US Open Day 2 and Golf Discussion Thread

Day 1 saw birdies and eagles at a nearly unprecedented clip for a US Open.  Really soft, slow, cool and almost no wind.  Guys needed to go low yesterday big because....... oh, wait, that is the weather all weekend.  The USGA is going to need some clown faces that shoot the ball back out on the greens or big windmills or something if they have the Open at Pebble again because this next-gen may eat this course up. 

**My day played Pebble 50 years ago.   He said it is almost surreal to play on and that paying attention to golf is nearly impossible with the kind of scenery on the course.  He was about a 2-3 handicap at the time (or so he thought before his round) and carded a wobbly 81.  It cost him $70.  It runs $585 right now with additional cart or caddie fees.  Behind Augusta and St. Andrews, it would probably be third on my bucket list if I am ever in California with $1,000 burning a hole in my pocket.

         1. Rose   -6

         2. Schauffele, Wise, Oosthuizen, Fowler   -5

         Rory T8 at -3, Koepka T16 at -2, Tiger T28 at -1, Phil and Jordan +1

 

I was worried after the first 4 holes yesterday that Koepka was going to go full Gregor Clegane on the entire field and that this would be not be worth watching over the weekend but.... wait, he makes mistakes, in golf?  Nice.  Rose is hard to bet against here.  He plays USGA setups well and was frankly awesome yesterday.  My personal pick is that Sunday will be a pretty cool day for most golf fans because I think Fowler is going to get his first of not-that-many-at-all majors and that he will get it at a cool, memorable venue.

For those who are actually stuck at work and not playing golf instead of watching it or doing something else way better than I am, a little golf talk today?