The Barclays Scottish Open

[deasy55]

There's no thread so I decided to make one

Westwood winning on 7 under after a 65. World Number 1 Luke Donald not far behind after a 67. Low scoring today.

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011047/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y

[makaveli]

Happy for Monty!

[Kieran123]

Even Michael Campbell showed up

[makaveli]

...and happy for Lorenzo Gagli as well, my fellow Italian is playing pretty good these days! :)

[Vermeer]

Good that it has shifted to a genuine links course from Loch Lomond which stopped many from playing as it wasn't an ideal preparation for the Open. The Scottish has the strongest field for a long time because of it.

[deasy55]

103 players at level par or better. Mickelson is surprisingly not one of them

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by deasy55

103 players at level par or better. Mickelson is surprisingly not one of them

That's actually not surprising. Given his results on links style courses

[deasy55]

I thought he would do fairly well this week though due to the wide fairways

Originally Posted by Kieran123

That's actually not surprising. Given his results on links style courses

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by deasy55

I thought he would do fairly well this week though due to the wide fairways

Phil needs fairways 300 feet wide

[deasy55]

He actually hit 10 of 14 fairways today which must be some sort of record for him

Originally Posted by Kieran123

Phil needs fairways 300 feet wide

[Kieran123]

Originally Posted by deasy55

He actually hit 10 of 14 fairways today which must be some sort of record for him

Probably used his wedges

[makaveli]

How About Olesen: 2nd @ the Italian Open, 2nd @ France Open and now T3, this kid is playing pretty good these days!

[Acropo]

With 5 of the top 10 playing, it's one of the best non-Major/WGC fields of the year. Looks like a fabulous course - and isn't the scenery beautiful?

Great to see Campbell back in some kind of form, the last two weeks, and those putts Monty sank were reminiscent of him at his best...

What a weekend to look forward to!

[deasy55]

Gmac with a great round of 64 this morning. Tied for the lead with Scott Jamieson and Peter Whiteford at 11 under at the moment. Mickelson shot 67 and will likely make the cut on the number.

[makaveli]

Game suspended due to bad weather... :(

[MiniBlueDragon]

Not specifically related to this tourney but what is it with the hordes who watch a ball go wide of the fairway and then riot, pushing and shoving each other out of the way to be able to stand next to the ball?

[deasy55]

That's a very American thing it seems. I don't really see it anywhere else. Although at the Irish Open last year there was a few idiots scrambling to be next to a ball and ended up standing on it

Originally Posted by MiniBlueDragon

Not specifically related to this tourney but what is it with the hordes who watch a ball go wide of the fairway and then riot, pushing and shoving each other out of the way to be able to stand next to the ball?

[MiniBlueDragon]

Originally Posted by deasy55

That's a very American thing it seems. I don't really see it anywhere else. Although at the Irish Open last year there was a few idiots scrambling to be next to a ball and ended up standing on it

I noticed it in the open and assumed it was a US thing but earlier today it happened in the Scottish Open too. I just don't get the mentality; what's achieved by fighting to stand next to a ball (only to then be told to f*** off and let the player play his shot)? lol

Another thing I don't get is when a shot goes wayward and the player yells "fore" but then the crowd stand there with their finger up their butt watching the ball screaming toward them and not moving. A guy earlier was lucky he had his umbrella up or he'd be off to Accident & Emergency at the moment.