Chambers Bay is a Friggin Eyesore

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  • Harry N. Lloyd
    SBR MVP
    • 03-26-08
    • 4810

    #1
    Chambers Bay is a Friggin Eyesore
    Typically I love watching golf on TV, particularly the Majors. I find it soothing. This course though is very tough on the eyes. Brown fairways, jaundiced greens, more sand than the Sahara. Way too much contour. Bumpy greens. No defining lines between fairway and rough, or even fringe and greens. Even high-def TV can't save it. Putrid!
  • Snowball
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 11-15-09
    • 30058

    #2
    I like it... has a real rustic feel to it, very dangerous course.

    so many players don't like the greens... i like that too !!!

    these guys take their 1000% perfect greens for granted.. plus often the
    fairways are so short they are like fringe anywhere else..

    go to your local public course... pro golfers would struggle on the greens
    because they can't work with any imperfections.
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    • Optional
      Administrator
      • 06-10-10
      • 61691

      #3
      The gray sand makes it look kind of dirty.

      More interesting than the average links course though
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      • FlipsideRM
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 09-28-11
        • 10518

        #4
        love it, especially when the train comes around and Mt. Rainier in the background is pretty sick
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        • Bcatswin
          SBR Posting Legend
          • 12-21-10
          • 13931

          #5
          It's a links course, i like it.
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          • BigOrange
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 08-13-09
            • 6745

            #6
            I've been a PGA professional for 25+ years and I agree that it is ugly. There's a big movement for more "Brown" courses around the country to conserve water and help the environment. You are going to start to see a lot more like this one in the near future.
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            • El Nino
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 05-03-12
              • 18426

              #7
              More of a gimmicky PGA Championship type course in my opinion. This is supposed to be a representation of American golf.
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              • yydouble
                SBR MVP
                • 05-30-11
                • 1240

                #8
                Agree 1000%. The USGA's ego is out of control.
                Starting with that dork chop who sets up the courses.
                It will get the lowest ratings in 10 years.
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                • FlipsideRM
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 09-28-11
                  • 10518

                  #9
                  Originally posted by yydouble
                  Agree 1000%. The USGA's ego is out of control.
                  Starting with that dork chop who sets up the courses.
                  It will get the lowest ratings in 10 years.
                  Well yeah mainly because its being covered by FS1 and Fox.
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                  • Harry N. Lloyd
                    SBR MVP
                    • 03-26-08
                    • 4810

                    #10
                    The announcers said that the players will walk a minimum of 10 miles each day with a hill climb equal to the height to the Space Needle. That seems a bit extreme. No wonder Jason Day got vertigo and passed out on the course. Too much contour.
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                    • Harry N. Lloyd
                      SBR MVP
                      • 03-26-08
                      • 4810

                      #11
                      Originally posted by BigOrange
                      I've been a PGA professional for 25+ years and I agree that it is ugly. There's a big movement for more "Brown" courses around the country to conserve water and help the environment. You are going to start to see a lot more like this one in the near future.
                      I love golf and I'm happy that they brought the US Open to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. But this course seems gimmicky. I'd quit the game if I had to play Chambers Bay as my home course.
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                      • jjgold
                        SBR Aristocracy
                        • 07-20-05
                        • 388179

                        #12
                        Seattle not a golf area

                        Poor choice
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                        • yydouble
                          SBR MVP
                          • 05-30-11
                          • 1240

                          #13
                          You said it JJ. F-ing dog track! USGA and Mike Brown (dork chop) screwed up the set-up as well. Changing the par on 2 different holes the first two days was utterly idiotic. This will go down as worst US Open in history.
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                          • yydouble
                            SBR MVP
                            • 05-30-11
                            • 1240

                            #14
                            Gary Player just ripped the course for 2 min straight on the golf channel live.
                            Omg he was great!

                            "the most unpleasant golf tournament I have ever seen in my life"

                            "Whoever designed his place must have had one leg shorter than the other"

                            "I've never seen so many players that missed the cut so happy to be going home"

                            "It's actually a tragedy"

                            "You don't bring majors to golf courses like this, this is devastating"

                            Case closed by the hall of famer!

                            Priceless rant!
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                            • pavyracer
                              SBR Aristocracy
                              • 04-12-07
                              • 82839

                              #15
                              How come cuddies don't get tired? They carry 50 lbs more than the players and are not pro athletes. They have to walk 10 miles and carry 50 lbs uphill.
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                              • pavyracer
                                SBR Aristocracy
                                • 04-12-07
                                • 82839

                                #16
                                And Tiger Woods could have been playing mini golf and still wouldn't make the cut. It's not the course..it's the player.
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                                • yydouble
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 05-30-11
                                  • 1240

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by pavyracer
                                  How come cuddies don't get tired? They carry 50 lbs more than the players and are not pro athletes. They have to walk 10 miles and carry 50 lbs uphill.
                                  CADDIES do get tired. The players hire them to carry the bag so they don't have to. Jesus Pavy, 54,000 posts bro. Get your life together.
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                                  • yydouble
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 05-30-11
                                    • 1240

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by pavyracer
                                    And Tiger Woods could have been playing mini golf and still wouldn't make the cut. It's not the course..it's the player.
                                    Yes but we are talking about the course. pavy just go back to sleep bro.
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                                    • TEXAS MICKEY
                                      SBR MVP
                                      • 11-14-10
                                      • 1398

                                      #19
                                      The only things missing from this course, is the Clown & Windmill.
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                                      • yydouble
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 05-30-11
                                        • 1240

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by TEXAS MICKEY
                                        The only things missing from this course, is the Clown & Windmill.
                                        Ha ha, Never heard that one before... Patrick Reed actually called #18 "Mickey Mouse Golf"

                                        I thought you'd enjoy that Tex!
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                                        • TEXAS MICKEY
                                          SBR MVP
                                          • 11-14-10
                                          • 1398

                                          #21
                                          This place is making the PGA higher ups, looking like fools.

                                          YY and yes, a very Mickey Mouse goat run.
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                                          • Soxsfan9
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 11-30-08
                                            • 3705

                                            #22
                                            I Am interest to see who will win the US-British Open!

                                            This is garbage- lynx golf is reserve for the British Open!
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                                            • yydouble
                                              SBR MVP
                                              • 05-30-11
                                              • 1240

                                              #23
                                              Ok the sentence structure in this thread is really bad.
                                              I feel like I'm on the front 9 at Torrey with 3 Asians.
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                                              • daneblazer
                                                BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                • 09-14-08
                                                • 27861

                                                #24
                                                This place looks like a dump
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                                                • jjgold
                                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                                  • 07-20-05
                                                  • 388179

                                                  #25
                                                  Always remember everybody has to play it so nobody should be complaining on tour
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                                                  • TEXAS MICKEY
                                                    SBR MVP
                                                    • 11-14-10
                                                    • 1398

                                                    #26
                                                    Billy Hoershel just blistered their ass about how bad the greens were.
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                                                    • Boner_18
                                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                                      • 08-24-08
                                                      • 8301

                                                      #27
                                                      I like the train
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                                                      • pavyracer
                                                        SBR Aristocracy
                                                        • 04-12-07
                                                        • 82839

                                                        #28
                                                        Why do they called them greens? Unless I'm colorblind they are either beige or tan color.
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                                                        • Ghenghis Kahn
                                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                                          • 01-02-12
                                                          • 19734

                                                          #29
                                                          i actually like the color of the greens on this course. it's the same color as the public courses i play at.
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                                                          • thechaoz
                                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                                            • 10-23-09
                                                            • 12154

                                                            #30
                                                            it grew on me but I like train wrecks
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                                                            • jjgold
                                                              SBR Aristocracy
                                                              • 07-20-05
                                                              • 388179

                                                              #31
                                                              Well the best players in the world are right there so obviously they got it right meaning the course
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                                                              • pavyracer
                                                                SBR Aristocracy
                                                                • 04-12-07
                                                                • 82839

                                                                #32
                                                                Great players can read the course. If the course was easy everyone would have made the cut and post low scores.
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                                                                • Ra77er
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 06-20-11
                                                                  • 10969

                                                                  #33
                                                                  I went with the Vertigo guy
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                                                                  • yydouble
                                                                    SBR MVP
                                                                    • 05-30-11
                                                                    • 1240

                                                                    #34
                                                                    I call him "Dizzy" now among friends. I just can't help it.
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                                                                    • KVB
                                                                      SBR Aristocracy
                                                                      • 05-29-14
                                                                      • 74817

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Dizzy Day...

                                                                      or Jason Dizzy...
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