BRITISH Open golf thread

[wkycatfan_rivals376690]

McIlroy officially out of British. Guess i will go with Johnson and Jason Day.

"Todd Lewis provided an update on Jason Day for the reporter's followers on Twitter today.

Lewis wrote, "Spoke to @JDayGolf about his vertigo. Diagnosed with viral infection that's attacking inner ear nerve. On meds and feels ready for @TheOpen." This was one of the suspected causes for Day's problem, but he couldn't pinpoint it. No doubt we'll learn more about his health as we get closer to the season's third major. Day survived the second round of the U.S. Open and finished T9. His best finish in four starts at The Open Championship is T30 in 2011 at Royal St. George's."

 

[cole854]

McIlroy officially out of British. Guess i will go with Johnson and Jason Day.

Hilarious.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

No idea why Spieth is playing this weekend here.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

No idea why Spieth is playing this weekend here.

Then you aren't paying attention. He's explained it numerous times. You may not agree but you should have an idea.

 

[Catman100]

OT but played a round near Mount Pleasant Michigan today. Started on the back 9 because there was a ladies league already in progress on the front. My question is this, and the answer is obviously no in Kentucky and Michigan, but is there a frigging place on this planet that women golfers don't suck or are slow as mother scratching heck? WTF I finished the back and had to watch until number 5 on the front before they got their 9 holes in and went to the clubhouse.

Have never in my life seen a decent woman golfer besides the LPGA.

 

[cole854]

No idea why Spieth is playing this weekend here.

It's called integrity. Not surprised you don't get that.

But fyi....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/go...ead-of-getting-early-jump-on-british-open.ece

 

[GrandePdre]

imp:

 

[TriangleUKCat]

Not British Open and not worth own thread but Gillis? This grizzled *** going finish this?

 

[cole854]

No idea why Spieth is playing this weekend here.

No idea.

You may want to stick with Chinese U18 youth soccer.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

No idea why Spieth is playing this weekend here.

Guess winning isn't a good enough reason?

 

[TCPUKChamps]

Please show me where the John Deere Classic was added to the 4 majors.

Learn golf, Idiots

 

[TCurtis75_rivals88839]

Please show me where the John Deere Classic was added to the 4 majors.

Learn golf, Idiots

Not sure what this even means...Spieth played because the John Deere holds a special place in his heart since they gave him an exemption as an amateur and the following year he won his first tournament there...He is doing what he did for the other majors and not changing up his routine...He committed to playing so he felt like playing was the best option for him and wouldn't hurt him at the Open Championship...Not sure what is so difficult to understand.

It is far from certain that Spieth wins 10 majors but at this point it seems more likely than not that he does...He has one of the best all around games on tour...He isn't the longest but he doesn't really have many weaknesses...His putting game is incredible. He along with a few others will carry the tour into the future and be the backbone for US golf for years to come.

At this point, I don't see how you can pick anyone but Spieth. He may not win but to not pick him based on the quality of golf he has played all year long is kind of stupid if you ask me...I was really hoping for a Spieth/McIlroy showdown on Sunday coming through the Road hole and across the Swilken Bridge coming up 18 tied with the Championship on the line...Oh well, hopefully we get to see it at the PGA Championship.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

Please show me where the John Deere Classic was added to the 4 majors.

Learn golf, Idiots

So you are now the final arbiter of what is important to Spieth? Good to know.

 

[Chuckinden]

Spieth is the real deal. I hope he can keep it up. Right now he and Jason Day are my favorite golfers. Stay classy Jordan.

 

[BBdK]

Spieth is the real deal. .

I'm writing this down. Thanks!

 

[cawoodsct]

EASTERN TIMES

1:32 a.m. Thursday/6:33 a.m. Friday: Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling

1:43 a.m. Thursday/6:44 a.m. Friday: Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn

1:54 a.m. Thursday/6: 55 a.m. Friday: Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox

2:05 a.m. Thursday/7:06 a.m. Friday: Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth

2:16 a.m. Thursday/7:17 a.m. Friday: Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb

2:27 a.m. Thursday/7:28 a.m. Friday: Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a)

2:38 a.m. Thursday/7:39 a.m. Friday: Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na

2:49 a.m. Thursday/7:50 a.m. Friday: Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman

3:00 a.m. Thursday/8:01 a.m. Friday: Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan

3:11 a.m. Thursday/ 8:12 a.m. Friday: Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Billy Horschel

3:22 a.m. Thursday/8:23 a.m. Friday: Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a)

3:33 a.m. Thursday/8:34 a.m. Friday: Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker

3:44 a.m. Thursday/8:45 a.m. Friday: J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura

4:00 a.m. Thursday/9:01 a.m. Friday: Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson

4:11 a.m. Thursday/9:12 a.m. Friday: Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed

4:22 a.m. Thursday/9:23 a.m. Friday: Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a)

4:33 a.m. Thursday/9:34 a.m. Friday: Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth

4:44 a.m. Thursday/9:45 a.m. Friday: Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner

4:55 a.m. Thursday/9:56 a.m. Friday: Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day

5:06 a.m. Thursday/10:07 a.m. Friday: John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka

5:17 a.m. Thursday/10:18 a.m. Friday: David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis

5:28 a.m. Thursday/10:29 a.m. Friday: Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers

5:39 a.m. Thursday/10:40 a.m. Friday: Raphael Jacquelin, David Hearn, Eddie Pepperell

5:50 a.m. Thursday/10:51 a.m. Friday: Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a)

6:01 a.m. Thursday/11:02 a.m. Friday: Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks

6:12 a.m. Thursday/11:13 a.m. Friday: Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox

 

[cawoodsct]

6:33 a.m. Thursday/1:32 a.m. Friday: Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl

6:44 a.m. Thursday/1:43 a.m. Friday: Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt

6:55 a.m. Thursday/1:54 a.m. Friday: Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee

7:06 a.m. Thursday/2:05 a.m. Friday: Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale

7:17 a.m. Thursday/2:16 a.m. Friday: Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin

7:28 a.m. Thursday/2:27 a.m. Friday: George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

7:39 a.m. Thursday/2:38 a.m. Friday: Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren

7:50 a.m. Thursday/2:49 a.m. Friday: John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner

8:01 a.m. Thursday/3:00 a.m. Friday: Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood

8:12 a.m. Thursday/3:11 a.m. Friday: Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland

8:23 a.m. Thursday/3:22 a.m. Friday: Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas

8:34 a.m. Thursday/3:33 a.m. Friday: Mark O'Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a)

8:45 a.m. Thursday/3:44 a.m. Friday: Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard

9:01 a.m. Thursday/4:00 a.m. Friday: Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore

9:12 a.m. Thursday/4:11 a.m. Friday: Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker

9:23 a.m. Thursday, 4:22 a.m. Friday: Jammie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley

9:34 a.m. Thursday/4:33 a.m. Friday: Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson

9:45 a.m. Thursday/4:44 a.m. Friday: Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler

9:56 a.m. Thursday/4:55 a.m. Friday: Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace

10:07 a.m. Thursday/5:06 a.m. Friday: Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan

10:18 a.m. Thursday/5:17 a.m. Friday: Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

10:29 a.m. Thursday/5:28 a.m. Friday: Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel

10:40 a.m. Thursday/5:39 a.m. Friday: Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young

10:51 a.m. Thursday/5:50 a.m. Friday: Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a)

11:02 a.m. Thursday/6:01 a.m. Friday: Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a)

11:13 a.m. Thursday/6:12 a.m. Friday: Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

6:33 a.m. Thursday/1:32 a.m. Friday: Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl

6:44 a.m. Thursday/1:43 a.m. Friday: Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt

6:55 a.m. Thursday/1:54 a.m. Friday: Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee

7:06 a.m. Thursday/2:05 a.m. Friday: Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale

7:17 a.m. Thursday/2:16 a.m. Friday: Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin

7:28 a.m. Thursday/2:27 a.m. Friday: George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

7:39 a.m. Thursday/2:38 a.m. Friday: Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren

7:50 a.m. Thursday/2:49 a.m. Friday: John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner

8:01 a.m. Thursday/3:00 a.m. Friday: Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood

8:12 a.m. Thursday/3:11 a.m. Friday: Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland

8:23 a.m. Thursday/3:22 a.m. Friday: Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas

8:34 a.m. Thursday/3:33 a.m. Friday: Mark O'Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a)

8:45 a.m. Thursday/3:44 a.m. Friday: Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard

9:01 a.m. Thursday/4:00 a.m. Friday: Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore

9:12 a.m. Thursday/4:11 a.m. Friday: Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker

9:23 a.m. Thursday, 4:22 a.m. Friday: Jammie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley

9:34 a.m. Thursday/4:33 a.m. Friday: Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson

9:45 a.m. Thursday/4:44 a.m. Friday: Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler

9:56 a.m. Thursday/4:55 a.m. Friday: Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace

10:07 a.m. Thursday/5:06 a.m. Friday: Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan

10:18 a.m. Thursday/5:17 a.m. Friday: Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

10:29 a.m. Thursday/5:28 a.m. Friday: Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel

10:40 a.m. Thursday/5:39 a.m. Friday: Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young

10:51 a.m. Thursday/5:50 a.m. Friday: Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a)

11:02 a.m. Thursday/6:01 a.m. Friday: Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a)

11:13 a.m. Thursday/6:12 a.m. Friday: Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg

About time Cawoodsct.

 

[Beavis606]

#TeamBeavis

Sergio Garcia
Louis Oosthuizen
Henrik Stenson
Justin Rose
Tommy Fleetwood

*Fatrick Reed
*Jordan Spieth
*David Duval
*Jason Dufner

*honorary Euros

 

[BBdK]

Why do you root for Euros over Americans, in general? Honestly?

 

[TruBluCatFan]

Why do you root for Euros over Americans, in general? Honestly?

Because he has to be a contrarian.

 

[Beavis606]

--I like a lot of euros/int'l because of their shot shapes. They tend to be flatter and more rotary than us players, for the most part. McIlroy, sergio, rose, westwood, cabrera, etc. Should have put mahan on the list. Love his swing too.

--Don't really understand why they made a lot of recent changes to a freaking 500-yr-old golf course. Especially the gd road hole bunker. :flush::uzi:

 

[cawoodsct]

Weather forecast
Thursday 16.07.2015 00:00 - 06:00

12°C 1020.0 hPa Light air from north-northwest 1 mph
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8°C 1019.6 hPa Light air from north 3 mph
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15°C 1018.3 hPa Gentle breeze from east 10 mph
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14°C 1 mm 1013.7 hPa Moderate breeze from east 14 mph
Friday 17.07.2015 01:00 - 07:00

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13°C < 1 mm 1003.9 hPa Gentle breeze from east 9 mph
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18°C 2 mm 999.1 hPa Moderate breeze from south 13 mph
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15°C 997.1 hPa Moderate breeze from southwest 16 mph
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12°C 1001.7 hPa Fresh breeze from southwest 19 mph
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12°C 1003.5 hPa Moderate breeze from southwest 15 mph
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15°C 1005.5 hPa Fresh breeze from west-southwest 19 mph
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14°C 1006.3 hPa Moderate breeze from west-southwest 13 mph
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12°C 1010.8 hPa Light breeze from west 6 mph
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10°C 1012.6 hPa Light breeze from west-southwest 6 mph
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15°C 1013.3 hPa Gentle breeze from west-southwest 11 mph
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16°C 1011.8 hPa Gentle breeze from west-southwest 8 mph

 

[BBdK]

Course looks green and seems to be 'easy' by St. Andrews standards from what I've watched.

DJ is my guy, he could go bonkers out there, as could several others.

DJ
Oostie
Koepka
Victor D

...those are my 4 in ABH's buddy's $21,000 A/B/C/D pool.

 

[cawoodsct]

^ Like all 3 top picks. VD may just have the short game to make a run as well. I am a little hurt i didn't receive emails this year so far to help you, maybe PGA?

 

[Beavis606]

Course looks green and seems to be 'easy' by St. Andrews standards from what I've watched.

DJ is my guy, he could go bonkers out there, as could several others.

DJ
Oostie
Koepka
Victor D

...those are my 4 in ABH's buddy's $21,000 A/B/C/D pool.

2 euros and a Euro tour guy. Now you're learning. I still like fleetwood to be up there with oosthuizen.
Dude's perm mullet is on fleek

 

[cawoodsct]

DJ was a little (insert correct word for this statement here) in interview room this week:

When asked what Johnson thinks of Spieth's Grand Slam chances this year, DJ deadpanned, "I'm playing in the next two, so we'll have to see."

 

[BBdK]

So you base your favorite golfers on how flat their swing arcs are?

Seems about right for your weird ***.

 

[Beavis606]

Yes. I base my favorite players on, among other things, how natural/pure they are. Just like in baseball with whiffey jr, cabrera, a-roid before he was proven to be a pos, stanton, 73's boy Harper, etc.

 

[cawoodsct]

Beavis has no clue what golfers he likes. He's changed so much he's confused himself.

 

[cawoodsct]

 

[BBdK]

Beavis has no clue what golfers he likes. He's changed so much he's confused himself.

Correct.

Must rank them based on number of waggles they take pre-shot. (except Sned) Guessing he loves some Kevin Na

 

[Beavis606]

Halfway listening to Live From in the background. They said weather is coming and will likely affect the field, depending on whether you are in the morning or afternoon wave (like 2010, and many other years). Woo hoo, luck of the draw. [eyeroll]

 

[BBdK]

Just one more reason The Open is my least favorite major.

3am tee times suck too, for anyone not named Mike or Randall.

 

[Beavis606]

I usually love it at The Old Course. Everywhere else, not so much.

 

[TruBluCatFan]

DJ was a little (insert correct word for this statement here) in interview room this week:

When asked what Johnson thinks of Spieth's Grand Slam chances this year, DJ deadpanned, "I'm playing in the next two, so we'll have to see."

I loved that comment. I like DJ, not a huge fan, but that comment made me like him more.

Been ever better if he had been more assertive about but still out there by PGA standards.

 

[Tskware]

Having a hard time naming all of these past champions. Who are the two guys between Cink and Duval on the back row? Also cannot tell which one is Hamilton and Curtis. Jack did not make the trip, but Arnold did?

 

[cawoodsct]

Lehman and Clarke. Curtis to right of JD, Hamilton to right of O'Meara.

 

[Chuckinden]

Having a hard time naming all of these past champions. Who are the two guys between Cink and Duval on the back row? Also cannot tell which one is Hamilton and Curtis. Jack did not make the trip, but Arnold did?

Arnie was also at the Hall of Fame ceremonies that was held at St Andrews.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

David Lingmerth -4 through 4.

Memorial Winner on fire.