You wouldn't expect of Phil Mickelson and US Open to be a great game. The u.s. Open is about control and the precise percentage golf shots, while Mickelson's game is built on bold and exciting golf shots. The game does not appear suited for the demands of a traditional U.s. Open-and this Open at Merion was so demanding as they come. After his heartbreaking loss on Sunday, Mickelson now has six runner-up finishes in the U.s. Open. Something about this tournament brings out the best in Mickelson.
So why couldn't win Sunday? He missed a few birdie Putts that really hurt. If Mickelson had started quicker, could change the whole dynamic of his round. He played quite well tee to green, and maybe the fact that wants so bad this League has got to him a little. Had really need those early Putts to give himself a cushion and help settle. I thought his strategy game 3-wood and 4-wood instead driver has worked very well. Long holes at Merion didn't hurt Mickelson, only shorter. Mickelson made bogey on par-3 13 Saturday and Sunday and that was expensive.
With so many close finishes, actually might want to win the U.S. Open too Mickelson. When it's time to leave the tournament to come to him, he can't do it. You can see that with Tiger Woods in the majors now as well. Sometimes it's a case of wanting so badly that does not leave the tournament to come from you. Finally, you must have the right breaks at the right time. Sometimes it is not more complicated than that.
The reason why Justin Rose was able to win it is because he has really raised the level of his short game in recent years. Rose has always been a great ballstriker. In doing so, he is very similar to Adam Scott. Both players were known as great ballstrikers for a long time, but the reality is that their Chipping and putting were not of the caliber of their full swings. A good swing doesn't make a good golfer. Rose has conquered his demons with the putt. Sure, hit some bad putts this week, but in General his short game and putting were solid. Rose had 16 bugbears, 15 Birdies and double trolleys zero this week. That is as much a testament to his improved short game and putting as his ball striking.
Merion has also shown that Woods, the favorite occurred, had Major problems. Wood used to play every tournament as if it were a big so when he arrived in the majors were not a big problem for him. And why other players so facts important majors and put so much pressure on them to win, Woods had a big advantage. Now Woods is most important to make the majors too. Obviously feels the pressure of winning major No. 15 and that the tension is revealed above all in its mass. He has won four times in 2013 and I think he could win three or four times more, but unless something changes mentally, I don't think those WINS will include a British Open or PGA Championship.
People thought that Merion was going to be a referendum on the modern golf ball or equipment. In other words, the technology has indisputably great courses like Merion irrelevant to the modern professional game? However, we already knew that the answer to this question because Harbour Town, colonial and Pebble Beach-classic designs all lines-hold their own against the Merion was really a referendum on course architecture, this Open proved well-designed courses that test your shot-making and strategy will always be the test of time. Because of the first rains, the conditions were as easy as it could be and 1-over-par won the tournament.
Before this tournament began, a lot of people predicted low scores, but I don't think those people had never played the course and realized the beauty of design and the strength of the course, is green. Everyone is so obsessed with the length, but good design can deny the length. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of Merions out there to go a. Architect Hugh Wilson did something very special there. And I do not know that the USGA will return to Merion anytime soon. The logistics were difficult and golf is now a business. For example, it would be a fantastic Riviera great test, but the logistics of hosting a major there would be impossible.
While the rough could be a bit shorter, I have no objections to the rough at Merion, although it is amusing to see a fairway bunker "which is 10 meters. However, the par 3s were awful. All four days, three of them were exceptionally long and one was ridiculously short. Yes, 13 is a short hole, but the USGA might move one of those long par 3s at 185 metres, putting a tight pin on the right and challenged players to make a birdie. Instead we got a ridiculous 266-yard par-3 third hole, but, Hey, it's the u.s. Open. This tournament is always on the fairways and Greens. In addition, putting holes as near the edges as they have transformed Merion Tierra del 25-foot birdie putt. That's not exciting, but what kind of excitement is not what you get at the u.s. Open. The tournament is survival of the fittest and thus the most kept their setup.