The British Open- Royal St. George's
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Looks like Siem has a visor for today. He was hatless yesterday, but got a ton of TV time. And it is shockingly weird to see a tour pro without a hat.
I wonder how much Callaway is paying him for donning it.
I wonder how much Callaway is paying him for donning it.
My comment about Casey and Harman on Thursday aged well. They are always in the mix on Thursday and Friday.
I hate Harman's stupid putter. So I cannot root for him. But it would be awesome if Casey could win a major. He won't, though. He's a younger Westwood.
I’ve been in the car about 8 hours over the last 48 hours. Listening to the radio broadcast on Sirius/XM, which is British, and the only one apparently available for any radio platforms.
It is dreadfully awful. Just so much fluff, failed cute/cheeky commentary, and reading emails/tweets from listeners that always seem to praise the broadcast.
It is dreadfully awful. Just so much fluff, failed cute/cheeky commentary, and reading emails/tweets from listeners that always seem to praise the broadcast.
Yeah, I've listened to a fair amount of it too, and the emails, especially, are just terrible broadcasting.
A lot of soccer games on the radio that broadcast from there do the same thing.
"Smith lining up the free kick in a dangerous area...Dave from the East End reaches out to say 'Keep up the good work! Go United!'...the free kick was pushed wide."
PXG with weird ads. They must be running out of rich guys willing to pay 5x more than every other manufacturer for nothing.
Jordan lost some momentum, but Morikawa has gained some. Feels like a 3-horse race with ~22 holes left.
Am I the only person that gets Chelsea Dagger stuck in his head every time they show Dylan Fritelli?*
*I know the band's name isn't spelled the same.
*I know the band's name isn't spelled the same.
Everyone yips a short putt every now and then. Taking 4 shots to get down from maybe 50 yards out is something I’d be upset with myself for doing, and I’m a total hacker. Totally agree — brutal finish.
Yeah, he blew the approach (to be fair, one more yard and it's over the hill and a perfect approach) but it messed him up. He wasn't scrambling, which is why those bogeys are jus brutal.
The good news about Spieth's poor finish is that it's likely to light a fire under him ahead of tomorrow. He made a few dumb mistakes but is still playing excellent golf overall - I think he's going to come out swinging and be in or very close to the lead by the turn.
Haha right. Oof.
I’ll just say I think any of the players in contention winning would be a heck of a story.
Oh yeah, I get that these links courses are incredibly difficult when it’s windy. But I do think they should tweak the fairway widths a bit so that it’s still challenging when the wind doesn’t show, which isn’t a rare occurrence.
Edit: “Challenging”‘is the wrong word, but I think the course is too easy. I mean, the cut was +1.
I get that a camera going off is annoying, but if you are a major-winning pro and the click of a camera during your swing causes you to completely fan the shot short and right, your problem is bigger than the distraction. (Edit: Spieth made a great grinding par, so he atoned.)
On another front, Louis is handling the pressure of round 4 in predictable fashion.
On another front, Louis is handling the pressure of round 4 in predictable fashion.
If he makes the birdie putt, he may run away and hide. Alternatively, he may slow down and Louis will recover to get a back door second.
Either way, seems like Morikawa’s to lose.
The markup on their website is hilarious. Want DG S400 iron shafts? One of the more common shafts out there? +$39 per club for a shaft that RETAILS for $23.99.
I'm pretty sure they're targeting the pickup driving thin blue line punisher logo crowd too. Check out their putter names: Gunboat! Spitfire! Mustang! Blackbird! With slogans like: Packing heat! Targeted strike! Tactical machine!
He might be a British Open kind of player. He's a fantastic ball-striker and the greens on these courses generally aren't trying to kill players close to the hole.
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