To kick off the 3rd round of the U.S. Open, Austrailian Matthew Goggin teed off at 10:05 a.m. local time....BY HIMSELF. And in less than three hours, his round was done, with a decent +4 showing.
Why was Goggin playing by himself? He was simply the odd man out. But what a strange experience that must have been, finishing the round almost before the next group behind him had made the turn.
Oh yeah...and NO HOLE at the US Open is playing at par or under par.
Some other statistical anomalies I am enjoying about the course this year.
- The difference in yards between the shortest and longest par 3 is over 100 yards. (183 yard #13 to the 288 yard #8)
- The difference in yards between the shortest and longest par 4 is 187 yards (313 yard #17 to the 500 yard #15)
- The difference in yards between the shortest and longest par 5 is 58 yards....so not as big...but both are over 600 yards.
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