[Asleep]

I'd say that's a fair test.....


I could shoot like, 90, and lower my handicap.

[Johnny]

I think they are kinda making it look easy too.

[skinkman]

can't be that bad..Phil was in the rough all day and still shot -3

[JHR]

Johnny, on Aug 17 2006, 12:56 PM, said:

I think they are kinda making it look easy too.

They are really tearing the place up.

[DemolitionMan]

Guess it's not that hard. A record # of players under par in PGA Championship history.

[dmboak]

It'll get tougher as the week goes on. It always does.

[DemolitionMan]

dmboak, on Aug 17 2006, 03:20 PM, said:

It'll get tougher as the week goes on. It always does.

For some it gets tougher by the hole. DL III just tripled the par 3 17th to ruin his stellar round.

[Coach]

Just curious if the Chicago people think that #3 is the "best" course at Medinah. I am sure it is the hardest, but is it the best? There must be 10 courses in Chicago that I would choose to play based on reputation over Medinah #3. I have only played once in Chicago, so I really don't know.

Before anyone gets too offended, I prefer Winged Foot East over The West. More fun, better greens, better variety of holes. Obviously, The West is harder.

[golfernut78]

should be noted, the 78.1 rating and 151 slope is based on 7,508 yards, and the PGA Championship is 7,561 yards, plus they have tweaked the course (narrow fairways, high rough) so the pros are not playing a 78.1/151 course.

i would love to see how courses rate when setup for tournaments, especially majors.

[samm980]

dmboak, on Aug 17 2006, 05:20 PM, said:

It'll get tougher as the week goes on. It always does.

Derek your such a smart guy, yesterday it looked like the PGA was just putting a very straightforward golf course out there to see what the guys would fire. Factor in growing rough, crusty greens, pins on the edge of hell, weather, and major pressure and I think in the end the course will be pretty tough at the end. Watching yesterday aside from sheer length I did not think the golf course looked very hard. I think that if this rain sticks around you will see the list of contenders get very small and the scores could get pretty low, I believe unlike the USGA the PGA will play lift, clean, and place. I don't care how long or hard a golf course is that makes it a lot easier.

[illinikyle]

Coach, on Aug 17 2006, 08:06 PM, said:

Just curious if the Chicago people think that #3 is the "best" course at Medinah. I am sure it is the hardest, but is it the best? There must be 10 courses in Chicago that I would choose to play based on reputation over Medinah #3. I have only played once in Chicago, so I really don't know.

Before anyone gets too offended, I prefer Winged Foot East over The West. More fun, better greens, better variety of holes. Obviously, The West is harder.

I think that the #3 course is easily the best course, though the #1 course is also very nice. I would be interested to hear what other ten courses you would play before Medinah which is usually ranked in the top 15 nationally.

[shoe295]

Give these guys soft greens like they've got so far and it doesn't matter how long it is they can score. I wish I could say the same about my game.

[Coach]

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Coach, on Aug 17 2006, 08:06 PM, said:

I would be interested to hear what other ten courses you would play before Medinah which is usually ranked in the top 15 nationally.

Honestly, there are probably 1000. I am not good enough to enjoy tree lined championship golf. I would guess that Medinah is fun from the members tees and reasonable rough.

I have probably played 9 or 10 of the courses ranked ahead of Medinah on the Golf Digest list that has Medinah at #15, and given the chance to repeat a round at those or Medinah, I would pass on Medinah.

No real interest in Pinehurst either, which has firm greens, but they appear to be goofy greens.

Based on reputation, in Chicago, I would rather play Shoreacres, CGC, Black Sheep, Bob O'Link, Briarwood. Not saying they should be ranked higher for Golf Digest criteria, just saying they seem more fun.

[sergizmo]

I hope they tuck those pins, all of them, on Sunday. Crazy scoring is OK on moving day but on Sunday the players should be tested to the fullest.

It is truly amazing how good these guys really are. Unless a course has super fast sloping greens or the wind really blows, a lot of them will just rip it up no matter the yardage or height of the rough. It seemed everyone was throwing darts at those pins today.

[lhsgolfer2]

announcers said today that if you were to calculate the hadicap of woods and donald after three days, it would be around a +12. Crazy!

mike