Boom nailed it.He is possibly going to shoot a bogey free 65 on Sunday and lose.
Or the par putt he lipped out on 11.He easily could have dropped that birdie on 17 for a 62 as well.
Because it's Johnny Miller.I don't get why people think Miller would be angry. His final round 63 stood alone for 43 years and is still the lowest such round in the US Open. Now someone's done it in the British Open. What's the big deal?
There was talk that a win would have clinched his spot on the Ryder Cup. So he must be pretty close but not in.Does the 2nd finish do enough to get Phil into Olympics or Ryder Cup?
Edit: I guess just Ryder. Olympics are already set, right?
Edit 2: and looks like he was already pretty much set for Ryder Cup. Ignore.
Yeah, looking more closely at the points and not just standings, after last week he was 4th, but only 8k points ahead of the 12th spot - it's pretty congested. So this should vault him over Zach Johnson for a good hold on #3.There was talk that a win would have clinched his spot on the Ryder Cup. So he must be pretty close but not in.
Olympics are set.
I don't think the course selection is the biggest problem, there are a bunch of world class courses in the rotation (and a few clunkers but the overall quality is high). The issue is the setup for the event. The PGA is basically a glorified tour event because the PGA is unwilling to jack the greens up fast enough or grow the rough enough to stress the field.My problem with the PGA is the courses. I'm just not familiar with as many of their venues and that drains my interest somewhat. The other majors I'm more familiar with the courses. Obviously with the Masters/TPC its the same course so we're all very familiar, but the others use a rotation and its easy to catch up even if its been a few years. With the PGA, I've got to dedicate some time to prepare to watch and I don't have to do that as much with the others.
I agree with you but the rotation is a bit loose for the PGA and they work more unknowns in. I'm much more familiar with the US Open rotation courses. Pebble, #2, Bethpage, Oakmont, etc. I don't really like seeing them play new courses and the PGA gets off the grid a bit.The US Open and PGA have similar course rotations - a core group that they return to and then they throw in a new one every once in a while. Neither work like the British where it's a legit set group. The US Open might be more condensed timetable to return to a course, but if you look at the venues for each, they both are similar.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Championship
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)
I think we saw the debacle that having jacked up greens can cause this year at the Open. It created a situation where the USGA completely embarrassed itself on a bullshit penalty ruling that almost fucked over the champion and easily could have derailed him. (And yes I understand Oakmont actually has their greens faster than that normally; thats not the point). We also had the joke that was Chambers Bay last year. To WBVs point I'm failing to remember an Open where the players didn't think it was over the top and even those ere because weather tamed it.I don't think the course selection is the biggest problem, there are a bunch of world class courses in the rotation (and a few clunkers but the overall quality is high). The issue is the setup for the event. The PGA is basically a glorified tour event because the PGA is unwilling to jack the greens up fast enough or grow the rough enough to stress the field.