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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
I watched the Open every day and I didn't see any missed three footers rolling ten feet by or off the green. Do you have specific examples of this? I'm sure that it could happen on a US Open golf course, but that's part of solving the problem. Hitting your ball on the green is not good enough. It has to be in a specific location on the green. Or more importantly, it can't be in certain specific locations. It's the same at The Masters. if you get your ball above the hole on some holes, you either have to hole it or you're going to have a long comeback putt.
This is major championship golf. Brooks Koepka won by shooting one over. Dustin Johnson could have won, but he putted horribly. He hit the ball on the green and in the right spot for the most part, but couldn't find the line.
Had he putted just decently, (and that's 30 putts at the
tour level) he would have won easily. Tommy Fleetwood shot 63 so how can anyone say that the golf course was unfair or too difficult. It's supposed to be extremely difficult.
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The course setup by the PGA on Saturday was not a fair one. By the time the last groups of golfers got to some holes the “right spot” was either completely gone or almost minuscule. Good shots were Time and again not biting and rolling off the greens. Phill the Hall of Fame senior statesmen made a statement for his fellow competitors. The USGA got the message and had the course set up in a fair way on Sunday. Yeah, Tommy Fleetwood shot a 63 on Sunday. What did that same golfer shoot on Saturday. 78!