2025 US Open - Oakmont

mjsc1970

I watched most of the televised 1st round cuz I'd sweet fa else to do. Found it tedious to be honest.

Today I watched very little.

Only interest I'll have over the weekend is if Hovland stays in touch.

eagle eye

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123542295#Comment_123542295

Are you saying the same players are getting all the balls in the rough with good lies?

Trampas

Always hate if a few more putts dropped for x or y would be up there or won. When you could say the same thing for basically every other player.

Us open setup I think could do a little better with the rough. Seems like a couple of yards off the fairway and dead. Make it tough but not stupid

coylemj

Round 2 will resume at 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning following today’s suspension due to weather. Round 3 will be played in groups of two off of No. 1. Tee times will run from approximately 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

There are six players to finish.....

Barbaree and Lewis (a) are finishing the 8th (their 17th) which their playing partner Calkins has completed.

Buchanan, Simpson (a) and Bachou are playing the 18th.

They will go out at 12:30 p.m. Irish time and R3 tee times will be from 2 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Irish.

AlanWatts

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123542295#Comment_123542295

I'm really enjoying it. Bit OTT as usual saying calling it muck.

eagle eye

Some people just enjoy a birdie fest. If it's a difficult course where you have to think your way around it and accept a bogey to save worse they are not happy.

Dr. Bre

I don’t mind the leaderboard even though it lacks some big names. We would be giving out if someone was walking away with it

thewobbler

I don’t mind the leaderboard.

But it is a rather boring tournament all the same.

a few charges through the field today would change that of course. But can’t help feeling it’s more likely going to a case of last man standing on Sunday evening, rather than someone going out and winning it.

Cetyl Palmitate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123543712#Comment_123543712

You can charge through the field at -2 when everyone else is +4 in the same way you could at -9 when everyone else is -3

eagle eye

Crikey, 16 over par, 5 level par and only 3 under par of the early starters.

It might well be an over par score that wins it.

lawred2

Finding this hugely boring.

thewobbler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123543742#Comment_123543742

I don’t honestly believe this is true.

On a standard tough course, the elite players can attack pins on most holes, once they get their eye in and confidence up.

They can’t do that here as the risk of a double bogey - and the complete end to their chances - is a stroke of bad luck away.

The only way to cut through this field from 7 back is for all the leaders to freefall. Which isn’t out of the equation here. But it’s unlikely. Hence my “last man standing” thoughts above.

Deeper Blue

I don't think the leaderboard is that bad. You've got Hovland, Scott, Koepka, Burns in the top 10, Griffin who's one of the form players this year. Does simply not having Bryson/Rory/Scheffler near the top mean it's a bad leaderboard these days?

spacecoyote

It could be considerably more interesting with the rough not so penal.

The greens are still going to be seriously tough. But with less killer rough it would allow us to see some proper shot-making and creativity, rather than gouging it out.

Don't think ive seen so many shot-tracer shots where drives land in fairways and then just point off at some crazy angle and end up missing the fairway by 2 yards and have to be hacked out sideways.