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The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

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    #1322
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Stacksofwacks wrote: »
    No shurrender

    Any evidence for this? Looked on twitter no one has said anything.


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    #1323
    Stacksofwacks
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Stacksofwacks


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Was that what was shouted ? Fecking silly thing to shout.

    I dont know i was joking Could have been tho


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    #1324
    Andrew00
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    No surrender


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    #1325
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Stacksofwacks wrote: »
    I dont know i was joking Could have been tho

    Well with the amount of support and tricolours there anybody who tried would've been a brave man. :pac:


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    #1326
    Sharp MZ700
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Sharp MZ700


    Remind me wrote: »
    Playing solid and he gets on with it, if never seen him act the pr1ck either

    See that shimmy there from JB? :-) I kinda like the guy.


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    #1327
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,445 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    They are hoping for the best with the weather on sky sports. Jesus is it going to be Carnoustie 1999 tomorrow or what ?


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    #1328
    rickis tache
    Registered Users Posts: 592 ✭✭✭rickis tache


    Grwat round. Superb golf and some atmosphere but lads.... He's won nothing yet. Come on shane


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    #1329
    blackcard
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    Talking about 20 mph winds with gusts up to 35mph and very heavy rain. Shane teeing off at 1.47 p.m.


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    #1330
    GolfNut33
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    Andrew00 wrote: »
    No surrender

    Should be swiftly pulled out by the fooking ears and not allowed back in.


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    #1331
    [Deleted User]
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    Not surprising at all really as his provenance is beyond repute.


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    #1332
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,445 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    rickis tache wrote: »
    Grwat round. Superb golf and some atmosphere but lads.... He's won nothing yet. Come on shane
    Never a truer word spoken. he's ahead and playing great stuff. But as was mentioned in his interview he's been here before.


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    #1333
    sky88
    Registered Users Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    Didn’t he have a 4 shot lead at us open as well? Hopefully learned a lot from that


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    #1334
    PhuckHugh22
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    Jesus I have goosebumps even thinking about it. C'mon Shane!!!


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    #1335
    Tilikum17
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    blackcard wrote: »
    Talking about 20 mph winds with gusts up to 35mph and very heavy rain. Shane teeing off at 1.47 p.m.

    20mph winds are nothing in fairness. The worse the weather is, the better it is for Lowry. I’d want a absolute ****storm.


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    #1336
    j8wk2feszrnpao
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Is there a reason why the BBC homepage states "Northern Ireland's Shane Lowry"?


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    #1337
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,445 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    glasso wrote: »
    Not surprising at all really as his provenance is beyond repute.


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    The way things are going in Offaly gaa he could be the best hurler and golfer in Offaly.


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    #1338
    Itssoeasy
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    munstermagic11 wrote: »
    Is there a reason why the BBC homepage states "Northern Ireland's Shane Lowry"?
    Lack of even basic knowledge ?


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    #1339
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    sky88 wrote: »
    Didn’t he have a 4 shot lead at us open as well? Hopefully learned a lot from that

    Yep.

    US Open 2016 (3rd Round)
    Shane Lowry -7
    Dustin Johnson -3
    Andrew Landry -3

    US Open 2016 (Final Round)
    Dustin Johnson -4
    Shane Lowry -1
    Jim Furyk -1
    Scott Piercy -1


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    #1340
    Dr. Bre
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    munstermagic11 wrote: »
    Is there a reason why the BBC homepage states "Northern Ireland's Shane Lowry"?

    Trying to claim him lol


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    #1341
    j8wk2feszrnpao
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    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Lack of even basic knowledge ?
    Farage or Boris must be writing the article :P


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    #1342
    PhuckHugh22
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭PhuckHugh22


    ThomasFlynn wrote: »
    Yep.

    US Open 2016 (3rd Round)
    Shane Lowry -7
    Dustin Johnson -3
    Andrew Landry -3

    US Open 2016 (Final Round)
    Dustin Johnson -4
    Shane Lowry -1
    Jim Furyk -1
    Scott Piercy -1

    That was the Chambers Bay open wasn't it? :pac:


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    #1343
    Cork Boy 53
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    munstermagic11 wrote: »
    Is there a reason why the BBC homepage states "Northern Ireland's Shane Lowry"?

    Am looking at the homepage now and not seeing that.


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    #1344
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    munstermagic11 wrote: »
    Is there a reason why the BBC homepage states "Northern Ireland's Shane Lowry"?

    Their app clearly says "Ireland's Shane Lowery"


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    #1345
    Panrich
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    PhuckHugh22 wrote: »
    That was the Chambers Bay open wasn't it? :pac:

    Oakmont 2016


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    #1346
    Cork Boy 53
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    PhuckHugh22 wrote: »
    That was the Chambers Bay open wasn't it? :pac:

    Nope. Oakmont hosted the US Open in 2016. Chambers Bay was 2015.


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    #1347
    eagle eye
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    Maybe Shane needs to take his time a bit more. He certainly didn't suffer from playing alongside Holmes.
    Shane is definitely not a slow player so maybe he needs to give himself a bit more time than he normally does.


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    #1348
    ligerdub
    Registered Users Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭ligerdub


    I like Koepka, and he has played well so far, but talk of him being the best player tee to green all week is just plain wrong, and on the verge of ridiculous. 24 players have hit more GIR's than him, which is the best metric for this. The best player tee to green is the guy currently sitting 4 clear of the yield, and SEVEN clear of Brooks. Brooks is also mid ranked in terms of driving accuracy.

    Koepka has missed putts but so has everyone else, our Shane has had his fair share of shaved by the hole misses with the putter and chips/pitches. Even if that were true anyway, so what, greens aren't one big bucket where the hole goes, it's only part of the challenge. Noticeable that Shane has made most of his birdie putts from very close-in so he's clearly doing something right.

    Shane is good value for his healthy lead and having seen pretty much every minute of the coverage so far he has been the stand-out player in the field by a significant margin.

    Big turnaround for Shane regardless of what happens tomorrow, he lost his PGA tour card less than 12 months ago and tomorrow is 1 year to the day since this story:

    https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/shane-lowry-set-to-split-from-caddy-following-poor-run-of-form-37140147.html

    "I'm not enjoying my golf at the minute, and my golf is not really enjoying me and that's the way it is, and it's hard to take."

    It's obviously not nice for his former caddy but his caddy now (I assume his permanent caddy) looks to be a great influence on his game. They look to communicate very well and he's confident enough to tell him the shot is the right call, which I'd imagine is a big plus for him.

    He has lost leads like this before but that tournament was quite bunched in terms of play, with a lot of weather delays I seem to recall he had to play about 27 holes a day on both Saturday and Sunday, and he just looked physically drained on the last day. He's playing much later in the day here and having started the tournament early enough on Thursday it's not like it has been especially gruelling.


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    #1349
    SharpshooterTom
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    Bookies odds

    Lowry 4/6
    Fleetwood 4/1
    Koepka 12/1
    Rose 25/1
    Holmes 45/1

    4/6 implies a 60% chance. But that means there is a 40% chance he may lose it, which is a lot. I think the experience of the US Open 2016 will help him. But couple of bogeys from Lowry and couple of birdies from Fleetwood early on and we're level. This is far from over.


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    #1350
    j8wk2feszrnpao
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Their app clearly says "Ireland's Shane Lowery"
    Well, clearly they changed it.


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    #1351
    BraveDonut
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    No matter what happens tomorrow, that was a sensational round of golf and I enjoyed every minute of it.
    I won't see a ball hit tomorrow as I will be on a flight - so, enjoy everybody and the very best of luck to Shane.


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