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Originally Posted by revots33
Welp guess I have to reverse my take on LACC. Course is delivering except for the first round. Quality of play is insanely high by the top guys, so many flushed iron shots. Rory's drives are ridiculous.
Crowd still sucks but what are you gonna do.
Scottie finishing eagle-birdie on 17&18 was nuts.
Still like Rickie to win. Putter was a little shaky today but he is striping the ball.
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Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox
I didn't make it all the way to the end yesterday but watched probably six hours or so over coverage and it really did deliver. Good setup, a decent number of opportunities to make birdies but trouble everywere, made for a fun watch. I like the course.
One of the more random things that it is interesting to me is the sand, how much a deviation from the usual presents a unique challenge. Makes the bunker an actual hazard instead of an ideal place to miss and an easy up and down.
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Originally Posted by revots33
Interesting how much better the course looks on TV when the sun is out. Makes a huge difference.
This could be a potentially all-time top US Open with better fans and better coverage from NBC (the commercial load is just insane... and sorry but "Playing Through" is a commercial and that's a third of the broadcast).
these are all very accurate summaries of my thoughts.
spent all yesterday at the inlaws and had the broadcast on from start to finish in the other room.
i do appreciate how the course requires ability to hit quality shots of all distance from ad hoc tee boxes, and the back nine contains several scorecard landmines if you get yourself out of position. sweep the mind.
but the crowd is about as excited as i would be watching the monkeys and peacocks play in hef's 14th hole zoo.
revots, your point about the sun out is another example of how tv viewing can flatten the dimension of landscape.
one of the best parts of the broadcast are the graphic scenes that show elevation change and slope.
KJ, i'm curious what you think.
and i hope someone else is watching Adam Hadwin mail in the end of his round. he just called himself a stupid mother trucker on live tv.