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With the reworking of Pinehurst No 2 a few years back by Coore & Crenshaw we have a US Open with wide fairways and NO ROUGH this year, just doesn't seem right. Sandy waste areas off all the fairways instead of the thick Satan grass (I believe that's the technical term) we are used to. Apparently the waste areas are littered with clumps of wire grass so lady luck will be at the fore as you can miss the fairway and have a perfect lie in the sand or miss the fairway and be firm up against a tuft of the wire grass meaning the ball can go absolutely anywhere. Will no doubt be some detractors. I don't mind it, the Coore/Crenshaw team are near abouts the best in the biz these days from all reports, you would think they've done the place justice.
Will be keeping a close eye on the golfers from the Carolinas who would have already played it numerous times and know what their way around the new No 2. but my book is completely bare at this stage.
Will be keeping a close eye on the golfers from the Carolinas who would have already played it numerous times and know what their way around the new No 2. but my book is completely bare at this stage.
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I looked at the photos of the course and to be honest i wasn't impressed. It looked no better than a typical municipal golf course. Hopefully the photos are out of date and the course is better than what i saw. After all photos don't lie.
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Pinehurst No 2 no better than a local muni. Well I'll be fecked.
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payne stewarts victory in 1999 was one of the best majors i have ever seen
phil going for grand slam this year , only just missed out back in 99 stewart, woods and mick ....wow mich campbell last winner there .....in us open.....not a great tournament, imo danny lee us amateur winner there tiger not far away in either of those two us opens.....will he be fit ? bring it on , please |
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Read a little about it and its looking like being paradise for BUBBA especially, but if my reading carrys on in the same vein i'll be just backing the top ten in driving distace and expect at least 5 of em to place.
hope i'm wrong tbh,dislike bomber courses but we will see. |
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Ski-Wiz • May 27, 2014 2:09 PM BST
I looked at the photos of the course and to be honest i wasn't impressed. It looked no better than a typical municipal golf course. THAT'S SOME INTERESTING early thought ! |
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Supposed to be upturned saucer greens, which given the length suggests that a lot of greens will be missed if its firm and should suit the best scramblers. Unless its soaking wet of course, then just back Rory! Fancied Sneds for a while, but seems to be woefully short of form and US Open not a great place to find it.
Like most, just not sure how 'traditional' this US Open will play... |
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Trade on Scottio done, things will get hotter over the next 2 weeks.
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was holding off on my biggest punt with bubba only playing once since the masters,but now i've seen him play a good round i'm going in quite heavy on him,partly a punt but am possitive by next week when more read about the new course they will lean towards it being a big hitters course and i'll have a easy trade.
took the 28/1 my prediction is at start of play he will be no more than 20/1 |
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Dufner has been looking forward to playing here for a long time absolutely loves the course and his caddy for memory is a club member there and knows it inside out.
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Totally agree vegas. I think anything above 20 is value on Bubba. Him and DJ are my only pre tourny plays.
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Bubba has definitely gone to another level. Player of the year so far.
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Senden for a Top 10 finish looks solid place to start. Likes these long tough tests; having a blinding season and got the stats in the book to back it up. Would like to see 12/1 or better.
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set up for mickleson
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PURE CLASS
first ever time ive really had a golf bet was time scott winning the players long time ago i backed him at 50s.....................two weeeks time i see only one winner ...................DUSTBIN.....................r maybe possible stenson |
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http://www.usopen.com/en_US/index.html
2014 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying TODAY. Players who survive, or are exempt from, local qualifying will convene in this second and final stage for U.S. Open hopefuls. This year there are 12 sectional sites – 10 in the U.S., one in England, and one in Japan. The international qualifiers take place on May 26, while the U.S. qualifiers are on June 2. Played over 36 holes in one day, sectional qualifying is a test of skill and endurance, with only a handful of available spots at each site – the number of qualifying spots is determined by the quality and quantity of the field at each location. LATEST SCORES http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/dashboard.html See Paul Casey leading at -6 after first round in Columbus. Others in contention for a place include Justin Leonard -4. Alex Cejka leads at -6 in California. TOP 60 are in from the OWGR http://www.owgr.com/ranking |
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Past Champions
2014 Jordan Spieth 2013 Justin Rose 2012 Webb Simpson 2011 Rory McIlroy 2010 Graeme McDowell 2009 Lucas Glover 2008 Tiger Woods 2007 Angel Cabrera 2006 Geoff Ogilvy |
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The odds may seem long, but players who earn their way into the U.S. Open field via sectional qualifying have gone on to win the championship throughout its history, most recently Lucas Glover in 2009.
Michael Campbell, the champion the last time the U.S. Open was held at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in 2005, also earned his way into the field that year via qualifying. |
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Grimmer, 17, Among Three to Earn U.S. Open Spots in Springfield Qualifier. By Rob Oller.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – Will Grimmer did not think any golf experience could top the 59 he shot last year during the North & South Junior Amateur in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. But the 17-year-old amateur from Cincinnati thought wrong. Grimmer carded rounds of 70 and 65 for a 5-under-par 135 to finish second in U.S. Open sectional qualifying at Springfield Country Club, earning one of three spots in the U.S. Open June 12-15 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. “That 59 got a lot of attention, but this goes down as a much bigger accomplishment, being able to handle the nerves of trying to get into the U.S. Open,” Grimmer said. After an even-par 70 in the morning round, Grimmer carded four birdies in the first nine holes of the afternoon round. Now it is off to Pinehurst, where Grimmer has played nearly every one of the resort’s courses except No. 2. He shot his 59 on Course No. 1, which was also designed by Donald Ross. “If I could pick one U.S. Open destination, that would be it,” said Grimmer, a high school senior who has verbally committed to Ohio State University for 2015. “It definitely will be an experience that could take me a long way in my career. I hope to learn from a lot of people.” If Grimmer likes Pinehurst, then Brian Stuard (200/1 1st bet) really, really likes Springfield Country Club. The 31-year-old PGA Tour player from Jackson, Mich., pulled off a rare feat by repeating as low qualifier at the same site. USGA records do not show any previous occurrence of a player defending sectional medalist honors. “I think I’ve got a good game plan here,” said Stuard, who shot 64-65 to finish six strokes clear of Grimmer at 11-under 129. “You’ve got to watch what you’re doing on your approach shots and your putts. You’ve got to be really conservative on your putts.” Springfield Country Club, which like Pinehurst No. 2 is a Donald Ross design, torments players with greens that tilt especially hard from back to front. Stuard thinks Springfield’s greens might even have more slope than what players will run into at Pinehurst. Stuard had the luxury of choosing his sectional site – he could have remained in Columbus after missing the cut at the Memorial Tournament and attempted to qualify at Brookside Country Club and Scioto Country Club – but his prior success at Springfield made for an easy decision. His odds of advancing were better at the Columbus qualifier – where 120 players vied for 16 spots, opposed to 63 competing for three in Springfield – but Stuard went with his gut. “I guess I have a good feel for the place,” he said. Grimmer, meanwhile, has a good feel for the place he’s about to visit. He doesn’t expect to shoot another 59, but just making it to Pinehurst for the U.S. Open is more than enough. “Maybe I’ll play a practice round with Jordan Spieth,” he said, chuckling. “He’s only three years older than I am.” |
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A total of three USGA champions earned spots in the U.S. Open via Monday's U.S. Open:
Justin Leonard (1992 U.S. Amateur), David Gossett (1999 U.S. Amateur) and Cory Whitsett (tiny nibble 1000/1) (2007 U.S. Junior Amateur). Leonard (1997 British Open) and David Toms (2001 PGA Championship) represent the major champions who qualified on Monday. |
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Amateur Whitsett Takes Route 66 to Pinehurst By David Shefter, USGA
HOUSTON – Cory Whitsett might never have to buy another meal or beverage at Lakeside Country Club. Not after the performance the 22-year-old Houston native delivered for a few hundred close friends and members on his home course during 36-hole U.S. Open sectional qualifying. Putting aside all the expectations that come with playing on his home course, Whitsett, the 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur champion and victorious 2013 USA Walker Cup Team competitor, put his local knowledge to use. He carded a pair of 6-under 66s – just three shots off his course record – on the 7,205-yard, par-72 layout to earn medalist honors by five strokes. Bobby Gates, 28, of Magnolia, Texas, who was grouped with Whitsett for both rounds, shot 137 (70-67) for the second spot, while Anthony Broussard, 28, of Addison, Texas, holed a 3-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, the par-4 17th, to edge William Kropp, of Edmond, Okla., for the final qualifying spot among the 56-player field. Both players shot 5-under 139. Nobody could match Whitsett, who stole the show with a 14-birdie, two-bogey effort. As the day progressed and his low scores were posted online, more members and friends flocked to Lakeside to see the left-hander, who last week helped the University of Alabama defend its NCAA Division I title at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. Looking relaxed and confident, Whitsett kept giving his gallery something to cheer about. When he birdied the par-4 ninth in the morning, a loud cheer went up. A bigger roar emanated through the property when he confidently holed a 15-foot birdie at the par-5 18th in the afternoon round to post a 4-under 32. Only a bogey on the par-4 ninth – his last of the day – halted what was a nearly flawless round. After rolling in a short bogey putt on No. 9, Whitsett turned to his caddie, Lakeside assistant professional Ronnie Fletcher, and had a Christmas-morning grin. Everyone around the green saluted him with an applause fit for royalty. In a sense, Whitsett was the king of Lakeside. “I’m just glad I could get people off of work on a Monday afternoon,” said Whitsett. “I am everyone’s best friend tonight.” Knowing one of the 10 United States-based sectionals was set for Lakeside, Whitsett decided to delay turning professional until after the U.S. Open and use his local exemption based on last year’s Walker Cup appearance and being ranked among the top 50 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking™. He knew that if he went through a local qualifier – a must if he wanted to play the U.S. Open as a professional – there was no guarantee he would advance. “It’s a track meet,” said Whitsett of local qualifying. “You have a couple of bad holes and you’re way on the outside looking in. That wasn’t the risk I wanted to take. It looks like a pretty good decision in hindsight.” Gates, who shot a 2-under 70 in the morning, fed off Whitsett’s momentum, especially once the gallery got larger after lunch. On the par-3 10th, he stuffed a pitching wedge to four feet and made the putt to kick-start an inward-nine 6-under-par 30, two better than Whitsett. It got to the point where Gates and Whitsett could have charged admission for the birdie-fest they were producing. Through the first 15 holes, they were a combined 15 under par. A double-bogey 6 on No. 7 – his 16th of the round – and another bogey at the par-3 eighth dropped Gates back to seven under on the day. “They were here for him,” said Gates of the gallery. “It’s his home course. I just got to ride along and enjoy it. We had fun.” NOTES: A couple of notables failed to qualify, including 2004 British Open champion Todd Hamilton (144); 2011 U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft (146); 1984 U.S. Amateur champion Scott Verplank (147); Champions Tour player/1985 USA Walker Cup competitor Duffy Waldorf (143); and mini-tour player Zack Fischer (141), who survived a 12-hole playoff at last year’s sectional in Dallas over Ryan Palmer for the final spot … Verplank and Waldorf will compete in next month’s U.S. Senior Open at Oak Tree National in Edmond, Okla. Verplank turns 50 two days prior to the championship. |
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David Gossett, there's a blast from the past
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Team Rhino has been launched with Bubba
 Palmer  and Horschel  Gonna be a hard weekend with the golf and the World Cup starting but can't wait to see the worlds best on a muni course  |
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Dusty at 38s. He's in now too.
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Just a little mention for Shane Lowry who has pre qualified at The Heath last Monday week. Gone over early as far as I know to do some serious work. Shane is a bit like Rory, his fellow Irishman and good friend. Both are streaky players with immense talent.1St and 2nd at Wentworth was fair playing. He is a massive price to back every and any way and indeed his 1st day, after he has played a lot over the track, may be his best. It is an unlikely one but the price is juicy so you would not miss a nominal stake.
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Note only two firms with 6 PLACES Betting
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I'm sure most of them will be next week.
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YES hint hint
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tee times in case u aint seen
http://www.pgatour.com/news/2014/06/06/us-open-pairings-justin-rose-phil-mickelson.html |
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Stake back on Horschel and taken a small profit on Palmer. Having some more on Bubba, more I look the more I like him. Barring something special from Lefty in Memphis you would think at the very least they'd have to trade places in the betting. Kevin Na the latest draftee, not sure why people are laying north of 200s for him given the form. The greens will be hugely difficult to hold, scrambling will be paramount and he ranks 2nd and 20th for total putting. Good stats.
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The billionaire caddie who will loop in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst By John Strege
The wealthiest man inside the ropes at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst next week won’t be Phil Mickelson or any of golf’s other multimillionaires. It’ll be a billionaire. And a caddie, to boot. Scott McNealy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, is expected to caddie for his son, Maverick, 18, who finished third in U.S. Open sectional qualifying at Lake Merced Golf Club and the Ocean Course at the Olympic Club in Daly City, Calif., on Monday to earn a trip to Pinehurst. Scott was on Maverick’s bag then, too. “I can get on national TV and it doesn't faze me at all, Scott told Ron Kroichick of the San Francisco Chronicle, “but I'm a wreck out here.” Scott, 59, once topped Golf Digest’s list of the best CEO golfers, with a 0.3 handicap index. He is a regular in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and has a home at Pebble Beach. He now plays to a 5.9 and is a member at Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Stanford Golf Club, Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club and the Quarry in La Quinta, Calif. Maverick McNealy, who shot seven-under par 136 in sectional qualifying, just completed his freshman year at Stanford, and was honorable mention all-Pac 12 and was selected to the conference’s all-freshman team. He plays to a +4.4 handicap index. “I've got to give thanks to my dad for hoofing it for 36 holes,” Maverick told Kroichick. “Not many 59-year-olds could do that.” |
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The layers are coming out to play
Must be a major week  DJ's despicable form has gone and got him dropped. Small freebie out at 36s. |
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Right then made my 1st "plays" of this years fun.
Chris Doak 1000 Kenny Perry 1000 Graeme Storm 1000 Shiv Kapur 1000 Garth Mulroy 1000 Hyung Sung Kim 1000 Lucas Bjerregard 1000 basicly,just silly punts for coppers,but all have had either a top 10 in the last 5 or top 25 driving distance in their respective tour.  and i do mean silly (£3 each) oh except kenny perry who's got a big tenner dont think for a second he'll be able to hit it far enuff but loads of form albeit senior stuff.sry storm just sum1 i know - not well but would stop and exchange plesentries if we passed. |
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im beginning to see a tactic emerging vegas lol
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Current Betting......
Rory McIlroy 10 Adam Scott 12 Phil Mickelson 18 Bubba Watson 22 Justin Rose 25 Henrik Stenson 28 Matt Kuchar 28 Jordan Spieth 28 Jason Day 33 Sergio Garcia 33 Lee Westwood 33 DustBIN Johnson 40's with Stan Jimmy (33's generally) Kaymer, Donald & Furyk 40's 50's bar Laddies and P.Poor 6 PLACES (at last they took the hint) SPOILS obviously NOT into the Golf Markets |
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The missing piece for Mickelson is the US Open
© golf digest PINEHURST, N.C. Even in the best of times, Phil Mickelson has ample reason to expect the worst at the U.S. Open. More than two decades of play in the major known as the toughest test in golf has produced everything from agony to aggravation, mostly torment, never triumph. And all Mickelson has to show from the U.S. Open are silver medals - a record six of them - for finishing second. "He could have won six, and he hasn't won one," Ernie Els said. "I believe he's going to win one. He's still young enough. His game is still good enough." The U.S. Open took on even greater importance to the 43-year-old Mickelson last summer when he won the British Open at Muirfield, leaving him one major away - the U.S. Open, of course - from joining five other greats who have the career Grand Slam. For all his heartache in golf's toughest test, his optimism hasn't wavered. Never mind that he has been linked to an insider trading investigation involving activist investor Carl Icahn and Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters, in which FBI agents paid him a visit after his first round at the Memorial. Or that Mickelson hasn't won this year, his worst start to a season since 2003. Mickelson not only believes he's going to win the U.S. Open, he thinks he's going to win more than one. "Some people view it as though, `He's come close and he's never done it.' I see it as though I've finished second six times in this event," Mickelson said. "I played some of my best golf in this event, and I should have an opportunity - and more than one opportunity - to close one out here in the future." The U.S. Open returning to Pinehurst No. 2 only adds to the intrigue. That's where Mickelson picked up his first silver medal in 1999. He had a one-shot lead with three holes to play and had a 6-foot par putt on the 16th hole, while Payne Stewart was 25 feet away from par. Stewart made his putt, Mickelson missed and they were tied. Stewart took the lead with a short birdie on the 17th, then famously won the U.S. Open with a 15-foot par putt on the final hole. No worries. Mickelson surely would get another chance, and he did. He just doesn't have the trophy. Five years later, he was tied for the lead on the 17th hole at Shinnecock Hills when he hit into a bunker, blasted out to 5 feet and three-putted for double bogey. "It was like being in a morgue walking up the 18th," said Fred Funk, who was paired with him that day. The most crushing blow was at Winged Foot in 2006. Mickelson had a one-shot lead on the 18th hole. His tee shot clanged off a corporate tent. The bigger mistake was going for the green with a 3-iron and hitting a tree. His third shot plugged in the bunker. His fourth shot raced across the green. He made double bogey and lost my one. There was Mickelson, crouched on the green, hands cupped over his head. "I am such an idiot," he said. "Phil handled the whole thing like a true gentleman," said Kenneth Ferrie, who played with him in the final pairing. "He had nice words to say to me coming off 18 and was amazingly courteous and polite to the volunteers and officials considering what had just happened." And yet he keeps coming back for more. Sam Snead, who holds the PGA Tour record with 82 career wins, never won a U.S. Open. Lee Trevino never won the Masters. Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson never won the PGA Championship. Even so, none of those greats ever had as many chances to win the missing major as Mickelson. Hunter Mahan paid him the ultimate respect at Bethpage Black in 2009. Mickelson was tied for the lead with four holes to play until missing short par putts on the 15th and 17th holes. Another U.S. Open bid over, Mickelson was walking up to the 18th green when Mahan - who had just as good of a chance to win that day - began applauding, and thousands joined him. Mahan has played with Mickelson twice on Sunday when Lefty was the runner-up. The other occasion was last year at Merion. Mickelson twice made bogey with a wedge in his hand on the back nine. His last hope was to chip in from 40 yards to force a playoff with Justin Rose. He missed. "I looked at him and said, `Good try, Phil.' You can only do what you can do," Mahan said. "At some point, you've got to get a bounce or two and make a putt. I think he wants to win that tournament more than anything." The thought of Mickelson at Pinehurst stirs emotions. Stewart died in a freak plane crash four months after he won that U.S. Open. Mickelson carried a pager in his golf bag that week and pledged to withdraw if his wife went into labor. His first child, Amanda, was born the next day. Fifteen years later, the pressure is only greater. "Maybe it is his strength of mind, or his short game, that has enabled him to put himself in contention as so many times," Ferrie said. "As each year has gone on and he has won other majors, the focus has become more and more about the U.S. Open. As a player, when you want something so much, it's even more difficult to achieve. Yet he keeps giving himself a chance." |
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only two i know i'm 100% backing are bubba with the intention of getting some nice profit and be out by the back nine 3rd day!!!
and stephen gallagher - got everything and in top form last 5 - 2nd ,5th,6th and 34th which sounds shaky but it was the masters!! will end up with more like, ignoring them mad ones posted |
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A GOOD Place to start from...
http://www.pinehurst.com/ |