Wow....the USGA is going to be flummoxed and hair on fire after this. JMO.

DeShameLess is going to shut a lot of people up today. I need to go over to WRX and see what all the snobby haters are saying. I'm surprised to see his mental toughness. He used to come off as a whiner.

    Par4QC
    Its okay if the longest are still the longest. But they are going to rein everyone in.

        DonM But they are going to rein everyone in.

        There are ways to set up courses to make them more of a skills test - but they will NEVER do that.

            Eguller Oh, he is still a whiner - it is easier when leading by 4 with 3 left

            I figured his emotions would unravel him. He was tough today.

                I was more impressed with his putting than anything else!
                Seemed like he made everything, like Tiger did in his prime.

                DonM What else could they have done this week?

                I wasn't suggesting this week specifically, but course/tournament design more so.

                  It's gonna be interesting to see what Bryson's impact will be on this 'one ball for all' campaign that some of the elder statesmen of the game have been talking about.

                  The thing about it though is that he wasn't just a one-trick pony this week off the tee, his entire game looked good. Some of us might not care too much for his strategy, but there is no greater strategy than winning.

                  Looking ahead to Augusta in November, it's hard to not consider him as the guy to beat. Light rough, wide fairways.. and his length is undoubtedly going to give him access to specific quadrants of those greens where he can be more aggressive, whereas a lot of players are playing away from many of those hole locations.

                  With exception of a handful of those 72 holes, it was like he was playing a different course this week from everyone else.

                  They wanted to "Tiger proof" courses and did nothing. They'll do nothing now.

                  Eguller

                  What do you define as skill? In my opinion, what Bryson did, takes supreme skills. Being able to hit out of the US open rough and have distance control is impressive.

                      Unfortunately too much talk about what the USGA is going to do....shame it's not about how great Bryson performed. He hit so many great shots, got up and down and putted his ass off. If he doesn't do all that it's not a discussion.....but he did. There were other guys who hit it longer then him, yet they aren't the focus. They didn't win because they didn't execute like Bryson!

                      Not sure why all the talk about Bryson's driving distances, every week. ex., today, I noticed him hitting first on most every 2nd shot. I've seen this happen many times this year.

                      Yes, he is 1st in driving distance on the PGA tour. But, that stat comes from only 2 holes at each tournament that are the easiest driving holes. And those 2 holes must be in opposite directions, btw. So, on 2 holes every round, he can just bomb away, and stay 1st in a stat. It's irrelevant for every hole though. And as I stated, he is not the longest on every hole, every tournament. He did not win by driving it long today. He won by hitting good shots, when he needed them.

                        DonM Its okay if the longest are still the longest. But they are going to rein everyone in.

                        And what happens to those 280 hitters when they rein things in 50 yds., on those +500 yd. Par 4 holes? 50 yds. will mean nothing to those hitting +300. So, the longest should always be the winner, when that happens.

                          Rickochet It's amazing how that's become a secondary thing. I watched quite a bit of the coverage and I only heard them mention the single length irons once and that was today and it was about him seeing Bobby Jones clubs and they were single length. It's all about the power now, the bulk, the protein shakes,etc. If you just started watching golf you wouldn't likely even know he's playing SL.

                              Par4QC Yea, Wolf outdrove him a few times as did Rory. As will DJ. But it's more the way he looks and goes at it. It's all about sheer force with him, or seems as if it is. I wonder if he couldn't hit it farther by bringing his launch down some and getting more run out. But I'm sure he's looked into that.