** Official Irish Open Tournament Thread ** (No Betting / Gambling Talk)

Rikand

We have loads of other threads about seating and the stadium hole, etc.... but not a thread about the tournament itself, so here it is!


McIlroy :: +2 after 3 holes!

not a good start for the worlds number 2

Rikand

Useful links while we wait for TV Coverage to come on

The Leaderboard

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013050/leaderboard/index.html

Interactive Guide of the course

http://www.independent.ie/blog/sportblog/irish-open-2013-interactive-hole-guide-29189884.html

Official Tournament Thread

http://www.irishopen.ie/

Keano

Good man Ricky, was just about to start a thread.

Jaysus +2 through 3 is not a great start. Is this only on Sky?

Pdoghue

Something wrong with European Tour leaderboard;
Rory and Shane started at 7.50 and they only have their scores after 3 holes up.

leroythelegend

European tour letting the side down again. They're consistantly crap at updating the scores on their site. PGA tour are miles ahead of them.

Keano

I don't think it gets updated every minute, last update was at 9.10

Speak Now

leroythelegend wrote: »

European tour letting the side down again. They're consistantly crap at updating the scores on their site. PGA tour are miles ahead of them.

Im guessing you weren't following the PGA scoring the last couple of weeks so

Jimdagym

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Good man Ricky, was just about to start a thread.

Jaysus +2 through 3 is not a great start. Is this only on Sky?

Rte doing similar coverage.

Pdoghue

Agreed. European Tour doesn't even have an Android app..

Speak Now

Casey early leader on -3

Speak Now

Pdoghue wrote: »

Agreed. European Tour doesn't even have an Android app..

It does I think.

http://app.europeantour.com

ghosttown

Looks like we won't know the scores until TV starts... the live blog part is updating but not the scores....

If you look at a bookies site, Lowry went out to 25/1 after 3, he now into 12/1, so obviously shot something good !

(Not betting talk just a way of indicating the scores to all here)

leroythelegend

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Im guessing you weren't following the PGA scoring the last couple of weeks so

I follow it every week, they do make the odd mistake now and then but it is way better than european tour. At least they update it. This is head wrecking stuff this morning.

dougal

leroythelegend wrote: »

I follow it every week, they do make the odd mistake now and then but it is way better than european tour. At least they update it. This is head wrecking stuff this morning.

Connectivity issues!!

The European Tour ‏@European_Tour 2m
Unfortunately we're having connectivity issues on venue affecting live scoring, we are working to fix this issue #IrishOpen

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leroythelegend wrote: »

I follow it every week, they do make the odd mistake now and then but it is way better than european tour. At least they update it. This is head wrecking stuff this morning.

They make plenty mistakes with the shot tracker alright but the last couple of weeks we've have "live scoring not availble at this time"

Hopefully the European tour will be updated every 2 or 3 minutes now like it usually is.

Nice 3 birdies on the spin for Lowry

Another update and another Lowry birdie...-3 after 9.

GreeBo

Lowry -3, McGinley -2...seems like good scoring so far...
anyone know what the weather is like down there?
Raining in Dublin at the moment, but no wind...

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GreeBo wrote: »

Lowry -3, McGinley -2...seems like good scoring so far...
anyone know what the weather is like down there?
Raining in Dublin at the moment, but no wind...

Light rain as well

Alpha Dog 1

Lads, what's the best app on the play store for following the scoring?
Haven't found a decent one yet.

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Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Lads, what's the best app on the play store for following the scoring?
Haven't found a decent one yet.

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

It does I think.

http://app.europeantour.com

This is the best, not sure if it's on play store. I think i just went to the page and saved a shortcut on my home screen. Leaderboard always comes up

blue note

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

Lads, what's the best app on the play store for following the scoring?
Haven't found a decent one yet.

I use the golf channel one. It has PGA and euro without having to load up a second app.

FixdePitchmark

Shane and Bjorn hit fairway about 40 yards wide Rory deep stuff,

Keano

It was a bit of silly tee shot from Rory

Rikand

Keep the live commentary coming in - cant access sky go or anything like it from college so I am missing everything

FixdePitchmark

Good shot at par 3 (3) from Bjorn and Rory, good birdie chances.

Moynihan big putt for par at 17, very few pros, club pros or amateurs behind Rory, finger out required.

Keano

Rory misses another birdie putt, still on +2, Lowry on -3

scrubber72

Go on seamus. Not often enough seamuss on leaderboards

FixdePitchmark

And of course it would notbe an irish open without rain , only light not the stuff we have seen before.
A wind , but not too bad. A low score 65 66 on.

FixdePitchmark

Again, two lads good off tee , rory, too strong a draw. Bunker

Does Rory need to be longer than Shane . Young ego.

realgolfgeek

Shane is one damn fine striker of the ball I have to say...
think he needs one big finish or win and he'll have loads of confidence ... If that happens, I can see him winning a major at some point..

Hope McGinley does well .. always been my favourite Irish golfer.

Rikand

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Again, two lads good off tee , rory, too strong a draw. Bunker

Does Rory need to be longer than Shane . Young ego.

Was the same at the matchplay - Rory was consistantly 50 yards outside Shane every single time and we saw how that worked out for him

Keano

Chris Paisley -4 now in the lead

FixdePitchmark

paisley -4
lowry -3
power -3
McGinley -2
Mcgovern -2

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Nice to see so many Irish players starting well

Lowry -3 (12)
Power -3 (5)
Lawrie -2 (12)
McNamara -2 (12)
McGinley -2 (11)
McGovern -2 (10)
Moynihan -1 (9)

Arsenium

:-) Just remembered I had the Sky Go app on my phone!! Sitting at my desk with the phone in front of me watching Rory putting :-) !!

Looks like a lot of rain falling there and I am only about 15 mins from Carton house and there doesnt seem to be any rain here ?

Bjorn for birdie......nails it...Bjorn goes to -3.

charlieIRL

Arsenium wrote: »

:-) Just remembered I had the Sky Go app on my phone!! Sitting at my desk with the phone in front of me watching Rory putting :-) !!

Looks like a lot of rain falling there and I am only about 15 mins from Carton house and there doesnt seem to be any rain here ?

Bjorn for birdie......nails it...Bjorn goes to -3.

Forgot all about skygo!!!

I have 2 monitors here at work and the boss is out for the day!! Can work on one and will keep an eye on the other.


Runs off to put the kettle on!!!

Jimdagym

It's coming on rte now. You can normally get that on aertv.ie
I don't think rte player is streaming it.

Arsenium

I take it back about the rain..lashing here now !!

FixdePitchmark

The sky lads have nothing but good to say about the irish,

But the weather is acting up again.

Speak Now

The rain will clear this afternoon, at it''s heavist now. Light winds so good conditions.

realgolfgeek

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

The sky lads have nothing but good to say about the irish,

But the weather is acting up again.

They'll probably halt play now FixdePitchmark

RikkFlair

Lowry leads -4 thru 13. Great start, sure he's playin in his back yard what did we expect

realgolfgeek

RikkFlair wrote: »

Lowry leads -4 thru 13. Great start, sure he's playin in his back yard what did we expect

putts still need to drop though ..
great shooting, hope he can keep it going thru to weekend.

FixdePitchmark

realgolfgeek wrote: »

They'll probably halt play now FixdePitchmark

lol.

In US they would be running off as a flash was seen off a boat in West Cork.

Flashbacks of Portmarnock on a silly inland links.

FixdePitchmark

That is why you love Shane"fore left". couldnt kill a local.

Keano

Has Peter Lawrie's caddie got jeans on?!!!

Howjoe1

Jimdagym wrote: »

It's coming on rte now. You can normally get that on aertv.ie
I don't think rte player is streaming it.

watching it with the sound down. can't stand listening to Shane O'Donoghue.

bestleftfull3

aertv.ie what a great website !!:D

Keano

Howjoe1 wrote: »

watching it with the sound down. can't stand listening to Shane O'Donoghue.

Actually like him, extremely knowledgeable. As for the other 2 with him...

RikkFlair

Cian McNamara doing Limerick proud! -3 and tied 3rd.

Keano

Another shocker from Rory, awful long way back even after 1 round.

D Hayes

RikkFlair wrote: »

Cian McNamara doing Limerick proud! -3 and tied 3rd.

Great to see him doing well. He's the pro in Monkstown, Cork at the moment too.