U.S. Open surgery is one of the great names in tent

U.S. Open surgery is one of the great names in tent

SAN FRANCISCO – even when shooting 1-under 69 on Thursday, Tiger Woods was thinking of his second round

Woods said that he did not see any “points” on the greens, to show Friday PIN stations “We are making changes to the game plan,” he said, sounding more than a football coach.

Woods, that the attempt to win his first major since 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, does not tee up until 4:18 AM EDT, again according to Phil Mickelson (6 years) and Bubba Watson (8 years). They were both just trying to make the cut.

10-shot rule (10 shots manager) does not save them, because there is no longer a 10-shot rule, in order to surprise some. USGA officials announced that a memorandum of players, but some people do not get a message

said Zach Johnson:. . “It’s just odd that they do not advertise it as”

rule helped to Ernie Els in 1993, Baltusrol. He shot 68-67 to tie the seventh weekend, and requests exemption from ’94 Open at Oakmont, which he won.

“You can argue, if we would not have been a 10-shot rule, Ernie Els was not in the field and won the U.S. Open in 1994,” said Mike Davis, USGA director of

Back:. Some have seen the U.S. will open 90-plus players make the cut, forcing the need to start two tees and / or start a revolution already 6:30 am

Davis, incidentally, was a good response to the harsh environment of the Olympic Club, where only one score was less than 69 -. Michael Thompson will lead 66

“I believe that if the fans would watch this 52-week period, it probably would not be good,” Davis said. “But to see it once a year, certainly the feedback we received for decades, is that it’s something fans want to see. Times, when it has not been so tough, we tend to get more players to complain as it was then. Really hard,”

Justin Rose, who also carded 69 times used the word “fun”. to describe the composition of the

are invited to draw up, Rose replied: “It is a kind of sadistic fun. You have to hit great shots and great golf shots are rewarded. Mediocre things are punished most.”

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