[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I love the US Open and this one is great. But, these guys are not really playing the Merion that you and I might play. The USGA has moved fairways, lengthened holes, grown the rough and sped up the greens.
While I really enjoy seeing the best in the world playing these conditions and would love to see more tournaments under these conditions, it's a shame that they've had to trick up the golf course and take the driver out of the hands of so many of the players.
I would rather se the USGA do their jobs and limit the ball and equipment so that they would have to do this. It's really too bad that they can't play what they now call a short course without having to trick it up so much.
Playing tee shots with the driver used to be an important part of the game. In so many tournaments today, especially the USGA events, being the best driver of the ball is not advantage. It used to be that courses had one or two par four holes where you didn't hit a driver. Now, it's two or three holes where they do hit driver.

But it is telling that when you look at this leader board going into the final round, all of the players that are there, with the exception of one of two that are mising, are the players that you'd want to see there. The cream is rising to the top and that is the USGA's goal. So overall, good job on them.

Now get back to Far Hills and do something about the ball.