THE UNITED STATES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
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Miller shooting 63 at Oakmont has to be the most impressive round in major championship history. One of my friends from Chehalis qualified for the tournament. He played at Brookline in 2021, but missed the cut. It’ll be fun to see how he does.
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I know everybody is saying that Scheffler is a massive favorite this week .. but IF he has a weakness it's that his driver can get a little loose at times
I have to think Bryson is the favorite to repeat
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As far as the Throbber is concerned, there is and will always be only one Sheffler.
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Phil is in form. Just saying. Scottie is +280, a Tiger like number.
Seems like a long shot may emerge. Harris English at 100-1, Hovland at 55-1, both high end ball strikers and have a good history on this type of course.
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A tradition like no other. @pgatuor dropping fake pairings before they are announced. And everyone in the comments doesn’t get it.
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@MelloDawg Any advice on betting?
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Peacock has USGA films including 73 at Oakmont focused on Miller
It was the first year of expanded coverage by ABC. They started coverage on the 6th hole which was unheard of. They were crowing about 2 extra hours
One problem. Miller had a bad Saturday and was out early on Sunday. He birdied the first 4 holes but no one has ever seen it.
He was on 10 when the coverage started. Just knocking down pin after pin. If he could have putted he'd have 10 majors
Arnie was in the final group.
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Take a look at Arnie sometime. He got one in 1960 at Cherry Hills holding off Hogan and Nicklaus. He could have had a half dozen more. Most famous is a 6 shot lead on the back 9 at Olympic in 1966. Lost a playoff to Billy Casper
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And yet it is where Miller shot a final-round 63, setting a U.S. Open scoring record in the process to win.
“Those greens are the toughest greens in the country,’’ said Miller, who was 26 at the time of his victory. “You just have to be a great ball striker. You have to put the ball underneath the hole. In that 63, I only had two balls above the hole in 18 greens hit. That was the secret to that round.”
Miller was not the only player to go low during that final day. Lanny Wadkins had a chance to match Miller with a birdie at the closing hole but made a bogey for 65. But there were just two other rounds in the 60s. (Par was 71 in 1973; it will be a par-70 this year.) For the week, there were just 24 scores in the 60s.
To look closely at the final round is to marvel at what Miller accomplished.
He birdied the first four holes, his only bogey coming at the 8th—where he three-putted. He then rebounded with a near-eagle and an easy birdie at the 9th, with more birdies at the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th. His round ended with three pars, missing a 10-footer for birdie at the 17th, and lipping out at the 18th.
Miller missed just two fairways and hit all 18 greens in regulation.
The score led many to believe that the USGA was not going to see a course manhandled like that again. The following year’s conditions led to it being dubbed “The Massacre at Winged Foot” where Hale Irwin won at 7 over par.
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Brooks and Bryson. Lot of old timers on the list.
