fowler flying it so far, Could this be his major? Most likely not.

Mantis Toboggan

Front 9 is easier right? If so not great start for Lowry.

HighLine

Dayor Knight wrote: »

Mickelson chewing big clumps of.......? Doesn't look right, does it.

The same stuff as Tiger was chewing at the Masters.. rumoured to be a type of CBD Gum.. but it is legal according to the PGA Tour's anti-doping agency.

castletownman

That Mark Brooks lad on commentary for the Featured Groups on Sky sounds like Jack Black.

Keep expecting him to break into song

Loafing Oaf

How short was that putt Mickelson missed?:eek:

callaway92

Good lord. Less than a foot I’d say

Dayor Knight

12 inch miss there for Phil. Mustn't be chewing hard enough.

NabyLadistheman

Great save there form Rory

LuckyGent88

Really enjoying the course set up so far anyway and it’s leading to a very competitive leaderboard.

blackcard

Dayor Knight wrote: »

Mickelson chewing big clumps of.......? Doesn't look right, does it.

No. You would expect a child or teenager maybe to be chewing gum, not a grown man

FixdePitchmark

class looking place

reminds me of Corballis

dar_cool

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

class looking place

reminds me of Corballis

Ha ha kinda does for me too. Tiny greens. Par 3 5th isn't far off 7 aswell

FixdePitchmark

going to be a late one this lads -

10 pm for a Tiger tee off ?

Mushy

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

going to be a late one this lads -

10 pm for a Tiger tee off ?

The joys of West coast golf.

syngindub

grab a few beers for the Tiger Show

Henry Ford III

Delighted for Rors and GMAC.

eagle eye

So McGinley talks about Rory and what a huge advantage his driving is. Five minutes later he says that one of Koepka's big strengths, his driving, is taken away on this course.

Mushy

Koepka minces one down the first....straight into a divot

FixdePitchmark

Some achievement for an amateur to tee it up.

"Who are you playing with at the weekend"
"Koepka and Molinari"
"Never seen them on time sheet before"
"yes bandits" :P
" your man Koepka has won about 4 times in 8 "