us open - winged foot

gales0678 · #1 06-13-2006, 12:14 PM

I am going to selcet a player that I think can win who is greater than 50>1.
If one of the big 4/5 beat him so be it.

The player i think can win that can shoot 4 rounds between 68 - 73 on this golf course and finish somewhere around even par is Justin Leonard.

He has the abiltiy to work his driver both ways off the tee, which will be important at Winged Foot since there are doglegs to the right and left.

His short game is world class and if his putter is on , i think he will be right there.

A little inside info - We all know he played great therein '97 and came in 2nd to Davis Love in the PGA. Davis' win was as dominating on a field (with the exception of some of Tigers wins) in a major in the last 10 years.

Also when yous truly was a Gale at Iona , I got to caddie for him at WInged Foot for a day. He played in the all american outing that Bill Fugazy ran up there. Since it was a fun tourney , after the hole was over, and since it was slow, i dropped some balls in some hard places around the greens and watched him time after time get the ball up nad down from some pretty tough spots.

I'm pretty confident he will be in contention come Sunday.

GPK · #2 06-13-2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gales0678

I am going to selcet a player that I think can win who is greater than 50>1.
If one of the big 4/5 beat him so be it.

The player i think can win that can shoot 4 rounds between 68 - 73 on this golf course and finish somewhere around even par is Justin Leonard.

He has the abiltiy to work his driver both ways off the tee, which will be important at Winged Foot since there are doglegs to the right and left.

His short game is world class and if his putter is on , i think he will be right there.

A little inside info - We all know he played great therein '97 and came in 2nd to Davis Love in the PGA. Davis' win was as dominating on a field (with the exception of some of Tigers wins) in a major in the last 10 years.

Also when yous truly was a Gale at Iona , I got to caddie for him at WInged Foot for a day. He played in the all american outing that Bill Fugazy ran up there. Since it was a fun tourney , after the hole was over, and since it was slow, i dropped some balls in some hard places around the greens and watched him time after time get the ball up nad down from some pretty tough spots.

I'm pretty confident he will be in contention come Sunday.

You and I think alike. We are doing a pool here at work and he was the 2nd person I put on my list. The guy is a magician from 100yds and in, so if he misses fairways, I like his chances of making par after chipping back to the fairway.

GPK · #3 06-13-2006, 12:27 PM

On a different golf note....Philly Mick has hired a full time PR Aide that is COUNTING THE NUMBER OF AUTOGRAPHS he is signing. He signed 172 in 15 minutes after the Wachovia last week. The is way too funny...is this guy paranoid about his image or what????

Seattleallstar · #4 06-13-2006, 12:29 PM

top 3 picks for us open

1.Tiger of course
2.Fred Couples
3.Jose Maria O

whorstman · #5 06-13-2006, 12:44 PM

If Tiger is close to 50% Fairways hit and putts half decent, it's all over.

gales0678 · #6 06-13-2006, 03:02 PM

I don't think anyone in the world can win the US Open by ONLY hitting 50% of the fairways

GPK do you agree?

GPK · #7 06-13-2006, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gales0678

I don't think anyone in the world can win the US Open by ONLY hitting 50% of the fairways

GPK do you agree?

Not with the progressive rough they have there this year. The further off line you hit it, the more penal it will be.

Winner will need to hit at least 65% of his fairways.