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2017 Open Championship

Imurg said:
The holographic "Walk-On's" - how cringe-worthy can you get...?
You can hear the Director saying " Dustin, look at your yardage book.....No , look at it, rifle through it, we've got to make these things look real"
Just - No....👎
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Didn't mind that except they made Speith look taller than Kuchar which is wrong whilst Fisher towered over McIlroy which i about right! Johnson looked at least 3" taller than Stenson which isn't right either.
More of a presentation issue is Clarke and McGinley both sweating profusely in their collar and ties about an hour ago, visiible sweat beads on both their faces - studio clearly way too hot...............unless they're both nursing hangovers.:o
 
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]I've just noticed that, because an odd number of players made the cut and they are going out in pairs for the final round today, Danny Willet is teeing off first on his own. Surely they could have added him to the next group and had just the one three ball group. I'm not a fan of the guy, but it seems a bit mean! Presumably it happened to some poor guy yesterday too.[/FONT]
 
Canary Kid said:
I've just noticed that, because an odd number of players made the cut and they are going out in pairs for the final round today, Danny Willet is teeing off first on his own. Surely they could have added him to the next group and had just the one three ball group. I'm not a fan of the guy, but it seems a bit mean! Presumably it happened to some poor guy yesterday too.
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If they wanted to be particularly mean, they could have always called Fish in....
;);):D
 
Leftie said:
Apparently there are about 150 of them - mostly staying in the local Pontins. I guess the bar there may well run out of refreshments tonight :cheers:
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Just got to our club now and there is a team Alfie t shirt hanging in our locker room which I thought was a bit bizare. The story was that on one of the practice days a few of the juniors went from our club went up and 2 of them asked Russell Henley for his autograph. He said sorry lads but not got the time as I am teeing off now. To make up for it though he took the lads under the ropes and on to the tee with him. Alfie was playing with Henley and gave the lads a t shirt. Nice one lads.
 
Captainron said:
I agree that Spieth is difficult to warm to but somehow I have. I would love Branden Grace to shoot another 62 and nick the whole thing but I think it's really a 2 horse race now.

Kuchar and Spieth have won too many tournaments between them to both have an absolute nightmare. Weather is not too bad either
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Fair play to you Captain at least you've spelt his name correctly unlike myself :(....

I suspect if I got to meet him I'd get along with him just fine...

I just like watching golf being played the Seve/Tiger way :thup:...
With some panache and a bit of a cavalier attitude with it...
 
Captainron said:
I agree that Spieth is difficult to warm to but somehow I have. I would love Branden Grace to shoot another 62 and nick the whole thing but I think it's really a 2 horse race now.

Kuchar and Spieth have won too many tournaments between them to both have an absolute nightmare. Weather is not too bad either
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I like him because he isn't one of the longest on tour, his swing isn't text book but he gets the job done. If he's out of position or hits a bad shot he doesn't let it bother him. How mental strength is something else.
 
Spieth has a disabled younger sister who he helps massively. I think having that sort of responsibility while growing up has made him more able to keep emotion in check.

Loads of people say that he is a very nice guy and friendly as hell.
 
Imurg said:
Up to a point, Jonny Miller's right - the course is set up a little to easy.
Ok, there's been lots of rain and they can't do anything about that, but that removes one of the hazards - firm greens
The rough is too thin. You don't need it waist high like it was at Erin Hills but make it a hazard, make it difficult to play a good shot.
Put more of a premium on finding the fairways or first cut. Spieth is almost aiming for the rough, knowing that unless he's very unlucky he's going to have a shot...
It's not really belittling the course or the play - it's still fantastic.
I'm a little surprised that there weren't more 64's and 63's yesterday..the course was definitely there form the taking.
As for today, I don't want Spieth to be way ahead at the turn, the latter stages could get very dull....
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Nah Miller is just bitter his record has gone, every time someone has come close hes moaned his socks off how easy the course has been set up. And if its that easy why is -5 in 3rd place, surely they should all be shooting the lights out?

If it hadnt rained and we'd had firm greens wouldve been perfect, but if you added brutal rough to that too expect many wouldve been moaning the opposite!
 
I think Spieth wins this comfortably in the end. He's been seriously impressive last few days, happy to admit that despite my really disliking him as a golfer.

can someone please explain to me what was 'unlucky' about his opening tee shot though? He hit it in the long stuff and it stayed in it. Isn't that what happens to most golfers?
 
MendieGK said:
I think Spieth wins this comfortably in the end. He's been seriously impressive last few days, happy to admit that despite my really disliking him as a golfer.

can someone please explain to me what was 'unlucky' about his opening tee shot though? He hit it in the long stuff and it stayed in it. Isn't that what happens to most golfers?
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Why do you really dislike him?
 
MendieGK said:
I think Spieth wins this comfortably in the end. He's been seriously impressive last few days, happy to admit that despite my really disliking him as a golfer.

can someone please explain to me what was 'unlucky' about his opening tee shot though? He hit it in the long stuff and it stayed in it. Isn't that what happens to most golfers?
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That you would normally get at least one bounce and end up in the middle of the fairway on that line? See Rory's drive on 6 there
 
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