JohnnyDee
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Runners and riders just announced on The One Show and no-one from the world of golf this year.
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Didn't really expect any golfers - hasn't been a vintage year for uk golfers
FairwayDodger
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Disgusted to see Tyson Fury on the list. Shameful.
macca64
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Don't why the bbc are even bothering with it as it's got sport in the title!
JohnnyDee
Tour Winner
True to be fair, but wasn't Rory top of the pile for quite some time? One or two more marginal runners (IMO) that seem picked to almost make up numbers.
Tongo
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The BBC dont like golf anymore.
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Why ?
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He was but then was injured for the main part of the tour - if he stayed fit then it could have been different
richy
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Why is it?
SteveJay
Head Pro
Why's that? British heavyweight world champs don't come round often.
To to be honest though, surely "Sir" Andy Murray is a dead cert after the weekend!
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Probably because they have diddly squat this year really.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Don't think it's down to his boxing abilities to be honest....
http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/09/heavy...e-end-of-days-the-devil-and-abortion-5489356/
JohnnyDee
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Yeah, I know but several of the others on the list are perhaps stretching the bounds a tad.
And as this is a golf forum I thought I'd make it kinda relevant to us lot of obsessive saddos
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Yeah, I know but several of the others on the list are perhaps stretching the bounds a tad.
And as this is a golf forum I thought I'd make it kinda relevant to us lot of obsessive saddos
:thup:
pokerjoke
Money List Winner
At least Fury's a personality when Murray is not.
Fury imo shouldn't be on that list though
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
Im in the I don't think Tyson Fury should be nominated either , fair play to him for winning but I don't think he has done enough to be nominated . Heavyweight boxing is rubbish at the min , im hoping Anthony Joshua will improve things .. Think it will be Andy Murray.
maybe they should change it to sports star of the year . personality ? mmm
maybe they should change it to sports star of the year . personality ? mmm
Tongo
Journeyman Pro
Before the inevitable debate begins: personality can also mean a famous, notable or prominent person, which i would hazard a guess was what was being alluded to when the award was dreamed up. It isnt just referring to someone who acts like a clown.
richy
Journeyman Pro
This post makes me laugh. He's just beating a pound for pound great. Not just beaten him but taken him to school.
All this hype around Joshua is a joke. He's beaten a collection of plumbers and Latvian taxi drivers so far. He was gifted a win in the Olympics by some questionable judging.
People need to look further than sky sports and matchroom sports when it comes to boxing.
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Let's be honest it's about the best sporting person of the year their achievements
Murray
Farah
Ennis
Fury
Hamilton
Rutherford
All people who have excelled at their sport this year
Farah IMO should win
Murray
Farah
Ennis
Fury
Hamilton
Rutherford
All people who have excelled at their sport this year
Farah IMO should win
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
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Yeah, I know but several of the others on the list are perhaps stretching the bounds a tad.
And as this is a golf forum I thought I'd make it kinda relevant to us lot of obsessive saddos
Unless Rory wins all 4 majors and cops off with Pippa Middleton no golfer will ever win SPOTY in the near future. There's just not the voting public engagement with the sport now, most of it is on Sky and I bet that many more people saw the Davis Cup final on BBC yesterday than ever watch The Ryder Cup on Sky, for all its hype. And I believe only one major newspaper (The Torygraph) actually has a dedicated golf correspondent nowadays, so the written press don't take a huge amount of notice either.
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IanG
Tour Rookie
Agreed, doing the 5,000 & 10,000 double at the Worlds, Olympics and Worlds again is an amazing achievement.
And he's never won it before, so in a year without a standout winner let's get behind Mo and his Mobot.
