The Open 2016 - Official Thread - Read OP before you go on!

FixdePitchmark

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Who knows, the wind might blow on Sun afternoon and bring everyone back in. Think Lawrie.

I know it is Scotland and all that - but not the weather at present.

Will know more tomorrow

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I know it is Scotland and all that - but not the weather at present.

Will know more tomorrow

I thought wind was forcast... What is it meant to do for the weekend?

FixdePitchmark

Deleted User wrote: »

I thought wind was forcast... What is it meant to do for the weekend?

Look it is weather with wind, so hard to say .

But looking at weather

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Troon/hour_by_hour.html?wb48617274=2DD023EA

The weather from a wind speed persepective is less mid afternoon Saturday.

I think if you are not under par after today you are gone as in 50 to 100 /1 (IMO)

But - yes we have seen crazy stuff in past.

FixdePitchmark

Rory doing great here to keep it going.

Joe_ Public

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Rory doing great here to keep it going.

He's kept himself in it, just about. Those 2 earlier dropped shots around the turn will probably haunt him.

Mushy

Eir left coverage before mcillroy finished to show half hour build up to Shams-Bohs.

Now I'm a fan of seeing LOI on tv, but really?

FixdePitchmark

well done Rory - he dug in there, and in the past let them go.

3/4 early tomorrow he is well in this.

He still isn't making as much as others - but in great places.

ninebeanrows

There will be people who had booked flights etc who will be playing tomorrow.

Cut moved to +4. Earlier Faldo said Monty had 'no chance' of making the cut when he missed the par putt on the last.....Looks like he was wrong.

Howjoe1

Thought today was a borefest. Eir didn't liven it up much either.

delaad

Anyone suggest a reason for Sky/Livingstone's obsession with Richard Sterne, pronounced Stern-eeeee?

Putt it there

Watching golf on sky gets very dull at times , its the same 8-10 golfers shown constantly in a 5 hour rotation . When showing the pga tour they always blame the us host broadcaster for not showing enough of a selection but not at the open when they are selecting players to show they are doing the exact same thing !

Young harmon is just painful to watch and raydar trying to be feherty gets a bit too annoying at times . That said the 3D hole features , the shot tracker thingy at the range and the likes of harmon snr along with mcginley make good tv .

And id watch henni zeul talk for hours on end about anything she wants

LuckyGent88

R and A have decided not to cut or roll the greens today due to the gale force winds and gusts forecast.

Have already moved a pin on the 3rd as they saw a potential problem.

Joe_ Public

Forecast still doesn't seem that bad unless things have suddenly changed, mostly cloudy some spells of rain, gusts up to 20mph. Maybe they're just being over cautious given recent problems with balls moving etc

FixdePitchmark

They obviously have experts on site. But nothing over 10m/s predicted.

Greens were horribly slow yesterday.

I think today looks fine.

But again. They have actual weather experts there.

I'd say there will be a 66 or lower today.

Itssoeasy

Christ Jamie Donaldson is in the seats of the 18th off the first tee.

CMOTDibbler

Putt it there wrote: »

Watching golf on sky gets very dull at times , its the same 8-10 golfers shown constantly in a 5 hour rotation . When showing the pga tour they always blame the us host broadcaster for not showing enough of a selection but not at the open when they are selecting players to show they are doing the exact same thing !

Young harmon is just painful to watch and raydar trying to be feherty gets a bit too annoying at times . That said the 3D hole features , the shot tracker thingy at the range and the likes of harmon snr along with mcginley make good tv .

And id watch henni zeul talk for hours on end about anything she wants

Radar is unbelievably accurate in his shot calling. Very seldom gets it wrong, it's almost uncanny how he can predict how a player is going to play a particular shot and its outcome.

Far better than Feherty imo. Feherty's attempts at humour often cross the line. Wayne Riley almost always good for a laugh.

razorblunt

Yasss, Di Dougherty has gone for a lunch break. Helllo Miss Stirk.


FWIW, her summary there shows why she should be their no1 presenter, seems to always get shunted aside for the big events.

CMOTDibbler

Jason Day is making a bit of a charge. Four under after nine holes.

PARlance

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

Jason Day is making a bit of a charge. Four under after nine holes.

1st bogey of for the Day

PARlance

Those drives from Mcilroy on the range were unreal. 312, 304, 311 carries....

mfceiling

PARlance wrote: »

Those drives from Mcilroy on the range were unreal. 312, 304, 311 carries....

And literally all of them on the exact same line. Phenomenal driving tbh.

FixdePitchmark

There is absolutely nothing wrong with conditions.

Good score out there.

FixdePitchmark

I like the black.

But genuinely. Rory would get refused from a shopping centre in the northside of Dublin. Lol

Howjoe1

PARlance wrote: »

Those drives from Mcilroy on the range were unreal. 312, 304, 311 carries....

Yet his first drive of the day is as wayward as can be

FixdePitchmark

Trying to make a point on 1 with driver.
He was visually more aggressive in swing.

Could be lost.

FixdePitchmark

Well done Rory

Howjoe1

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Well done Rory

important par putt coming up on the first you would feel

Howjoe1

Bogey...he will be kicking himself

FixdePitchmark

I genuinely don't get driver on 1.

Not even hindsight.

Your guaranteed a birdie putt every day with an iron.

Joe_ Public

In fairness he often does it....did it every day at Hoylake when he won, I think, even though there was no real need for driver at the hole. So he's consistent anyway but with the wind there and the way he tried to give it a fair hoike, not sure it's a good tactic. The way he was smiling after coming off the green was odd...could take that either way.