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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 3183516, member: 1023"] Erin Hills was a disaster and Chambers was too. A few years ago the USGA decided to widen fairways and lessen rough under the guise of “ returning the course to its original condition”. So they took an event that was about hitting fairways and center of the green and making par and turned it into the Joe the Plumber invitational. The good news is that the players don’t complain. Why should they? It’s just the usual “hit it and git it” they play every week. No real strategy. No particular skill beyond hitting booming drives. Back in the day the USGA planted a freakin’ tree between rounds because too many guys were cutting a corner on a Pat 5. Total change in philosophy sine the days of Sandy Tatum who believed that Par should be the result of great play not a meaningless number. [/QUOTE]