The Open Championship 2021

[smashdn]

46 minutes ago, KennyP said:

 

Jonathan Thomson stands 6'10". 

Great story - he beat leukaemia as a child.

Bryson long too.

 

 

But does he destroy drivers every 100 swings?

[tiderider]

1 hour ago, flopshotscott said:

 

There are some Longhorns who would be offended, but it is the NCAA that decided it was a penalty.. not UT.

 

In all my college years we liked being the team to beat and liked the horns down. I hope our football team can improve so we can see more of it!

somewhat of an argument to be made for a penalty since it's specific ... don't think UT could make it a penalty, but i've read it was the big12 ... "probably" read ... was probably these past four days as i was watching golf at 5 in the morning, so who knows ... Sark gonna have to learn how to say "no" in a not so nice manner if he wants to exploit those resources ... 

[tiderider]

2 hours ago, CasualLie said:

Just so happened being in England while this little shindig is going on.  Spieth and Morikawa are the only good bets I have going; the rest are pretty much no chance unless the leaders come back to the crowd.

 

Best golf on TV is the 2 hour highlight show on BBC each night; makes golf channel and regular NBC tour coverage look like a joke. However, the featured group stream from the website are pretty bad.

 

Having played RSG a few times myself, I'm still holding onto my -15 winner projection and that may be well short.  If 3 or more can keep it low and push each other, then -15 will not be enough.  The course is defenseless this week with nice temps and low wind.  It's nothing like when Darren Clarke won.  

 

But it's all good.  Love this course.  It's fun, great variety, and nasty when the wind is really going.

Good stuff ... 

[BobMorris]

4 hours ago, OBbogey5 said:

Special memories indeed. We never forget that stuff. 
 

“Simulcast”! That’s the word I should’ve used instead of telecast.. My mistake is ironic considering back in the day, every two mins of a Lakers game, you hear Stu Lantz proclaim this is a SIMULCAST!
 

Along with the Kings Bob Miller, LA really couldn’t ask for more from the booth. These guys are so iconic. Geez even the Angels had Joe Torre

Yes...the LA area was blessed with some of the very best. Vinny, Miller, Chick, and a very unsung Jim Kelly doing USC games. Once Lantz got acclimated, he and Chick made for an excellent team. Yup...I remember Torre on Angel games, and even further back, Dick Enburg.

[Hawkeye77]

Since he apparently wasn’t doing anything this week, Jim Nantz took time to visit with me very briefly this afternoon at The Hay - nice guy and nice to all that happened to be there when he was filming something. Nothing to do with The Open, lol. 

[flip flappy]

7 hours ago, One Putter said:

Brooksie is such a troll lol, i think we're all gonna be fans of his soon enough.

You know, my mind is changing about Brooks. I saw the clip where he says "love my driver", and I had to laugh. I thought to myself, good one Brooksie. Also liking BDC less and less.

[MUNIGRIT]

Probably thread worthy but why have the English men struggled to win this event outside of Faldo?

[Baitkiller]

Unfortunately I have not been able to catch a single shot.  Is it worth watching tomorrow? Or should I take the wife and dogs out boating?

[ChrisL52188]

5 hours ago, CasualLie said:

Just so happened being in England while this little shindig is going on.  Spieth and Morikawa are the only good bets I have going; the rest are pretty much no chance unless the leaders come back to the crowd.

 

Best golf on TV is the 2 hour highlight show on BBC each night; makes golf channel and regular NBC tour coverage look like a joke. However, the featured group stream from the website are pretty bad.

 

Having played RSG a few times myself, I'm still holding onto my -15 winner projection and that may be well short.  If 3 or more can keep it low and push each other, then -15 will not be enough.  The course is defenseless this week with nice temps and low wind.  It's nothing like when Darren Clarke won.  

 

But it's all good.  Love this course.  It's fun, great variety, and nasty when the wind is really going.

When Ben Curtis won, there wasn't much wind on the weekend either. It was sunny on Sunday and he was one under. But then again when Greg won in 1993, it was fairly calm too and he was 13 under par. I guess they made the course a bit easier than in the past. When Sandy Lyle won in 1985, he was plus two. The course definitely needs wind as a defense or make the fairways very narrow. 

Edited July 17, 2021 by ChrisL52188

[ChrisL52188]

My opinion... The Open should be as hard as it was in 1999... That was a very, very hard Open setup. 

Edited July 17, 2021 by ChrisL52188

[KennyP]

Here we go with day 3. Another beautiful day on the links. 

 

Bryson in good spirits on the tee.

[KennyP]

Unfortunately we don't get to see him hit is approach into the first.

 

Sky think it's more important that we listen to the wisdom of McGinley & Laura Davies 🙄 FFS!

[teude]

Bad approaches on both holes and on the second almost didn't hit the ball in his birdie putt, good par save though.

[teude]

19 players on the course, still no one under par. Promising.

[avrag]

Oosthuizen and Rose are enigmas for me. Both have won a major, so they should have this monkey off their backs. Both have been in contention so often after that, but winning the second one seems to be just as hard for them as getting the first one for all the "best players without a major".
The other thing, which strikes me is that I always seem to forget just how good Dustin Johnson is, when he is on his game. 

[bscinstnct]

Rory making his back door top-10 run early.

 

 

🤣

[MMB1500]

23 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Rory making his back door top-10 run early.

 

 

🤣

 

As usual, he's playing well because there's no pressure on him and he's not in contention! 

 

On a different note, I see Adam Scott is continuing with his vomit themed wardrobe today. 🤢 Pretty sure he's also rocking the baggy pleated pants. 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by MMB1500

[Mr. Grumpy]

What a bummer to see Rickie fading again. Headlines dominated by the likes of BK, BD, PR, and others, Rickie keeps his head down, plays golf, and does a few commercials. When he popped onto the scene I would have thought that he would be a multiple major winner, top 5 golfer for an extended period and be in contention at many more tournaments than not..

[BIM_Monkey]

Isn't it wonderful to watch golf with listening to drunk morons shouting rubbish. 

[Jay28]

McIlroy must suffer so badly from nerves.

As soon as he is out of the tournament, he starts playing well.

 

[mosesgolf]

What a stacked leaderboard.  So looking forward to this weekend.  

[bscinstnct]

Rory!

 

That was borderline yip there.

[ATLgopher]

Rory saw Zal’s putt on Thursday and said hold my beer

[Jay28]

A hacks short putting is better than Rory's 🙄

 

High time he moved to the long putter to try and rescue his career as a top 10 player.

Edited July 17, 2021 by Jay28

[flip flappy]

Wow. That missed 2 footer by McIroy looked like something I would do. Didn't even touch the hole.

[KennyP]

21 minutes ago, mosesgolf said:

What a stacked leaderboard.  So looking forward to this weekend.  

 

Could be reminiscent of the '93 open when Norman, Faldo, Couples, Langer, Price, Els & Pavin all had a chance on Sunday.

Edited July 17, 2021 by KennyP

[Ironman_32]

20 hours ago, SwooshLT said:

 

But a player of his length SHOULD be able manage is length ; realizing the penalty for inaccurate tee shots......so while you lose the advantage of length,  you don't shoot yourself out of the event......whether it's Augusta,  The Open , The U.S.OPEN or The Players......course and self management is prevalent to win these events......not expecting Tiger like consistency but like Tiger at hoylake in 06 , take advantage of your strengths......BD is really long with his irons..... but control of irons is much easier from the fairway than the deep stuff.....

I agree. Its almost as if Bryson is playing "golf swing" and not "golf", ironically something Tiger would get accused of. 

 

Your point is fair, Bryson tried the driver and basically shot himself out of the tournament on day 1. Guy needs to learn some sort of "fair finder" shot, doesn't matter if he hits the mega cut 275. (but idk, he's also on tour and I'm not exactly warming up for my tee time in the British right now). 

[flip flappy]

Rory's shot over a bunker to a raised green. Announcer: "Sand wedge. Just trying to flight this low." I don't think so. 

[KennyP]

Golf course playing tough now. No 64's out there today.

[ChillyDipper]

2 minutes ago, KennyP said:

Golf course playing tough now. No 64's out there today.

Garcia is -1 after 1.  On track for a 52.