US Open 2015

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:17 am

I for one am pumped about this week. Very interested to see this course. I LOVE the changing pars on 1/18 and the different tee boxes on par threes. I think that's a really cool way to change how a course plays. Gimmicky? Yeah. Unique? Definitely. Prime Time golf? Sign me up!

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:20 am

The old generation in me will be rooting for Lefty to get his career Grand Slam. Go Phil!

Also interested to see how Fox fucks up the broadcast. Greg Norman ... really?

Waiting for the guest cameo by Tim McCarver, too.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:23 am

I think we take good golf broadcasts for granted because the big tournaments never seem to switch networks (until now).

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:27 am

Rex wrote:I think we take good golf broadcasts for granted because the big tournaments never seem to switch networks (until now).

Nailed it.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:29 am

I just assumed it was on NBC. Hmmmm.

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:43 am

A_B wrote:I just assumed it was on NBC. Hmmmm.

viewing schedule link.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:52 am

That course looks perfect for TV, but horrifying for the average golfer.

And let's be thankful... no Gus Johnson.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:05 am

hey what's that? It's the cast of Brooklyn Nine Nine on the 17th green.....

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:18 am

I'm Scott Simpson, who the hell are you?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:45 am

Can't be that bad. Holly Sonders.

Maybe they'll bring back the FoxTrax for putts.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:10 am

Just listened to Richard Deitsch's podcast with Joe Buck about this, and other topics. I just don't care for him at all.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:33 am

Rex wrote:hey what's that? It's the cast of Brooklyn Nine Nine on the 17th green.....

Hadn't thought of that until this very moment.

Who would bet against this?

Post by **brian** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:38 am

In all seriousness, I'd bet my left nut they get Russell Wilson there and use him to promote the NFL this fall.

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:26 pm

Slow day in the media tent? They are interviewing Ryan Moore ... extensively.

dem3pigs · Post by **dem3pigs** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:18 pm

One thing about Fox will be new music

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Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:59 am

It really does sound like the music from Veep.

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:01 am

Week long forecast is for wind to not be a factor.

Unusual for a links course, but apparently normal for this time of year there.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:11 am

The 11th is a 537 Par 4, that's nuts.

It is true some days the 1st will be a Par 5 and other days the 18th will be a Par 5?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:28 am

degenerasian wrote:The 11th is a 537 Par 4, that's nuts.

It is true some days the 1st will be a Par 5 and other days the 18th will be a Par 5?

Yes, apparently they will flip the pars based on wind directions. If one is a 5, the other is a 4 and vice versa.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:47 am

I'm interested to see what Fox does with this. The microphones in the holes and the different camera angles they have planned sound like they could work.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:02 am

SportsDoc wrote:Week long forecast is for wind to not be a factor.

Unusual for a links course, but apparently normal for this time of year there.

Yes, (as a sailor), its pretty well known that the winds generally are light around here in the summer. What little wind there is usually builds in the late afternoon/early evening (as the land heats up).

SportsDoc · Post by **SportsDoc** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:14 am

Picks:

To win: Rory

Sleeper: Brooks Koepka

Rooting for: Phil

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:22 am

I think I'll take Jordan to win it and drive the hype meter to 11+++++++++

Either that or a relative unknown.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:08 am

If Tiger drives it like he has been he may earn his hiking merit badge.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:52 am

I'd go with Fowler. Very interested in seeing what Fox does with this broadcast

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:53 am

Five minutes until Fox gets its shitty hands on the US Open. I'm prepared for a disaster, but I'm fascinated to see what they do.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:55 am

WEll, their on course person on the featured holes is pretty fucking terrible so far. She has talked under(which I am using to mean she thinks her mic is off but it is not and says a few words before realizing it or someone else does) the announcers several times.

Tin Cup reference already, which i can appreciate, though.

And this course requires someone who is long and straight off the tee. Probably helps to have experience on links style courses. Which means it's Rory. Sleeper is sergio!

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:03 am

Over/under on the first time Fox works into some reference to "supporting the troops"?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:20 am

There's a 15-year old playing. His name is Cole Hammer. That is awesome.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:29 am

Just turned on the golf. When did they move up the British Open to June?

Course looks very cool.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:34 am

howard wrote:Just turned on the golf. When did the move up the British Open to June?

Course looks very cool.

I read somewhere that people shoudl embrace this look and, what with water shortages, should not be snobbish about green all the time. It's a fair point.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:12 pm

A_B wrote:
howard wrote:Just turned on the golf. When did the move up the British Open to June?

Course looks very cool.
I read somewhere that people shoudl embrace this look and, what with water shortages, should not be snobbish about green all the time. It's a fair point.

Had it on for 5 minutes, and every one of my family members has bitched about the greens.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:14 pm

A_B wrote:There's a 15-year old playing. His name is Cole Hammer. That is awesome.

If I make the obvious porn actor reference will I get in trouble because of his age?

And that is completely awesome. Wow.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 2:23 pm

Pruitt wrote:
A_B wrote:There's a 15-year old playing. His name is Cole Hammer. That is awesome.
If I make the obvious porn actor reference will I get in trouble because of his age?

And that is completely awesome. Wow.

Nah, his future is starring in golf-porn movie series including:

"Big Bertha"
"The Second Hole"
"The Third Hole"
"Two Girls, Tin Cup"
"The Legend of Bagger Vage"

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:08 pm

Classic Fox. They have some hot slut doing the post-round interviews with the golfers.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:17 pm

brian wrote:Classic Fox. They have some hot slut doing the post-round interviews with the golfers.

Holly Sonders, late of the Golf Channel, and Eric Kuselias' wife.

Rules

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:57 pm

She's younger than I am by about two years. I never would have guessed that.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 4:31 pm

those cans look younger than all of us

Post by **brian** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:05 pm

Calling golf somehow makes Joe Buck's inherent douchiness more pronounced.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:08 pm

howard wrote:Just turned on the golf. When did they move up the British Open to June?

Course looks very cool.

When Britain annexed the Pacific Northwest. A surprise kind of thing, while we were distracted in the middle east.