Originally Posted by boltonblue

I agree a great finish although I honestly thought there might be more shuffling down the stretch.

Erin Hills is one of my favorite courses.
The good news is it's a 1,000 miles from home or I would be

• broke
• a member
• 160 lbs from walking the 10 miles of the course frequently
• dead from a heart attack walking the 10 miles of the course.

the combo of 14 and 15 set up on the hill are great holes.
miss that green and you tumble down the hill.
in fact there are a lot of holes with clever little false fronts and nasty back edges the run far far away.

I have a hard time conceiving what they do differently than I do in order to hit a 676 yard par five in two.
If I had a pure on the screws drive followed by a pure 3 wood, I still had a 7 iron in my hands and I was teeing off 40 yards in front of them.
and I still didn't hit the damn green.
musta been the lack of tail wind, yeah that's it, I didn't have a tailwind.



I think the purists will still carry on about not being a true US Open course.
but it was a heck of a course.

Originally Posted by zdave87

I don't think the tee to green yardages are always accurate, especially on the par fives. Plus that was playing downhill, and the 3 woods they hit are more like driver with the loft etc.

Have you ever hit a professional's iron? I normally hit a 7iron ~155-165 or so, and earlier this year there was a clinic that a world famous pro put on at Bella Collina, and his lofts where so much stronger than what we use. I'd bet his 7 was more like my 5iron.