Hello Friends, 2026 Masters Week In Round

I ended up a little in the black for this week. Could have been special had Rose won and P Reed didn't fade today

KJ, I don't know how you dislike this tournament, especially compared to the crap we're subjected to the rest of the season. Shinnecock should be awesome. Aronimink is intriguing. I don't love Birkdale, though it was pretty cool when Spieth won the last time there.

My problem with Augusta is that they are starting to cater to the lowest common denominator fan. Get those "Pimento," "Fore Please" and "Azalea" hats out of here. It's unbecoming of a place like that. Same with the stupid gnomes. And Masters apparel is basically like gear for the logo whore at any random country club, but for public course players
 
gps_3 said:
I ended up a little in the black for this week. Could have been special had Rose won and P Reed didn't fade today

KJ, I don't know how you dislike this tournament, especially compared to the crap we're subjected to the rest of the season. Shinnecock should be awesome. Aronimink is intriguing. I don't love Birkdale, though it was pretty cool when Spieth won the last time there.

My problem with Augusta is that they are starting to cater to the lowest common denominator fan. Get those "Pimento," "Fore Please" and "Azalea" hats out of here. It's unbecoming of a place like that. Same with the stupid gnomes. And Masters apparel is basically like gear for the logo whore at any random country club, but for public course players
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I don't hate the tournament, it's should be another glorified event annually like the other elevated tournaments. The course is fairly boring imo and the final two holes are all I need to bring up. Not one birdie on 17 today.

There are a ton of courses that would make for great annual majors above Augusta imo. The ho hum is cute but give me Pebble, Pinehurst, Bethpage Black, and a bunch others more than that golf course. It certainly for my entertainment doesn't deserve an annual major. It's the way it is because we know the holes inside and out. East Coast time sucks for a ton of us fans too. One major in Pacific/Mountain time every year. Solves it all.
 
Pinehurst sure. Pebble already has an annual tournament and it sucks. Most overrated venue in sports IMO. And Bethpage is more suited for a regular tour stop in mid-July. I think Augusta is incredible, TV doesn’t do it justice. There are a ton of courses in the US that would make for very intriguing tournament hosts, but there’s a lot more that goes into it than just the course itself. I’m all about west coast majors, I love prime time golf. I would love to see the US Open go back to Chambers Bay. They got a bad rap because of weird weather.
 
gps_3 said:
Pinehurst sure. Pebble already has an annual tournament and it sucks. Most overrated venue in sports IMO. And Bethpage is more suited for a regular tour stop in mid-July. I think Augusta is incredible, TV doesn’t do it justice. There are a ton of courses in the US that would make for very intriguing tournament hosts, but there’s a lot more that goes into it than just the course itself. I’m all about west coast majors, I love prime time golf. I would love to see the US Open go back to Chambers Bay. They got a bad rap because of weird weather.
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Weird weather? I don’t recall the weather issues.

I do recall players saying the course conditions were horrendous and the greens were like putting on broccoli.
 
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Teapot9 said:
Weird weather? I don’t recall the weather issues.

I do recall players saying the course conditions were horrendous and the greens were like putting on broccoli.
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It's a nice course, I think it and Bandon should both be on rotation. The thing that stuck out to me about that Open was how incredibly awful the broadcast was. Was it Job Buck doing the call? Can't remember because it had to be watched on mute.
 
Teapot9 said:
Weird weather? I don’t recall the weather issues.

I do recall players saying the course conditions were horrendous and the greens were like putting on broccoli.
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I thought they had some weather issues leading up to the tournament, and that was part of the reason they lost the course. I know the weather was fine during play, but for some reason I was thinking they had a warmer and drier spring than usual
 
KJ said:
It's a nice course, I think it and Bandon should both be on rotation. The thing that stuck out to me about that Open was how incredibly awful the broadcast was. Was it Job Buck doing the call? Can't remember because it had to be watched on mute.
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It was the first US Open that FOX broadcast, and they basically just used their football commentators plus Greg Norman for the broadcast. It was truly awful. They did have some things like shot tracer on every shot that have become standard, so it wasn't all bad. The subsequent Opens were better with longer broadcast windows, and bringing course architects into the booth and other technological innovations that forced CBS and NBC to somewhat improve their product
 
RetroRetrovk said:
All the majors need too narrow the fairways, raise the rough, and otherwise create more difficulty. I would rather see a +1 win than this boring birdie bologna.
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Then you must’ve loved JJ Spaun’s US Open win, and this years tournament should provide the same.

I agree 100%, watching Medinah get ripped to shreds in a major is such a drag.
 
There's an argument to be made that mowing all the rough down, especially around the green, makes it harder than heavy rough. Maybe heavy rough off the fairway, but closely mown around the green so they have no way to stop it
 
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