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Message: [QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 5099543, member: 2350"] Shinnecock was notorious that year, 2004, very dry and quite windy. I watched it but it wasn't fun, apart from watching Goosen's old swing. Interestingly, the USGA chose to water a few of the greens [I]during play[/I] in the final round, especially the 7th because players were having trouble getting their balls to stay on (if you'll pardon the expression :)) the greens. Also interesting, the course that day was a couple yards less than 7,000, par 70, and Pinehurst No. 2 this year (like 2014) is over 7,500, also par 70. I'll watch today as a fan of the game, if not the USGA. But it becomes tedious and I'll take a break to water the garden, vacuum the basement etc. It's statistically inevitable that one player will succeed (I mean, [I]somebody[/I] has to win) but it's more like a sort of morbid curiosity than it is entertainment. [/QUOTE]