The 'Official - Unofficial' (British) Open Championship thread

[Crafty]

Tough to make picks right now. However, Retief shooting +1 in the early morning wave is pretty darn impressive.

Mother nature will have her way with the leaderboard. However, it does seem so far that it is going to be more of a ballstriker's tourney than I had suspected. If the wind stays down, i like someone like rocco to hang around the top for tomorrow. However, if the wind kicks up, you gotta be able to vary your shot shape a lot, which would make me want to pick someone like scott or kim.

My gut feeling is that a lot of the veterans (Mickelson, Singh, etc.) that played poorly are going to make a move tomorrow and get it back to 6 over or so, a score that i feel will still be in contention going into the weekend.

Only time will tell!

[Alex B]

Crazy stuff right now. Nuts.

Greg Norman.... -1 and leading by 2 shots?

Camillo Villegas.... -4 on his round?

Rocco.... in at 142?

Van de Velde.... in at 144?

WTF?

[ganjagolfer]

if norman wins, does he have to add any of his purse earnings to the $112 alimony payments he has been court ordered to pay this week?

[terp2007]

At work...

How are the conditions today? worse than yesterday morning or better?

Go Rocco!

[RichF]

I just got back from Royal Birkdale after spending the last practice day and the 1st-day at the Open and condition-wise, today, now (13.35pm, BST) looks as bad as it did yesterday morning: very windy, very wet, not too cold - very similar to last year at Carnoustie on Day 3 & 4...

IMO, if Norman and Watson can deal with it - so can the rest of the field....

[RichF]

Oh and by the way, I know it's been debated millions of times before but whatever: there isn't a debate - it's not 'British Open' or (British) Open or any other connotation, but The Open .

Always has been, always will be

[Lemay427]

They look to be about the same but the players seem like that have adapted a tad better. Looks cold as some of the players are wearing sock hats!!

[JaY_B]

The local Kent amateur Thomas Shearrard doing Kent boys proud!

[Anand]

Oh and by the way, I know it's been debated

Yes, 'The Open Championship.' However, given that we're on a US-based forum, I used brackets for the thread subject very deliberately. 95% of the members here are from the US, so a little discretion is in order

//Anand

[Anand]

KJ Choi looks very, very solid right now. Terrific ball striking and he's only dropped one shot through 13 ...

Everyone's faourite on here, Ian Poulter is also having a good round.

[RichF]

Yes, 'The Open Championship.' However, given that we're on a US-based forum, I used brackets for the thread subject very deliberately. 95% of the members here are from the US, so a little discretion is in order

Yeah, I know, but hey - don't shoot the messenger - here are the

official logos:

[ganjagolfer]

ian poulter, +3, showing himself what a great and gutsy player he is

[mellojoe]

John Daly at +29.

Bless his heart.

[Lemay427]

Oh man John Daly with an 89!! wow. I am almost convinced I could put that round up!! HAHA

[Guest]

However, if the wind kicks up, you gotta be able to vary your shot shape a lot, which would make me want to pick someone like scott or kim.

The winner is going to have to be an excellent bad weather player anyway. You'd be thinking someone who's used to it, probably on the european tour imo.

maybe McDowell. i'd like to see Harrington win it, but will his arm hold up?

[immts007]

Man this is going to be an exciting open champ. weekend! Norman, Mediate, Duval and Van de Velde all within 5 strokes of the leader and 36 holes to go! I love comebacks and underdogs.

[RichF]

DAY 2 - LEADERBOARD
KJ Choi -1
Greg Norman E
Camilo Villegas +1

For Day 3, winds of up to 50mph have been forecasted...

[worst_shot_ever]

Is 50 mph wind even playable? When do courses in the UK traditionally say enough is enough and delay play for wind related issues?