Brad Faxon Wouldn't Have Said What Mike Davis Said

Good to see Brad Faxon, now of Fox Sports, is not doubling as a USGA house organ in publicly contradicting the views of Executive Director Mike Davis, who has said and since clarified his point that Chambers Bay requires extensive study if a player hopes to win.

Talking to Golfweek's Jim McCabe, Faxon actually things a nonchalant attitude is key.

“I never would have said what Mike said,” Faxon said, referring to Mike Davis, the executive director of the USGA. “I don’t think it’s crucial to have experience with the course at Chambers Bay. I think the opposite. I think you’ll need a certain degree of nonchalance.”

Faxon's most intriguing of many insights is into the Chambers greens, which he says will be unprecedented in a sense.

“You'd better be damn resilient, because so many whacky things are going to happen,” he said. “You can’t slump your shoulders. I would look at players who have the ability to let things roll off their backs to do well.”