who are the picks to win the US Open?
US Open
- Thread starter time_is_now
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time_is_now said:
I will most definitely win. The entire world is playing for second.
Seriously, it's hard to say. I think it'd be more appropriate to discuss The Big Apple tournament at this point. See who does well there and we can begin to make judgments about The World Summit. From that, I'll have a decent US Open prediction.
I'm going with Hohmann as my early favorite.time_is_now said:
Mike
I'm going with Corey as my pick, He is going to be putting in some quality time to get ready for the Challange of Champions and with the fact that he will be playing in about 3 or 4 other big tournaments before the Open he should be in dead punch. When he's in stoke don't know too many that can beat him plus he's got the experience since he's won it before. After that I like Niels and Mika who are always in the top 10 and then upa #1 Shawn Putnam who is playing very good this year. I guess I'm going with my barn.
Well, there's a lot of pool to be played between now and then, but for now, let's say Thorsten Hohmann, as he was good enough to tie for fifth at the WPC despite playing with tonsilitis.
My longshot pick is Charlie "Hillbilly" Bryant, more to finish high than to win.
My longshot pick is Charlie "Hillbilly" Bryant, more to finish high than to win.
amc4 said:
Corey is definitly a top pick. You can never count out Earl Strickland*, he is always in the top 5 in the US 9-ball Open and my top pick to win. The US Open and the WPA have got to be his favorite tournaments...
*Can anyone remember the last time or ever a time Strickland won a MAJOR tournament on Diamond tables?
Archer, Corey and Morris.
Longshots
Robb Saez, Schmidt, Putnam (solid in tournaments)
I just hope everyone gets paid
Longshots
Robb Saez, Schmidt, Putnam (solid in tournaments)
I just hope everyone gets paid
sniper said:
If Archer played like he did in Fla .this past year .no one is going to beat him, come hell or CORI D and that shit soft break..
I'll take the hillbilly for a longshot with some odds
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
time_is_now said:
Its easy to choose a favorite, if he plays I like EFREN. Lotsa talent at the open, old and new. Nothing would make me smile more than if Nick Varner was to win the open AGAIN!! Always have to watch Rodney Morris, Shannon Daulton and Jeremy Jones, they all are deadly when the pot of gold gets closer. Tough to choose a winner with them using the Sour-Dough rack...the one thing that keeps rack running to a minimum and the main reason there are closer scores in my opinion. Hillbilly is far from a darkhorse folks, he can play....
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amc4 said:
Is Mika going to play in the US Open? I thought Barry banned him for life and that Mika still hasn't been paid?
John
Voodoo Daddy what do you mean when you talk about them using a sour-dough rack in tournaments?
Voodoo Daddy
One Pocket 101
the scorpion said:
Sorry for my feeble attempt at comedy. The SARDO 3000 rack, the one that looks like aliens dropped it off to stop the big breakers from putting racks together. The rack that requires a templet to mark the ball postions, then the balls are pounded into the slate. Then the contraption needs three reference points for alignment. After all that is done you put it on marks, roll the balls into its belly and the balls are then pressed into a perfectly tight rack
I hate that rack...it promotes the soft break and I for one worked too hard on a power break that now has been nulified. I'm done on this subject.Voodoo~~~walks away mumblin "what ever happened to good old Diamond wooden rack?"
one word.the scorpion said:
proper noun.
sounds like sour-dough.
it's a kind of rack.
it lets cory break real soft......
Voodoo Daddy said:
damn Voodoo, your answer wasn't there when i posted this. now i look stupid. oh well. i thought you were funny. took me awhile until i got it.
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I think Thorsten has it this year. After his BCA win and doing well at the WPC despite being ill, his game will be hard to beat.
deadstroke32 said:If Archer played like he did in Fla .this past year .no one is going to beat him, come hell or CORI D and that shit soft break..
I use to not like that shit soft break either but now I have more respect for it than any other break on tour. I had Corey on the radar gun and he can break the balls up to 31 mph. Most pros break the balls in the mid to low 20's. I asked Corey if you can break them harder than 90% of all pros out there than why do you break them so soft. He said "when I'm breaking them hard and hit a good break I'm still leaving it up to luck as to weither or not I get a shot on the next ball. I've also hit good breaks, stop the cue ball in the middle of the table and then scrached because another ball kicked it in. With the soft break I can controll the cue ball and the next object ball so I'm taking the luck factor out of it".
Since then I've watched Corey practice this break for hours and was amazed as to how he can tell me which ball or balls are going to go in after the break and which ball he is playing shape for and what pocket he will be shooting it into. I've seen him do this so much that it looks so easy that I thought I could do it. I had Corey showing me just how to hit it and I still couln't do it. There is a lot more involved than just hitting them soft. It is way harder and complex than hitting them hard and stopping the cue ball in the middle of the table. Depending on the table your playing on and the order the balls are racked you have to change your speed, aim, english and stroke. I've also practiced a lot with Niels who I feel has one of the best hard breaks on tour where he hits them and stops the cue ball in the middle of the table. I'm way more impressed with Corey's soft break and all the diffent things involved than I am with Niels's hard break or any other hard break out there.
I think if people knew the time Corey put in to learn that break and the complexity of everthing involved in that shit 8 to 14mph break to pull it off then people would appreciate it more and actully be impressed and like it as opposed to hating it. There has been a lot of pros that tried to to copy Corey's break but when they learned what all was involved they got lazy and went back to the hard break.
amc4 said:
Good post, AMC- true the soft break might not be as exciting to watch, but it is powerful nonetheless and has been effective as hell many times.
No one lie, we all wish we could do it.
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