"Boring" Final Round of Open Championship??

[kafka01]

  zeg said:

That's true. I don't recall where, maybe on here, but I read about someone who played a round with a pro on a normal course. He said it was neat, but ultimately dead boring.

Isnt that the running joke in like every golf club? If you had a boring round you had a good one? I guess thats the same for us amateurs as for the pros.

[zeg]

  kafka01 said:

Isnt that the running joke in like every golf club? If you had a boring round you had a good one? I guess thats the same for us amateurs as for the pros.

Yeah, I'd kill for a round with no "fun" shots...

[Cussin hacker]

It may have been a bit boring, but watching Louie work his magic Sunday more than made up for it.

[Acropo]

It stopped being a gripping viewing experience when Casey triple-bogeyed. Yes, Louis played really well - and I mean REALLY well, his control and accuracy in the breeze were amazing. But an exciting competition where the ultimate winner wasn't known till the last putt? Er....no.

It was disappointing that no-one really came after him. Probably the most exciting round was McIlroy's - but he was too far back, after Friday (a collapse that still has me puzzled - he has played in those conditions before, at Holywood, Portrush and Co Down. Heck, he grew up on them). That Lee Westwood came through with a strong one wasn't a surprise - but too far back, again. Darren Clarke seemed to want more wind - his performance on Friday was amazing.

It has been pointed out that Woods' win in 2000 got a lot of people excited. It did and his last round was nothing more than a triumphal procession. So maybe PR and hype are the key to keeping it interesting? I hope not - I'd rather see on the TV close contests between big names (and there were big names there - look at the final leaderboard) a couple of underdogs. So Pebble Beach was more of a spectacle than St Andrews, this year.

What to do? Well, it could be that the pin positions on Sunday were, as Monty observed, such that defensive golf was the only option. If so, maybe the powers that be should look back and remember what Bobby Jones so liked about St Andrews - the oppoprtunity to take a variety of different routes to the green. Some of them would be paths leading to glory; some would lead to disaster. It's what the Masters does, when it does it right - hold out the chance of immortality. And Jones originally modelled Augusta on St Andrews, as far as I can gather...

Just mho.

[BonoVox]

There was a moment of doubt. When he was up only 3 strokes with a lot of holes to play. Then he not only shut the door but SLAMMED it. So there was a moment there when at least I was thinking this could get really interesting. Other than that I still enjoyed the final round.