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  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,111
    The club change for the approach on 18 will be a decision that haunts Tommy for years to come 
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,784
    Gutted for our Tommy but just goes to show despite having multiple worldwide wins under his belt, the pressure to win your first USPGA title is immense
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    golfaddick said:
    Fleetwood has taken over the mantle from "cant putt" Westwood. Good professional players but just dont have what's needed when the time comes.
    As I posted earlier. Fleetwood's propensity to not be able to hole out when under pressure strikes again. I also agree his change of club on the fairway on the 18th did him no favours. I believe he 3-putted at least 3 times today. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    Feel so sorry for Fleetwood but no one will be more gutted than him. As for Bradley, I'm just amazed he's captain and not playing. In 15 events this season, he's missed one cut, had 5 top 10 places including yesterday's win and is 5th ranked US player in the FedExCup. At 39, he's four years younger than Justin Rose was when he last played in the Ryder Cup. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,908
    I have no idea why he was made captain, I suspect a peacemeal offering the Netflix filmed snub at last one. 

    Personally I think he she defer it and concentrate on playing. 

    I like Bradley btw, it’s not his fault he gets all the ‘USA’ dickheads 
  • Red_Chester
    Red_Chester Posts: 753
    Good win for Dan Brown this weekend almost a year from he came to the scene on the Open. Almost always something happens for a reason with his close friend passing away last week. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,788
    Pádraig Harrington starts with a birdie in the Open, to lead.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    guinnessaddick said:
    Pádraig Harrington starts with a birdie in the Open, to lead.
    He did the same thing last week in the Scottish Open and was 4 under after 8. He eventually finished 71st.  
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    That said, 6 of the first 9 have now bogeyed the first. Unusually difficult hole given the fact that it is easy to go out of bounds. Not one for the nervous starter. 
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,998
    edited July 17
    I found this the hardest of the Open venues, though we don't have the OOB on the first hole. It has so many perched, repelling greens and false fronts which are tough to hold in the wind - for amateurs anyway.

    In hindsight it felt obvious a ball striker and short game savant like Lowry would win there. 

    I have picked Rahm to win. He seems like the old Rahm again and Scheffler's been giving off bad vibes when talking recently, plus he doesn't seem to love links golf yet. 

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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,922
    standard par 3 there from Mickelson
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    MrOneLung said:
    standard par 3 there from Mickelson
    It was classic Mickelson. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    Bump

    Rory's not helping himself with having a touch of the lefts. Need to keep it on the fairway to have a chance.

    Also nice to see Dechambeau struggle. Maybe he should use clubs with different length shafts & not try to belt the ball 400 yards off every tee.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,896
    Interesting first day. Currently over 30 players within 3 of the lead.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    philcafc said:
    Interesting first day. Currently over 30 players within 3 of the lead.
    Ridiculously tight, so much so that if the cut were right now and with a 10 shot rule (which there is elsewhere), only 13 of the 156 players would be out. One of those would be Dechambeau.
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,333
    Christ how slow was play yesterday Rory's group finishing at 9 last night
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,970
    northstandsteve said:
    Christ how slow was play yesterday Rory's group finishing at 9 last night
    Diabolical pace,how can a round of golf between the worlds best players take 6 hours,this does put people off from watching.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    Two, for me, incredible stats.  

    Rory McIlroy hit just two fairways yesterday - less than anyone else - and still recorded 1 under. Mickleson would be proud of that. 

    Adam Scott has now played in 97 consecutive Majors - his first was the Open in 2001 at Royal Lytham. Only the GOAT, Jack Nicklaus, with 146 between 1962 and 1998, has a better record. When one thinks of the influencing factors of form but, more to the point, the level of fitness and commitment required for that to happen. And he only had his 45th birthday two days ago. 

  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,914
    Addick Addict said:
    Two, for me, incredible stats.  

    Rory McIlroy hit just two fairways yesterday - less than anyone else - and still recorded 1 under. Mickleson would be proud of that. 

    Adam Scott has now played in 97 consecutive Majors - his first was the Open in 2001 at Royal Lytham. Only the GOAT, Jack Nicklaus, with 146 between 1962 and 1998, has a better record. When one thinks of the influencing factors of form but, more to the point, the level of fitness and commitment required for that to happen. And he only had his 45th birthday two days ago. 


    Scotty is probably my favourite golfer over the past 20 years.
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,333
    Great player but lacks so much on the personality front

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    northstandsteve said:
    Great player but lacks so much on the personality front
    I do get that but it's not just the loudest that possess a personality. Tyrell Hatton has a degree in expletives, Wyndham Clark possesses the world record for smashing clubhouse lockers, John Daly likes to drink 40 pints a day and have a bet at the same time etc etc. Too many extroverts would spoil the party. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    Addick Addict said:
    Two, for me, incredible stats.  

    Rory McIlroy hit just two fairways yesterday - less than anyone else - and still recorded 1 under. Mickleson would be proud of that. 

    Adam Scott has now played in 97 consecutive Majors - his first was the Open in 2001 at Royal Lytham. Only the GOAT, Jack Nicklaus, with 146 between 1962 and 1998, has a better record. When one thinks of the influencing factors of form but, more to the point, the level of fitness and commitment required for that to happen. And he only had his 45th birthday two days ago. 

    Edit - I hadn't realised that Scheffler only hit 3 fairways - and he managed to return 3 under!
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,333
    Addick Addict said:
    northstandsteve said:
    Great player but lacks so much on the personality front
    I do get that but it's not just the loudest that possess a personality. Tyrell Hatton has a degree in expletives, Wyndham Clark possesses the world record for smashing clubhouse lockers, John Daly likes to drink 40 pints a day and have a bet at the same time etc etc. Too many extroverts would spoil the party. 

    But we can relate to them people as a lot of us do the same when we hit a shit shot.
  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,433
    northstandsteve said:
    Addick Addict said:
    northstandsteve said:
    Great player but lacks so much on the personality front
    I do get that but it's not just the loudest that possess a personality. Tyrell Hatton has a degree in expletives, Wyndham Clark possesses the world record for smashing clubhouse lockers, John Daly likes to drink 40 pints a day and have a bet at the same time etc etc. Too many extroverts would spoil the party. 

    But we can relate to them people as a lot of us do the same when we hit a shit shot.
    Nothing wrong with Adam Scott, seems a genuine nice bloke, i mean if you are going to criticise him for that, i'd look closer to home :smile:

  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,925
    northstandsteve said:
    Addick Addict said:
    northstandsteve said:
    Great player but lacks so much on the personality front
    I do get that but it's not just the loudest that possess a personality. Tyrell Hatton has a degree in expletives, Wyndham Clark possesses the world record for smashing clubhouse lockers, John Daly likes to drink 40 pints a day and have a bet at the same time etc etc. Too many extroverts would spoil the party. 

    But we can relate to them people as a lot of us do the same when we hit a shit shot.
    The reason Scott has done so consistently well, year in year out, is because he can control his emotions. The anger is almost certainly still there. Both Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer were serious racket abusers as teenagers. They learnt how to control their emotions and one suspects that had John McEnroe done so then he might have got closer to them in terms of majors. Throwing your toys out of the pram is a way of looking for excuses for your own failings. 

    This is what he has said

    “I think the rules and the etiquette of the game prepared me for life a little bit. You get some bad bounces occasionally and there’s not much you can do about it. You have to prepare yourself for the next shot, whether that’s in life or golf, and do the best you can.”

    As for being down to earth and a man of the people, he formed the Adam Scott Foundation, some 20 years ago at the age of 25, which supports disadvantaged and underprivileged youth by providing educational scholarships to disadvantaged, remote and indigenous students.   


  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,566
    Super day at Portrush. Saw this group’s triple birdie on 13 and avoided a soaking. 




    Agree with comments above though re the pace of play - taking best part of six hours for a round is crazy. 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,491
    Scheffler is like a machine - plays such controlled golf.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,739
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    Scheffler is like a machine - plays such controlled golf.
    He's the best I've seen since Tiger was dominating. 
    Can easily see him getting to double figures when it comes to winning Majors. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,922
    This is gonna be pretty boring today unless someone goes out early, shoots 62 just as the weather turns to a monsoon and hurricane 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,806
    MrOneLung said:
    This is gonna be pretty boring today unless someone goes out early, shoots 62 just as the weather turns to a monsoon and hurricane 
    Unfortunately, the weather forecast is decent all day.

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