The Open Championship 2021

[Prodot]

On 6/29/2021 at 4:36 PM, KennyP said:

Well today was final qualifying and the scores were crazy low at St Annes Old Links -12 got you in!

 

 

About what you would expect for what is essentially a boring flat muni that absent of wind is defenseless against the modern game.  There are 100 links courses in the UK superior to the Old Course.

Edited July 1, 2021 by Prodot

[jkumpire]

10 hours ago, Ferguson said:

 

Foreign to Britain and the British Open, right?

Correct.

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Edited July 1, 2021 by jkumpire

[Jim53]

Lee Westwood FTW

[scott_Donald]

12 hours ago, Ferguson said:

 

Foreign to Britain and the British Open, right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the British Open????

 

The Open Championship???

[bscinstnct]

35 minutes ago, scott_Donald said:

 

 

What is the British Open????

 

The Open Championship???

 

What Jack 3-jugs said ; )

 

 

[MattyO1984]

6 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

What Jack 3-jugs said ; )

 

 

 

Never liked the guy, no respect, no class, no decorum 😂

[BIM_Monkey]

8 hours ago, Prodot said:

About what you would expect for what is essentially a boring flat muni that absent of wind is defenseless against the modern game.  There are 100 links courses in the UK superior to the Old Course.

Have you confused St Annes Old Links with St Andrews Old Course? 

[Ferguson]

 

No one is confused. 

 

The British Open is "the major of two names."   And you know something, I'm good with that. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fish and chips

 

Edited July 1, 2021 by Ferguson

[scott_Donald]

10 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

What Jack 3-jugs said ; )

 

 

Haha he won 3 great 'Open Championships'.

 

3 hours ago, Ferguson said:

 

No one is confused. 

 

The British Open is "the major of two names."   And you know something, I'm good with that. 

 

 

 

that's not on the official website -

 

https://www.randa.org/en/championships

 

I assume they would know best. 

 

 

In all seriousness, I find it so funny on GolfWrx how members get so bent up on things and try to argue a point that is just someone from outside the country labelling a golf tournament in a foreign country by the nationality of the country rather than the official name; you really can't argue the fact.

Edited July 1, 2021 by scott_Donald

[bscinstnct]

4 hours ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

Never liked the guy, no respect, no class, no decorum 😂

 

Interesting story on Jack’s first Open, he wasn’t supposed to play but got added after winning the US Open.

 

I call it the Open, btw, I just have fun kidding around with our occasionally pedantic cousins across the pond ; )

 

Heres Jack on his first Open. He’s calling it the British Open again 🤣

 

 

[Ferguson]

Many players and people call it the British Open. 

What's the difference?   Who cares. 

 

 

https://www.golfchannel.com/news/ra-notifies-players-strict-virus-protocols-next-months-open-championship

 

 

 

 

 

[scott_Donald]

18 minutes ago, Ferguson said:

Many players and people call it the British Open. 

What's the difference?   Who cares. 

 

 

you are continuing to argue so obviously you do. It is a label and not the official title. 

 

20 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Interesting story on Jack’s first Open, he wasn’t supposed to play but got added after winning the US Open.

 

I call it the Open, btw, I just have fun kidding around with our occasionally pedantic cousins across the pond ; )

 

Heres Jack on his first Open. He’s calling it the British Open again 🤣

 

 

 

Jack is awesome!

[JohnnyCashForever]

14 hours ago, ob1soccer said:

my early pick is for Van De Velde

I'm putting 5 quid on the Delta variant. 

 

"Is it really still an epidemic if no one dies or is hospitalized?"  -- Unintentionally funny/truthy statement from a Bloomberg anchor to flummoxed Johns Hopkins epidemiologist as seen on TV while on vacation

Edited July 1, 2021 by JohnnyCashForever

[north_east_pro]

16 hours ago, milesgiles said:

certainly, but unless its changed radically in the last few years its a wide, wide golf course. Not many bunkers in play off the tee either compared to other venues 

 

It's true that some fairways are generous but the bumpiness of them will throw balls towards the rough if lines taken off the tee aren't spot on. 

 

Here are more photos of current course conditions.

[scott_Donald]

looks gorgeous!

[Ferguson]

3 hours ago, scott_Donald said:

 

you are continuing to argue so obviously you do. It is a label and not the official title. 

 

 

Jack is awesome!

 

Pardon me for my American ignorance, I'm not arguing - just confused. 

Too many hot dogs and too much apple pie, I guess.

 

Happy 4th.   

 

 

 

[Bye]

On 6/30/2021 at 10:23 AM, MattyO1984 said:

On their YouTube channel, The Open has posted some videos about guys looking to qualify for the Open through qualifying. The first four videos have certainly given a pretty interesting perspective (albeit by the fourth video, it does become a bit repetitive). Pretty cool that one of the guys in the series made it through.

Yes, one of our local boys from Suffolk, Sam Forgan got through at Prince’s. Fortunately St George’s is not too far either.

[Duct Tape]

Now that we have solved the proper name for the Major in the UK/ N. Ireland, the entire Covid quarantine situation, and how to correctly spell honour, glamour, and leukaemia, maybe it’s time to close this thread and have Matty open the official one? 😉 🙂 

 

PS. Still pulling for Westwood. 

[stingerfade]

20 hours ago, Prodot said:

About what you would expect for what is essentially a boring flat muni that absent of wind is defenseless against the modern game.  There are 100 links courses in the UK superior to the Old Course.

If you think st andrews is flat you’ve never been there 

Edited July 1, 2021 by stingerfade

[Prodot]

2 hours ago, stingerfade said:

If you think st andrews is flat you’ve never been there 

Was there for a month in 2019, it's pretty flat.

 

Minimum elevation 2 m, max elevation 9 m.  About 22 feet in elevation changes

 

https://www.provisualizer.com/courses/standrewsoldcourse.php

 

Check out elevation profile at link above for Kingsbarns or Castle course where they have some actual hills.

Edited July 2, 2021 by Prodot

[GolfTurkey]

It would lead to lots of confusion if we had a silent "British" or "Britain" in general conversation e.g.

 

"Are you Irish". "No, I'm __"

 

"I live in Great ___"

 

"Many countries were colonized by the __ Empire" ... as in the Star Wars "Empire"???

 

"What airline are you flying on?". "___ Airways"

 

"What museum are we visiting today?" "The __ Museum"

[Hawkeye77]

52 minutes ago, GolfTurkey said:

It would lead to lots of confusion if we had a silent "British" or "Britain" in general conversation e.g.

 

"Are you Irish". "No, I'm __"

 

"I live in Great ___"

 

"Many countries were colonized by the __ Empire" ... as in the Star Wars "Empire"???

 

"What airline are you flying on?". "___ Airways"

 

"What museum are we visiting today?" "The __ Museum"

Or fill "Open" into the blanks!

[stingerfade]

5 hours ago, Prodot said:

Was there for a month in 2019, it's pretty flat.

 

Minimum elevation 2 m, max elevation 9 m.  About 22 feet in elevation changes

 

https://www.provisualizer.com/courses/standrewsoldcourse.php

 

Check out elevation profile at link above for Kingsbarns or Castle course where they have some actual hills.

Been to all of those. Avg elevation doesn’t really explain the 6-9 ft moguls everywhere. It’s not flat at all except the first and 18th tee. It doesn’t have Augusta elevation changes but it’s not flat relatively. 

[MattyO1984]

14 hours ago, Bye said:

Yes, one of our local boys from Suffolk, Sam Forgan got through at Prince’s. Fortunately St George’s is not too far either.

 

Awesome!! It’s guys like Sam making it through that show there is still some romanticism about The Open.

[Ferguson]

9 hours ago, GolfTurkey said:

It would lead to lots of confusion if we had a silent "British" or "Britain" in general conversation e.g.

 

"Are you Irish". "No, I'm __"

 

"I live in Great ___"

 

"Many countries were colonized by the __ Empire" ... as in the Star Wars "Empire"???

 

"What airline are you flying on?". "___ Airways"

 

"What museum are we visiting today?" "The __ Museum"

 

 

I watched the Austin Powers movies.  I can answer all of these. 

 

 

[MattyO1984]

10 hours ago, GolfTurkey said:

It would lead to lots of confusion if we had a silent "British" or "Britain" in general conversation e.g.

 

"Are you Irish". "No, I'm __"

 

"I live in Great ___"

 

"Many countries were colonized by the __ Empire" ... as in the Star Wars "Empire"???

 

"What airline are you flying on?". "___ Airways"

 

"What museum are we visiting today?" "The __ Museum"

 

No, I’m Scottish

 

I live in Great Scotland

 

Many counties were colonised by the Scottish Empire

 

Scottish Airways

 

The Scottish Museum

 

Scotland is quite clearly the best part, so we can take over the mantle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[bscinstnct]

36 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

No, I’m Scottish

 

I live in Great Scotland

 

Many counties were colonised by the Scottish Empire

 

Scottish Airways

 

The Scottish Museum

 

Scotland is quite clearly the best part, so we can take over the mantle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

 

No question…

 

Invented golf

 

Invented scotch

 

Drank so much scotch they invented haggis

 

Like to fight

 

Great slang

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2021 by bscinstnct

[MattyO1984]

51 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

No question…

 

Invented golf

 

Invented scotch

 

Drank so much scotch they invented haggis

 

Like to fight

 

Great slang

 

 

 

 

Oh aye bsinstnct, I iways kent you wiz a topper o a loon!

[smashdn]

Haven't seen so much issue with the name of a tournament since the clam bake stopped serving clams.

[bscinstnct]

34 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

Oh aye bsinstnct, I iways kent you wiz a topper o a loon!