Ryan Moore: Pebble Beach US Open 'Makes Me Hate Golf'
McDowell, and Havret played the best golf on Sunday, and deserved to finish 1 and 2. Having said that, I think any top competitive player would have a problem with the fact that, on those greens luck is definately a factor. Also, the course condition and setup was unfair, at best, in some places. Even the winner, who you would expect to put the most positive spin on any comment about the course, said that 17 might have been unfair. When you have a combination of Poa and Bent on the greens, as many California courses do, they are rarely smooth. However, when you nearly kill the greens like they frequently do in the Open, it puts you completely at the mercy of the greens, as the ball crosses from Bent, to Poa, to Bent, etc. Those greens need to be re-built prior to playing the Open there again, in what 2019?
Ryan Moore: Pebble Beach US Open 'Makes Me Hate Golf'
McDowell, and Havret played the best golf on Sunday, and deserved to finish 1 and 2. Having said that, I think any top competitive player would have a problem with the fact that, on those greens luck is definately a factor. Also, the course condition and setup was unfair, at best, in some places. Even the winner, who you would expect to put the most positive spin on any comment about the course, said that 17 might have been unfair. When you have a combination of Poa and Bent on the greens, as many California courses do, they are rarely smooth. However, when you nearly kill the greens like they frequently do in the Open, it puts you completely at the mercy of the greens, as the ball crosses from Bent, to Poa, to Bent, etc. Those greens need to be re-built prior to playing the Open there again, in what 2019?