Open Championship Thread: Tee Times

[kwinigolfer]

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[ralphjohn69]

To be fair to Watson he has a point.

What happened?!

He was moaning about too many people being on the fairways.....

There was nobody on the green he then 3-putted from 6 feet.......    

[incontinentia]

More prickdom picked up on the Mic from Mullet Watson.

apparently he can't name a single member of the Beatles!  

[super_realist]

To be fair to Watson he has a point.

Yeah, fancy there being spectators at a golf major  
Typical bad workman, blaming anything except himself.

[sirbenson]

Bubba is falling apart here

[mystiroakey]

bogey birdie bogey birdie for lee.

crushing it out there as per usual but it could be so much better.

But if he can get in at 3 or 4 under and conditions reverse tomorrow- he will be relatively close to the top. Much harder out there this afternoon

[sirbenson]

Bubba has thrown in the towel here

[mystiroakey]

The 14th is a mean golf hole

[skiddy]

Lee westwood must be one of the worst putters in pro golf. Im fairly sure my putting stroke is as smooth and im off 14

[mystiroakey]

im fairly sure it isnt even close.

Off 14 i assume you haven't played on decent courses with close/quick greens. It magnifies problems ten fold

[sirbenson]

Dufner has missed one fairway and no greens in 14 holes....

In the more difficult conditions as well.

[kwinigolfer]

Can't be easy here for Phil with Bubba and Ernie seemingly checked out for the day . . . . . .

[Plunky]

I read somewhere that Els hit a very young child with one of his shots on the first hole and couldn't focus after that. No idea if it's true.

[super_realist]

Love seeing the god squads faces tripping them up.

Cheerio "Bubba".

[kwinigolfer]

Plunky,
He certainly hit someone, blood, emergency services. Think Ernie was quite distracted.
Interesting listening to Duval talking about the effect that can have. Especially so on the first hole I would think.

[pedro]

606 favorite Sandy Lyle with 4 pars only.

Why is Bubba concerned about the fairways? Rarely hits it there anyway.

[sirbenson]

Great stuff from Lowry!

[sirbenson]

@BenColeyGolf: They very kindly split the leaderboard in two here in the Media Centre. 14 of the second half are under-par. 35 of the first half were.

[mystiroakey]

606 favorite Sandy Lyle with 4 pars only.

Why is Bubba concerned about the fairways? Rarely hits it there anyway.

you cant get much spin/shape on the ball out of the rough. he needs fairway or he has zero chance.

[sirbenson]

Not looking at stats here but I think Watson isn't as inaccurate as he is made out to be

[incontinentia]

Great stuff from Lowry!

Yeah Shane-o!!! Show 'em how its done big man   

[sirbenson]

I must say Hoylake won this afternoons play!

[kwinigolfer]

3/4 shot harder this afternoon.

How did Dufner bogey 18?

Great to see Lowry playing so well.

[super_realist]

Is Mark James made of mahogany? He makes David Dickinson look like an albino

[sirbenson]

3/4 shot harder this afternoon.

How did Dufner bogey 18?

Great to see Lowry playing so well.

Oh I thought Dufner parred it.....maybe they missed a shot of his in the rough!

[sirbenson]

Oliver Fisher is another one who has had a very good year.

[sirbenson]

Luiten, Donaldson, Dubuisson will only have themselves to blame if they don't make the Ryder Cup

[pedro]

Not looking at stats here but I think Watson isn't as inaccurate as he is made out to be

He's around Tour average. It's just all his other stats that are good.

[sirbenson]

Not looking at stats here but I think Watson isn't as inaccurate as he is made out to be

He's around Tour average. It's just all his other stats that are good.

True!

[kwinigolfer]

Some US pundits going for Rafa Cabrera-Bello as an outsider: -2 from him is a very promising start. Good to see.

And agree about Oli Fisher.

If the forecast of showers/wind in the morning, clearing in the Friday p.m. is to be believed, the Thursday morning/Friday afternooners will likely have a significant advantage if it softens the greens, thickens the rough.

[sirbenson]

Alan Shipnuck, the worst journalist in sport.

[kwinigolfer]

Well done Shane!
Tied for the lead among the afternoon wave.

What's Shipnuck done now?

[sirbenson]

‏@AlanShipnuck: The internal O.B. at Hoylake is so stupid

[incontinentia]

Nice birdie on the last for Shane to go -4    hope he can keep this up.

[pedro]

Way to go Shane!
Now don't stuff yourself tonight lad. You have to make us proud.

[super_realist]

Super back nine from Billy Bunter. Well done.  

You hope he can keep it up Inco? I doubt he's seen it in about 15 years.

[sirbenson]

Superb start from Shaneo!

[kwinigolfer]

Thanks sirb,
He's used to US tournaments (and Glen Abbey and RSG!) using grandstands as backstops.
Having said which, it certainly doesn't look quite right being so close to the fairway/green.

[sirbenson]

Ben Coley ‏@BenColeyGolf 2m
Tomorrow's forecast from the Met Office says 35mph gusts in the morning, nothing more than 10-15 in the afternoon. Big draw bias potential.

[sirbenson]

Thanks sirb,
He's used to US tournaments (and Glen Abbey and RSG!) using grandstands as backstops.
Having said which, it certainly doesn't look quite right being so close to the fairway/green.

True, but he comes out with some rather idiotic comments.

[pedro]

s_r, a week of praise if he wins?

[super_realist]

Ben Coley ‏@BenColeyGolf  2m
Tomorrow's forecast from the Met Office says 35mph gusts in the morning, nothing more than 10-15 in the afternoon. Big draw bias potential.

As a links player who religiously checks every forecast before the weekend I'd say that a 10-15mph wind forecast for the area is always far worse than that on the actual course, usually closer to 20,which is a handful.

Could see some of todays late starters really lose ground on those from the earlier easy conditions.

[super_realist]

s_r, a week of praise if he wins?

Fair enough Pedro, he'll have earned it, and I feel I can take a little bit of credit for it too.

Don't mention it Shane. You're welcome

[sirbenson]

And what way do you deserve credit for Lowry possibly winning an open?

[incontinentia]

Super back nine from Billy Bunter. Well done.  

You hope he can keep it up Inco? I doubt he's seen it in about 15 years.

   

s_r, a week of praise if he wins?

I believe super promised a month if he ever wins a major. Let's not jinx him  

[super_realist]

And what way do you deserve credit for Lowry possibly winning an open?

Lowry said he was inspired by the amount of stick he was getting on social media to lose some weight, obviously he's still got aabout 3st to lose before he's normal but it's a start.

[pedro]

s_r, you better start building a Shane-shrine in your bedroom: use a Buddha statue, pimp it as a leprechaun and post a pic here. Then you're all good.

[sirbenson]

Anything around par in the morning will be a hell of a score by the look of things!

[pedro]

What are the odds that Bryden MacPhearson will make the cut?

[mystiroakey]

Just hope it gets much tougher later. We need this field evened out

[incontinentia]

What are the odds that Bryden MacPhearson will make the cut?

Poor kid is having a nightmare, don't know what the odds are but he needs to shoot around -20 for his next 15 holes, having not had a birdie in his first 22!

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