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US Open Qualifying Cut?

• TarheelsRule 5,563 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 9:22 PM

  It would be nice to see WGT limit the number of qualifying attempts to some fair number, maybe 10.  I know that 90% of the players quit unless they birdie 3 of the first 4 holes but it would be nice on this and even the unlimited play tournaments to limit it, not to one round but maybe to something that is sane.

• hackerchris 27 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 11:33 PM

  this is getting to be a little like tiger woods online with -16 being what u gotta beat!!!!

• GoodyChamp 595 Posts

  Fri, May 13 2011 5:18 PM

  Cut 4 qualifying right now is 63: 164 players

• UKCats 165 Posts

  Fri, May 13 2011 6:55 PM

  63 right now after 2 days of playing. You may need to break 60 to qualify. 

• GoodyChamp 595 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 5:22 AM

  current cut still 63, 188 players.

  

  131 at 62 or less.

  156 & ties qualify

• TarheelsRule 5,563 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 6:42 AM

  Yeah I carded a 63 last night after making a bogey on 16 I think it was and was shocked to see that I barely made the cutline that is out there now.  I do believe that it will take a sub 60 round to qualify when all is said and done.  This isn't as tough as Oakmont was last year and equipment and players are better.  I do wish that WGT would limit the entries into this and all of the 'unlimited' tournaments, I'm sure that most of the players are quitting if they don't start 3 under after 3 on this course, not that I wouldn't as well but a limited number of attempts, maybe a dozen would stop that and make it a more true qualifying.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 6:52 AM

  Or, and it's too late now, make the conditions not so easy for qualifying. As it is, these 63s are going to be high 70s in the final because 90% of the qualifiers won't know what it's like to play that course with Championship greens and High winds. The other 10% will figure it out on the first 2 holes and compete from there.

  Here's hoping the British Open at RSG will have tougher qualifying conditions.

• overtheedge 5,885 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 6:57 AM

  A  61 or less to qualify for a tournament. Just a little of the realistic feature of the game has been loss somewhere during the past few months.

• RUSTY40 255 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 8:04 AM

  WGT would not want to limit rounds for revenue reasons. The idea that you can play hundreds of rounds to qualify is absurd in a golf real world.  I would settle for unlimited practice but limited qualifying rounds. That would be closer to the real game.

• dorkfeatures 712 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 8:15 PM

  cyl6:

  I was going to guess 59. Low wind, slower tournament greens, it could be very low.

  Interested in your comment re the slower Tournament Greens ????? I am not seeing that at all !!  I am using my standard Tournament green putting data I have collected over time, as I use on all greens at Tournament speed - and to be honest my data is pretty well right on the money.

  So ....... the green speeds look pretty standard for tournament greens.

  Cheers

  Doug