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Last year's champ Geoff Ogilvy doesn't like the U.S. Open?

Sunday June 17, 2007 | 06:58:58 pm 188 words, 2929 views  

Ogilvy sounded off in frustration after his round today at Oakmont. He needs to stop reading Chris Baldwin.

“I know I don’t need to practice out of fairway bunkers anymore. It doesn’t matter if you’re good or not out of them. We should just add one shot and drop it out in the fairway and go.”

“It’s not that you get penalized for hitting a bad shot because you need to get penalized for hitting a bad shot. It’s the complete lack of chance for recovery, which is no fun. It’s fine if you get penalized, but if you miss the fairway by a yard - I chipped it out five yards.

You should get penalized, but I don’t know if it should be as black and white as it is. But again, the best player in the world might win this golf tournament, so that always gives the setup credibility.”

I understand the frustration, but in a sense, Ogilvy is actually discrediting his own major by ripping on the 2007 U.S. Open. He can’t win it every year. Take your cash, go home and come back next year.

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Comment from: Chris Baldwin [Member]
Yes BTuck. Even Ogilvy himself realizes that Geoff Ogilvy is a ridicuolous majors champion. Deep down, maybe he realizes he could never win a major with a legit setup.

He and Retief Goosen owe the blue blazers their careers.
PermalinkPermalink 06/18/07 @ 01:37
Comment from: Art [Visitor]
As long as the top players are afraid to speak up, the USGA Idiots will continue to try and embarrass and humiliate great golfers. They must be real hackers that are jealous of the best Players in the world. They penalizer great shots and not only that they make it real difficult to recover as Olgivy said.
Of course there are also others who like to watch them suffer.(weekend hackers) I would not blame any golfer with guts if they chose not play the OPEN.
PermalinkPermalink 06/18/07 @ 01:49
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
At one point should he be penalized, at 1.5 yards offline? At 2? At 2.5? My god man, stop whining. You have to be penalized somewhere. Go join a club other than Whisper Rock and play the old men for pro shop credits if you don't want to use your God-given talents to challenge the best? Ogilvy sounded less petty when he owned the trophy. Shut your pie hole, you buffoon, and get back to playing.
PermalinkPermalink 06/18/07 @ 22:37
Comment from: jaypee [Visitor]
A fellow golfer in Scotland once answered my complaint about not being able to "recover" from deep fairway bunkers: "...when you hit your ball in water in Florida 2 feet from the fairway, do you get to recover ? At least here you get to hit the penalty shot back in the fairway."

And for a recent quote: "Shut your pie hole, you buffoon, and get back to playing." (Thanks Ron Mon).
PermalinkPermalink 06/19/07 @ 13:59
Comment from: jaypee [Visitor]
A fellow golfer in Scotland once answered my complaint about not being able to "recover" from deep fairway bunkers: "...when you hit your ball in water in Florida 2 feet from the fairway, do you get to recover ? At least here you get to hit the penalty shot back in the fairway."

And for a recent quote: "Shut your pie hole, you buffoon, and get back to playing." (Thanks Ron Mon).
PermalinkPermalink 06/19/07 @ 14:03
Comment from: jay [Visitor]
Ogilvy has a great swing and the potential to hit great recovery shots. When hazards leave players no chance for recovery, i think that it's taking away from the tournament. Some of the most exciting shots in golf history are tiger's recovery shots, and when there's no potential for great shots to be made, people like angel cabrera win.
PermalinkPermalink 07/17/07 @ 15:27
Comment from: Aussie Golfing [Visitor] · http://www.aussiegolfing.com
It's good when players speak up when they're displeased, but it would be nice if some thought was put into it. A press conference is not the place to whine about a course or the rules. And the Pie Hole comment is amusing since Geoff is a founding owner in a pie making shop in Arizona...
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