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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships
While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.
“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.
“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.
“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’
“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.
“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”
Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.
Check out the full interview with Chamblee below:
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While it’s still early in the 2024 U.S. Open, it appears that most players and fans are enjoying the test the Pinehurst No. 2 provides.
Rory McIlroy, who got off to a strong start in round one, raved about the course after shooting a bogey-free 65 (-5).
“It sort of brings me back to links golf when I was a kid a little bit. The greens are a bit more sort of slopey and there’s a bit more movement on them. But there’s options. You can chip it. You can putt it. I’d love if we played more golf courses like this.”
However, former Open Champion, Mark Calcavecchia, is not a fan of Pinehurst No. 2 and expressed those sentiments on X.
I’m ready for some abuse. Just gonna spit it out!! Pinehurst is such a cool area with great courses. #2 ain’t one of them. Most overrated course in the world!! Lemme have it!! But it’s true
— Mark Calcavecchia (@MarkCalc) June 13, 2024
When asked to expand upon his opinion, Calcavecchia explained why he doesn’t like the course.
Greens. No OB. No water and almost impossible to hit a tree. And pot luck if u miss fairways
— Mark Calcavecchia (@MarkCalc) June 13, 2024
Round two of the U.S. Open is underway and it seems as if we will get some fireworks over the weekend.
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‘The lack of creativity with questions is kinda boring’ – Brooks Koepka opts to skip media requests at U.S. Open
After his first round at the U.S. Open, Brooks Koepka declined to have a traditional post-round interview. Instead, the five-time major champion opted to do a text message interview with Golf Channel/Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch.
Lynch’s first question was to ask why Brooks decided to do the interview over text.
“I opted not to do ‘em just because I didn’t feel like it. Same questions every week. The lack of creativity with questions is kinda boring. I know I’m not a media favorite either so it’s not like anyone will notice. LOL.”
Lynch followed up by asking if creative questions would create more “bulletin board” material for Koepka.
“No, definitely not. It’s a major. I have enough self-motivation. I could think of way more creative questions than ‘Do you think the course is borderline? What happened on those bogeys? What went well?’ Then some LIV versus PGA Tour questions.”
Koepka will look to build off of a solid first round at Pinehurst No. 2 where he shot an even-par 70.
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On Thursday’s first round of the U.S. Open, the putting technique “AimPoint” was once again under attack due to the slow play it seems to create.
The video that drew attention this time was one of Viktor Hovland and Max Homa parading around the green simultaneously.
Gabby Herzig of the Athletic wrote,
“I’ve been anti-AimPoint since my junior golf days when girls would stomp all over my line to read their 4-foot putts. We’ve reached a new level of disgrace. Literally what is happening here.”
I’ve been anti-AimPoint since my junior golf days when girls would stomp all over my line to read their 4-foot putts.
We’ve reached a new level of disgrace. Literally what is happening here. pic.twitter.com/lyYkECPaLS
— Gabby Herzig (@GabbyHerzig) June 13, 2024
The popular X account wrote, “Imagine playing behind these lads on a Saturday afternoon ?”
Imagine playing behind these lads on a Saturday afternoon ?
— Flushing It (@flushingitgolf) June 13, 2024
Whether or not you’re a fan of AimPoint, there’s no denying it looks a bit ridiculous at times.
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