Men's & Women's US Opens Back to Back? Dodgy logic from the USGA...

This back to back thing makes me think the USGA got it backwards.

I'm thinking of the number of divots the fairways on #2 will have by the time the women get to play. The landing areas may be different but with the course playing about 800 yards shorter maybe not. The fewer and far shallower divots the women take would be easier to deal with than those dug by the guys.

Obviously it should not be an issue on the tees, but on the fairways I anticipate problems. Also, since there are still a good number of men who wear steel spikes the greens are bound to be a bit (and maybe more than a bit) beat up by the end of the week. 

Here's hoping the USGA doesn't let the greens get too dry this week as well or things could get ugly. The USGA's Mike Davis was quoted as saying, “We have a much better chance of getting the golf course right for both championships with the women playing second. The reason really gets down to the putting greens. The first week, if Mother Nature is cooperative, they're going to be slightly firmer. ... Very firm greens to slightly – underscore, slightly – less firm greens that second week. And agronomically, it is much easier to do the second week than the first.”

I'm simply not sure what the downside would have been to have the women go first and the logic Davis' quote is really dodgy. 

Softer, slower greens the first week could be easily made firmer and faster the second week. 

It's very hard to understand the USGA's thinking on the order of play.