2020 PGA Tour...

[kirbivore]

This is one of those events that gets you pissed at the pandemic and the politics surrounding it. Hopefully by basketball season we will see some light shining through.

I had tickets to this Friday's round

 

[kirbivore]

Tiger with 3 in a row! That’s gotta kill kirbivore

how'd he finish again?

 

[kirbivore]

Well Kirby you got what you wanted. Sigh. +3 in perfect conditions ain’t gonna get it done.

He can still contend at an Augusta that's allowed geezers to make the cut.

 

[Fat tire 13]

Tiger aside, leaderboard is shaping up nicely. Lots of contenders in the top 10 after day onoe. Let's see if DJ can turn it around today, and it will be a very fun weekend.

 

[jncuse]

Tiger aside, leaderboard is shaping up nicely. Lots of contenders in the top 10 after day onoe. Let's see if DJ can turn it around today, and it will be a very fun weekend.

Typically at 2 of the US Open there are still a few largely unknowns on the leaderboard -- an amateur, a Web.com player or unheralded Euro. But right now all the fluff is really gone.

Pieters in the lead is sort of random as he has not really accomplished anything for a few years... but he has proven himself in a Ryder Cup, and played well in 2 majors in his career, so he is certainly known.

 

[jncuse]

He can still contend at an Augusta that's allowed geezers to make the cut.

You can say the Masters is an easier cut to make - that is certainly true, and there are a few old-timers that make it through. But that has little to do with actually winning the event which still has all the top 50 players in the world -- which makes it about as easy/difficult to win as any other major. The old geezers are not really contending whether they make the cut or not.

And he hasn't missed the cut for this event yet. He is right on the cut line.

 

[jncuse]

Somebody could certainly use this guy this weekend to navigate the course which should be playing tougher.

 

[jncuse]

Dustin Johnson at 7-1 is a terrible bet.

Anyone at 7-1 is a bad bet in the current PGA.
But as my pick to win (odds excluded) you can't say its terrible. He is playing great, including the tough event at Olympia Fields a few weeks back, and has strong US Open Pedigree.

Of course it's easy to say a pick is terrible after the player has nearly completed his first round, instead of before it.

 

[jncuse]

Nice quip by Tirico that NBC has now shown all 144 players at some point in their coverage. For some players making the US open is a career highlight and they will always have some video memory.

In earlier years Fox would have shown fake Holly Sonders in a revealing outfit about 144 times by this point of the tournament.

 

[jncuse]

Course is certainly a bit tougher this morning.

For example Corey Connors who started the day at 33rd, has already moved up to 25th without teeing off, and it will be top 20 before he starts in the afternoon. Anybody who could shoot a 70 today will get a healthy jump up the leaderboard.

EDIT - 21 players under par as of end of yesterday, that is already down to 14.

 

[jncuse]

Amateur Eduard Rousaud had his moment of fame yesterday when he eagled the first hole in the afternoon, and suddenly was on the first page of the leaderboard.

In the next 26 holes, he has played 18 over par... he is currently on a run of 7 holes without any pars -- Bogey, Boey, Double Bogey, Double Bogey, Bogey, Bogey, Double Bogey. So +10 over 7 holes. Reminds me of my game lately.

 

[jncuse]

Course is certainly a bit tougher this morning.

For example Corey Connors who started the day at 33rd, has already moved up to 25th without teeing off, and it will be top 20 before he starts in the afternoon. Anybody who could shoot a 70 today will get a healthy jump up the leaderboard.

EDIT - 21 players under par as of end of yesterday, that is already down to 14.

Interestingly the trend has shifted a bit in the last 40 minutes in terms of players under par -- it went back up to 18. Now at 16.

And Connors has went from 25th to 27th. So some bite, but not as much as when it started today.

 

[jncuse]

Sometimes I wonder what Nick Faldo is doing as an analyst.

He says "You have to figure the cut will come in at +3 or maybe +4". There is literally 0% chance of +3 being the cut.

Those at +4 are already in 66th place, and they have moved up from 92nd place to start the day. +4 will get in easily. The interesting number to follow will be if +5 gets in the top 60, They are currently 86th (up from 109 to start the day). It will likely come short, but its certainly more likely than +3 being the cut.

 

[rrlbees]

Sometimes I wonder what Nick Faldo is doing as an analyst.

He says "You have to figure the cut will come in at +3 or maybe +4". There is literally 0% chance of +3 being the cut.

Those at +4 are already in 66th place, and they have moved up from 92nd place to start the day. +4 will get in easily. The interesting number to follow will be if +5 gets in the top 60, They are currently 86th (up from 109 to start the day). It will likely come short, but its certainly more likely than +3 being the cut.

right now it’s +4 but the US Open app predicts it’ll end up being +7.

 

[rrlbees]

right now it’s +4 but the US Open app predicts it’ll end up being +7.

now us open app has it at +6.

 

[upperdeck]

well there have been more 79s than 69s today i expect it just keeps going up with the wind blowing

 

[jncuse]

right now it’s +4 but the US Open app predicts it’ll end up being +7.

right now it’s +4 but the US Open app predicts it’ll end up being +7.

Almost no chance at 7. Could well be 6 — will be tight but trending there. It’s even more amusing now that Faldo discounted anything lower than +4.

 

[rrlbees]

Almost no chance at 7. Could be 6 — will be tight. It’s even more amusing now that Faldo discounted anything lower than +4.

its predicted at 6 now.

 

[rrlbees]

Only 2 players went below par in the morning group. Watson and DeChambeau.

 

[jncuse]

In about an hour the +7's have moved up from #100 to #89. Not probable they make it, but I should have not said no chance either. And the +6's are in 72nd place -- that score making the cut is now inevitable.

Someone like Dustin Johnson, who shot an even 70, after starting the day just outside of the cut line, is now well into the weekend mix just by shooting a 70.

I suspect that DeChambeau and Bello who are in at -3 and -2, will be the final group tomorrow.

It also seems the afternoon/morning group got the advantage this year. Yesterday the course played just a tad easier in the afternoon, and today the morning was easier.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Interestingly the trend has shifted a bit in the last 40 minutes in terms of players under par -- it went back up to 18. Now at 16.

And Connors has went from 25th to 27th. So some bite, but not as much as when it started today.

Yesterday 21 guys finished under par. Now, half way through the afternoon round only seven guys are under. Much harder course.

 

[rrlbees]

Now the open Ap has predicted the cut line at 8.

 

[jncuse]

Yesterday 21 guys finished under par. Now, half way through the afternoon round only seven guys are under. Much harder course.

For sure -- but by 9:30 it had went from 21 players under par to 14... then back up to 18. The course was playing calm for about an hour, and scores were regressing but not at a quick rate like most other times the rest of the day. I also think the toughest holes are probably the ones that you tee of on, and the "easiest" in a relative manner are probably in the middle of the 9's, which is why that trend probably happened.

 

[jncuse]

I follow a few Canadians on the leaderboard.

When Taylor Pendrith finished his round at +5 he was placed in the mid to high 80's. (I think it was 87th)
Now by sitting around he has climbed all the way to 47th.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

For sure -- but by 9:30 it had went from 21 players under par to 14... then back up to 18. The course was playing calm for about an hour, and scores were regressing but not at a quick rate like most other times the rest of the day. I also think the toughest holes are probably the ones that you tee of on, and the "easiest" in a relative manner are probably in the middle of the 9's, which is why that trend probably happened.

Now it is down to only 5 guys over par. Wild!!!