the U.S. Open hypocrasy
I've ranted about it before, and the only reason I'm doing it again is frankly, I got nothing else on a Thursday. Well, maybe I do, but not for this forum.
The U.S. Open starts today. The tournament is run by the United States Golf Association, the same folks entrusted with the rules of golf in this country. These people consistently say they don't talk about or concern themselves with scores.....and they consistently lie. Every year they take a very tough Par 72 course and doctor the shit out of it, wave a magic wand and designate the shortest Par 5 hole(s) as the newest Par 4 hole(s), lengthen Par 3 holes so you need driver to get to the green. Presto change-o, it's now a much longer, faster Par 71 or Par 70 course...and then say they don't care about score.
If that's true, why did you go through all that trouble? Why can't the players play the course as it was originally designed? Why can't they play a normal golf course?
Why? Because you don't want to see someone win at 15 under. You like the idea of the winner of the U.S. Open finishing 5 or 6 over par. You take Par 5s and call them Par 4s. That's not a test of golf. That's score manipulation in its crudest form....and there's absolutely no reason for it if you really don't care about score. You created a 288 yard Par 3 hole this year. There will be guys playing this event that will use driver on that hole....and not reach the green. These are the best golfers in the world, and some won't reach a Par 3 green with driver. What kind of shit is that?
Someone needs to remember the only word in their title that differentiates them from any other organization out there is GOLF, and get back to playing the game we all know and love.
The U.S. Open starts today. The tournament is run by the United States Golf Association, the same folks entrusted with the rules of golf in this country. These people consistently say they don't talk about or concern themselves with scores.....and they consistently lie. Every year they take a very tough Par 72 course and doctor the shit out of it, wave a magic wand and designate the shortest Par 5 hole(s) as the newest Par 4 hole(s), lengthen Par 3 holes so you need driver to get to the green. Presto change-o, it's now a much longer, faster Par 71 or Par 70 course...and then say they don't care about score.
If that's true, why did you go through all that trouble? Why can't the players play the course as it was originally designed? Why can't they play a normal golf course?
Why? Because you don't want to see someone win at 15 under. You like the idea of the winner of the U.S. Open finishing 5 or 6 over par. You take Par 5s and call them Par 4s. That's not a test of golf. That's score manipulation in its crudest form....and there's absolutely no reason for it if you really don't care about score. You created a 288 yard Par 3 hole this year. There will be guys playing this event that will use driver on that hole....and not reach the green. These are the best golfers in the world, and some won't reach a Par 3 green with driver. What kind of shit is that?
Someone needs to remember the only word in their title that differentiates them from any other organization out there is GOLF, and get back to playing the game we all know and love.
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John put this out here at 7:22 AM
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