The head of the open instruction feels random. Oakmont makes it

Oakmont, without. – A ridiculous conversation exploded at the back of the car’s range on Saturday afternoon. Talker no. 1 was a swing coach with numbers. Talker no. 2 was a golf statistic. They traversed the 36 -hole data report path.

What was the most Oakmont rewarded? Distance? Accuracy? Was what were you doing like woo kim so good to hang? Possible possible that like Woo did not know himself. What about Sam Burns? Are boys clubing more than normal? Does it emphasize or equate approximate ability? And what kind of player is JJ spaun, really? Eachdo the question seemed to create another, until we had strolled the birds so far we forgot where we had started.

After all? Oakmont is confusing more than just players and cadets. Everyone is hesitant about this place. As a result, it has properly created a very confusing table.

And this is not the first time.

Top Top is one of the best placers in the world. Three back is one of the worst boil on the tournament, currently the third in the field in short game statistics this week. There is only one big winner in the top 10, and he is 44 years old. Some back strokes is a 25-year-old who has not earned anything. Craziest of all might be in favor that has lost 12 of his last 15 cuts. How is he doing it?

In Oakmont, the difficulty is fixed to 11, the slopes are harsh, the rough is terrible – we opened we can turn into the odd report cards with all that coincidence. A 46-year-old Jim Furyk pretended here In 2016. So did no. 624 in the world that week: Andrew Landry. Bryson Dechambeau was not the bombs that we know it now. He was 22 and hit him straight, ending T15. This week, he traveled his way on an early flight home.

When the course is placed this way, there may be an element of flattening certain skills. The punishment for approximate loss is greater this week than any tournament of the last 10 years. One of every five shots played by Greenside Rough is not even standing on the surface of the placement. There is coincidence in that thick items – good and bad luck – as it was in the local areas in Pinehurst last year. To have experience playing from five inches rough, you will need to grow on a farm.

In a quick return from his lost session of the cut range on Saturday, Justin Thomas said he is happy that the schedule did not go from the memorial tournament directly under these open American conditions. “I think I would have liked to leave my job,” said Thomas, very ready to fly to next week’s travelers and highlands much easier TPC River. He is not alone.

But first, we have our contenders the island of Miss. Each of them deserves to be here – it’s just difficult to fully understand why.

There is Sam Burns (-4) Just up, making more sense. It has had a great form recently – almost winning last week – especially in the accuracy department. That driving his It’s just as good as they get.

There is JJ SPAUN (-3)which two weeks ago had its less accurate season performance. This week, he is the 6th in the field in hitting the right roads. Of course.

There is Adam Scott (-3)who would become the second oldest winner in the US open history, confirming every ounce of love, his beautiful shake has won over the years.

There is Victor Hovland (-1)who ever resentment his swing so much He can’t even see it. He is one of the worst chips on the tournament, but the Oakmont green is mainly only requires a wide lobe wedge and a stroke.

Liv Golf has two names near the top: Carlos Ortiz (e) and Tyrrell Hatton (+1). You know, the liver no one was getting at the beginning of the week. Or Thursday. Or Friday. Ortiz would be the first last qualifier to win US Open in 56 years.

Thriston Lawrence (+1) and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+2) Both ran in Europe last week, and both lost cutting! Why wouldn’t they find their game in the toughest course in the world?

After these two is another pair in three above and a mess of 10 others in four. The good news, for anyone who withdraws from confusion, is that almost everyone who wins here earn another great in their lives. Anyone who survives Oakmont’s brutality tends to make more sense as time goes by.

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