Here's why I was moderately disappointed with the championship, particularly the final round. For the past couple years, we've been essentially teased with the kinder and gentler we don't care about par public relations plan from the USGA. The real first indication of the possibilities was in the Torrey Pines Open, with the dramatic shortening of the par 4 hole, making it driveable and the shortening of the par 3 by the ocean. This year, we got some shorter holes, to be sure, but they had some murderous consequences (the risk in risk and reward, I know) and then we had murderously long holes. If length is the only issue, that wouldn't be much of an issue at all, because there would be balance. The problem to my television observation, was more with the firmness and speed of the turf, especially on the greens. Given the weather conditions, the USGA had total control of this element of the setup. They were not at the mercy of Mother Nature. They could and did absolutely control the turf and when they mixed extra hard turf with some very small greens with some treacherous hole locations, it led to some silly golf, or at least to some golf that was pretty unwatchable. Who thinks it's fun to watch Davis Love III miss ten makeable putts in a row? The setup didn't live up to what I was expecting as a devotee of Mike Davis. It just didn't seem consistent to me. They didn't lose control of the golf course, but it seems to me that they may have missed a chance to have a more exciting conclusion of the championship instead of seven hours of missed putts, hacking out of heather and shots that "almost" stayed on the green only to wind up in the rough. The balance between fair and unfair, fun and brutal I'm sure is sometimes very tough to strike, but I think they missed it yesterday, especially on a few critical holes.