Always been a dream to attend the Open Championship at St Andrews and I head out tomorrow. One of my last bucket list items.
OT; The 150th Open Championship
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No that was Hoylake and he hit his drive once.
Never heard of St. Andrews?
I'll be up at 4-5am on Thursday and Friday to watch -- always love watching The Open
Actually, double, par, bogey, bogey. Hopefully he misses the cut so I don’t have to listen to the announcers fellate him all weekend.
Rough start for Tiger. I am reduced to hoping Phil and the other LIV players don't make the cut.
Duval had a short shelf life as a top golfer. 13 wins. 1 major in a 4 year period. I do not think he one of golf's all time greats.
It's a major on a small course with many places where the ball can't be played so they wait for an official to make sure they are placing the ball correctly. Just the way it is in some of these tournaments.
Starting on both nines does not speed up play at all. It just puts more people on the course faster which in itself leads to slow play.
They mentioned this on the telecast. There are a quite a few holes where players playing different holes are all in a small area (fairways close to each other, shared greens) so there can be a lot of waiting for guys on a different hole to hit their shot.
Yep, lots more rulings at the Open, given more odd situations, combined with the fact that much of the field is just unfamiliar with links golf and especially given more blind shots where one needs to walk up to see where one is hitting the ball. Starting on both nines doesn't speed up play for any individual group, but it does significantly reduce the overall time to complete the round for the field, since one has a full slate of golfers all starting at the same time, as opposed to one group at a time until the course is full.
It doesn't save that much time. Ideally the thought process is it should save 2 hours in the full day process but in the end it adds to longer rounds. As the switch at 1 an 10 can lead to backups. Additionally once the first groups hit their 10th hole no new players tee off for 2/3 hours.
The benefits to teeing off just the 1st tee is tee time stability.
Just said on broadcast that they are asking those on the back nine to put first on all double greens to try to speed things up.
This major is my least favorite. You can't see the ball. This is one ugly course. There is nothing beautiful about this course except the bridge. A parking lot at Met Life is more beautiful than this course.
They should remove British Open as a major and make Players the new major.
They should remove British Open as a major and make Players the new major.
lol…you need to learn your golf history a little my friend…The British Open isn’t going anywhere. Ever.
… And I’ll take the beauty of Saint Andrew’s , and other links courses on water, any day of the week over tree-lined courses. The way weather can effect the game at these courses is such an added bonus for someone like me who is neither a huge golfer nor an every-weekend-golf-watching fan.
Ummm get rid of the The Open?? Pretty dumb statement. Your lack of golf history is duly noted!
Get rid of the British Open?
Hahaha. That might be the craziest thing ever said on this board. Ever.
Hahaha. That might be the craziest thing ever said on this board. Ever.
D Johnson is 7th
B DeChambeau is T18
I Poulter is T24
That appears to be it for LIV in the Top 25 which is really 34 counting ties.
It's not close.
Love The Open. Got up a couple of time at 1;30 and 4:30 just to catch a half hour here and there. Loved yesterday's round watching Victor and Rory.
My one (tiny) peeve I realized this morning. Why do they announce the players from America as USA and not United States of America? They don't do that for any other country. In fact I think they introduce players from England and that is not even a country lol. (which I didn't know until I looked it up).
My one (tiny) peeve I realized this morning. Why do they announce the players from America as USA and not United States of America? They don't do that for any other country. In fact I think they introduce players from England and that is not even a country lol. (which I didn't know until I looked it up).