# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/21 "2008-06-15T00:06:51Z")
Was happy to see him stride out of the gate with a double on #1. How about Lefty’s quad?! :eek: And Appleby’s 4-putt - 3 from inside 3’! Go Rocco! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/22 "2008-06-15T00:45:03Z")
Mickelson got a nine. He is done. He had a two wood built to get accuracy and can’t hit the fairways. They said there were wide fairways and driving would not be a problem. Tiger can not stay on the course either. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/23 "2008-06-15T00:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Was happy to see him stride out of the gate with a double on #1. How about Lefty’s quad?! :eek: And Appleby’s 4-putt - 3 from inside 3’! Go Rocco! [/QUOTE] I was amazed at how calm Phil stayed watching 3 shots in a row trickle down that slope on his way to the quad. If it had been John Daly he would have hit the third one into the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/24 "2008-06-15T00:58:16Z")
Wow, nice eagle putt Tiger! Hell, you almost holed it on your second shot! ---
**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 15, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/25 "2008-06-15T00:58:24Z")
That was a pretty fair putt young Eldrige just made. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/26 "2008-06-15T01:03:20Z")
How does he do it? ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/27 "2008-06-15T01:22:21Z")
Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/28 "2008-06-15T01:56:19Z")
Nice chip on 17 there, Tiger. ---
**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 15, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/29 "2008-06-15T01:56:50Z")
Holy shit, what a chip shot. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/30 "2008-06-15T02:12:10Z")
Who is that guy? Nice read on 18! ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/31 "2008-06-15T02:12:24Z")
Wow. ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/32 "2008-06-15T02:14:40Z")
I believe he’s 13-0 when leading a Major on sunday. That knee lookslike it’s really hurting him, though. Still, that’s one of the most amazing back nines I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/33 "2008-06-15T02:16:24Z")
amazing, take 2 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/34 "2008-06-15T02:18:30Z")
Unbelievable. Only Tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/35 "2008-06-15T02:23:00Z")
I really hope that knee holds up tomorrow. That was a helluva display of golf. Unfucking believable. They were interviewing the leader (Westwood?) in the clubhouse, and asking how it felt to be in the lead or tied on Sunday. Well, it would’ve felt pretty good, but now he’s a stroke behind Tiger on the final day of a major. ---
**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 15, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/36 "2008-06-15T02:41:42Z")
That was some entertaining fucking golf. I’d like to be the guy at NBC who pitched the idea of having a finish in prime time. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/37 "2008-06-15T05:32:20Z")
This is a skins competition, right? Because i just watched ESPN Sport Center’s coverage of the Open, and as far as i could tell, the only people playing were Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Rocco Mediate. ---
**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 15, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/38 "2008-06-15T05:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] This is a skins competition, right? Because i just watched ESPN Sport Center’s coverage of the Open, and as far as i could tell, the only people playing were Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Rocco Mediate. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if I’d call what Mickelson did today “playing.” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/39 "2008-06-15T05:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I don’t know if I’d call what Mickelson did today “playing.” [/QUOTE] Yeah, that was kind of my point. There are a few players who consistently get all the coverage, whether they’re doing well or not. Woods and Mickelson are the most obvious. If they have a good round, the sports shows all cream their pants about how good they are, and if they have a bad round , the sports shows all tell us about every single sliced drive or missed putt. It’s extremely goddamn annoying. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690/40 "2008-06-15T07:13:21Z")
I sleep during the day and woke up just as Tiger was finishing the 12th. Wow did I tune in at the right time!! Only Tiger would get that Chip on 17 to go down for him. Even he couldn’t believe it. Tiger is going to go in this tournament as far as that knee can hold up. He really seemed to be in visible pain at times… but I’m pretty sure he was feeling no pain after that putt on 18, haha! Still, that fourth day walking 18 has got to be rough. If anybody can push this through and throw down a 66 tomorrow though- its going to be Tiger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-open-thread/452690.md?page=3)