ShackHouse Episode 10: The U.S. Open Preview & Bryan Curtis

House and I discuss my first impressions from the course, Oakmont's rough being so dense that skill around the greens will be negated, the odds and some sleeper picks.

Later in the show we discuss year two of Fox Sports before a conversation with TheRinger.com editor at large Bryan Curtis, who profiled Joe Buck. We also talk to Curtis about his Grantland look at Jordan Spieth media coverage from a year ago.

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KPMG: Brooke, Lydia & Ariya Combine For 0 Final Round Bogeys

Ron Sirak reports from Washington where there of the best in women's golf made spirited--bogey free!--runs at the KPMG LPGA before Brooke Henderson prevailed in a playoff over Lydia Ko.

Sirak says:

Holy Pine Trees, Bat Man, a spectacular Sahalee CC threw everything it had at the best gals in golf and they handled it with grace and grit. And no one was more brilliant than Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn, who engaged in a game of “can you top this” in Sunday’s final round.

This just astounds...

That trio combined to make a grand total of ZERO bogeys under the stress and strain of final-round play in a major.

Alex Myers notes that the great sportsmanship continued after the playoff when Henderson took to social media.

The final round highlights:

Forward Press: Paul Azinger Provides The Main Reason To Be Optimistic About Fox

Joel Beall offers nine reasons to be optimistic that Fox won't stumble during the U.S. Open broadcast this year, and I agree with most of them, including Paul Azinger's presence.

Here is this week's Forward Press, where I chat with Azinger about the announcer plan and why he's golf's version of John McEnroe.

And the column includes the necessary Fox, USOpen.com and Golf Channel coverage times.

Video: Oakmont's 15th, 16th, 17th & 18th

I wanted to wait to see the closing holes again to comment on them.

The 15th is the longest par-4 at Oakmont and plays to a tilted landing area, but the fairway looked fairly ample to me. This gave up the fewest birdies of back nine hole in 2007.

This beautiful par-3 has some Redan elements and if played conservatively, can be parred quite a bit over four days. But, as temptation is at the heart of the Redan, this one seems to lure players into more aggressive plays at times, rarely with great results.

I forgot just how uphill this hole plays and how quietly the green tilts from front/center right to left. Devilish in all ways, the misses long are in big trouble.

The finishing hole is a classic straightaway two-shotter that plays downhill off the tee and uphill on the approach. Downwind it can play very short, but the green is so cruelly contoured that this one is tough to hit any approach close. Or, at all, given that the GIR rate in 2007 was 33%. I paced 26 yards for the width between fairway bunkers.

Manual Scoreboards...They're Back At The U.S. Open!

It may be a one-off because someone figured out digital scoreboards would not have really fit the Oakmont aesthetic. Or maybe they just realized after last year's sometimes-working digital video boards debuted and didn't really have the same cachet at Chambers Bay, that a return trip at such a venerable place was not the right call. Either way...welcome back manual, timeless scoreboard!

Also noticeably absent is the grandstand with white USGA branding in the seating. In fact, there is a noticeable reduction in USGA branding in signage, merchandise and on the course. And the sun will continue to rise in the east.

This won't be missed when a player wants to know where they stand...

Jason Day Says Oakmont Could Set Up For Runaway Victor

Gerry Dulac caught up with Jason Day after the World No. 1's first time around Oakmont and the Aussie is a fan. Day was accompanied by fellow Double Eagle Golf Club member John Kasich, former Ohio governor and presidential candidate.

After talking about how much he likes the course, Day offered this assessment.

Oakmont’s fairways are still receptive from a heavy rain Monday, and Day said that will be a key when the U.S. Open starts — keeping the ball out of the rough and away from the deep fairway bunkers. But, then, he offered a surprisingly different opinion on what could happen.

“If they have it set up like in the past with good [weather] conditions, it will be pretty tough,” Day said. “But you never know. This is the kind of course, there may be a chance where one person can run away with it. You get a guy hot with their longer stuff and hitting a lot of fairways and hitting the right spots on the greens and you give yourself an opportunity and got everything firing, they can kind of run away with it. I’m not saying that’s me but there could be an opportunity for someone to do that.”