The DP World Tour Thread

I followed Morrison years ago at the Irish Open, his short game was phenomenal, got up and down from absolutely everywhere. Surprised he hasn't won more.

Going to the Irish Open on Saturday for the first time. Where do others that have been before recommend are good spots on the course for viewing? Also do many people bring their own chairs?

Rory with a very audible F*** bomb after he missed a relatively straight forward birdie putt on the 12th.

"How the f*** did it go right?!"

Very unusual for Rory to do that. That's more like Shane.

Rory, like most pros, would say that a lot over any given event. Nothing really unusual there. This was just one of those times a hot mic was on the broadcast and caught it perfectly. You nearly need Lowry and Hatton on permanent mute or 10s delay for obvious reasons.

Hidalgo's scorecard is absolutely ridiculous.

The preferred lies means he wouldn't be on to break Darren Clarke's course record of 60(-12) in the 1999 European Open. Unfortunately for Hidalgo, his second shot found the water on the par 5 16th. I've played it before myself and it's an intimidating approach. It reminds me of the par 5 13th at Augusta. Hidalgo makes double bogey in the end.

Even with that damage, Hidalgo is still joint leader.

Nice birdie from Rory to finish -11, just 4 back from the leader currently. (The leader may well end up 5 ahead again if he bags a likely birdie down the last).

Still a solid 3rd round from Rory, pity he's struggling so obviously with his distance control on his wedges. This probably cost him several shots today by denying him real birdie opportunities in the greens, from really good positions off his driving throughout the day. Interesting to listen to McGinley saying a reason Rory might be finding his wedge distance control so challenging is that he now plays with a high spin ball apparently, which in these winds (which they rarely get on the PGA tour) makes it extra hard to gauge apparently. The ball was stalling in the air apparently.

P.s as an aside, other than $, I really can't understand why top players play in hoodies? Seriously, that blooming hood, pulling away behind your head as you hit the ball can't be good for a top pro's biomechanics surely!?

E.g. If you look at slow mos of Rory striking the ball today, you can really notice the dead weight hood pulling on his shoulder turn.... seems stupid!?

Yeah, I'm with you on the hoodies. Seems a mad idea.

The TV coverage on RTE is very annoying. Rory tees off, then immediately goes to the news. He's on the 3rd hole and we've only seen one live shot from him since. The birdie putt on the second hole. They've gone to ads several times, I must put a timer on it. It can't be more than 10 minutes before there's another break.

Bogey, birdie, par start for Rory. And they've gone to another break. 🙄 Definitely less than 10 minutes, maybe 5 minutes. I don't remember it being as bad yesterday.

If your ball moves when addressing it. Even an oscillation is it definitely a penalty stroke?

McIlroys ball moved there chipping out of rough on the 9th

Rory fortunate to get the birdie on 13. His putt caught the lip of the hole on the left, did a full 360°, thought about it for a second, sitting on the edge, before dropping. Could be the break he needs, and he has the outright lead at -15.