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VIDEO: Proof the fairways at Chambers Bay are rock hard
Lee McCoy tweeted a video on Tuesday during a practice round for the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, which shows the Georgia Bulldog bouncing a golf ball off the fairway — it sounds more like a wooden block than grass.
Touch firm out here pic.twitter.com/1eiiqz2QcF
— Lee McCoy (@LeeMcCoyGolf) June 16, 2015
Chambers Bay has been a controversial golf course leading into the 2015 U.S. Open because of it’s sheer length, unpredictability and baked-out greens. Now, McCoy’s video shows just how firm the fairways are, as well.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons which he has in the bag at this week’s CJ Cup. WRXers have been commenting on the switch and the clubs themselves in our forums.
For lots more photos, check out the full thread here.
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As part of a Srixon campaign, four PGA Tour players recently participated in a three-hole challenge, with each hole being a different game; hole No. 1 was blindfolded, hole No. 2 was costumes and distractions, and hole No. 3 was alternate shot with a baseball bat. The teams were Smylie Kaufman and Sam Ryder against Shane Lowry and Grayson Murray.
Watch the full video below, since it is quite entertaining (albeit not the type of golf that Old Tom Morris surely had in mind), but in particular, make sure to check out the first hole where Lowry and Ryder play a full hole completely blind folded. It’s amazing to watch how badly Ryder struggles, and how Lowry nearly makes par.
What happens when 4 #PGATOUR pros take a day off?
Luckily, the cameras were rolling.
Watch @shanelowrygolf, @graysonmurray, @smyliekaufman10, and @samrydersu in #SrixonVS. pic.twitter.com/C4LJwQgmZ7— Srixon (@SrixonGolf) June 25, 2018
Cleveland-Srixon’s marketing department has been hard at work crafting these viral-esque ad campaigns; if you remember, former long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski recently dressed as 80-year-old Grandpa Jamie to fool range-goers. That video has since gathered over 1.2 million views on YouTube.
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cwbam
Jun 21, 2015 at 9:26 pm
old joke, summer comes July 5 in Puget Sound, well its came early
this is the best weather for May & June I can remember. So the course is dry
little to no wind and 55-80 degrees, wow! The leaderboard seems to a good test for
good golfers, its really a British Open with more elevation , maybe compare it to Kapalua
Plantation.
Dale Doback
Jun 19, 2015 at 2:20 am
25 players are even or under par after day one with two 65’s from the leaders. 152 players are within 10 shots of the lead and the guys with the tougher conditions this afternoon will play in the morning tomorrow having a better chance of going lower and bunching up the leader board. The best players are rising to the top and Tiger Woods shot an 85 at memorial but still managed an 80 today so I hardly think Chambers Bay qualifies as “Stupidly Absurd” DR. Douche.
Jeff*
Jun 18, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Firm and fast and baked out makes for the best golf. Look at the early leader board, these guys aren’t chumps.
Steve Wozeniak
Jun 18, 2015 at 12:48 pm
It’s called Golf baby, I LOVE these kinds of fairways……..it used to be almost as fast at the Masters and now it’s much easier the ball will not roll into trouble, you can hit it offline and it will be fine….give me this and bandon dunes type courses any day of the week!!!!!!!!
Bionic George C.
Jun 18, 2015 at 7:10 am
Every year when the crowds disappear, as few of us in the Northeast begin to play Winter Golf on frozen fairways and rockhard greens. Its a different mental exercise. The ball does not travel in a straight down the middle of the fairway manner. It can end up 90 degrees from where it landed. Yetn we shoot scores in the low 80’s and are grateful to be out on the course.
This Open will bring an attitude of chance into play which isnt there week in and out. Get Effi in your bag and “May the odds be in your favor”. Or, maybe Yoda… “May the force be with you!”
Either way …This is Chambers Bays’ everyday game! Come to play it and shut your trap or find a trap to bale out in. Man up like us “amertures”. Let the games begin….
antonio
Jun 18, 2015 at 4:03 am
Really eager to watch the challenge. It is going to be exciting, one of the main reasons being the course and its setup, so different than regular pga tour tournaments
Col the Superintendent
Jun 18, 2015 at 2:35 am
I doubt they will use water from the Pacific Ocean to water it terryW. As stated the course will play the same for everyone. Just not the same as what is dished up to the players year after year.
Josh
Jun 17, 2015 at 11:46 pm
Every year when the U.S. Open rolls around I have to brace myself for the absurd amount of whining. “The fairways are to hard”, “The rough is too deep”, “The greens are too fast”, “The course is too long”, The list goes on and on. The worst part is that the incesent whining is coming from fans who are not playing the course. It’s simple gentlemen, if the pro’s are sucking it up and playing the course with minimal whining then why are you crying about the conditions of a course that you are never going to play?
Plenty of haterade
Jun 17, 2015 at 11:14 pm
I don’t understand why everyone is calling these guys (pros) “spoiled and whiny” every single one of these guys has worked their a** off to get to this level. Point blank the usga has lost courses before and they are very close to losing this course. It looks borderline unplayable, a good shot should never be punished under any condition. If any of you worked half as hard as these guys to get to this level then you would be complaining right up there with them. Sorry if all of you play rock hard courses with no grass honestly that sounds like a personal problem. There’s challenging and then there’s unfair and this is looking more unfair in my eyes. This is a tricked up links course that will never see another usga event. I don’t enjoy watching the pros struggle. Imagine if they raised the hoop to 15 feet in the finals everyone would lose their sh*t. This is not a U.S. Open course plain and simple. I’m really looking forward to oakmont next year a traditional U.S. open course. Chambers bay is a complete farce. I’m sure I will get hate for this but whatever. The majority of people commenting sound like angry old men who are jealous that the pros get to play for millions of dollars while you make 80 to 120K a year.. These guys deserve to be pampered.
jonno
Jun 18, 2015 at 8:08 am
It’s the fans who pay their wages, watching them suffer at the US Open no matter how it’s setup is what the fans want to see. Don’t think for a minute that these guys practice more than the professionals of much more niche sports, their fan base is why they’re paid what they are, and subsequentially why they’re pampered week in week out. The fans vote with their feet, and making the pros suffer is what people want to see, especially after the rory fiasco.
Boblocke2
Jun 17, 2015 at 8:57 pm
They all play the same course. Who cares if it is tough. Lowest score wins, regardless.
BustyMagoo
Jun 17, 2015 at 6:52 pm
So much anger in the comments here. LOL. You either like it, or your don’t. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Personally I think it’s all a bit overboard this brown fairway stuff for the Open, but it should make for interesting highlights on YouTube. Might be the only course I could ever reach a par 4 in one shot with a 150 yard rollout. LOL
paul
Jun 17, 2015 at 5:55 pm
Some of you guys are bigger whiners than the pros. Golf is a mental game as much as a skill game. Every week we see pros shoot mid to low 60s each round, but it gets boring. I want this course to destroy the mental state of these pre-madonna pros and see if they can recover after a 4 putt triple and still win the tournament. If you don’t like these fescue grasses, then don’t watch. Wait till next year for Oakmont *yawn*….. again.
The lowdown
Jun 17, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Lets not be blown away by a 400 yd drive
I know it’s far and awesome or whatever
But it gets knocked down a few pegs when it’s rolls 180. Lol
Craig Johnson
Jun 17, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Every week we watch the Pro’s play on manicured, lush fairways and greens where the ball stops on the fairway and backs up on the greens. Welcome to the amateur world of bare fairways and greens you couldn’t hold with a dart. May the best man win and let them all suffer.
TerryW
Jun 17, 2015 at 3:09 pm
This is completely ridiculous. Watching the video I did from how guys are pin balling their shots around the green doesn’t take skill, it looks like a mini-putt course. I was disappointed with how Pinehurst was setup and this looks even worse.. I’m sure they have PLENTY of water, HELLO, you’re beside Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean.. Give me a break.
Sam
Jun 18, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Um think about that….Let’s use SALT WATER to cure baked fairways!? Why don’t you use water to put out a grease fire while you’re at it.
It’s going to be a hard course and I like seeing the world’s best challenged, but I agree with other posters that nobody should be punished for a good shot.
I’d rather see a course that makes a golfer think about his shot before hitting it than makes him pray about it after hitting it.
Brad
Jun 17, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Sorry, but deal with it. “Get that?!?” What a whiny loser! It’s a tough unconventional course, deal with it. How many times do you need to bounce the ball? We get it, you are scared of the unpredictability. Every golfer in contention will be subject to the same conditions, you whiny spoiled kid. Get over yourself and play golf. What a pathetic competitor.
Josh
Jun 17, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Whiny loser? He was showing how firm the fairways are, nothing more. I didn’t see any complaining going on, and Lee is anything but whiny or spoiled. He’s a solid golfer, and one of the top 5 amateurs in the world, and a super nice kid.
Robeli
Jun 17, 2015 at 2:19 pm
Nowhere do I hear or read he is complaining. He’s just showing us the conditions. Get that? So stop whining.
john
Jun 17, 2015 at 7:18 pm
actually the tweet that goes with the video says “Touch firm out here”
he’s gone, jack nicklaus would’ve had a field day here walking here looking at all the pros complaining, they’re gone
Carlos Danger
Jun 17, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Roar! I hate things! Get over it! Outrage! Spoiled rich people…Roar! ?!? I never got the multiple contradicting punctuation marks in a row. I’m confused, now I’m mad, now I’m confused, now I’m mad.
Brad, you seem like the guy that calls McDonalds and asks for the manager when you get home and find out that they didnt “hold the tarter sauce” like you asked.
JD
Jun 17, 2015 at 12:36 pm
The USGA is responsible for turning a once great game into a carnival!! Ball compared to balata is a joke. They allowed it and Niclklaus is right!! Takes absolutely a lot least talent to play and maneuver. Club head size? Ruins the game…..but hey!!! More people play!! Stupid reason. I still love and play the game well enough; but when I see conditions like this I can’t help but think why?
Pat M
Jun 17, 2015 at 3:19 pm
This is a joke. Links gold is not like the infield with dirt like a baseball field. Would it kill them to water the grass? What losers. I would never play at that dump. My local muni is far more lush and green. Horrible course.
paul
Jun 17, 2015 at 5:56 pm
good, keep your money and play at your green and lush local muni. if looks is all you want in a golf course, you’re not a golfer.
Looking Forward to Watching
Jun 17, 2015 at 11:42 am
It takes skill to deal with hard fairways. God forbid we challenge anyone in a national championship.
Dr Troy
Jun 17, 2015 at 2:25 pm
challenging someone is much different than being stupidly absurd. You could hit the ball as high as you want to those fairways and you arent stopping it. Too much luck involved.