Orikoru
Tour Winner
What what what?Tyrrell Hatton
The Open 2023
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HeftyHacker
Well-known member
5 off the tee on 18.
Two OB and the third miles left.
Was expecting the mother of all meltdowns but he seemed to take it quite well!
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Aaaarrrrgh! Everyone I bet on is cursed.
Barking_Mad
Well-known member
Dustin Johnson with an 81.
Barking_Mad
Well-known member
Tyrrell Hatton
As someone prone to a wafty high slice, I was triggered by both of his OOB shots, to the point where I had to go walk the dog and think about a duck hook to even things out.
Wilson
Head Pro
Where did you hear that? Sky talked yesterday about how they were flat inside with no slope, and then this morning about how they were making a change and introducing a slope as they were too severe yesterday, I didn't hear anything about the wind moving the sand.
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
My playing partners cousin (tenuous link I know) is a GK there and said a couple of weeks ago they'd done the bunker work to make them flatter. So it sounds as though it was very deliberate
Whereditgo
Journeyman Pro
If I counted correctly there are currently 30 players out of 155 that are under par for their 2nd round
Springveldt
Well-known member
Dunno about that, I’m pretty close to buying my leftie mate a chipper.quality chip from Harman.
all lefties have amazing short games
sunshine
Well-known member
This was explained by the head greenkeeper in the Iona Stephen video posted earlier in this thread. They dug down and flattened them out. Based on the number of impossible lies in bunkers I saw yesterday, this appears too penal. Seems fair when the pot bunkers result in a 1 shot penalty, not fair when a trip to a bunker costs 2 shots (potentially more for a fairway bunker).
D-S
Well-known member
Sky said today that they had decided to bring the sand up one rivet around each bunker creating slopes back to the centre as they had been too penal yesterday.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
For one day bunkers were a thing to be avoided.
We will be back to the shouts of "get in the bunker" from the pros.
Complete cop out imo.
We will be back to the shouts of "get in the bunker" from the pros.
Complete cop out imo.
Backsticks
Assistant Pro
What seems negligent of the R&A is that they allowed players in the first round of an open to be the guinea pigs to test out this brainwave.
Backsticks
Assistant Pro
Man, that portentious Rolex advert script is horrendous doggerel. The sad thing is I think, they were actually trying to write something good, exuding gravitas and quality.
Whydowedoit
Hacker
It would seem, from what I've watched (I've spent time at the the Cricket) that professional golfers can't hit the ball very straight! Also the course has formidable teeth. The pros aren't used to proper bunkers either! Bunkers like these will sort the game out, hit it as far as you like, but get in one of these & it's at your peril. Like it.
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D-S
Well-known member
I reckon the PCC will be +3 today.
Backsticks
Assistant Pro
Has the Cam Smith bubble burst ? Was there ever much there in the first place ? One hit major. Justin Leonard, type ?
D-S
Well-known member
Posted at the very minute when he stiffs his 2nd at 18 to make eagle and comfortably make the weekend.
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
He’s obviously a very good player. But he was a top 20 player before having a mega season, nothing he did before would suggest he could keep that up.
Shame we’ll never really know as he bailed out. Maybe he thought he had peaked and cashed out.
Backsticks
Assistant Pro
One shot a top golfer does not make.
I mean, has he done anything at all since his win last year ?
