JeffSpicoli1:What is the deal with players withdrawing from the open. i dont understand. literally thousands of players try to qualify...lots of players missing by 1 or 2 shots. playing all day to try to make it. Then we see that the excellent players who did qualify are withdrawing because of a "poor" second round.
You'll find that most folks that withdrew did so not because of poor play, but rather because of poor meter performance making it impossible to play their real game. It took all I had not to withdraw the meter was so atrocious. 11 meter spikes or freezes in round 1 for a 66. Scraped out a 63 in round 2 but still had 8 meter issues. Infuriating to have such an important tourney ruined because the meter decides to take a dump.
To make things worse, I had shot 55 on Oakmont and 57 on BPB with very little meter interference just prior to playing the Open. After 2 top 4 finishes in last year's majors I can honestly say there were little or no nerves involved. Just crossing my fingers for a fighting chance and decent meter at RSG.