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The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

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  • #1052
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    PhuckHugh22 wrote: »
    In the last 40 majors not including this one. Rory has been top 10 in 19 of them. More than any other player.

    That’s what I was getting at. He has as much talent as tiger ever had.

    He should have 10 Majors minimum by now


  • #1053
    OEP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭OEP


    glasso wrote: »
    what wind?

    You can see the flags on top of the grandstand blowing


  • #1054
    Mushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,474 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    glasso wrote: »
    what wind?

    There's a bit of a cross wind there. Not helped that he draws the ball


  • #1055
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Leave it out, your relentless negativity does you and this thread a disservice.

    Just so frustrated with the guy


  • #1056
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,856 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    The most frustrating thing about this is if he’d holed the easy putts he had earlier in the round for birdies he’d be flying into the weekend no sweat.


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  • #1057
    Loafing Oaf
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    Just the shot of his career required here...


  • #1058
    Seve OB
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    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    Rory has lost his way, that’s a fact. In majors over the last 5 years he has not shown what his capabilities are. I’m not trolling.

    Is brooks a better golfer than Rory ability wise? No

    Why is it then that Rory fcuks up major after major?

    But I’m only a new person here.

    He has lost the mental ability to cope under pressure when it matters most

    You clearly are.


  • #1059
    alchemist33
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    A while back the BBC thought the cut might drop to +2. Any chance?


  • #1060
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    awec wrote: »
    The most frustrating thing about this is if he’d holed the easy putts he had earlier in the round for birdies he’d be flying into the weekend no sweat.

    And that silly 6inch putt


  • #1061
    OEP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭OEP


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    A while back the BBC thought the cut might drop to +2. Any chance?

    No


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  • #1062
    alchemist33
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    awec wrote: »
    The most frustrating thing about this is if he’d holed the easy putts he had earlier in the round for birdies he’d be flying into the weekend no sweat.

    That one-footer on 16 yesterday when he'd completely lost focus will hurt


  • #1063
    MattressRick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MattressRick


    PhuckHugh22 wrote: »
    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    Rory has lost his way, that’s a fact. In majors over the last 5 years he has not shown what his capabilities are. I’m not trolling.

    Is brooks a better golfer than Rory ability wise? No

    Why is it then that Rory fcuks up major after major?

    But I’m only a new person here.

    He has lost the mental ability to cope under pressure when it matters most

    In the last 40 majors not including this one. Rory has been top 10 in 19 of them. More than any other player.

    If you look deeper at them a good chunk have been him coming from out of contention to get a top ten finish, not him challenging to win


  • #1064
    fullstop
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    That iron shot would have done on the first yesterday.

    Yeah because the two are totally comparable.


  • #1065
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 42,051 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    McIlroy, Matsuyama, Scott, Day, De Chambeau, Woodland, Leishman, Mickelson, Poulter, Cabrera-Bello, Zach Johnson, Bradley, Snedeker and Haotong Li all going home. Feels like a lot more of the well known names than normal I think.


  • #1066
    Remind me
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    alchemist33 wrote: »
    A while back the BBC thought the cut might drop to +2. Any chance?

    It would need some woeful finishes, just not enough players left out on the course


  • #1067
    munster87
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    Don’t mind Rory at all but happy that a player well off the lead won’t be eating up coverage tomorrow on sky


  • #1068
    sydthebeat
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    McIlroy, Matsuyama, Scott, Day, De Chambeau, Woodland, Leishman, Mickelson, Poulter, Cabrera-Bello, Zach Johnson, Bradley, Snedeker and Haotong Li all going home. Feels like a lot more of the well known names than normal I think.

    Ah but look at the names in the top 20


  • #1069
    fullstop
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    What a round that is. He’ll be sick after that messing on 16 yesterday having nearly made it.


  • #1070
    galwayllm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭galwayllm


    R����O����R����Y......


    Brilliant... Just right...

    ABR...


  • #1071
    tayto lover
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    fullstop wrote: »
    Yeah because the two are totally comparable.

    Point stands.


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  • #1072
    fullstop
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    galwayllm wrote: »
    R����O����R����Y......


    Brilliant... Just right...

    ABR...

    **** me, you have some sad life


  • #1073
    Deeper Blue
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    To his credit he showed a lot more class on 18 than Clarke who barely acknowledged the crowd or his playing partners.


  • #1074
    eagle eye
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    sydthebeat wrote:
    Ah but look at the names in the top 20
    There are plenty of time is ones left for sure. I just can't remember such a culling of well known players in recent times.


  • #1075
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    Seve OB wrote: »
    You clearly are.

    But I’m not.

    Used to play off 2 in my younger days and watched Rory plenty of times live and the talent was off the radar. I couldn’t believe some of the shots I saw him play but he obviously cannot handle the pressure anymore.

    I’d love to see him win more majors but there is something amiss.


  • #1076
    [Deleted User]
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    munster87 wrote: »
    Don’t mind Rory at all but happy that a player well off the lead won’t be eating up coverage tomorrow on sky

    I'm one who gives out about coverage from time to time but tbf tomoro he'd have been one of the first out so wouldn't really have eaten into much coverage


  • #1077
    fullstop
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    Point stands.

    It doesn’t really though, does it? That shot wouldn’t even have made the start of the fairway on 1. So you think he should have layed up short of the fairway?


  • #1078
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,532 ✭✭✭munster87


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm one who gives out about coverage from time to time but tbf tomoro he'd have been one of the first out so wouldn't really have eaten into much coverage

    Yeah fair enough, it is something that annoys me, but as you say not as bad on Sat and Sun


  • #1079
    LuckyGent88
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    Some effort in the end but by god he will be kicking himself for awhile over those last two days. Never mind yesterday, he certainly had the chances to go 3-5 shots lower today and took a silly bogey on 13 too.

    He really needs to get that attitude right of where he is just relaxed and goes out and just attacks a golf course. Pity he didn’t make the weekend but at least we still have Gmac out early and then Shane to roar home for next two days.


  • #1080
    tayto lover
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    fullstop wrote: »
    It doesn’t really though, does it? That shot wouldn’t even have made the start of the fairway on 1. So you think he should have layed up short of the fairway?

    No it’s obvious that he didn’t hit the fairway yesterday. In fact he didn’t even hit the course. A ball on the fairway yesterday and he’d still be in the Open.


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  • #1081
    fullstop
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    tayto lover wrote: »
    No it’s obvious that he didn’t hit the fairway yesterday. In fact he didn’t even hit the course. A ball on the fairway yesterday and he’d still be in the Open.

    If he hit the same shot as he hit just now he wouldn’t be on the fairway though, would he? So it was a bit of a silly ‘point’. But sure we all know your feelings about him, so you’re hardly going to be objective about it.

    And he might not even be in the open if he drove it 300 up the middle on the first yesterday. Both rounds would play out differently so nobody can say what would have happened.


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