The U.S. Open Rankings feel random. Oakmont does this

Oakmont, Pennsylvania – An interesting conversation took place behind the driving range Saturday afternoon. Talker No. 1 is a swing coach on numbers. Speaker 2 is a golf statistician. They left in the 36-hole data report.

What is the most beneficial thing about Oakmont? distance? accuracy? Si Woo Kim did a great job of hanging out? Si Woo may not even know himself. How about Sam Burning? There are more clubs than usual guys? Rough emphasis or equal skills? What kind of player is JJ Spaun? Each problem seems to be experiencing another problem until we birds go so far that we forget where to start.

Bottom line? Oakmont is not only confusing players and caddies. Everyone was confused about the place. As a result, it properly creates a very confusing ranking list.

This is not the first time.

The top is one of the best putters in the world. Three defenders are one of the Tour’s worst chipmakers and are currently ranked third in this week’s short game statistics. There is only one major winner in the top ten, he is 44 years old. Several strokes were a 25-year-old boy who won nothing. The craziest one is probably the pro, who missed 12 of his last 15 cuts. How did he do it?

In Oakmont, the difficulty is started to 11, the slope is harsh and the rough is terrible – we open something that can randomly hand over weird transcripts. Jim Furyk, 46, competed here in 2016. The same is true for the world number 624 that week: Andrew Landry. Bryson DeChambeau is not his bomber we know now. He was 22 years old and he hit it straight and finished T15. This week, he pounded his own path.

When they are in their current state, there is an element that will usually separate the best skills from the others. The lack of tough fines this week is greater than any tours in the past 10 years. Of every five shots played from Greenside Rough, one didn’t even stay on the putter surface. Those thick stuff are random – good luck and bad – just like the local area of ​​Pinehurst last year. To gain a rough experience from five inches you have to grow up on the farm.

Justin Thomas said in a quick relief at the cuts-range meeting that he missed Saturday, he was pleased that the timeline didn’t go directly into the U.S. open conditions from the Memorial Championships. “I think I’ll want to quit,” Thomas said, very prepared to fly to next week’s Travelers Championship and easier TPC River Heights. He is not alone.

But first, we have inappropriate island of competitors. They should be here – it’s totally hard to fully understand why.

have Sam Burns (-4) Being alone makes the most sense. Recently, he has performed well – almost won last week – especially in the accurate department. That putter from him was as good as they got.

have JJ Spaun (-3)Two weeks ago, he had the lowest performance this season. This week, he ranked sixth on the fairway. certainly.

have Adam Scott (-3)he will be the second largest winner in public history in the United States to confirm every ounce of affection his beautiful swingman has gained over the years.

have Victor Hofland (-1),sometimes Hate He had too many swings to see it. He is one of the worst chip guys on the tour, but Oakmont’s green surroundings are mostly just asking for wide lob wedges and eyelashes.

Liv Golf has two names near the top: Carlos Ortiz (E) and Tyrrell Hatton (+1). You know, the liver was nobody picked at the beginning of this week. Or Thursday. Or Friday. Ortiz will be the first final qualifier to win the U.S. Open in 56 years.

Thriston Lawrence (+1) and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (+2) They all participated in Europe last week and missed the promotion! Why can’t they find their own game on the toughest courts in the world?

After those two, the other pair is three, and the other 10 are at the end of four. The good news for anyone who is confused is that almost everyone who wins here wins another major in their lifetime. As time goes by, anyone who survives Oakmont’s cruelty will make more sense.

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