.. are not ready for the Open. Hell, they are holding 6 irons out of the rough. That will never do. But when the USGA is done, there will be hole locations all over the place that you simply cannot attack, even from the fairway. (Back right of #15 behind the bunker comes to mind.) The USGA can set that course up so the players will shot as high as the USGA wants. [Except maybe Tiger who will shoot lower than everyone else whatever they do.]
Bill the greenskeeper said that the speed of the greens would depend on the weather; fog might play a factor in softening them. I asked Bill if he had ever been to an Open. No, he had not. I told him that he would be crying Sunday night because his greens will be on the edge of d-e-a-d. That brown tinge you see on TV is not an optical illusion. The USGA will turn off the water and, fog or no fog, the greens will be rock hard and lightening fast.
And as far as a ten handicap breaking 100, forget about it. The only thing that will keep him under 120 is that he’ll get to play before the greens are dead.
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