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24.06 US Open:
Var det fair forhold?
Debatten går høyt om
hvorvidt forholdene var
rettferdige under US Open.
Når en debattant bruker
uttrykket "det er likt for
alle" og rettferdiggjør
forholdene med dette,
forstår vi hvor lite noen
forstår av spillet. Det er
likt for alle hvis en del av
hullene blir satt i bunkeren
også! Det er også likt for
alle selv om en eller flere
greener ligger fullstendig
under vann. Slike
tåpeligheter skal vi la
ligge og heller konsentrere
oss om realitetene.
Er det riktig at en
forsiktig slått putt av en
av verdens beste spillere
fra en meter ruller 8 meter
forbi hullet? Mange vil
svare nei. Mange mener at
banen den ene eller begge de
to siste dagene var
uspillbar.
Det 7. hullet for eksempel.
I et intervju som ikke gikk
ut på direkten på Viasats
sendinger, sa en
representant fra arrangøren
at de hadde feilberegnet
vindforholdene. Vinden
snudde. Dermed ble det 7.
hullet mer eller mindre et
tilfeldighetenes spill. At
man måtte vanne greenen
etter hvert par siste dag,
sier sitt. At det IKKE ble
vannet ved et par
anledninger sier også sitt
(hvis våre kilder stemmer).
Det 10. hullet hadde en
gjennomsnittscore på over 5.
Det er et par fire hull hvor
mange spillere kun hadde et
kort innspill til greenen.
Noen mener at dette var på
kanten til det latterlige.
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
er en vanskelig bane -
spesielt når det blåser og
er pent vær. Slik er det
fote på denne banen. Det er
USGA og ikke PGA som
arrangerer turneringen. Det
kommer helt sikkert til å
bli temmelig hete møter i
etterkant av årets utgave av
US Open.
Problemene startet egentlig
på lørdag da vinden og solen
tørket ut greenene og banen
til de grader. Her er hva
Tiger Woods sa om banen på
henholdsvis onsdag og
søndag:
Tiger Woods på onsdag:
"It's one of the best
setups I've ever seen. It's
fair, it's difficult. The
winds are blowing this year,
so it's going to be a great
test. I'm sure it'll be one
that all the players will
certainly enjoy."
Tiger Woods på søndag:
"I think they lost control
of the golf course. It's
terrible for our national
championship."
US Open skal være litt
annerledes. Debatten vil
fortsette HVOR annerledes
denne turneringen skal være.
Her er en artikkel fra
The Wire om forholdene under
US Open - blant annet:
Call it a sadistic bent, but
as enjoyable as watching
Retief Goosen and Phil
Mickelson duel throughout
Sunday's final round at the
U.S. Open was, equally as
fun was listening to and
reading the comments made by
players afterward.
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
went from being a darling of
a setup early in the week to
a devilish layout of
trickery by week's end. In
short, Shinnecock Hills
superintendent Mark Michaud
was elated to hear the
players' perspective. It
only meant he and his staff,
along with the U.S. Golf
Association had done their
jobs.
Any time the razor-sharp
edge of being difficult, yet
fair is being navigated, not
much will be needed to sway
difficult to diabolical. In
Southampton over the
weekend, the winds picked up
and the greens dried out.
Compliments turned to cursin'.
Tiger Woods on Wednesday: "It's
one of the best setups I've
ever seen. It's fair, it's
difficult. The winds are
blowing this year, so it's
going to be a great test.
I'm sure it'll be one that
all the players will
certainly enjoy."
Tiger Woods on Sunday: "I
think they lost control of
the golf course. It's
terrible for our national
championship."
A lot of went wrong stemmed
around the par-3 seventh
green where by Saturday even
the best of shots were not
holding the green. The scene
was nearly reminiscent to
the 18th hole in the final
round of the 1998 U.S. Open
at the Olympic Club.
And for all of the
oh-my-gawds, on Sunday the
seventh hole was only the
fourth-toughest hole. The
toughest honor went to the
par-4 10th, which actually
played like a par-5 and then
some (a scoring average of
5.03).
The final-round scoring
average was 78.7, nearly
nine strokes over par, which
further points out the
brutality of Shinnecock on
Sunday. The fact remains,
though, that everyone was
playing the same course. No
one player held an advantage
over another.
PGA Tour players whining
about course conditions, no
matter how difficult, does
not resonate with the
average Joe weekend player.
Nearly every week on the PGA
Tour is a birdie binge on
meticulously manicured
courses. Occasionally the
rough is a little high, the
greens a little bumpy, but
most weeks there isn't a
peep to be heard.
Of the first 23 PGA Tour
stroke-play events of the
2004 season, only the
Masters and U.S. Open were
won with single digit
under-par scores. The
average winning under-par
score on Tour this year is
15.13, or slightly less than
4-under par per round.
Interestingly, this year's
U.S. Open winner displays a
demeanor that is easier than
South African peer Ernie
Els. Goosen never winced nor
wavered. He accepted
Shinnecock's punishment and
got in his jabs when he
could. Goosen's 4-under
winning score was the lowest
of the three Opens held at
Shinnecock.
The U.S. Open is considered
a major for the very reason
that it's decidedly
different than every other
week on the PGA Tour. Course
setups are meant to be
difficult and if they
sometimes turn nasty, so be
it.
In the end, someone will
want to win more than they
want to whine.
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