http://thetourblog.com A PGA Tour Blog Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:59:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thetourblog.com/2009/06/18/2009-us-open-preview-from-bethpage-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-3 mfitz Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:59:47 +0000 http://thetourblog.com/?p=23#comment-3 Thanks, Joe. I would certainly say that Woods is the favorite, particularly now that the soft conditions have probably eliminated at least half of the field as the course will be playing even a lot longer now. If conditions were normal, I would definitely say that guys like Furyk, Toms, Johnson, etc. would have been able to plot their way around and contend. Bethpage is typically thought of as a bombers course, and with the soggy conditions, it's now really a bombers course. Thanks again. Thanks, Joe. I would certainly say that Woods is the favorite, particularly now that the soft conditions have probably eliminated at least half of the field as the course will be playing even a lot longer now.
If conditions were normal, I would definitely say that guys like Furyk, Toms, Johnson, etc. would have been able to plot their way around and contend.
Bethpage is typically thought of as a bombers course, and with the soggy conditions, it’s now really a bombers course.
Thanks again.

]]> http://thetourblog.com/2009/06/18/2009-us-open-preview-from-bethpage-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Joe Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:25:25 +0000 http://thetourblog.com/?p=23#comment-2 Very quality preview. It looks like you would take Tiger and no one else. I would think he is at a disadvantage with less Par 5s but I guess since the course is playing so long anyways that he will just have more of an advantage on Par 4s then normal. Very quality preview. It looks like you would take Tiger and no one else. I would think he is at a disadvantage with less Par 5s but I guess since the course is playing so long anyways that he will just have more of an advantage on Par 4s then normal.

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