# US OPEN thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 12, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690 "2008-06-12T14:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/201 "2008-06-16T20:16:54Z")
Big advantage Tiger - on the correct side of the fairway vs. Rocco in the trap on the bad side. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/202 "2008-06-16T20:17:07Z")
14 minutes to meeting. This is sudden death, right…not a 3-hole deal? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/203 "2008-06-16T20:17:23Z")
Tiger a full inch in the fairway. Rocco in fairway trap. Big advantage Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/204 "2008-06-16T20:17:55Z")
Yeah…sudden death. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/205 "2008-06-16T20:17:55Z")
Tiger in the right side of the fairway, Rocco is in the bunker and likely has to lay up out of it, from where he is. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/206 "2008-06-16T20:19:49Z")
Crap. Rocco is wayyyyyyy left. This will be it. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/207 "2008-06-16T20:20:04Z")
Rocco puled his bunker shot into the grandstand. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/208 "2008-06-16T20:20:35Z")
Unless Tiger flat chokes, this is over. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/209 "2008-06-16T20:21:03Z")
Ouch…here comes Tiger from 156. I think he closes it out here. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/210 "2008-06-16T20:21:36Z")
Game Over ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/211 "2008-06-16T20:22:10Z")
Time for a Rocco chip-in from the grandstand… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/212 "2008-06-16T20:22:21Z")
Tiger lands his approach about 15-20 feet from the pin. He’ll have a longish birdie putt. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/213 "2008-06-16T20:22:52Z")
Tiger 15 feet below the hole. Rocco needs to flip it over a bunker to a short pin with a hardpan lie. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/214 "2008-06-16T20:23:07Z")
It’s midnight Cinderella. Unless you can pull out a miracle, this is over. Tiger won’t 3 putt from there. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/215 "2008-06-16T20:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Tiger lands his approach about 15-20 feet from the pin. He’ll have a longish birdie putt. [/QUOTE] 15 to 20 feet is a tap in ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/216 "2008-06-16T20:24:15Z")
Ahhh…the underappreciated art of dropping a golf ball. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/217 "2008-06-16T20:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Just keep us up to date here. PLEASE! [/QUOTE] The link I posted at the top of this page has a much better play by play than I could ever give. The way these guys are shooting they should have just made a teebox, some bunkers, and a green… they aren’t using the fairway much. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/218 "2008-06-16T20:25:10Z")
Rocco gets his 3rd shot on the green, but has about 20 ft for par. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/219 "2008-06-16T20:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] The link I posted at the top of this page has a much better play by play than I could ever give. [/QUOTE] But it’s waaaay slower. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/220 "2008-06-16T20:26:08Z")
Not over yet. Rocco could jar that one for par and Tiger isn’t in the hole by any means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690.md?page=12)