Can it win over the US? Players suddenly seem to think so

Oakmont, without. – Welcome to the US Open, where golf becomes fixed to 11 and the results make no sense. Shane Lowry needed a strong eagle to break 80. Thriston Lawrence made double in 9, and said it GIVE his faith. Bob Macintyre played the par level, and how did he call it? One of the top 10 rounds of his career.

And the surname of the choice of Macintyre for setting JJ SPAUN 66?

“Incredible.”

The faces and voices responsible for us open have a new mantle these days: Get all the 15 dirty clubs. “All 14 they hit the one between their ears,” said the championship official John Bodenhamer. A good measurement of this was the view of the players after they signed their results cards. Sorting was the emotion of the day – more than usual.

Tommy Fleetwood looked like someone had just put his dog, slowly slowing steps towards the parking lot, his eyes fixed to the ground in front of him. But his four over par Tally had actually beat the average note.

Bryson Dechambeau preserved a 25 pedestrian at 12 and released a roar with a word as he left.

It wasn’t “yes!” Or “C’mon!” Or even “finally!” It was, “F -k!”

Dechambeau had made a royal mess about green and, although he also beat the average note on Thursday, it was properly upset that he would shoot a result in excessive black numbers. It doesn’t matter where you get them, the pros they just aren’t calm with those two words – on it. The last time a PGA Tour event ended with an excessive winning result was pre-Covid. (Seven years ago in Shinnecock US Open.) Unexpected you have to accept something such abnormal can be a shaken experience.

In other words, Oakmont is Oakmont-Ing.

Macintyre said that his equal Tally was “almost as good as I got.” Thomas Detry ended a better blow but said it took “some of the best golf I have ever played.” Detry’s Caddy, Lee Warne, said that even some of the holes did not fit Thursday’s mold that were accustomed to an open US, emphasizing four that “felt like Sunday pins”.

These results can create a strange vibe for some but they make sense to An open oakmontAlmost approximating the opening round from 2016. We had an early starting leader nine years ago, Andrew Landry, who shot the same result as Spaun, 66. Dustin Johnson was able to store that number during four days, but only 18 holes this week’s event can (or more).

“You shoot four rounds of money level, you are walking away with a medal and a trophy,” Macintyre said.

Xander SchauFele felt alike. He would not develop an assumption in the outcome of the end – “not on Thursday, very quickly” – but he knows the course should be as much, if not more, difficult when everyone returns on Friday. Schauffle conveyed to reporters what he said to Spaun: “Trendy round. Playing beautifully. Good luck the rest of the road.”

In other words, There is a lot of golf left. Spaun said he took one of his best day -to -year setting days to shoot that particular number.

There are many reasons why THIS the reception of the course THIS The tour ends up asking THIS membership in Oakmont He is very interested in wearing the title belt for the “most difficult course in the world”. But also, the rest of the Pro Golf schedule determines the benefits of the triple of the feeling so overwhelming. The prototypical PGA Tour courses would be challenging for amateurs, but for these gentle people, smooth greens, good friendly ways and par-3 manageable creatively friendly conditions. This week is different – and this change is noticeable since the beginning of the week.

A funny exchange took place on Tuesday afternoon. Collin Morikawa was asked – reluctant, it’s worth noting – what did you think the winning result could end?

“I’m really bad for this,” Morikawa said, stopping to think, finally ending with “single figures under the money”.

It was a secure response, and as he closed his press conference, he asked aloud why he would play him safe. What if they said 15 under? And was right? Or wrong? In other words – who cares? What do you get by making an assumption? PAR is a construct of expectations, a way to understand real -time results for television broadcasting and storytelling. It is decided by other people, especially, not the boys playing.

But it has their attention anyway.