06-11-2007, 12:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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2007 US Open Championship
Time for the second major of the year, and the US open will be staged at what looks to be a brutally difficult Oakmont Country Club in Philly.
There are four Canadians in the field: Jon Mills, Stephen Ames, Mike Weir, and Adam Speirs.
This will be the eighth open to be held at oakmont (1927, '35, '53, '62, '73, '83, and '94), and has produced great champions such as Tommy Armour, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, and Ernie Els.
Time to make our picks.
I'm going with my boy Retief Goosen.
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06-11-2007, 12:44 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Tiger.
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06-11-2007, 04:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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...oh yeah, i forgot to mention that oakmont is where miller shot his famous 63 in 1973, one of the great rounds in golf history.
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06-11-2007, 04:44 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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It looks brutal! Only 2 par 5s both over 600 yards. a 288 yard par 3 and 4 pars 4 over 485.
I'll take Goosen as well with O'Hair as my darkhorse.
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06-11-2007, 04:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
a 288 yard par 3
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that just doesn't equate with any golf that i have ever played...good lord that's tough...take your 4 and be happy!
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06-11-2007, 04:52 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
It looks brutal! Only 2 par 5s both over 600 yards. a 288 yard par 3 and 4 pars 4 over 485.
I'll take Goosen as well with O'Hair as my darkhorse.
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288 yard par 3 - I can imagine playing it and saying to myself, well, let's get a good drive out there and get up and down for par...same for the 485 yard par 4s...
I'm going to eliminate Tiger from my guesses (cuz he'd be my first) and go with Adam Scott. As long as he can keep his final round together. O'Hair would be my dark horse as well - he's had some very good rounds this year. I followed him, Mikey and Kenny Perry at the Hogan this year - he hits a long ball.
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06-11-2007, 05:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2006
Location: @HOOT250
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Vigay...you watch he will come out of no where during Saturday and hold on for the Sunday victory 
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Not at all, as I've said, I would rather start with LA over any of the other WC playoff teams. Bunch of underachievers who look good on paper but don't even deserve to be in the playoffs.
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06-11-2007, 05:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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My heart says Ames, my head says Phil(although I do like Phil, just not as much as Stephen).
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06-11-2007, 08:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ricoFlame
There are four Canadians in the field: Jon Mills, Stephen Ames, Mike Weir, and Adam Speirs.
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Dont forget about 16 year old Richard Lee(well to be fair I had never heard of him until 2 minutes ago). This kid not only qualified for the friggen US open at 16, he is turning pro next week! Maybe we have finally found Canada's anwser to Tiger... 
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06-11-2007, 09:15 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Long course.
That says Tiger or Vijay to me.
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06-11-2007, 09:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kipperfan
Dont forget about 16 year old Richard Lee(well to be fair I had never heard of him until 2 minutes ago). This kid not only qualified for the friggen US open at 16, he is turning pro next week! Maybe we have finally found Canada's anwser to Tiger... |
yeah i forgot to include him because he now plays out of chandler arizona. i think that going pro for him is a huge mistake, remember ty tryon? who knows he could be great, time will tell.
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06-11-2007, 10:02 PM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Lefty has a habit of choking in the last round.
Tiger has the mental toughness to outlast the field.
Vijay is a mystery to me right now. Haven't heard too much about him lately.
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06-12-2007, 06:50 PM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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Well golf continues to be a game thats pretty much eliminating guys who can't crush the ball 330 yards off the tee from championship play. If the course is this long Tiger and Phil look to be the two guys who'll be battling it out on Sunday. Although if Els is feeling good he might hang around since he's had success on this course before.
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06-13-2007, 09:38 AM
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First Line Centre
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I'll take Adam Scott, hope Weir and Ames are around for the weekend.
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06-13-2007, 10:02 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Well golf continues to be a game thats pretty much eliminating guys who can't crush the ball 330 yards off the tee from championship play. If the course is this long Tiger and Phil look to be the two guys who'll be battling it out on Sunday. Although if Els is feeling good he might hang around since he's had success on this course before.
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But with a US Open rough there is going to be a premium on hitting the fairways. I think guys will be hitting 3 woods and the driver won't see much use, even though the course is long. A long iron from the fairway to get a GIR may be better than a middle iron from the rough for a GIR.
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06-13-2007, 01:29 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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I like Goosen, who shows up when the courses are tougher.
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06-13-2007, 01:38 PM
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Got Oliver Klozoff
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It's hard to not choose Tiger and I do think he is the favourite to win this week.....and pretty much every week.
If Phil was 100% I think I would take him but a wrist injury at the US open is not what you want. First time he tries to chop it out of the rough he may screw his wrist up even worse and have to withdraw. I guess it all depends on the severity of the injury but I imagine it is pretty bad if he isn't even hitting balls this week and just practicing his short game.
Goosen is a good choice. When he is on his short game is tough to beat. That is what US Opens come down to is getting up and down to save par.
Should be a pretty good tourney. That course looks wickedly hard. Vijay thinks 10 over is going to win, Tiger is predicitng 4 to 5 over.
I am a decent golfer and I would love to try to play that course just to see what I would shot. I bet a 5 handicap would have a really tough time breaking 90. Might even be higher. I heard Geoff Ogilvie shot an 85 in a practice round.
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06-14-2007, 04:56 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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The course is not particularily long , just some very very long holes and some really short tricky holes. For example the 17th is only a 315 yard par 4 with rough and bunkers protecting it. Imagine sunday and you're 2 shots back going to 17, you'll have to go for it!
Looks like Phil is out of it early.
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