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Do We Know the Saturday Pin at Pebble's 14th for the Open?
After Bryce Molder and Paul Goydos both gave away their tournaments at the par 5 14th hole on Sunday by each making nine there in consecutive groups. As Goydos put it, he had to watch 18 shots o...
USGA's Mike Davis: 2010 Open Restores Pebble to Its Past
Since it is Pebble Beach week on the PGA Tour, I thought I would re-run this interview with Mike Davis, the USGA's setup man, to give everyone an idea of what changes to look out for this week in prep...
Did A Shortened Saucon Valley Pay Off?
Mike Davis and the USGA reduced the yardage of Saucon Valley's Old Course for each day of the 64th US Women's Open. Never playing its full scorecard distance of 6740, the Sunday final round feat...
What's Par Got To Do With It (It Being the US Open)?
The Associated Press covered the news yesterday that the USGA is likely to play the 2015 US Open at Chambers Bay with a fluid par. That is, par may be 70 for a couple of days and 71 for the othe...
Reviewing Mike Davis' First Term at the Helm of the US Open
Mike Davis has now been in his role of primary setup man for the USGA for four US Opens. Beginning in 2006 at Winged Foot, Davis almost universally has restored the reputation of the US Open as ...
The Weather Channel Thinks We'll Get the US Open In Just Fine
Despite the USGA's weather forecast of a Saturday that looks an awful lot like today, the Weather Channel seems very optimistic that golf will get done by Sunday. We're also looking at another half o...
USGA Explains the Open Situation & How They'll Finish the National Championship
Just got out of the press room with Jim Hyler and Mike Davis of the USGA. Jim Hyler talked about the weather situation that made them initially believe there was a window for play today. A...
Taking a Good, Hard Look at Bethpage: Can Short Hitters Thrive?
Over at Golf Observer, David Barrett does an excellent job of detailing the changes made between 2002 and 2009 at Bethpage Black. If you want to understand better how Rees Jones and Mike Davis w...
Woods, Cabrera, and Harrington Together for Bethpage
Mike Davis made it known last week that we would not see another 1-2-3 grouping in the opening rounds of the US Open. Saying that the grouping made sense because of the decorated past of both Ti...
The 19th Hole Golf Show - 6/11/09 - Golf World's Ryan Herrington
On this week's episode of the show: Ryan kicks off the show by talking about the St. Jude Classic and the returns of Phil Mickelson and John Daly, and just how different they are. Golf World Se...
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