Golf: The Open

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Pip in a Poke replied

25 July 2017, 07:40
Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post

Ahhhh, I see your school has broken up for the summer hols & the play ground's closed!

It is precisely your sort of nineteenth hole boorishness that gives golf a bad name.
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oscarose replied

24 July 2017, 13:11
Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post

Indeed, and [for those commenters who are clearly non-golf players] this is where the 'Streaky' comes into play...

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SteelyDan replied

24 July 2017, 12:53
Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post

I know a good deal more about golf than you do I can assure you.

The reason I didn't see Speith's calamity on the 13th is that I was greenside at the 18th at the time waiting for Henrik Stenson to complete his round.

Anyhow, Speith's genius didn't serve him very well in this year's Masters did it? Plenty of wayward tee shots there I seem to recall.

Ahhhh, I see your school has broken up for the summer hols & the play ground's closed!
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Pip in a Poke replied

24 July 2017, 11:33
Originally posted by SteelyDan View Post

You clearly know nothing about golf...

"By the way, I don't know if any of you are watching the highlights on BBC Television but I've just seen myself (yep, I was there . I'm wearing a ping sun visor with a diamond patterned Pringle vee neck and am carrying a large, pink Taylor Made golfing umbrella"...yeah just about sums it up.

I know a good deal more about golf than you do I can assure you.

The reason I didn't see Speith's calamity on the 13th is that I was greenside at the 18th at the time waiting for Henrik Stenson to complete his round.

Anyhow, Speith's genius didn't serve him very well in this year's Masters did it? Plenty of wayward tee shots there I seem to recall.
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SteelyDan replied

24 July 2017, 10:27
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Seve was like that - a great recovery player

Indeed, and [for those commenters who are clearly non-golf players] this is where the 'genius' comes into play...
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WTFH replied

24 July 2017, 10:05
Originally posted by oscarose View Post

@SteelyDan

Hardly a genius. On the 13th...his tee shot twas around 200 yards off target...

Seve was like that - a great recovery player because he tended to stick his tee shots in the worst places. (I say "tended to", I don't mean every one, but he hit more off course than most other players did at the time)
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original PM replied

24 July 2017, 09:57
Originally posted by oscarose View Post

@SteelyDan

Hardly a genius. On the 13th...his tee shot twas around 200 yards off target...

What happened to the brits...

Great entertainment all weekend...

Indeed - even I cannot slice a ball that far!

and then yes great recovery - but it wasn't really as he had a good lie off the range.

the brits were rubbish - dunno why but they Rory for example was spraying it around like a porn start.
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oscarose replied

24 July 2017, 09:38
@SteelyDan

Hardly a genius. On the 13th...his tee shot twas around 200 yards off target...

What happened to the brits...

Great entertainment all weekend...
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SteelyDan replied

24 July 2017, 09:02
Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View Post

Boring, boring Speith - this 22 year old is pure genius & you clearly missed how well he dealt with things on the 13th

I had such high hopes of some home grown talent coming through this year - Tommy Fleetwood [no real major experience yet] maybe or Poults [has been clinging to Ryder cup memories & on the way out as a golfer] considering the form he's been in [who? Poults or Fleetwood? Poults only just managed to retain his card thru having to qualify & TF needs more experience in main events].

I actually lost £100 when I had a flutter on Francesco Molinari - my man didn't even make the cut. - & you're surprised at this?

You clearly know nothing about golf...

"By the way, I don't know if any of you are watching the highlights on BBC Television but I've just seen myself (yep, I was there . I'm wearing a ping sun visor with a diamond patterned Pringle vee neck and am carrying a large, pink Taylor Made golfing umbrella"...yeah just about sums it up.
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WTFH replied

24 July 2017, 08:57
Golf and Cricket are British sports. If you don't like watching or playing them, you're obviously not very supportive of Britain.
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OwlHoot replied

24 July 2017, 08:45
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

WHS - Playing golf must be boring enough, but watching it is orders of magnitude more tedious.

(Same goes for cricket, only more so)
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OwlHoot replied

24 July 2017, 08:44
Originally posted by kaiser78 View Post

Sorry PIAP, but golf zzzzzzzzzzzz

WHS - Playing golf must be boring enough, but watching it is orders of magnitude more tedious.
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kaiser78 replied

23 July 2017, 22:34
Sorry PIAP, but golf zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Pip in a Poke started a topic Golf: The Open

23 July 2017, 20:12
Golf: The Open

After the magnificent festival of golf we have witnessed on these shores beginning with the Irish Open 4 weeks ago, the blue riband event has been won by the most boring man in the game. Boring, boring Speith.

I had such high hopes of some home grown talent coming through this year - Tommy Fleetwood maybe or Poults considering the form he's been in. I actually lost £100 when I had a flutter on Francesco Molinari - my man didn't even make the cut.

On a positive note, it was good to see Ellie Barbour slip into Hazel Irvine's shoes so effortlessly. I think television coverage is safe in her hands.

By the way, I don't know if any of you are watching the highlights on BBC Television but I've just seen myself (yep, I was there . I'm wearing a ping sun visor with a diamond patterned Pringle vee neck and am carrying a large, pink Taylor Made golfing umbrella. See if you can spot me!
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