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JK

Do you play @1kiwi? where abouts are you a member?

1kiwi

Do you play @1kiwi? where abouts are you a member?

I play but not currently a member anywhere. More of a try to play a round a week these days unfortunately due to other commitments.
Do you play yourself?

JK

A round a week! How good.

Yep do play a bit but too sporadically for my liking. Sometimes 3 or 4 times a week, other times once a month! Think 25 or 26 rounds so far this year. Did set a goal for 50 birdies this year (last year got in the low 40s) but I'm well behind where I need to be.

1kiwi

Regarding the US Open
Jack Nicklaus once said that he liked to keep an ear to the ground ahead of the US Open for the invariable complaints that ensued about the difficulties the championship typically presents. He figured that a negative mindset equaled one more player he wouldn't need to worry about when the chips were down.

"A difficult golf course eliminates a lot of players," the four-time champion said. "The US Open flag eliminates alot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open, and a lot of them know it."

Source: USOpen.com

taniwharugby

I once played in a big tournament at St Andrews in Hamilton, and they had the longest thickest rough I had ever encountered, and had a big influence on my scores.

And yep, I had convinced myself it would be a problem before I even played.

JK

@taniwharugby said in Golf:

I once played in a big tournament at St Andrews in Hamilton, and they had the longest thickest rough I had ever encountered, and had a big influence on my scores.

And yep, I had convinced myself it would be a problem before I even played.

I played one at Royal Auckland as a junior that was set up super tough. Fairways were unlike anything I had ever played on before. But the rough was horrific and just a total trap for the never ending slice I had back then. Didnt have the strength to smash it out well either.

sparky

Ryan Fox birdies the first!!!!'

sparky

Fox loses a shot at the third.

Ho hum! It was fun while it lasted.

taniwharugby

@sparky ha I even looked at that, think he was paying about $6 to birdie the first...

JK

+2 first round for Fox which isnt bad considering some of the scoring. Puts him T33

JJ Spaun leading at -4.

At the moment it looks like more players will shoot 80 or more in the first round than under par

1kiwi

Sepp Straka & Shane Lowry both post +9 rounds
Justin Rose didn't fear much better at +7
Other notable names
Jason Day, Tony Finau , Patrick Cantlay & Justin Thomas post +6
Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is at +3 alongside Scottie Scheffler and Rory +4
Previous winners Brooks Koepka is T3 at -2 and Jon Rahm T6 at -1

1kiwi

@JK said in Golf:

+2 first round for Fox which isnt bad considering some of the scoring. Puts him T33

JJ Spaun leading at -4.

At the moment it looks like more players will shoot 80 or more in the first round than under par

Currently 16 players who have shot 80 or over

KiwiPie

It can go wrong quickly - Sam Burns was -3 late in his round and dropped 5 shots in the last 4 holes.

taniwharugby

taniwharugby

Fox finishes round 2 on +5, which is the projected cut at moment, but they keep saying it is likely to go up, so if the case, he makes cut on another major.

Mattasaurus

yup some carnage starting to appear in rd 2
Cut now sitting at +6,
Top 60 and ties go through and Foxy is Tied for 50th currently.

on another note... 5 groups on one hole is a bit ridiculous...

taniwharugby

@Mattasaurus what was it, 25 minute wait....pathetic.

1kiwi

Cut is currently sitting at +7
Justin Thomas, Sepp Straka, Joaquin Niemann, Dustin Johnson, Min Woo Lee, have finished their rounds and all miss the cut. Rory McIlroy is flirting with the cut line and is currently at +8. He has 7 holes to play

1kiwi

taniwharugby

Love to see Scott in final pair on Sunday

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