The Open Championship- Royal Birkdale

[ifmanis5]

Missing fairways and short putts is usually a good way to lose.
NBC's new Open graphics package omits the flags where the players are from. I miss them.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

That one was an easy putt. Just ugly. He's better from 10 feet

 

[shawnrbu]

Rory going to win this at -7?

 

[johnmd20]

That was a very, very ugly miss by Spieth.

 

[BigMike]

Maybe he will pull it out, but Kuchar has done nothing today to make me believe he can step through the opening that is left for him.

Hopefully the rain comes and the wind freshens to 30+ mph for the next couple hours

 

[BigMike]

Rory going to win this at -7?

He's going to have to make a few putts in order to pull that off

 

[luckiestman]

If Kuchar wins this, Joe House will be on one of the hottest gambling streaks I remember.

Edit: House has a golf podcast and is pals with Bill Simmons in case anyone doesn't know who he is. Picks like 5 golfers every major and has hit 5 of the last 6 most on long odds. Kuchar was 50-1 per the last podcast I heard.

 

[johnmd20]

That drive by Rory was abysmal.

 

[BigMike]

Goodbye Rory

 

[cshea]

Brooks is probably the only -4 guy that could put a run at Spieth/Kooch together.

 

[Average Reds]

Rory going to win this at -7?

I'm leaning towards "no."

 

[cshea]

Spieth's all out of sorts. Wow. He never misses that badly.

 

[luckiestman]

Haotong is gonna win this thing

 

[RedOctober3829]

Worst I've seen Jordan in a while today.

 

[Clears Cleaver]

Speith looks like a guy who's been playing golf for like six weeks ever

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

That drive by Rory was abysmal.

I have that shot

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Feels like we are watching Greg Norman.

Yup. This is vintage Norman. Complete with uncharacteristic types of misses.

Either he figures out how to swing properly again or Kuchar just needs to par his way in for the win.

 

[MillarTime]

Wonder if Jordan is feeling the pressure of potentially collapsing again...

 

[luckiestman]

Nice recovery

 

[cshea]

Nice chip but he's missed two of these putts already.

 

[johnmd20]

I have that shot

I, too, have that shot.

 

[BigMike]

It was a nice chip. It's one thing I hate on these courses, same thing with where Kuch ended up with his tee shot. You are so much beholden to where the crowd stands. Obviously if the crowd isn't where he puts that ball it is an almost unplayable shot where you are very fortunate if you get it within 30 feet

 

[Al Zarilla]

It was a nice chip. It's one thing I hate on these courses, same thing with where Kuch ended up with his tee shot. You are so much beholden to where the crowd stands. Obviously if the crowd isn't where he puts that ball it is an almost unplayable shot where you are very fortunate if you get it within 30 feet

Can't you get the same thing on courses anywhere (crowds trample down the rough and give you a much easier lie)?

 

[johnmd20]

Wow, Jordan, wtf?

 

[BigMike]

Can't you get the same thing on courses anywhere (crowds trample down the rough and give you a much easier lie)?

true, I guess I mean just the PGA courses in general. You end up with scenarios where being 10 or 15 yards off the fairway is often a far better situation than being 5 yards off the fairway

Now I have that shot in my bag

 

[cshea]

That's my usual drive.

 

[shawnrbu]

Instead of a 3rd major, we are watching a 3rd meltdown leading on a Sunday in a major.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

The drive was Tiger bad.

 

[Al Zarilla]

true, I guess I mean just the PGA courses in general. You end up with scenarios where being 10 or 15 yards off the fairway is often a far better situation than being 5 yards off the fairway

Gotcha.

Jordan has been making me nervous not teeing the ball high enough with the lunchbox size driver head, and sure enough, he scuffs the ground a bit and way, way right. Johnny thinks the clubhead was way open anyway.

 

[BigMike]

And now the crowd saves him at least a stoke by finding his ball here, which would have been lost if it was just Jordan and officials looking for it

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

true, I guess I mean just the PGA courses in general. You end up with scenarios where being 10 or 15 yards off the fairway is often a far better situation than being 5 yards off the fairway

Now I have that shot in my bag

I think it's even worse on this type of course where the long grass is a primary defense. I hate when the long grass isn't long grass anymore.

 

[BigMike]

Oh my F*** god, if they give him relief here

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

And now the crowd saves him at least a stoke by finding his ball here, which would have been lost if it was just Jordan and officials looking for it

These guys are all saved a few shots a year between the spectators and officials helping search.

 

[cshea]

This is a clusterfuck.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Odds of him chunking it after all this?

 

[johnmd20]

This Spieth adventure is getting tiring.

 

[shawnrbu]

Rory got his eagle at 17. 15 prevented him being even or ahead of Li.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Meanwhile, Rory puts on his long sleeve shirt and gets back into it.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Taking an unplayable

 

[MillarTime]

What a circus

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

That drive on 15 might have cost Rory this Championship

 

[ifmanis5]

Wow, this is unreal.

 

[shawnrbu]

Snowman incoming.

 

[cshea]

A triple will feel like a miracle

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

After all this I'm hoping he blocks this 3-wood 150 yards right again.

 

[MillarTime]

After all this I'm hoping he blocks this 3-wood 150 yards right again.

This. Team Kuch.

 

[cshea]

Kinda surprised he took the unplayable. Too steep to just hack it out back towards the fairway?

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Where is Kuchar. Is he in the fairway watching Speith and all the officials march off toward the parking lot wonder what on earth is happening?

 

[The Needler]

What a great commercial for the game of golf this is.

 

[RedOctober3829]

This is surreal.