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An excellent tournament. Wonder where next year's event I being played?

 

At the moment there is no tournament, Sky Sports' contract for the British Masters has now ended. Currently the event has no sponsor for 2019 and if it doesn't secure one soon then it won't be on the schedule.

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i think it looks fabulous ... you don't need a golf course that "looks good" ... you need a course that is interesting ...

 

 

but the rough is almost unplayable, so i just don't see how anyone can play golf there ... :read:

 

Thats heather not rough ;)

 

They have actually haven't got major amounts of heather on the bunkers...

 

This is my course...heather is bushy as on top of bunkers and around them, and behind, toughens up our shorter course.

 

 

 

Is that Ferndown or Broadstone?

 

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An excellent tournament. Wonder where next year's event I being played?

 

At the moment there is no tournament, Sky Sports' contract for the British Masters has now ended. Currently the event has no sponsor for 2019 and if it doesn't secure one soon then it won't be on the schedule.

 

What a shame... I'd rather have a smaller schedule with only european destinations, than all the tournaments on other continents... the european tour could be such a great tour without the sponsor problems.

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It was a brave effort by Sky to try and re-establish the British Masters and the courses have all been fabulous. I'm not sure who's going to step in and front it again next year.

 

Part of me thinks there'll be an announcement during the week that Sky will do another two years. If they don't, it's been fun having it back showcasing classic courses.

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^^ I'm sure there are discussions still going on but they (ET) need to secure things soon, its a matter of days remaining as the schedule needs to be announced soon. I thought Sky Sports would look to continue as its seemed a big success but they've recently pretty much put all their eggs in one basket (EPL).

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Regarding Matt Wallace, his last four opening rounds are 68-64-68-67. His last four last rounds are 74-74-70-75. Seems to run out of steam as the tournaments progresses.

 

Very good player and he's impressed me but watching him play its logical, way too intense and must use bucket loads of (unnecessary) mental energy.

 

He has a similar look to Tyrrell Hatton in the way he reacts to missed putts like the whole world conspired against him for it to miss.

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Regarding Matt Wallace, his last four opening rounds are 68-64-68-67. His last four last rounds are 74-74-70-75. Seems to run out of steam as the tournaments progresses.

 

Very good player and he's impressed me but watching him play its logical, way too intense and must use bucket loads of (unnecessary) mental energy.

 

He has a similar look to Tyrrell Hatton in the way he reacts to missed putts like the whole world conspired against him for it to miss.

 

Tough week for Wally. His gran passed away on Thursday, you can imagine that he was going even more all out that normal to get the W for her.

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It would be a strange one if the British Masters were allowed to drift off into the wilderness again.

 

The past four years have been a great success. Plenty of good golfers, solid winners, brilliant coverage. Seems strange to put so much work into something and then just give it up again.

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^^ I agree 100% but its looks almost certain that Sky Sports wont be continuing with staging the event. The timing of the event is actually very good for Sky Sports as there is no EPL that week.

 

Surprised some company/corporation hasn't stepped in, might yet happen but not looking good.

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Been a while since I've had anything interesting to post but was there on Friday so here goes:

 

Equipment wise:

Lots of TS drivers on show from the Titleist staffers.

Apart from Bjorn all Callaway boys hitting the Rogue.

Not all TM boys are hitting the M4.

Spotted a fair few G400's even some of the non Ping players.

 

Pepperell is indeed hitting the new 919 irons, switched them a few weeks back.

 

Everyone is obviously very impressive from the 10 hours of play I saw. Lots of driving irons in play, although it is that sort of golf course, hard and bouncy. Stood on 18 for an hour and watched a fair few of them tee off, all nutting it even if they aren't all hitting the fairway.

What is really impressive is the control of the ball flight, all hitting low very controlled fight, very very impressive.

No-one really having a lash, everyone seemed to be swinging well within themselves.

 

Saw Eddie a few times as over the last year or so I've become a big fan so watched as much of him as poss but he was behind Moliwood so big crowds. His 69 on Friday was quality and really put him in a very strong positon. Great iron player, beautiful striker of the ball.

Wallace is also very impressive.

Lee Slattery is as smooth as silk.

Jordan Smith looked very good.

Andy Sullivan appears to be the nicest man in the world, laughing/smiling/joking with the crowds and interacting with the kids, seems a top man.

 

Course Is great, played it a fair few times and TV doesn't really do it justice. The heather is brutal, even for the pros.

 

Brilliant winner, even his interview was funny, think he is very popular and comes across as a genuinely nice bloke.

 

That is all!

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There's an interesting WITB on YouTube with Eddie Pepperell where he covers everything. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but taking virtually no interest in club set up makes no sense to me.

 

Ping put a driver together for him which he bagged straight away. He didn't know what shafts were in the irons or wedges without looking at them. His 6 iron has a different shaft to the rest of the set (original didn't survive a bad round in Oni piece) and he says 3 or 4 wedges depending on the course and conditions.

 

He went with the new irons because they were "the same but certainly no worse" than the 900's. Not a ringing endorsement but they do what needs them to do and he loves the looks above everything else.

 

Store bought putter because he found that face balanced putters actually have more rotation during the stroke because gravity has more mass to pull on. Says that's the case for him anyway.

 

Always fascinated by player's takes on their clubs.

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There's an interesting WITB on YouTube with Eddie Pepperell where he covers everything. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but taking virtually no interest in club set up makes no sense to me.

 

Ping put a driver together for him which he bagged straight away. He didn't know what shafts were in the irons or wedges without looking at them. His 6 iron has a different shaft to the rest of the set (original didn't survive a bad round in Oni piece) and he says 3 or 4 wedges depending on the course and conditions.

 

He went with the new irons because they were "the same but certainly no worse" than the 900's. Not a ringing endorsement but they do what needs them to do and he loves the looks above everything else.

 

Store bought putter because he found that face balanced putters actually have more rotation during the stroke because gravity has more mass to pull on. Says that's the case for him anyway.

 

Always fascinated by player's takes on their clubs.

 

I like his approach to his bag. It shows he has trust in the brand that is making the clubs for him and he then only has to worry about how he swings. And as he says about the driver he needed to see it work on the course not just the range, which clearly for him it does.

 

I can see what he is saying regarding the putters I switch between a face balance and a toe hang and find it harder to square the face balanced putter. Maybe he is onto something.

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Betfred steps in as title sponsor for British Masters. Really looking for to seeing the ET at this venue.

 

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2019/tournamentid=2019042/news/newsid=366602.html

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Betfred steps in as title sponsor for British Masters. Really looking for to seeing the ET at this venue.

 

http://www.europeant...sid=366602.html

 

Glad that it was a couple of year deal with BetFred, something to work with at least. Super tournament that should be one of the priorities on the schedule.

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