2022 British Open at St. Andrews

[saevel25]

5 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Did Rors mis-hit his drive on 18? How did it not roll farther?

I wonder if he just didn't want to rip it because he would end up over the green. His 100% might be way to long to have an eagle shot. He probably tried to finesse one close. 

[iacas]

4 hours ago, colin007 said:

Did Rors mis-hit his drive on 18? How did it not roll farther?

He hit a 3W that hit into the upslope of one of the little bumps.

[RFKFREAK]

17 minutes ago, iacas said:

He hit a 3W that hit into the upslope of one of the little bumps.

Wonder if he used 3W on 18 all four rounds.  Would make sense if he was concerned about overshooting the green like @saevel25suggested.

[iacas]

[GolfLug]

I have never hurt for any player's loss as much as I did for Rory. 

I am gutted for him/with him. This will hurt for sometime. All the shit going on with LIV, this would have been so soothing. 

But I continue cheering for this stout hearted fella. I am not gonna lie though.. if he ever changes tune and joins LIV I will stop watching pro golf for a while, like a long while. 

[Shindig]

2 hours ago, GolfLug said:

I have never hurt for any player's loss as much as I did for Rory. 

I am gutted for him/with him. This will hurt for sometime. All the shit going on with LIV, this would have been so soothing. 

But I continue cheering for this stout hearted fella. I am not gonna lie though.. if he ever changes tune and joins LIV I will stop watching pro golf for a while, like a long while. 

This is a good point.  I'm trying to remember the last time I felt hurt by the ending to a major.  2009 PGA comes to mind, but I don't remember that feeling like this.  I felt bad for DJ at his PGA (bunker incident) and Open (not breaking 80 in the final round) losses, but that was back when I liked the guy.  I felt bad for Jordan at the 12th hole at the Masters that one time, but not like this.

[NeilV]

I was also a gutted for Rory, but having a few shekels on Cam Smith at 25/1 each way, I have to confess to feeling a bit conflicted. 😄

[boogielicious]

1 hour ago, NeilV said:

I was also a gutted for Rory, but having a few shekels on Cam Smith at 25/1 each way, I have to confess to feeling a bit conflicted. 😄

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[Yossarian]

2 hours ago, Shindig said:

I'm trying to remember the last time I felt hurt by the ending to a major

I agree. Mine:

- 2009 British Open, Tom Watson

- 1995 British Open, Costantino Rocca

- 2014 US Open, Compton (even thou Kaymer lead was never in discussion, but still)

 

 

[Shindig]

21 hours ago, Yossarian said:

I agree. Mine:

- 2009 British Open, Tom Watson

- 1995 British Open, Costantino Rocca

- 2014 US Open, Compton (even thou Kaymer lead was never in discussion, but still)

These are all very good points.  I especially remember rooting for Tom Watson in 2009, and I remember Stewart Cink saying on Letterman a day or two after his win that he was also rooting for Tom Watson.