Well, round one is over and Rickie Fowler shot -7 to tie the lowest first round score in US Open history. There are 44 players under par, the most by a wide margin.
This is beginning to look like a regular tour event which will be very disappointing if it doesn't change. I think that the only thing that could make it interesting now is the weather. If the wind blows real hard and the fairways and greens get real hard and fast it could turn it into a real US Open.
I really wish the USGA would stop tinkering with success. The US Open is known for firm narrow fairways, long, thick penalizing rough and slick hard greens. The winner is usually within a few shots of even par. That is what makes the US Open so interesting and my favorite event of the year.
The only time I was excited to see a low score win was in 2000 when Tiger shot 12 under and won by fifteen shots. The fact that the second place finisher was at +3 just shows what an incredible performance this was by Tiger. That was a level of golf never before achieved and probably never will be achieved again.
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