The 150th Open (*** NO LIV DISCUSSIONS/REFERENCES ***)

[MattyO1984]

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by MattyO1984

[MattyO1984]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by MattyO1984

[jonsnow]

5 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

This lady?

Henni Koyack or Zuel.

Yes, that's her. Thanks, Matty! I see she's on the LET. I figured she must be someone pretty well known or connected to be inside the ropes & that close to the players but didn't recognize her.

[Duct Tape]

15 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funny,  don’t remember teeing off on that hole this morning!

 

I joke.  I joke.  Wish that was my swing.  How could JT lose with that?

[JRS1939]

[MattyO1984]

27 minutes ago, jonsnow said:

Yes, that's her. Thanks, Matty! I see she's on the LET. I figured she must be someone pretty well known or connected to be inside the ropes & that close to the players but didn't recognize her.

 

She has hang up her clubs and just does broadcasting now. From memory, she was pretty much Golf TV's point person when it came to working with Tiger. This year, she has been on Sky Sports pretty much every week, certainly, every week that matters anyway. 

[i*windows]

Tee times

 

Morikawa, Rory, Zander @ 9:58

 

Tiger Fitz, Homa @ 2:59pm

 

Tee Times | The 150th Open | St Andrews (theopen.com)

Edited July 12, 2022 by i*windows

[Zitlow]

2 hours ago, bscinstnct said:

 

“lunch both days was relatively not bad”

 

A ringing endorsement of Scottish cuisine. 
 

🤣

 

Hey, well, you guys invented Scotch, invented golf, guess you can’t have it all ; )

 

Have you been chowing down on haggis?   

[lowheel]

Keep the great pics coming, some nice wallpapers in here

[aenemated]

57 minutes ago, Zitlow said:

 

Have you been chowing down on haggis?   

 

Haggis is delicious! 

[bscinstnct]

1 hour ago, Zitlow said:

 

Have you been chowing down on haggis?   

 

Ha! Never tried but I would. Not sure I’d like it because I don’t really like liver. But then again I like pate/foie gras 🤔 

 

Prolly just a question of how hungry I am lol. 

[MattyO1984]

2 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Ha! Never tried but I would. Not sure I’d like it because I don’t really like liver. But then again I like pate/foie gras 🤔 

 

Prolly just a question of how hungry I am lol. 

 

It's amazing!! Nothing like liver which I hate as well. If people didn't know what haggis was, I am convinced more than most would like it. 

[jonsnow]

3 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

It's amazing!! Nothing like liver which I hate as well. If people didn't know what haggis was, I am convinced more than most would like it. 

I'll take your word for it. I guess most non-Southerners feel the same way about Brunswick stew. And other Southern delicacies made from parts of the pig or hog  most people wouldn't consider edible. Pickled pigs foot, anyone?

[aenemated]

21 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

It's amazing!! Nothing like liver which I hate as well. If people didn't know what haggis was, I am convinced more than most would like it. 

 

Exactly. Like these haters never ate a hotdog. 😂

 

When it comes to food, I’m very much of the Tony Bourdain (RIP 😢) type.

 

Totally things I’m not crazy about but I can eat and enjoy most anything; be it French Laundry or a good ol pig pickin around a buncha drunk yahoos that been cookin and drinkin Coors Light since 5AM haha

Edited July 12, 2022 by aenemated

[pearcebarr]

Like most, I think the talk of Tiger retiring are ridiculous, and cocked up by the RnA to get some hype ahead of the tournament. The mans quotes clearly state that he intends on playing at St. Andrews in the future, but that he just doesn't think he will as competitive then.

 

He's going to keep getting stronger, and use to his new leg. The pain may never go away, but no one is able to endure pain like Tiger.

[CasualLie]

47 minutes ago, MattyO1984 said:

 

It's amazing!! Nothing like liver which I hate as well. If people didn't know what haggis was, I am convinced more than most would like it. 

 

Quite awhile ago, having a home cooked dinner with a very well known whisky producer/taster/owner in Scotland.  Served next to the haggis was a dram of something from his private collection.  He knew I had not had haggis before and I was a tad bit apprehensive.  I looked at him, looked at the whisky, looked at the haggis and he had read my mind.  So I poured the dram over the haggis, he chuckled, did the same, and it tasted pretty good!  Having had haggis a few times since, and never again poured over the dram, it is like most traditional dishes, pay no mind to the ingredients, and how good it tastes is all up to what went into the preparation.  There is good haggis and there is horrid haggis.

 

  

[CasualLie]

32 minutes ago, aenemated said:

 

Exactly. Like these haters never ate a hotdog. 😂

 

When it comes to food, I’m very much of the Tony Bourdain (RIP 😢) type.

 

Totally things I’m not crazy about but I can eat and enjoy most anything; be it French Laundry or a good ol pig pickin around a buncha drunk yahoos that been cookin and drinkin Coors Light since 5AM haha

 

Get your point...agree...but French Laundry sucks now.  If Tony was alive and went there now, he would seek out Keller and punch him.  No taking away the history and influence, but for many years it has turned into a place flat out mailing it in and charging ridiculous prices for a boring menu.

 

Benu and Atelier Crenn put FL to shame.

 

Ok, now back to the "Tiger is going to win this week" love fest...

[aenemated]

6 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

Get your point...agree...but French Laundry sucks now. 

 

Oh no, don't tell me that. Was last there in ... 2010 I think? Was thinking about trying to get back for my birthday in October. 

 

Chef Jordan Khan's Vespertine in LA at least keeps the dream going. Maybe the only thing I miss about that town.

 

Anyway, yes - back to the Open before someone gets big mad at food talk 😂

[aus10KC]

3 hours ago, i*windows said:

Tee times

 

Morikawa, Rory, Zander @ 9:58

 

Tiger Fitz, Homa @ 2:59pm

 

Tee Times | The 150th Open | St Andrews (theopen.com)

 

Max is stoked to be playing with Tiger!

 

I'm sure Fitz is too. 

[ebrasmus21]

2 hours ago, lowheel said:

Keep the great pics coming, some nice wallpapers in here

Holy s*** LH is back, baby.  

[jmck]

Haggis has a real marketing problem, it's true.  Like maybe call it "rôti de mouton à la farine d'avoine" instead.  Then it's $60 a plate at the French Laundry.

[Pastit]

2 hours ago, jonsnow said:

I'll take your word for it. I guess most non-Southerners feel the same way about Brunswick stew. And other Southern delicacies made from parts of the pig or hog  most people wouldn't consider edible. Pickled pigs foot, anyone?

Liver, what rubbish - Haggis grows on trees on Carnoustie Golf Course, hidden in the rough, all porridge bashers know that. 

[tgws]

Woods is conceding he'll be a ceremonial golfer at some point

 

they pretty much all end up that way, despite what they say in their early 40s etc

[gvogel]

1 hour ago, CasualLie said:

 

Quite awhile ago, having a home cooked dinner with a very well known whisky producer/taster/owner in Scotland.  Served next to the haggis was a dram of something from his private collection.  He knew I had not had haggis before and I was a tad bit apprehensive.  I looked at him, looked at the whisky, looked at the haggis and he had read my mind.  So I poured the dram over the haggis, he chuckled, did the same, and it tasted pretty good!  Having had haggis a few times since, and never again poured over the dram, it is like most traditional dishes, pay no mind to the ingredients, and how good it tastes is all up to what went into the preparation.  There is good haggis and there is horrid haggis.

 

  

I too have poured whiskey over haggis.  But it probably wasn't good haggis (Gleneagles Hotel), and is wasn't great whiskey (Black and White).

[Duct Tape]

21 minutes ago, gvogel said:

I too have poured whiskey over haggis.  But it probably wasn't good haggis (Gleneagles Hotel), and is wasn't great whiskey (Black and White).

I have, on the other hand, chugged the whiskey (more than one glass) prior to choking down a serving of haggis. 
 

Didn’t work. Nearly puked. I was one of the freshmen on our college rugby team’s tour of Scotland and Northern England.  Great fun and laughs I’m sure for the older boys.

 

The other most memorable moment on that trip was watching England play Scotland at Twickenham.   The atmosphere was absolutely electric and I spent the entire match trying understand and learn the songs being sung, mostly unsuccessfully.  This was around 1977 in the stadium when the “stands” were really stands. No seats. Never seen that before.  I think it’s since been renovated. 
 

A story from that trip.  We were playing the A and B sides at U of Birmingham. They threw a great party for us the night before and invited half the town.  Many of us never made it to bed. Next morning we met for the “traditional pre-match breakfast”, or so we were told. Lots of pomp and tradition those Limeys!  This included the required toasts, with pints of bitter, to the captains and secretary’s of each club. A couple of hours later my team joined on the pitch with their A side boys, none of whom we had ever laid sight on before. 😀🤓

 

[jonsnow]

36 minutes ago, gvogel said:

I too have poured whiskey over haggis.  But it probably wasn't good haggis (Gleneagles Hotel), and is wasn't great whiskey (Black and White).

I would pour whiskey over haggis before eating it, but I'd drink it first.

[bscinstnct]

I think I could get into haggis

 

If the stomach stuffed with octopus and squid. Maybe clams and mussels too. And some breadcrumbs and pancetta! 

Like a haggis fruitti di mare! 😃
 

Now that’s good eats!!

 

 

 

[jonsnow]

4 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

I think I could get into haggis

 

If the stomach stuffed with octopus and squid. Maybe clams and mussels too. And some breadcrumbs and pancetta! 

Like a haggis fruitti di mare! 😃
 

Now that’s good eats!!

 

 

 

You could eat & enjoy things that would make a billy goat puke.

[aenemated]

 

Hahah nice one, Willy Z

[TheMoneyShot]

Bryson was just dropped by Bridgestone.  Wonder what bell he will use this week?