Guide: 2014 U.S. Open First Round This And That
/Course setup notes will be added later but I suspect they'll mention something about applying water to the greens after rains did not materialize. Rains which, frankly, were needed to take some fire out of the greens.
Your first round starting times are here.
TV and Radio times here.
And the hole locations:
**Course setup notes:
Green Speeds – Today’s green speeds are averaging 12½ feet on the USGA Stimpmeter.
Weather Affecting Course Setup Decisions – Given that the golf course avoided rain that was virtually all around us last evening, an ample amount of water was given to the putting greens to ensure their health throughout the day and to provide proper firmness for Round One. Because no putting green syringing/watering is planned today mid-round, a bit more water was placed on the greens this morning (relative to past mornings), which will make the morning round firmness slightly softer than the past three days. We expect afternoon firmness to mimic practice-round firmness.
Total Course Yardage for Thursday (tee marker settings to flagstick) = 3,601 yards out; 3,759 yards in = 7,360 total yards
Hole-by-Hole Information:
Hole 1 – 400 yards; the hole location is in the center-right portion of the green, a few paces from the false front and the fall-off on the right.
Hole 2 – 500 yards; the hole location is in the front-left portion of the green; putts will be relatively fast coming down the hill from past the hole.
Hole 3 – 391 yards; tee markers have been placed on the back teeing ground; the hole location is in the back left portion of the green; putts from the center of the green to the hole are relatively slow.
Hole 4 – 497 yards; tee markers have been placed on the penultimate teeing ground; the hole is located in the front-right portion of the green; putts from past the hole are fast and break from left to right.
Hole 5 – 528 yards; tee markers are placed on the forward of the three back teeing grounds, making the hole reachable in two shots; the challenging front-right hole location is on the spine that runs through the green; shots missed short left and long right of the green will provide for a challenging up and in.
Hole 6 – 192 yards; tee markers have been moved forward roughly 25 paces; the hole location, which hugs the left bunker, is in the center-left portion of the green, several paces past the false front; putts coming from the center of the green will be fast.
Hole 7 – 427 yards; the hole location is in the right-rear portion of the green.
Hole 8 – 487 yards; the hole location is in the center-left portion of the green.
Hole 9 – 179 yards; tee markers are moved a dozen paces forward of the tee sign; the hole location is in the center-left portion of the left quadrant of the green.
Hole 10 – 608 yards; the hole location is in the far-right quadrant/finger of the green.
Hole 11 – 493 yards; the hole location is in the back portion of the green, just past the subtle back-right undulation.
Hole 12 – 446 yards; tee markers have been moved up 32 paces to the penultimate teeing ground; the challenging hole location is high on the front-left portion of the green.
Hole 13 – 385 yards; the hole location is in the back portion of the green near the back-right undulation.
Hole 14 – 450 yards; the hole location is in the front-right “bowl,” making putts very quick from the center of the green.
Hole 15 – 208 yards; tee markers are on the back portion of the teeing ground; the hole location is in the relatively flat back-left portion of the green.
Hole 16 – 517 yards; the hole location is in the center-left portion of the green, several paces beyond the false front and the left bunker fall-off.
Hole 17 – 213 yards; the tee markers are placed on the back teeing ground; the hole location is on the back-left portion of the green, just over the center-left undulation that hugs the left bunker.
Hole 18 – 439 yards; the hole location is in the front-right portion of the putting green, partway down the hill to the center trough
