The worst scores on each hole for the two days equals 53 over.
I wonder how many club golfers are taking comfort in the knowledge that they beat 124 every time they go out. You've got to feel sorry for the likes of poor Niemann and that 8 on a Par 3 that sent him from -1 to +4 in one hole.
Hats off to Niemann. In conditions that were anything but favourable, following that quintuple bogey he went: par, birdie, par, birdie, par, birdie, birdie, par, par, par to finish on level par for both the round and the tournament and in 11th place. It's not beyond the realms of fantasy that, if he carries on playing like that and the front three lose their way in the final two rounds, he could end up winning The Open. I bet no one has ever done that with a quintuple bogey on their card. He hit 800 on Betfair following that hole and is now trading at 48 and I've just had a fiver on him. It's written in the stars!
This is a site we’ve used in the past , similar to how VG describes , all done by email and it provides a link to how your picks and others are doing . not sure of costs, if any, ive always just paid a score to whoever organised and they made what the top 3 prize money would get usually 100+ entered in it but sure it works for smaller groups
say 7 picks I think it’s your top 4 or 5 players score go to your teams score and if they miss cut it’s 10 over or something crap
The worst scores on each hole for the two days equals 53 over.
I wonder how many club golfers are taking comfort in the knowledge that they beat 124 every time they go out. You've got to feel sorry for the likes of poor Niemann and that 8 on a Par 3 that sent him from -1 to +4 in one hole.
Hats off to Niemann. In conditions that were anything but favourable, following that quintuple bogey he went: par, birdie, par, birdie, par, birdie, birdie, par, par, par to finish on level par for both the round and the tournament and in 11th place. It's not beyond the realms of fantasy that, if he carries on playing like that and the front three lose their way in the final two rounds, he could end up winning The Open. I bet no one has ever done that with a quintuple bogey on their card. He hit 800 on Betfair following that hole and is now trading at 48 and I've just had a fiver on him. It's written in the stars!
I've been out all day but all day and just checked Niemann's score to find that he's finished 5 over and that he had another quintuple bogey (9 on a par 4). That's 10 dropped shots on two of the 54 holes and enough to cost him the lead overall
Xander and Cantlay had a comfy BFF grouping for Thursday and Friday (and yesterday) so of course I bet on it benefiting Cantlay more. I didn't think Schauffele had another major in him so soon but fair play to him. I do like a player elevating their career with multiple major wins, Zach Johnson excepted.
Shame it petered out today but I think the first three days again showed tough courses and tough conditions make the most fun viewing.
Fair to say that Schauffele's decision to bring in a new swing coach this year has paid off.
I don't think it has been his swing that's been the problem. His putting let him down at the Wells Fargo earlier this year when Rory beat him. Since then his putting has been top notch.
Hopefully McIlroy will learn from the last two Majors that he needs to play the percentages at certain times and also how good he actually is. One would like to think that his best mate and caddie, Harry Diamond, is strong enough to tell him that and McIlroy will listen but that one has been the subject of debate now. McIlroy's single mindedness has got him to the top of the game and enables him to win any number of competitions but that has failed to manifest itself in the Majors over the course of the last seven years.
Clearly Diamond, from what I've read, does a very good job overall and is trusted by McIlroy. He isn't as assertive on the course as JP Fitzgerald was but the timing of the latter's sacking does look rather weird in hindsight as it came two days after McIlroy finished 4th in the 2017 Open. McIlroy had bogeyed five of his first six holes at Birkdale whereupon Fitzgerald said to him “You’re Rory f***ing McIlroy, what are you doing?” which prompted a round of 71. Two days later and after four Majors and 26 titles, Fitzgerald was sacked.
The interesting aspect for me was the reasoning behind Fitzgerald's sacking:
“I don’t want to throw him under the bus but there were a few things that happened in ’17,” he adds. “I think both people in a relationship like that can get complacent and I think there was a bit of complacency so I decided after the Masters it was probably time. I was getting very hard on him. Really hard. Really angry.
“It was partly to do with him and mostly to do with me. I wasn’t playing the best and was frustrated at myself and taking it out on him. And whether that was [related] to a club I’d hit or wanted to hit or … but it was not good. And it’s something I would never do with Harry. Never.”
So McIlroy would never gets angry with Diamond and their relationship clearly hasn't reached the stage of "complacency". Is that because he trusts him 100% or because Diamond never says anything that is likely to upset him? Because I can't help thinking that Fitzgerald might have reminded McIlroy who he was in the last two Majors and persuaded him not to do those certain things that ended up in disaster for him.
As for Fitzgerald, he took over on the bag for Thomas Detry in 2022. Detry missed all three of the cuts for his previous three Majors but since Fitzgerald started to partner him, his results have been T34, T40, T13, T4, & T14. Now Detry is not in McIlroy's class as a golfer but he attributes his improvement to Fitzgerald. And that is all a caddie can do.
That's not to say that McIlroy needs a Fitzgerald again any more than he needs a Diamond. But, perhaps, he needs someone who doesn't rub him up the wrong way but who will also tell him in no uncertain terms what he needs to do at tournament defining times, remind him who he is. And one who isn't his best mate. Only McIlroy truly knows that but no one can escape the fact that McIlroy was ranked 200 in the world when Fitzgerald took over on the bag and he won four Majors with him and none in the last seven years since he dumped him.
Frustrated with Sky’s coverage of the BMW Championship, which they delay showing till 7pm to concentrate on the women’s Open.
It’s a $20m FedEx playoff ahead of next week’s finale, so a fairly major comp. Yet 31 of the 50 are either on the back nine or finished before coverage even starts.
Adam Scott is smashing with a 5 shot lead, and we didn’t see a single shot of his 63 as he was an early group
Frustrated with Sky’s coverage of the BMW Championship, which they delay showing till 7pm to concentrate on the women’s Open.
It’s a $20m FedEx playoff ahead of next week’s finale, so a fairly major comp. Yet 31 of the 50 are either on the back nine or finished before coverage even starts.
Adam Scott is smashing with a 5 shot lead, and we didn’t see a single shot of his 63 as he was an early group
Was it not on the red button ? It was yesterday. I was trying to find Rory when he teed off (6.10) but they wee showing other groups. I think they started at 5pm.
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Hats off to Niemann. In conditions that were anything but favourable, following that quintuple bogey he went: par, birdie, par, birdie, par, birdie, birdie, par, par, par to finish on level par for both the round and the tournament and in 11th place. It's not beyond the realms of fantasy that, if he carries on playing like that and the front three lose their way in the final two rounds, he could end up winning The Open. I bet no one has ever done that with a quintuple bogey on their card. He hit 800 on Betfair following that hole and is now trading at 48 and I've just had a fiver on him. It's written in the stars!
not sure of costs, if any, ive always just paid a score to whoever organised and they made what the top 3 prize money would get
usually 100+ entered in it but sure it works for smaller groups
say 7 picks I think it’s your top 4 or 5 players score go to your teams score and if they miss cut it’s 10 over or something crap
Just hope Scheffler doesn't win it either.
Shame it petered out today but I think the first three days again showed tough courses and tough conditions make the most fun viewing.
Rose top Englishman / Lowry top ex champion ew double
A tidy weekend
Now Charlton to win League one.......
First shot out of bounds, played another off the tee and straight into a bunker, triple bogey first hole.
Clearly Diamond, from what I've read, does a very good job overall and is trusted by McIlroy. He isn't as assertive on the course as JP Fitzgerald was but the timing of the latter's sacking does look rather weird in hindsight as it came two days after McIlroy finished 4th in the 2017 Open. McIlroy had bogeyed five of his first six holes at Birkdale whereupon Fitzgerald said to him “You’re Rory f***ing McIlroy, what are you doing?” which prompted a round of 71. Two days later and after four Majors and 26 titles, Fitzgerald was sacked.
The interesting aspect for me was the reasoning behind Fitzgerald's sacking:
“I don’t want to throw him under the bus but there were a few things that happened in ’17,” he adds. “I think both people in a relationship like that can get complacent and I think there was a bit of complacency so I decided after the Masters it was probably time. I was getting very hard on him. Really hard. Really angry.
“It was partly to do with him and mostly to do with me. I wasn’t playing the best and was frustrated at myself and taking it out on him. And whether that was [related] to a club I’d hit or wanted to hit or … but it was not good. And it’s something I would never do with Harry. Never.”
So McIlroy would never gets angry with Diamond and their relationship clearly hasn't reached the stage of "complacency". Is that because he trusts him 100% or because Diamond never says anything that is likely to upset him? Because I can't help thinking that Fitzgerald might have reminded McIlroy who he was in the last two Majors and persuaded him not to do those certain things that ended up in disaster for him.
As for Fitzgerald, he took over on the bag for Thomas Detry in 2022. Detry missed all three of the cuts for his previous three Majors but since Fitzgerald started to partner him, his results have been T34, T40, T13, T4, & T14. Now Detry is not in McIlroy's class as a golfer but he attributes his improvement to Fitzgerald. And that is all a caddie can do.
That's not to say that McIlroy needs a Fitzgerald again any more than he needs a Diamond. But, perhaps, he needs someone who doesn't rub him up the wrong way but who will also tell him in no uncertain terms what he needs to do at tournament defining times, remind him who he is. And one who isn't his best mate. Only McIlroy truly knows that but no one can escape the fact that McIlroy was ranked 200 in the world when Fitzgerald took over on the bag and he won four Majors with him and none in the last seven years since he dumped him.
It’s a $20m FedEx playoff ahead of next week’s finale, so a fairly major comp. Yet 31 of the 50 are either on the back nine or finished before coverage even starts.
Adam Scott is smashing with a 5 shot lead, and we didn’t see a single shot of his 63 as he was an early group