Spieth On Chambers 18th: "As a par 4 doesn't make much sense"

Fox Sports sound gurus picked up some terrific sound of Jordan Spieth offering his thoughts on the 18th hole, shortened to play as a par-4 in round two of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.

While it might have sounded like a little of the Jordan that rubbed some the wrong way last year, Dave Kindred suggests that Spieth has become endearing even in his less positive moments.

Then he got after it: "I think the hole doesn't make sense because you can hit it down the left center of the fairway and still end up in the right bunker in trouble. There's a group of about 10, 12 guys that can fly it 310 yard that have an entirely different hole to play there. For anybody else, you have to hit in a five- or six-yard area. And if it's going to be a par 4 (it's sometimes played as a par 5) and you're going to bring that other bunker into play, I think the tee should have been moved up more. . . . I just didn't know where I could hit that tee shot. . . . I wasn't going to hit a 3-iron off the tee and then hit 3-wood. . . . So all in all, I thought it was dumb hole today."

The hole doesn't make much sense as a par-4, both in the landing area dynamic and in the green, which works better for a par-5 approach. Here's hoping it reverts to par-5 status for the weekend.

Lee Westwood also tweeted his views.

This highlight reel of Spieth's finish shows him bungling the hole, but does not include his less than positive architecture analysis.