Are you arguing that in the end the best player didn’t win? Thats ridiculous if so.
Bryson got luckier breaks than Rory when he got into the wiregrass, but he also doesn’t win if Rory makes a 2 footer and a 3 footer in the final 4 holes. Golf doesn’t afford equal consequences, that’s the beauty of it. The more you try to standardize the game the more sterile it becomes.
Also, saying he got lucky does a huge disservice to his genius around the greens. His ability to recover when he did get in trouble was beautiful to watch. The up and down for par on 8, the up and down for birdie on 10, the up and down for par on 11, and the incredible, incredible par on 18 were some of the best golf of the day.
Great post Blake.
Great skill was shown by Bryson in recovery.
And I fully agree luck is an essential element of the game,but perhaps not THE essential element,as it often was today.
I have mixed feelings about it.
I'm just not sold on wire grass though.
Not sure what is a better native ground cover for maintenance, good golf, championship golf, aesthetics and challenge.
I am pretty sure growing up in South Carolina and Georgia I never saw any wire grass anywhere in the wild, and it surely isn't attractive at Pinehurst.
We all groaned about Winged Foot's deep consistent rough favoring Bryson,but at least it was his skill and strength and skill that separated him from others, not consistent great breaks on his many temptations of fate.
As I said on Twitter I can see why Pinehurst let it morph to bermuda 60 plus years ago which isn't ideal either.
Open for discussion and/or low maintenance alternatives that also allow for aesthetics and recovery. etc.