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2014 Open Championship (British Open) at Royal Liverpool Discussion Thread

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phan52
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When will the media come to a consensus and call it either Hoylake or Royal Liverpool?

mvmac
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Rory is sporting the worst hat ever...

Deryck Griffith
Deryck Griffith

Tiger just ripped a 3 wood down 18 into the wind 300 yards. I'm not sure what the game plan was today but he literally hit his driver today like an 8 handicap.  Nike needs to build him a franke

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Loving this leader board.

Battle of the flat bellies top 3.

Steve

Kill slow play. Allow walking. Reduce ineffective golf instruction. Use environmentally friendly course maintenance.

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Sounds intriguing.

For the benefit of an expat watching ESPN not the BBC, please do tell (or provide a summary of some sort.....)

Mark James - "We don't seem to have heard so many "In the holes" this week. Thankfully"

Peter Alliss - "We're a bit more civilised on this side of the Atlantic"

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I'm looking at this leaderboard; Scott Van Pelt just said Charl Schwartzel is the lowest-ranked player in the top seven, at 26th in the world. I thought this course could give is the first out-of-left-field major winner in several years, but that's definitely not the case.

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Surpised they aren't struggling all that much today with the weather. Any reason they started off so early? Top pairing was already through 5 by 7:30PM EST. Majors this year the leaders haven't typically teed off until 2:30PM EST

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Seems like the guys are starting to struggle a bit. Clubs are digging. Lots of errant drives and ball is not carry on those greens.

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Surpised they aren't struggling all that much today with the weather. Any reason they started off so early? Top pairing was already through 5 by 7:30PM EST. Majors this year the leaders haven't typically teed off until 2:30PM EST

Thunder forecasts later in the day worried the R&A; I think.

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Surpised they aren't struggling all that much today with the weather. Any reason they started off so early? Top pairing was already through 5 by 7:30PM EST. Majors this year the leaders haven't typically teed off until 2:30PM EST

There's a risk of lightning, so they've telescoped the times -- off the first and tenth tees so that if there's a delay they'll still be able to get the full day's play in. First time it's ever been done at the Open.

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There's a risk of lightning, so they've telescoped the times -- off the first and tenth tees so that if there's a delay they'll still be able to get the full day's play in. First time it's ever been done at the Open.


Kinda bitter. I woke up at 7 and was like "oh hell yeah gonna have a long day of watching a full round of the leaders" and I turn it on and DJ is putting on 5. WTF

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A ton of bogies on #7 by most on the first page of the leaderboard.

Rory's par putt was about as good as a birdie against his closest competitors.

I don't know what hole is playing the toughest today but #7 has to be up there among the most difficult.

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There's a risk of lightning, so they've telescoped the times -- off the first and tenth tees so that if there's a delay they'll still be able to get the full day's play in. First time it's ever been done at the Open.

Kinda bitter. I woke up at 7 and was like "oh hell yeah gonna have a long day of watching a full round of the leaders" and I turn it on and DJ is putting on 5. WTF

Yea, I woke up at 6, turned on the TV to see if they were covering it yet and was shocked to see Rory being announced on the 1st tee.

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Gunther Great Member

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You mean that I agreed with Shorty?  Or that I disagreed about Rory?

Doesn't matter, struck me wrong, didn't need to mention it.

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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If there is one thing this thread shows it's that the interest in Tiger Woods is still alive and kicking nicely - most players who have dominated and then faded have been allowed to gently slip into the good night...but not Eldrick.

Probably because he can and has come back and won 5 tournaments in a year after being "washed up"...

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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