2012 Open Championship Round 2 Comment Thread
/Soggy Lytham amazingly appears to still be maintaining some firmness in the fairways, but look for the putting surfaces to hold and if forecasts are to believed, winds never exceeding 5 m.p.h.
Hopefully this does not mean a repeat of round one, as Gene Wojciechowski put it:
The Open Championship is supposed to be a four-day weather wedgie, the rainsuit capital of golf. You're supposed to leave here with windburn and with mud caked to your cleats. You're supposed to see whitecaps on the nearby Irish Sea.
Instead, we got Palm Springs. The only thing missing was an umbrella drink.
The R&A did release an update on changes to the par-3 yardages, but no other course updates are available at this time. I'll post the Friday course setup details when they hit my inbox.
1st hole - 192 yards
5th hole - 227 yards
9th hole - 153 yards
12th hole 196 yards
**ROUND TWO COURSE SET UP NOTES
Weather (provided on-site by the Met Office) -Around 11mm of rain fell at the course overnight. This band of rain has now moved to the east of the course and there is every chance that the rest of the day may well stay dry.
Cloudy skies at first will gradually lift to give some bright or sunny spells. There will always be the risk of a heavy shower, but there is every chance that these will stay to the east of the course. Winds will be light and variable in direction for much of the day.
Cutting Regime and Green Speeds - The greens have increased in speed today.
This morning, the greens were double cut at 3.25mm and they were rolled.
The average pace is 11.2 feet on the stimpmeter, compared to 10 ½ feet yesterday.
Total Course Yardage for Round Four (tee marker settings to flagstick)- 7003 yards (as compared to the full yardage of 7086)
Hole-by-Hole Information
Hole 1 – Full yardage = 205y – Today = 192
Hole 2 – Full yardage = 481y – Today = 472
Hole 3 – Full yardage = 478y – Today = 489
Hole 4 – Full yardage = 392y – Today = 390
Additional Info – Hole location moved from original plan so that away from bunkers on the left of green with casual water.
Hole 5 – Full yardage = 219y – Today = 227
Hole 6 – Full yardage = 492y – Today = 471
Hole 7 – Full yardage = 592y – Today = 583
Hole 8 – Full yardage = 416y – Today = 422
Additional Info – Very back centre hole location
Hole 9 – Full yardage = 165y – Today = 153
Additional Info – Very front hole location – 7 yards on (5 left).
Hole 10 – Full yardage = 387y – Today = 392
Additional Info – Very back right hole location
Hole 11 – Full yardage = 598y – Today = 593
Additional Info – Hole location in the middle of small mound on left of green
Hole 12 – Full yardage = 198y – Today = 196
Hole 13 – Full yardage = 355y – Today = 346
Hole 14 – Full yardage = 444y – Today = 432
Hole 15 – Full yardage = 462y – Today = 467
Hole 16 – Full yardage = 336y – Today = 336
Additional Info – Hole location moved from original plan so that away from bunker on the left of green with casual water.
Hole 17 – Full yardage = 453y – Today = 443
Hole 18 – Full yardage = 413y – Today = 399
