The 2020 US Open discussion Thread
I was more impressed with his putting than anything else!
Seemed like he made everything, like Tiger did in his prime.
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.
Probably time for a ban on single length irons. 
They wanted to "Tiger proof" courses and did nothing. They'll do nothing now.
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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.
garyt1957 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.
It will be interesting when he tries the 48" driver to check his specs. He's launching a 5.5* high & medium now.
And, I'm not sure he wants a lot of run out - more control at higher launch.
shokosugi Yes! He won by 6 strokes over the field. He kicked ass and there’s nothing you can take away from it. He played well all 4 rounds, he was unrelenting and if anybody wants to argue he doesn’t have the mental game, his short game isn’t good enough, he isn’t long enough (wait he solved that), his putting isn’t enough, blah blah blah, just get over your hate. He has proven he can and Will win in big events. I said over a year ago his resume was already better than Bubba Watson’s career, well now he has the major to back it, 10 years earlier than Watson, he’s on his way to being one of the best we have ever seen. Like him or not, he’s here and this tour, as if this moment, is his. He’s the class of the field, you want to deny it? Show me who has done more At this point in their career and still is remotely competitive. He’s a young gun, but the old guard say they learn from him, he might be different, but so was Jack, Tiger, etc. Koepka is the only one who can honestly say he’s not scared, can’t wait to see some battles between them in the future.
garyt1957 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.
That was my weak attempt at humor.