LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Oakmont final day thoughts? Thread: Oakmont final day thoughts? View Single Post #8 07-12-2007, 08:28 PM birdie_man Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Canader Posts: 1,092 Originally Posted by 12 piece bucket I don't get it. If the best players in the world are averaging 77 or whatever on a golf course . . . something is afoul. What's the big deal about them making a birdie. The USGA is selfabsorbed. Tweeking these old courses to "protect" them and par is like putting a mustashe on the mona lisa. It's not golf. The guys at the Masters are doing the same thing. Bobby Jones wouldn't recognize his golf course. I think I agree. The only thing I can say on the other side of it is that sometimes you feel the nervous tension just watching it........imagine what they must feel. birdie_man View Public Profile Send a private message to birdie_man Find all posts by birdie_man