He said yesterday he feels like he's hitting good shots, better than he hit earlier this year, but he's struggling with the slower greens. He prefers the fast greens, like ones at Shinnecock and Pinehurst. It makes you wonder if Retief will play better than he has been b/c of the different greens. And Retief is one of the better Open players we have. Two titles in 4 years. I have a tough decision to make tonight.
I like Retief and wish him all the best, although I wouldn't put a bet on him given his performance in this year. Not bad, not fantastic either. Then again I wouldn't put a bet on Tiger winning the Masters, so who knows.
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Here's a sort-of related question about this tournament and par:
If the USGA wasn't so concerned with protecting that magic number of par, why would they change the course from a par-72 for the average Joe to a par-70 for the Open? Why not just let the par-5's be par-5's? Regardless of the fact that they would be short par-5's, them doing this makes it very obvious that par is their holy grail.
Here's a sort-of related question about this tournament and par:
If the USGA wasn't so concerned with protecting that magic number of par, why would they change the course from a par-72 for the average Joe to a par-70 for the Open? Why not just let the par-5's be par-5's? Regardless of the fact that they would be short par-5's, them doing this makes it very obvious that par is their holy grail.
Good point. They don't award the trophy based on "Par." The winner is still the player with the least number of shots. That, in itself, has nothing to do with Par.
Even after today's first round, even is still looking very solid. Last time I think the leader after 18 was -3....by Sunday I'd be shocked if the winning score is any lower than the leading scores today (in relation to par, of course).
June 15th, 2005, 03:23 PM
The winner is still the player with the least number of shots. That, in itself, has nothing to do with Par.
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