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I guess the good news out of all of this is no rain. And if you liked Carnoustie, you're going to like this weekend.

Saturday
Sunny, High: 87
Winds 10-15mph, gusting to 22mph

Sunday
Sunny, High: 91
Winds 10-15mph, gustin to 25mph

And these guys thought the first two days were tough? Ha. You ain't seen nothing yet.

I agree. Those few who were complaining about "slow" greens for a major might get what they wished for. Then we'll see the the average score up around 78. LOL....

I don't think the greens will ever get Shinnecock or Pinehurst speed this weekend. Poanna greens traditionally are a little slower. I heard Retief Goosen say these greens are completely different than what he's putted on the last few Opens, which may explain why he ranked almost dead last in putting this week, which is unusual for him.

This is a much different Open from the last few. This Open's more about the deep rough and very narrow fairways. The USGA went away from their recent pattern of shaving rough around the greens, trimming down the rough and making the greens lightning fast. The only other Open setups in recent memory similar to this one is probably Pebble Beach '00 and Bethpage '02.

No, the USGA will not do a Shinnecock repeat, that's for sure.

But these greens have no other choice but to get more firm and quicken, and even the slightest increase in speed can be the difference between a 6 footer for par and a 6 footer to save bogie, not to mention the firmness of landing areas on approach shots. It will definitely have an impact on club selection.

These greens aren't exactly flat, so the USGA might water them a little over the weekend to keep them controllable. Furyk mentioned in his post round interview that they were already starting to quicken a bit, and the hotter temps and wind will only make them harder to hit and tougher to putt.

The wind itself will cause havoc on tee shots. Golfers in general hate hitting into the wind off the tee. It's harder to hit it straight into the wind than downwind obviously, so on the holes into the wind tomorrow, I expect some nasty scoring averages (the first 4 are some of the toughest on the course and they're all into the wind). Besides what the wind will do to the greens' firmness and speed, it's just going to cause lots of uncertainty with iron shots and especially tee shots to those narrow fairways.

wow! with conditions like that we could see +5 or higher winning the tournament :-o