Gary Koch Doesn't Quite Declare Chambers Bay Better Than Most

Dan Hicks asked for his assessment during a lull in Friday's U.S. Amateur telecast and the declaration?

"It's a wonderful match play golf course."

Update on 2010-08-27 20:35 by Geoff

**As compelling as Chambers Bay is to watch, we also should see the conclusion of matches, no?

Shane Bacon takes issue with the Golf Channel's scheduling today, which showed up part of matches but not the conclusions. If The Tennis Channel did that, they'd be out of business in no time!

Okay, so the dilemma on Friday is how do you show both things live? Well, the Amateur is in Washington, so why not just have the quarterfinal matches a little later, and show them live? Trust me, people would much rather watch the butt-end of these matches than the start of them. It is pointless to spend hours watching the U.S. Amateur if you don't get to see what happens over the final three holes. On top of that, they are switching to the Barclays where Phil Mickelson has already completed his round and Tiger Woods only has about six holes left.

Were these matches scheduled to be completed by the end of the telecast window?

“Well that’s wonderful, I beat everybody by two shots.”

Sean Martin reports on Tim Jackson's record-breaking play to become the oldest U.S. Amateur medalist at 50, despite a one-shot penalty for slow play.

The only thing that upset Jackson was a slow-play penalty that he received after the round. “I’m not real happy about it, let’s put it that way,” Jackson said. His group was warned at three of the four timing checkpoints (the fourth, ninth and 13th holes).

When it was confirmed that Jackson, who’d finished earlier in the day, was the medalist, he replied: “Well that’s wonderful, I beat everybody by two shots.”

How can you be a jerk about it when you are warned at three of four stations?

You Can't Say Bomb On An Airplane!

Seems U.S. Amateur champion Danny Lee didn't have the best showing at the Eisenhower Trophy, earning an oer-the-top dressing down from Peter Williams who is never shy about making a fuss, and then made some sort of brilliant comment overheard by airport security. Not his best week.