148th Open Championship

[ger147]

Now THAT was a magnificent round!! 17 out of 18 GIR's, 8 birdies, no bogeys, round of the week by a country mile from Lowry.

If he plays even half that good again 2moro the Claret Jug will be his.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

What a time to shoot the new course record. That putt on 18 had a look too. All depends on how much pressure Lowry feels tomorrow but if he can make a par and early birdie he could win this by a large margin. Drop a couple early especially given the forecast, and it could be a nervy afternoon. What an afternoon of viewing though. Not sure I can see past Rose and Holmes at -9 as challengers as I can't see anyone going low

 

[Pin-seeker]

How good is Lowry playing - wonderful ball striking and the cloud are loving it. Happy to see slow coach drift away - someone timed him and he is taking a minute from the time he pulls a club out of the bag

Admit it Phil,you had your stopwatch out 😆

 

[pokerjoke]

What a time to shoot the new course record. That putt on 18 had a look too. All depends on how much pressure Lowry feels tomorrow but if he can make a par and early birdie he could win this by a large margin. Drop a couple early especially given the forecast, and it could be a nervy afternoon. What an afternoon of viewing though. Not sure I can see past Rose and Holmes at -9 as challengers as I can't see anyone going low

Could you not see Brooks going low

 

[PJ87]

What a time to shoot the new course record. That putt on 18 had a look too. All depends on how much pressure Lowry feels tomorrow but if he can make a par and early birdie he could win this by a large margin. Drop a couple early especially given the forecast, and it could be a nervy afternoon. What an afternoon of viewing though. Not sure I can see past Rose and Holmes at -9 as challengers as I can't see anyone going low

My bets all looking ok so far (minus Lorenzo vela)

Fleetwood ew
Lowry ew
Koepka ew
Rahm ew

Fowler season long major bet

I’d be delighted with either of Lowry or Fleetwood. Going to be great final group

 

[pokerjoke]

I reckon listening to Lowrys interview he has doubts he can handle it,I hope not he deserves it and the crowd will be fantastic

 

[PJ87]

I reckon listening to Lowrys interview he has doubts he can handle it,I hope not he deserves it and the crowd will be fantastic

Level par should do it in that weather they predicting

Surely nobody can shoot a super low score in that rain ..


Steady should do it

 

[Pin-seeker]

I’d like to see Lowry drop a few early on to make it interesting.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Could you not see Brooks going low

Not tomorrow in those conditions

 

[Deleted member 15344]

🤞 he can just be nice and steady and keep a nice lead going , a nice no thrills boring win would be brilliant for Lowry and the fans there

 

[fundy]

What an outstanding round from Lowry - brilliant , great forward step , that’s such an impressive round of golf

God if only there was some way to mute McGinley - such a depressing person on the mic , you would have though Lowry struggled with a 1 over round

mute button on your remote, works the same way as when Macca is on the footie on BT Sport

 

[Coffey]

All tee times moved forward tomorrow due to the bad weather forecast. It is to get grim out there in the afternoon. Could be very very interesting.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

All tee times moved forward tomorrow due to the bad weather forecast. It is to get grim out there in the afternoon. Could be very very interesting.

Level par for Lowry would get it done given the forecast I think. Can'y really see anyone in the pack shooting 65 or so? If he drops a couple early, and Fleetwood or the others can make a birdie (so a two shot swing) it could get very interesting. In a way I'd like to see several players go toe to toe in tough conditions and how they deal with them

 

[Deleted member 15344]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1152674538204700673

Quality 🏌🏿‍♂️😀

 

[Slime]

I'm sure Lowry will bring it home but I have a sneaky feeling there's a low one out there from Jon Rahm.
Interesting that Schauffele has been pulled up for using a non-conforming driver during practice and had to quickly get hold of another one!
I bet he didn't know that.

 

[Backache]

Bit of a pain tee times moving forward, coming back from my holidays and will probably miss it.
It would be good to see an Irishman winning in Ireland.

 

[anotherdouble]

🤞 he can just be nice and steady and keep a nice lead going , a nice no thrills boring win would be brilliant for Lowry and the fans there

A Faldo type round👍

 

[BubbaP]

Thought Fleetwood & Westwood look good for 12ish holes, then the putting stroke started to tighten for Lee first and then Tommy.
Lowry has obviously played great, he does seem to throw in the odd wild drive and the chasers will hope the luck runs out. He has the advantage that will be the second night sleeping with the lead but of course still different. Should be interesting.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

A Faldo type round👍

Yep - 18 pars could well be perfect

 

[HomerJSimpson]

A Faldo type round👍

That would be spot on for Lowry but given the forecast I'd be very surprised if anyone kept a bogey off the card. It's just making sure the bad ones aren't destructive as everyone will drop shots and will be hard for the chasing pack to make enough birdies unless Lowry ships a few