Irish open 2014 @ Fota thread

benny79 · 18-06-2014 04:48PM

whats the best way of getting to the venue by car from Dublin/kildare on a day trip, is it better to park in the city somewhere where their running a shuttle bus (maybe train station) or just drive straight to venue and park in 1 of the car parks beside venue. just thinking of traffic & cost as thinking of heading down early Sunday and be on my own so i'm not great direction wise

m r c · 18-06-2014 06:31PM

Dero123 wrote: »

Another one that would have drawn some crowds just withdrew - John Daly, think they were planning a whacky trousers day on either Thursday or Friday around him

John Daly just got a better offer it seems. He's teeing off at 13.20 local in the travellers tomorrow. I'm a bit disappointed to hear that tbh, I'd presumed he was injured or whatever.

IanVW · 18-06-2014 06:44PM

Will tickets be available for the sunday on the gate??:)

sibersha · 18-06-2014 07:01PM

Thinking of sending the oul fella down for his birthday.Should there be any problems getting a ticket at the gate on Sat/Sunday?

Zardoz · 18-06-2014 07:14PM

m r c wrote: »

John Daly just got a better offer it seems. He's teeing off at 13.20 local in the travellers tomorrow. I'm a bit disappointed to hear that tbh, I'd presumed he was injured or whatever.

Bit of a joke that as he was used in alot of adverts for the tournament.

SnowDrifts · 18-06-2014 07:16PM

Greg Allen saying that Rory shot a 63 today at the ProAm..... 7 birdies and a tap in eagle. That will worry a few of his competitors.

Seve OB · 18-06-2014 09:19PM

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Greg Allen saying that Rory shot a 63 today at the ProAm..... 7 birdies and a tap in eagle. That will worry a few of his competitors.

Was -6 through 12. Missed 2 simple putts at 13 and 14... They were gimmies, so I wonder if it counted could the score have been higher!

Deeper Blue · 18-06-2014 11:44PM

sibersha wrote: »

Thinking of sending the oul fella down for his birthday.Should there be any problems getting a ticket at the gate on Sat/Sunday?

You should be fine

Deco99 wrote: »

I've never gone to a golf event before, tickets are down as being 35€ at the gate. Can someone who's been give a quick bit of advice as to the likely overall cost involved for two. Is there student tickets? Parking? tae and hang sandwiches allowed?

They don't do student tickets but they have discounts for under 21s and over 60s (under 16s are free).
There is parking, it was free at Carton House last year so should be the same this year.
Bring all the food/drink you want (apart from glass bottles I assume). You'll be ripped off if you buy food at the course.

IanVW wrote: »

Will tickets be available for the sunday on the gate??:)

Yes

vienne86 · 19-06-2014 07:54AM

Fabulous looking morning for golf. The place will be looking great and will be a good ad for Ireland. I'm in France on hols, but will be watching on TV - can't wait for it to start!

Dealerz · 19-06-2014 08:25AM

Gift grub this morning at the Irish open was quality

snaphook · 19-06-2014 10:30AM

Dealerz wrote: »

Gift grub this morning at the Irish open was quality

What's in the Bag?

Harrington "Eeeeehhh, let's see, Dunnes Stores Blueberry's only 3.99. Always better value"

Ron Burgundy II · 19-06-2014 10:35AM

benny79 wrote: »

whats the best way of getting to the venue by car from Dublin/kildare on a day trip, is it better to park in the city somewhere where their running a shuttle bus (maybe train station) or just drive straight to venue and park in 1 of the car parks beside venue. just thinking of traffic & cost as thinking of heading down early Sunday and be on my own so i'm not great direction wise

Only past the venue about 30min ago traffic is very light gardai are on the roundabouts but are not diverting traffic as far as could make out. I saw a few signs for park and rides in the area which is much better for you then travelling into the city.

The Peanut · 19-06-2014 10:46AM

Anybody live at Fota? McIlroy struggling already.

Hijpo · 19-06-2014 11:09AM

The Peanut wrote: »

Anybody live at Fota? McIlroy struggling already.

Was supposed to go today but didnt make it in the end.

The 6th hole, psychologically, must be one of the hardest tees in the world.

bigtimecharlie · 19-06-2014 11:20AM

Hijpo wrote: »

The 6th hole, psychologically, must be one of the hardest tees in the world.

Changes the hole completely. I managed a par from the "old" tee, not from the new tee.

John Divney · 19-06-2014 11:30AM

Crowd be given nothing this morning by the main group by the looks of this

me89 · 19-06-2014 11:39AM

Rory's putting is absolutely terrible today.

Hijpo · 19-06-2014 11:46AM

lol the irishesk music on sky sports 4 is awful

unattendedbag · 19-06-2014 12:52PM

Mcilroy redeemed himself with birdie on last but has a lot of work to do to stay around for the weekend. His body language all morning says he's struggling which was in complete contrast to yesterday.

Slicemeister · 19-06-2014 01:24PM

Hijpo wrote: »

Was supposed to go today but didnt make it in the end.

The 6th hole, psychologically, must be one of the hardest tees in the world.

Was down at the sixth tee as Larrazabal was waiting to tee off. Tide was out, there was a tyre sitting up in the mud about 120 out. Takes out a long iron and hits two balls out. Second one barely missed by a foot and continued on for another 100 yards bouncing on the mud.
Unreal talent on tap. My new favourite on ET, constantly smiling and joking. Even suggested bribing McGinley with a "present"to make it to Gleneagles on one teebox :-)

Seve OB · 19-06-2014 01:32PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

Was down at the sixth tee as Larrazabal was waiting to tee off. Tide was out, there was a tyre sitting up in the mud about 120 out. Takes out a long iron and hits two balls out. Second one barely missed by a foot and continued on for another 100 yards bouncing on the mud.
Unreal talent on tap. My new favourite on ET, constantly smiling and joking. Even suggested bribing McGinley with a "present"to make it to Gleneagles on one teebox :-)

I hope that was yesterday!

Bumped into him yesterday, seemed like a.really nice fun.chap

Slicemeister · 19-06-2014 01:35PM

stevieob wrote: »

I hope that was yesterday!

Bumped into him yesterday, seemed like a.really nice fun.chap

It was. Jacquelin was up next and you could see him eyeing the tyre only got distracted by someone before he got a chance.

applehunter · 19-06-2014 11:06PM

Great to have the Irish Open back down south.

Blessed with the weather.

Mr.Prodston · 19-06-2014 11:59PM

Heading up to Fota now tomorrow, looking forward to it. Here's hoping for some Paddy magic and Rory to get himself back into contention. A special mention to a cult hero in Jeev Milkha Singh who after an impressive showing in Killarney in 2011 I see is T9th

PARlance · 20-06-2014 12:12AM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Heading up to Fota now tomorrow, looking forward to it. Here's hoping for some Paddy magic and Rory to get himself back into contention. A special mention to a cult hero in Jeev Milkha Singh who after an impressive showing in Killarney in 2011 I see is T9th

Glad to see you've found a replacement cult hero

Only Singh When You're Winning has to be your team name if you are doing the fantasy golf?

Enjoy tomorrow, take a few pics of Raphael Jacqueline for me.

vienne86 · 20-06-2014 07:29AM

I watched yesterday on a laptop in France. It looked fabulous - great ad for Ireland, and good golf. Delighted to see Harrington put in a good round. Nice stuff from GMac and let's hope Little Mac pulls himself up today. I always seem to be rooting for Peter Lawrie, so was delighted to see him score well yesterday. Plenty of Irish players well up the leaderboard, so the makings of great watching today.

curly from cork · 20-06-2014 08:33AM

What web site did you get it on. ? I'm in Spain !

RikkFlair · 20-06-2014 11:21AM

Gmac on a great run now, tied for the lead.

PARlance · 20-06-2014 11:22AM

Great golf by GMac, 3 birdies on the trot and a tie for the lead.

Even better was seeing him give Lowry a little nod and word of encouragement on their 12th hole just before Shane had a birdie putt. Great sportsmanship.

Shane has birdied 2/3 and back to level par now. Think he'll need to get to -1 the way the scoring is going.

SnowDrifts · 20-06-2014 11:59AM

Some of the camera work unfortunately is very amateurish. Course looks fantastic though.

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