Steel City gets the math right. That is the most important conclusion from my replay of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont. Played with APBA Golf’s Master Game rules, the course designer’s special instructions and Game Caddie’s “Modern” distance setting, Steel City produced a remarkably convincing statistical representation of one of the most difficult championships […]
Category: Tournaments & Replays
2025 U.S. Open Replay: Final Results
Tournament action for this replay began exactly four months ago on April 19, 2026. During that time I logged 252 rounds on Steel City (Oakmont), many of them fruitless efforts to break par. This post covers the results of Round 4 for both the actual event and the replay along with a wrap-up. See my […]
2025 U.S. Open Replay: R3 Results
This post compares Round 3 of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont with my replay of it using Steel City (par 70). Previous posts have covered the replay setup and the results for Rounds 1 and 2. Actual Results for Round 3 Friday narrowed the field. Saturday reshuffled it. Moving Day at most championships is defined […]
2025 U.S. Open Replay: R2 Results
This post details round 2 of my 2025 U.S. Open replay at Oakmont (Steel City). It compares the results of the actual tournament with my replay through the first two days of the event. See previous posts for descriptions of the replay setup and the results of round 1. Actual Results for Round 2 Round […]
2025 U.S. Open Replay: R1 Results
This post is the second in a series for my APBA replay of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont (Steel City). The first post established the central question of the championship: If Oakmont was not preventing players from reaching greens, where did the considerable scoring pressure coming from? Actual Results Looking at Round 1 of […]
2025 U.S. Open Replay Setup
This post is the first in a series for my replay of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Golf Club near Pittsburgh, represented in APBA as Steel City. The series begins with a detailed look at the tournament setup and will continue with round-by-round recaps. The replay will use the Game Caddie (currently, beta version […]
2024 PGA Championship Replay: Final Results
This post compares the final round of my 2024 PGA Championship replay with the actual event. I also provide an analysis of how realistic the replay tournament results were using the current version of the Game Caddie (7.X). See the write-ups of rounds 1, 2, and 3 for additional context. Round 4 Actual Results: […]
2024 PGA Championship Replay: R3 Results
This post compares the results of round 3 in my 2024 PGA Championship replay at Bluegrass with those of the actual tournament at Valhalla. Previous posts have made similar comparisons for rounds 1 and 2 and covered the replay setup. Actual Results: Moving Day Tightens the Screws Saturday at Valhalla delivered exactly what a major […]
2024 PGA Championship Replay: R2 Results
This post compares the actual results from round 2 of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla with those from my replay at Bluegrass. It also takes an in-depth look at why Xander Schauffele, winner of the actual tournament, is performing so poorly in the replay. Previous posts have detailed the replay setup and round 1 […]
2024 PGA Championship Replay: R1 Results
This post compares the actual 2024 PGA Championship tournament results for round 1 with those for my replay. A previous post describes an overview of the actual event and my replay setup. With the Valhalla Golf Club back in the spotlight, once again the Bluegrass brute proved ready to separate contenders from pretenders. Jack Nicklaus’s […]