Typhoon Your wife watches golf with you? Is she tied up or something?

Never happens in my house. It's great!!

    Typhoon She has never played golf, nor will she ever, and really knows nothing about what she's watching. But yes, she watches. Every week. Even when I'm not home.
    I think she's just checking out the guys' asses, and wondering why I have none, when I also golf. Maybe she's searching for an answer.

        Walterjn Or to see about spending time with you.

        That's not gonna happen, not on a golf course. She can't be in the sun much, even though it would help her.

            Par4QC I think she's just checking out the guys' asses,

            My wife plays. She also watches more PGA golf than I do. I think she has a giant crush on Jordan Speith and an admiration for many of the other young flat bellies. I can't say much, I have an unhealthy admiration for Jin Young Ko and Sarah Jane Smith.

                Did anybody pick the fog/marine layer to win? šŸ˜
                A pretty common occurrence this time of year along the SoCal coast.

                Greens look kind of clumpy on my poor resolution streaming, but it looks like the putts are rolling smoothly.

                johnnydoom Just to prove the effect TW has had on the game, it was him that started her watching. She knew nothing about golf/knows nothing about golf still, but even with him(basically) gone, she now still watches. Her attention the past few years has gone to Rickie. When I say he is hacking up the course some rounds, and is a has-been, she nearly comes off the couch after me. šŸ¤£

                  Early in first round but it looks like a fairly easy layout for the pros. Double digit winner, no old fashion blood bath that I expect from us open. Rough looks low, fairways wide, soft greens. I think the golf game today is about viewing long bomb drives, a ton of birdies and fist pumps. I like the old way but Im an old guy.

                    Tinker looks like a fairly easy layout for the pros

                    Lots of moisture to start with.
                    Wait an hour or two and then check again.

                      Max Homa on pace for 43 putts on his round. When we played there several years ago my good friend had 40 putts in regular non Open conditions.

                      golf_bhoy What time does the wind arrive ..?

                      It arrived and about 1.5 clubs worth of it.
                      Afternoon wave at a disadvantage today.

                        Par4QC Iā€™m far FAR from a pro, but have pro level club head speed. When you hit the ball that far, you go with what your most consistent shot is, you donā€™t try to force hitting it ā€œstraightā€ every time. Your misses get magnified by a LOT, a couple degrees of face angle off and you arenā€™t near the fairway, for example, how much further off line are you with a pulled 9 iron vs a pulled hybrid? Generally, quite a bit, because the ball had more time to exaggerate that miss. The same thing is true for the average golferā€™s drive vs the pros, your drive (sorry just throwing out basic numbers here), might be in the fairway at 220 yards, but if it continued another 80 yards, on the same line, would it be? If it came off the face with more side spin and 50mph faster, would it be as easy to locate it? Itā€™s all fun and games to hit it long, but itā€™s a very sharp, double edged sword.

                            DC300 Yeah, my point was if they would hit straight shots, they wouldn't be as bad off as all those draws/fades/cuts. Those shape shots can get out of hand a lot nastier/quicker, when not hit perfectly. Any wind gusts, any slant to fw, and you got a huge miss. Straight shots, not so much. And, imo, they'd be in the fw more often than their meager 60%...hell some only hit in the low 50%. It's why their iron play is so good. But how good would it be if shots were all in shorter grass? Maybe 58 would be nothing, for some of them.