2016 US Open

[calgarygeologist]

Should be a great tournament on a really tough course.

It is off to a slow start due to rain and a weather delay but the forecast looks good for the rest of the weekend. I'm pulling for Mickleson to finally win a US Open. If he is at the top of his game I think he can beat the nastiness of the course but if he isn't hitting it well he can very quickly post some huge numbers.

Fox Sports is providing coverage of the US Open and I must say that I really don't like their coverage thus far. I just don't think the commentators have the knowledge or expertise.

[CofR]

Their coverage last year wasn't great, but with this being their second year for it I imagine there will have been some improvements

[Senator Clay Davis]

It's pretty much a Thursday tradition for some total nobody to be leading the tournament. So enjoy it Andrew Landry, he'll probably shoot 82 tomorrow and miss the cut.

[Locke]

Boo! Hiss! Taking valuable TSN time away from the Euro cup!

[calgarygeologist]

I love watching DeChambeau play. Such an unusual swing and style of play. It is amazing to see what he can do.

[T@T]

No Canadians in the field and no Tiger. Ratings in Canada will suck bad.

There was a time where I wouldn't miss any round of any major, now I would rather watch CNN or baseball.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ratings looking like they'll suck in the US too. Rory already out of it and Jordan falling down the leaderboard too.

[Zarley]

It's going to be an awesome jam packed day of golf! The USGA/Fox live stream is great for those of us at the office:

http://www.usopen.com/en_US/video/liveVideo.html

[Zarley]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Ratings looking like they'll suck in the US too. Rory already out of it and Jordan falling down the leaderboard too.

I don't know, DJ is looking good and Sloth isn't out of it by any means at +3. Unfortunately Day doesn't look to have his game today.

[Senator Clay Davis]

A lot of guys going to be playing 54 holes this weekend because of the delays. Leaders figure to fall back over par given how brutally difficult this course is. So it should at least be a wide open tournament unless someone posts a crazy good round this afternoon.

[AltaGuy]

Boring course to watch imo. Every hole looks the same - long, narrow, trouble left and right, sloped, tiered green. It wouldn't be on my bucket list to play, that's for sure. Sure, I'd shoot 120, but it just looks so dreary! Golf distilled down to very difficult accuracy, shot after shot.

[CofR]

Originally Posted by AltaGuy

Boring course to watch imo. Every hole looks the same - long, narrow, trouble left and right, sloped, tiered green. It wouldn't be on my bucket list to play, that's for sure. Sure, I'd shoot 120, but it just looks so dreary! Golf distilled down to very difficult accuracy, shot after shot.

Sounds like the USGA's dream Open course

[Senator Clay Davis]

And yet it consistently ranks in the top 10 courses in America. But it is a pure golf course in that it does reward hitting fairways and greens and punishes missing them, and you need to be able to putt consistently well. It's not a scenic course obviously, it's probably just beautifully carved out using the land. Dustin Johnson hitting 25 greens in a row is ridiculous, but he'll probably regret not doing more with it.

[calgarygeologist]

McIlroy is having a great second round right now. He might get himself into a great position going into the final two rounds. I would love to see Bubba vs DeChambeau in the final grouping on Sunday fighting for the championship. I think that would be a fascinating match to watch.

[Senator Clay Davis]

McIlroy totally blew a shot at breaking the record and maybe even going for a 59 after that three putt on 17 after he drove the green. Then misses several more good birdie looks and caps it off with a 4 putt from 9 feet. Now fighting to make the cut again.

[Flabbibulin]

I do like seeing the pro tracer more often, but virtually every shot?

Kinda funny given that CBS probably only shows pro tracer at Augusta a half dozen times or so the entire tournament.

[GirlySports]

When youre leading the us open and your pursuers are Dustin, Sergio, and Lee that a guaranteed win.

[Flabbibulin]

Seems like all that rain really messed up with the USGAs plans and we never really saw the insanely fast and firm conditions they hyped up. They were predicting a +5 winner sort of thing.

[Sylvanfan]

Unless Lowry implodes he's got this. As Girly says..the guys chasing him won't run him down.

[Senator Clay Davis]

It's still playing pretty tough out there even with Lowry's great score. Only 6 guys under par and 2 more at even so the course is tricky, but not brutal because it isn't fast enough out there. That Lowry has been even or better all three rounds is impressive, if he does it again today it'll be a pretty amazing performance to win.