Is this the doomed Open?

[MikeH]

sat here in the GM house in St Andrews we debated whether this Open Championship is doomed...
here's Contributing Ed, Fergus Bisset's take on things
http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/tour/open-championship/open-news/the-doomed-open-76024
what are your thoughts?

PS its 3.40 and if anything the wind seems to be picking up and we are 2 miles inland

 

[MegaSteve]

Every cloud... Lovin' the Davis Cup...

I am sure it will all come good in the end...

Might not be so understanding if I'd laid out a lot of my hard earned to be there...
Only to be having to head home without seeing the result....

 

[Bigfoot]

Not doomed, just delayed. I feel sorry for those that have gone for one day and had no play.

 

[freddielong]

It's possibly unfair buy the R &A haven't done themselves any favours by allowing play to start this morning, It makes them appear a bit weak.

 

[stevek1969]

You cant sort the weather out, the wind has been like this for weeks on end up here ,doesn't stop us playing

 

[stevek1969]

Cant get why they were moaning about it being cold last night, we came of the course at 9pm last night and it wasnt bad, and i was only 10 mins away, the players are pampered to much these days.

 

[GB72]

R&A doing themselves no favours by only offering 60% refunds as well.

 

[turkish]

Tenner a ticket for final day if you're not working which is ideal

 

[Deleted member 3432]

When play restarts and for the final two rounds it may be the perfect opportunity to tell the players to get on with it and hurry up. Speed of play has been dreadful as usual.

No excuses whatsoever for that.

 

[JohnnyDee]

Probably not doomed but a bit of a damp squib so far and certainly beset by problems and an annoying set of circumstances.

But it's Britain and it's high Summer...so... in an odd way not entirely unexpected :mmm:

 

[pokerjoke]

No I don't believe it is.

Of course circumstances will play there part especially if a few shots are dropped tonight if they get out that is.

But it always comes down to the final 9 holes whatever day it finishes and you never know it could become a classic.

 

[patricks148]

Wind on a links course .... who'd have thought it!

 

[Imurg]

When play restarts and for the final two rounds it may be the perfect opportunity to tell the players to get on with it and hurry up. Speed of play has been dreadful as usual.

No excuses whatsoever for that.

Not that simple with double greens and fairways.....

 

[chrisd]

Why not let the 2nd round lot finish ASAP, cancel the 3rd round and still finish the comp tomorrow?

 

[rob_golf1]

Why not let the 2nd round lot finish ASAP, cancel the 3rd round and still finish the comp tomorrow?

Terrible idea. Sorry, just a no! You'd be pretty annoyed if your somebody like Danny Willet, lets say he doesn't win, and you'd possible be thinking for the rest of your life, I wonder what would have been if I had played four rounds (like every other golf major/tournament)....

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Why not let the 2nd round lot finish ASAP, cancel the 3rd round and still finish the comp tomorrow?

I don't see the issue finishing on Monday. Better to have the final two rounds played on Separate days than try to squeeze them into one day or cancelling one of them.

 

[Deleted member 3432]

Not that simple with double greens and fairways.....

I understand the Old Course causes difficulty in this regard but this is a comment on the pace of play in pro golf.

Players looked to be faffing about last night waiting for it to get dark and play suspended. No doubt hoping to get some better conditions this morning........

I reckon an elite amateur event would have got them round easily yesterday, officials in these events don't mess about with slow coaches.

 

[Jacko_G]

So was the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor the "doomed Ryder Cup"?

Strange thread. Weather delays happen everywhere. Electrical activity in the US causes huge delays at times!

 

[hines57]

No, don't think that it's doomed. The weather is an integral part of the game and the winnerwill be the one who deals with the total challenge put in front of them.

 

[Tongo]

As Ray Floyd said about the 82 USPGA when the temperatures were above 40 degrees: "They've still got to crown a champion." Or words to that effect.

There's a major on offer here, and a chance for someone's life to change dramatically, regardless of what the weather does.