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>> MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
THE U.S. OPEN HEADED TO SHIN SHI
THE U.S. OPEN HEADED TO SHIN SHE
THE U.S. OPEN HEADED TO SHIN SHO
THE U.S. OPEN HEADED TO SHIN SHK
HILLS.
JOIN US LIVE, THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
ODDS MAKERS ARE BETTING ON
DUSTIN JOHNSON WHO WON THIS
WEEKEND'S STATE JUDE CLASSIC OR
RORY MCILROY TO WIN ON SUNDAY.
ALL EYES ARE ON TIGER WOODS.
HE TRIES FOR HIS FIRST MAJOR WIN
IN A DECADE.
JOINING US NOW ARE SHANE AND
HOLLY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG.
TIGER BACK IN IT.
ARE YOU BETTING ON DUSTIN TO WIN
HIS SECOND U.S. OPEN?
>> I THINK HE'S GOT A GREAT
CHANCE.
HE'S NOW KIND OF PEAKING AT THE
RIGHT TIME WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
RORY HAS BEEN ON LONG ISLAND FOR
OVER A WEEK.
HE MISSED OUT ON THE MASTERS AND
HE WANTS HIS FIFTH MAJOR.
SO AS AN IRISH PERSON I'M KIND
OF HOPING THAT HE DELIVERS THE
GOODS.
>> DUSTIN IS THE CLOSEST THING
TO A CELEBRITY OTHER THAN TIGER
WOODS THAT GOLF HAS.
ALL EYE ARE ON HIM.
WHAT'S HE DOING, SO ATHLETIC.
IT'S GOOD TO CREATE BUZZ.
TIGER WOODS, ALL EYES ARE ON
TIGER WOODS ALWAYS.
>> DAGEN: THERE'S A LOT OF
FAMILY BUZZ.
TALK ABOUT THE COURSE.
I KNOW THE USG A HAS GONE IN AND
TAKEN OUT THE SOD AND PUT IN
GRASS.
THERE'S A REPORT IN THE NEW YORK
POST, 90,000 TO 100,000 GRASS
HAT BEEN PUT ON AND THEY'VE
NARROWED EVERYTHING.
>> WHAT THE U.S. OPEN IS ABOUT
AND WHAT THE U.S. GOLF
ASSOCIATION IS ABOUT IS ABOUT
ULTIMATE TESTS.
THEY WANT TO TEST EVERY
DEPARTMENT OF A PLAYER'S SKILL
SET AND GAME SO THEY WANT THE
BEST WINNERS.
THEY WANT THE PERSON WHO IS
GOING TO COME THROUGH THE TEST
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL
CHALLENGE FOR THESE GUYS.
>> MARIA: HOW DOES THE GRASS
CHANGE CHANGE THINGS?
>> THEY NARROW THE LANDING
AREAS.
THEY LET THE GRASS GROW SO IT
BECOMES HAY.
WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE.
YOU HAVE TO CHIP IT OUT WITH A
SAND WEDGE.
>> DAGEN: THAT WAS A HUGE ISSUE
AT THE U.S. OPEN LAST YEAR IN
WISCONSIN.
>> PRECISION IS ALWAYS AT A
PREMIUM.
I PLAYED TWO WEEKS AGO BEFORE
THEY REALLY ARE LETTING
EVERYTHING GROW OUT.
I QUIT AFTER 12 HOLES.
I WALKED THE REST OF THE
COWMPLES IT'S
COURPLES IT'S
COURSEES IT'S
COURSE.S IT'S
COURSE.ITIT'S
COURSE.IT'S'S
COURSE.IT'S TOO TOUGH FOR THE NR
COURSE.IT'S TOO TOUGH FOR THE NA
COURSE.IT'S TOO TOUGH FOR THE NL
GOLFER.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE LIKE JUST
BY WATCHING OUR TV BROADCAST THE
UNDULATION OF THE GREENS AND HOW
HARD THE GOLF COURSES ARE.
>> I REMEMBER A COUPLE BURNED
OUT BECAUSE THEY MADE THEM SO
FAST.
HAS THAT BEEN FIXED?
>> IT WAS PROBLEMATIC AND THEY
LOST CONTROL OF THE COURSE.
THEY'RE SO MINDFUL OF THAT NOT
HAPPENING AGAIN, THEY PUT IN
EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE IT WON'T
HAPPEN.
HOWEVER, I PLAYED LAST SUMMER
AND YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEY
WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY TIGHTEN
FAIRWAYS.
IT WAS EX THE
IT WAS EXTTHE
IT WAS EXTRAE
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY HOW MUCH
NARROWER IT WOULD BE.
>> MARIA: IT'S HARDER.
>> THAT'S WHAT SETS THE U.S.
OPEN APART.
IT'S AN EXAMINATION OF YOUR
PERSONALITY, OF YOUR PATIENCE,
OF YOUR DETERMINATION.
THEY TEST THE BRAIN AS WELL AS
THE HAND-EYE.
>> MARIA: ANYTHING ELSE THAT
MAKES IT DIFFERENT OR SPECIAL?
>> I THINK IT'S THE PAR 3s.
IT'S SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
THE PROS WILL EVER SEE.
ONE PAR 3 THAT KEPT COMING IN
AND WATERING IT.
>> EVERY GROUP, THEY HAD TO
REWATER IT.
>> IT WAS TROUBLE.
THEY HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.
THE SG -- THE USG A IS MINDFUL
OF THAT.
PHIL MICKELSON SAID IT'S THE
BEST SET-UP HE'S SEEN FOR THE
U.S. OPEN IN FIVE YEARS.
>> DAGEN: NOW WE WANT THE
WEATHER TO COOPERATE.
>> THE WEATHER IS A PART OF
GOLF.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
>> COMING FROM A GUY FROM
IRELAND.
>> EXACTLY.
>> DAGEN: I DON'T THINK THE
HEAVY STUFF WILL COME DOWN FOR A
WHILE.
>> WE HAVE JULY AND THEN WE HAVE
WEATHER MANY THAT'S THE TWO
DIFFERENT CLIMATES IN IRELAND.
CADDYSHACK REFERENCE.
>> MARIA: WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
TO JOINING YOU.
WE'LL SEE YOU THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, SHANE