mike-davis Stories - Waggle Room
When Spectating Becomes a Major Problem
Chambers Bay got the 2010 US Amateur practically sight unseen because of its stunning potential as a true American-style links golf course. Like Whistling Straits, it was molded with heavy machinery, imported dirt/sand, and terraformed into an environment very much different than its original...
The Amazing Pace: Slow Rounds Causing Penalties at US Amateur
Get ready for six hour rounds at the US Open in 2015. Chambers Bay is showing us this week in the US Amateur that the 7700 yard test is going to be an awfully long trek - and Phil Keoghan won't be waiting in the scoring trailer. Sean Martin reports from outside of Tacoma, Washington, that in the...
Playing the 2011 US Open at Congressional Before It Happens
It was a hot mid-afternoon at Congressional Country Club - the kind of scorching heat that only either General Sherman, Satan, or Ken Venturi could appreciate. The heat wave that has ravaged the mid-Atlantic region highly resembled the kind of sun in which Ken Venturi nearly collapsed from heat...
Room for Aggression in US Women's Open Final Round
Oakmont has been its traditional bear through three rounds, but Mike Davis and the USGA have opted to make their traditional birdie/cheer-inducing final round setup decisions. There are three holes on the course that are going to promote some risk-reward aggression. Like the fourth at Pebble, the...
Pete Kostis Suggests the USGA Create Their Own TPC Network
My buddy and e-mail nemesis Peter Kostis is back with a new golf.com column and, man, is he trying to stir the pot. Kostis uses the KonicaMinolta Website column to suggest that the USGA should abandon its century-plus tradition of trotting around our national championships to epic courses around...
Is the US Open Producing Mediocre Champions?
Since coming back from the Monterey, I've seen a couple of posts in different outlets/sites asking essentially the same question: is Mike Davis' setup philosophy producing mediocre US Open winners? Geoff Shackelford and Steve Elling have raised the point this week. Take a look at the US Open...
A Report Card on the USGA's 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach is the cathedral of American golf. Its ninety-one year old design has stood the test of time and evolved into hallowed ground for the sport. The reputation of the course is such that the USGA has made a commitment to this venue every ten years - except in the case of the 2019 Open,...
Parallels Between Graeme McDowell and Tony Jacklin
Graeme McDowell is now a historic figure. He is the last and most recent guy born in Europe to win the American golf championship. He usurps the title from Tony Jacklin, whose 1970 US Open win at Hazeltine had evolved into more of a religious relic for the secular continent. Jacklin's reputation...
Debating the 14th: Unfair or the Quintessential Open Hole?
Having been around here for three days now, there has been a lot of talk about the 14th hole - particularly its diabolical green. The hole measure 580 yards, which makes it a three shot hole into the prevailing wind. The tricky part is the green, which is guarded on the left by a very deep...
Pebble Beach's 8th Hole Before and After USGA Tweaks
As we draw closer to the US Open at Pebble Beach, the USGA staff headed by Mike Davis is preparing the course to fulfill the vision and changes Davis described to Waggle Room last fall. Brett Avery - or, as we call him here, the venerable one - studied the changes in person and snapped a few...
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