Add Billy Horschel to the growing list of players savaging the condition of the putting surfaces at Chambers Bay. We’d already seen an argument break out on what kind of bumpy vegetable the greens most resembled -- Henrik Stenson taking broccoli and Rory McIlroy countering with cauliflower. Following a 3-over round of 73 on Saturday, Horschel, as many pros have this week, chimed in on Twitter and called the greens the worst he’s ever putted on in his career, and by a good margin.
Billy Horschel implies USGA is lying about condition of ‘worst greens he’s ever putted on’
The reigning FedExCup champ hates the greens at Chambers Bay and is sick of the USGA trying to make the situation sound better.
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@elkpga... Worst rolling greens I've ever putted on. Nothing comes anything close to this week. My only complaint about the course
— Billy Horschel (@BillyHo_Golf) June 21, 2015 Prior to that blast, Horschel, presumably in a lighthearted way, implied USGA Executive Director Mike Davis has been BS’ing his way through the week. On the broadcast on FOX early Saturday, Davis dug in and said the greens were rolling just fine. He said they could get a little bumpy in spots, but that the USGA was perfectly comfortable with the course and that this was just your typical U.S. Open agita about the “toughest test in golf.” Davis had also said TV made the color of the greens look worse than they really are. Horschel was not having any of it.
@elkpga.... Umm wrong! If he was Pinocchio, his noes would be a mile long after some of the comments he's made this week. Haha
— Billy Horschel (@BillyHo_Golf) June 21, 2015 Not good. With the carnage increasing later in the day as the leaders play a more beat-up Chambers Bay, expect the drama and controversy to heighten and persist into Sunday.
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