Anything and Everything US OPEN

[AlbatrossFlyer]

i predict at least one day the USGA will set up the course (pin placements, tees, etc) for a expected weather condition only to have it change night and day from the morning to the afternoon making the course nearly unplayable with the players going out at the wrong time steaming mad at the USGA.

[AdamBomb8]

I took Phil but I really think some sleeper will come out of nowhere, much like last year at Oakmont.

[AlbatrossFlyer]

got the HD channels added to the big screen, TV coverage starts in 30 mins, it's almost time to move to the couch for 4 days

[miphinz]

after 9 Tiger is 1 under and Phil is 3 over, might be time to insert foot in mouth

[Afternoon Golfer]

I was watching the online feed at work. It was tough, the video and audio were constantly out of sync. Did I hear correctly that Phil's driver was a turned in 3 wood to 11.5 degrees?

[creeky]

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OYE OYE OYE

[Staredge]

I was watching the online feed at work. It was tough, the video and audio were constantly out of sync. Did I hear correctly that Phil's driver was a turned in 3 wood to 11.5 degrees?

Could be. I thought I heard something about him not carrying a driver. One of the recent tournaments he had 4 or 5 wedges. I gather he switches his bag up quite a bit.

Shot -1 today. Tiger shot par. (I think that's the way it worked out)

[springparrot]

Any reason why NBC clears the afternoon to show this??

Not everyone watches golf

[AlbatrossFlyer]

I was watching the online feed at work. It was tough, the video and audio were constantly out of sync. Did I hear correctly that Phil's driver was a turned in 3 wood to 11.5 degrees?

Could be. I thought I heard something about him not carrying a driver. One of the recent tournaments he had 4 or 5 wedges. I gather he switches his bag up quite a bit.

Shot -1 today. Tiger shot par. (I think that's the way it worked out)

phil was not carrying a driver today. in it's place was a custom built 11.5 deg 3 wood.

phil (E) tiger (+1) for the round today

[AlbatrossFlyer]

Any reason why NBC clears the afternoon to show this??

Not everyone watches golf

but some of us do...

mainly they broadcast it because they've paid so much for the rights that they have to broadcast all 4 days to only lose an arm, instead of an arm and a leg...

[springparrot]

Any reason why NBC clears the afternoon to show this??

Not everyone watches golf

but some of us do...

mainly they broadcast it because they've paid so much for the rights that they have to broadcast all 4 days to only lose an arm, instead of an arm and a leg...

OK---but why not on the Golf channel or ESPN---something sports related???
It's like clearing NBC for Wimbleton---I don't get it

[AlbatrossFlyer]

Any reason why NBC clears the afternoon to show this??

Not everyone watches golf

but some of us do...

mainly they broadcast it because they've paid so much for the rights that they have to broadcast all 4 days to only lose an arm, instead of an arm and a leg...

OK---but why not on the Golf channel or ESPN---something sports related???
It's like clearing NBC for Wimbleton---I don't get it

because NBC doesn't own the golf channel and ESPN is owned by ABC/Disney/Steve Jobs. but ESPN did have coverage around the NBC telecast.

[springparrot]

Any reason why NBC clears the afternoon to show this??

Not everyone watches golf

but some of us do...

mainly they broadcast it because they've paid so much for the rights that they have to broadcast all 4 days to only lose an arm, instead of an arm and a leg...

OK---but why not on the Golf channel or ESPN---something sports related???
It's like clearing NBC for Wimbleton---I don't get it

because NBC doesn't own the golf channel and ESPN is owned by ABC/Disney/Steve Jobs. but ESPN did have coverage around the NBC telecast.

Ok Ok
I get it---I'll just have to find something else to watch during this time of the year

[Staredge]

phil was not carrying a driver today. in it's place was a custom built 11.5 deg 3 wood.

Nope. Says it was a standard 15* 3 wood.

Phil Mickelson explains his 'No Driver' strategy.
Posted at 6:13 PM by David Dusek | Categories: Callaway , Phil Mickelson , U.S. Open
Phil Mickelson decided not to carry a driver in his bag Thursday at the U.S. Open. Here is what he had to say in his post-round press conference:

Your driver, Phil, not a driver, we talked all about it this morning. What is it? The 11 and a half degree?"No, no, that's my 3-wood I've been using all year. You noticed that I didn't have a driver today, huh? My game plan was that I only want to hit it a certain distance, I don't really want to hit it past 300 yards on most of the par-4s because it starts running into the rough. And I felt like with the fairways being firm like they were today all I needed was 3-wood on the holes.

Now if it rains or gets softer, I'll certainly pull driver out. But my game plan for months was, if it's firm fairways like I expected, 3-wood was all I needed. And I was able to take advantage of the two par-5s and get home no problem and that's all that, that's the most important thing."

Did you have it in there in the practice rounds as well?
"I carried driver, I just didn't hit it."

Was it to make room for an extra wedge, is that what it was?"I have four wedges in there. I took out my sand wedge and I teed off with 3-wood and hybrid all day today." [Mickelson is using a Callaway prototype pitching wedge and Forged Chrome Mac Daddy 52°, 60°, 64° wedges.]

Was it disappointing early, having not used driver, and using that game plan, when you weren't hitting the fairway?
"Oh, yeah. When I hit it in the rough — I had been hitting almost all the fairways with this 3-wood in practice rounds and so forth. So when I made some terrible swings and hit in the rough it kind of defeats the game plan because now I'm short and crooked.

But when I started hitting fairways coming down the stretch I made birdies. So I expect to swing a little bit more confidently like I did on the back nine as opposed to the start and I know this happens when I play and don't play the week before a major. I'm always a little rusty on the front nine. And I'm glad that I was able to keep it in check and only shoot a few over and recover on the back."

Is 3-wood a decision you'll make tomorrow just before the round?
"No, it will have to rain. I mean, it will have to rain and soften the fairways in order for me to put in a club that goes longer than that 3-wood."

Phil, how strong is that 3-wood?
"It's just a normal 3-wood. You guys just have not hit our new Callaway FT fairway woods yet, have you? They go a long ways."

15°?
"Yeah."

Can you remember never carrying a driver in a round?
"I don't think I ever have. I know Pelz has been wanting me to play a tournament without hitting driver and hitting 3-woods all the way through, so here you are Dave.

Look, when the fairways run out like this, you can only hit it a certain distance and then the fairway starts tightening up. Of course, they looked pretty tight for me on the first 13 holes too."

[AlbatrossFlyer]

phil was not carrying a driver today. in it's place was a custom built 11.5 deg 3 wood.

Nope. Says it was a standard 15* 3 wood.

Phil Mickelson explains his 'No Driver' strategy.
Posted at 6:13 PM by David Dusek | Categories: Callaway , Phil Mickelson , U.S. Open
Phil Mickelson decided not to carry a driver in his bag Thursday at the U.S. Open. Here is what he had to say in his post-round press conference:

Your driver, Phil, not a driver, we talked all about it this morning. What is it? The 11 and a half degree?"No, no, that's my 3-wood I've been using all year. You noticed that I didn't have a driver today, huh? My game plan was that I only want to hit it a certain distance, I don't really want to hit it past 300 yards on most of the par-4s because it starts running into the rough. And I felt like with the fairways being firm like they were today all I needed was 3-wood on the holes.

Now if it rains or gets softer, I'll certainly pull driver out. But my game plan for months was, if it's firm fairways like I expected, 3-wood was all I needed. And I was able to take advantage of the two par-5s and get home no problem and that's all that, that's the most important thing."

Did you have it in there in the practice rounds as well?
"I carried driver, I just didn't hit it."

Was it to make room for an extra wedge, is that what it was?"I have four wedges in there. I took out my sand wedge and I teed off with 3-wood and hybrid all day today." [Mickelson is using a Callaway prototype pitching wedge and Forged Chrome Mac Daddy 52°, 60°, 64° wedges.]

Was it disappointing early, having not used driver, and using that game plan, when you weren't hitting the fairway?
"Oh, yeah. When I hit it in the rough — I had been hitting almost all the fairways with this 3-wood in practice rounds and so forth. So when I made some terrible swings and hit in the rough it kind of defeats the game plan because now I'm short and crooked.

But when I started hitting fairways coming down the stretch I made birdies. So I expect to swing a little bit more confidently like I did on the back nine as opposed to the start and I know this happens when I play and don't play the week before a major. I'm always a little rusty on the front nine. And I'm glad that I was able to keep it in check and only shoot a few over and recover on the back."

Is 3-wood a decision you'll make tomorrow just before the round?
"No, it will have to rain. I mean, it will have to rain and soften the fairways in order for me to put in a club that goes longer than that 3-wood."

Phil, how strong is that 3-wood?
"It's just a normal 3-wood. You guys just have not hit our new Callaway FT fairway woods yet, have you? They go a long ways."

15°?
"Yeah."

Can you remember never carrying a driver in a round?
"I don't think I ever have. I know Pelz has been wanting me to play a tournament without hitting driver and hitting 3-woods all the way through, so here you are Dave.

Look, when the fairways run out like this, you can only hit it a certain distance and then the fairway starts tightening up. Of course, they looked pretty tight for me on the first 13 holes too."

guess dottie pepper didn't have her facts straight.

he may not want to hit it 300 yards, but based on yesterday's performance hitting 30 yards offline into the rough wasn't a consideration in his decision.

[Afternoon Golfer]

phil was not carrying a driver today. in it's place was a custom built 11.5 deg 3 wood.

Nope. Says it was a standard 15* 3 wood.

Phil Mickelson explains his 'No Driver' strategy.
Posted at 6:13 PM by David Dusek | Categories: Callaway , Phil Mickelson , U.S. Open
Phil Mickelson decided not to carry a driver in his bag Thursday at the U.S. Open. Here is what he had to say in his post-round press conference:

Your driver, Phil, not a driver, we talked all about it this morning. What is it? The 11 and a half degree?"No, no, that's my 3-wood I've been using all year. You noticed that I didn't have a driver today, huh? My game plan was that I only want to hit it a certain distance, I don't really want to hit it past 300 yards on most of the par-4s because it starts running into the rough. And I felt like with the fairways being firm like they were today all I needed was 3-wood on the holes.

Now if it rains or gets softer, I'll certainly pull driver out. But my game plan for months was, if it's firm fairways like I expected, 3-wood was all I needed. And I was able to take advantage of the two par-5s and get home no problem and that's all that, that's the most important thing."

Did you have it in there in the practice rounds as well?
"I carried driver, I just didn't hit it."

Was it to make room for an extra wedge, is that what it was?"I have four wedges in there. I took out my sand wedge and I teed off with 3-wood and hybrid all day today." [Mickelson is using a Callaway prototype pitching wedge and Forged Chrome Mac Daddy 52°, 60°, 64° wedges.]

Was it disappointing early, having not used driver, and using that game plan, when you weren't hitting the fairway?
"Oh, yeah. When I hit it in the rough — I had been hitting almost all the fairways with this 3-wood in practice rounds and so forth. So when I made some terrible swings and hit in the rough it kind of defeats the game plan because now I'm short and crooked.

But when I started hitting fairways coming down the stretch I made birdies. So I expect to swing a little bit more confidently like I did on the back nine as opposed to the start and I know this happens when I play and don't play the week before a major. I'm always a little rusty on the front nine. And I'm glad that I was able to keep it in check and only shoot a few over and recover on the back."

Is 3-wood a decision you'll make tomorrow just before the round?
"No, it will have to rain. I mean, it will have to rain and soften the fairways in order for me to put in a club that goes longer than that 3-wood."

Phil, how strong is that 3-wood?
"It's just a normal 3-wood. You guys just have not hit our new Callaway FT fairway woods yet, have you? They go a long ways."

15°?
"Yeah."

Can you remember never carrying a driver in a round?
"I don't think I ever have. I know Pelz has been wanting me to play a tournament without hitting driver and hitting 3-woods all the way through, so here you are Dave.

Look, when the fairways run out like this, you can only hit it a certain distance and then the fairway starts tightening up. Of course, they looked pretty tight for me on the first 13 holes too."

guess dottie pepper didn't have her facts straight.

he may not want to hit it 300 yards, but based on yesterday's performance hitting 30 yards offline into the rough wasn't a consideration in his decision.

Good ol' Dottie. I was busting her chops at Winged Foot two years ago. Every time she walked by I would yell, "Judy Rankin! It's Judy Rankin! Judy will you sign my hat!". Probably had to be there. She was not all too amused!

[creeky]

Stuart Appleby is yummy

[PackPhanGirl]

OMG....TIGER WOODS PUNISHED FOR THE LEAD!! THAT WAS CRAZY!!

[ejr]

OMG....TIGER WOODS PUNISHED FOR THE LEAD!! THAT WAS CRAZY!!

pretty amazing end of the day for Tiger!

[johnson2113]

Great third round today. Tiger's put on 13 had me up cheering! And Mickelson on 13, holy crap, talk about epic choke.