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2015 Irish Open Thread

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Making the cut is going to be hard when you're at +7. The weather isn't getting better either. It shows us even the best have bad weeks, as McIlroy also had problems at the BMW PGA. Funny thing is tha

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@atb5079 : Interesting - I really think the European Tour needs a few more links courses, so County Down massively appeals. We know who tends to destroy the fields when it's target golf, and the cr

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Yes - just awful. Horrible. Ugh. So unappealing.

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I've always said he's in between Tiger and Phil. He has the consistency of Phil, but when he's on, he's better than Phil and more like Tiger. But when he's off, man can he be off. Something in his swing happened in the second round of BMW last week because he's +16 over his last 36 holes. Sounds more like my scorecard. He needs to figure it out because I believe this may be his last tourney before Chambere Bay. He was a question mark for Memphis.

It could be fatigue. He's been playing a lot.

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Huddo Well Established Member

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It could be fatigue. He's been playing a lot.

I agree, probably 2 tournaments too many in the last 5 weeks. To continually perform well, both physically and mentally is near on impossible.

Matt

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ChrisP Great Member

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It could be fatigue. He's been playing a lot.

Could be. I figured 6 days off and a tournament he's really motivated to play in, he'd play well. But guess not. Will be interesting to see if he plays the St. Jude or just goes right into the Open.


Silent Great Member

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+9 for Rory at day one..... Unbelievable. Worst score of the whole field so far.

~Jorrit

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Huddo Well Established Member

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Rory almost seems to play himself out of form for whatever reason. Maybe he is the type of player that would benefit from fewer tournaments, just playing in the majors and others which suit his game. He probably doesn't get that option though as the #1.

Matt

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Silent Great Member

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Kaymer, who was in the same flight if I'm not mistaken, with a +8 btw and T149. Were they drunk or something?

~Jorrit

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Kaymer, who was in the same flight if I'm not mistaken, with a +8 btw and T149. Were they drunk or something?


What site are you getting the scores from?  ESPN does not have Rory's or Kaymer's scores even listed, What a joke this thing called ESPN Golf.


Silent Great Member

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What site are you getting the scores from?  ESPN does not have Rory's or Kaymer's scores even listed, What a joke this thing called ESPN Golf.

European Tour

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015040/leaderboard/index.html

~Jorrit

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Crim Great Member

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Rickie Fowler has been a scrambling machine as of late. Id love it if he could win this. Damn Rory...just.....damn it all. Hoping for a miracle to see him on the weekend. And did I read this right? No one has scored lower then a 67 here in over 40 years!?

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Rory is the opposite of Spieth. He has extreme highs and lows, while Spieth is the model of consistency.

A lot of it has to do with the two swings. Spieth's swing is more sweet and simple. He has the kind of swing that he does not have to change while he's playing on the PGA Tour, which is why I think Jordan is going to be more of a long-term force to be reckoned with. Rory's swing has a lot of moving parts to it. Reminds me of Rickie where if one part is off, the whole swing is off. He just goes into slumps with his swing like a batter.


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Q: "So Rory, how did you manage to shoot 80 today?" A: "I made a 10 foot putt on the last hole...." :bugout:

In David's bag....

Driver: Titleist 910 D-3;  9.5* Diamana Kai'li
3-Wood: Titleist 910F;  15* Diamana Kai'li
Hybrids: Titleist 910H 19* and 21* Diamana Kai'li
Irons: Titleist 695cb 5-Pw
Wedges: Scratch 51-11 TNC grind, Vokey SM-5's;  56-14 F grind and 60-11 K grind
Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi S
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Q: "So Rory, how did you manage to shoot 80 today?" A: "I made a 10 foot putt on the last hole...." :bugout:

Lol. Is that a real quote? Classic! He's channelling Seve.

Yours in earnest, Jason.
Call me Ernest, or EJ or Ernie.

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Jakester23 Great Member

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Lol. Is that a real quote? Classic! He's channelling Seve.

He stole that from Tin Cup but I still like it.

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Fowler

Kaymer/McIlroy

From European Tour: http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015040/stats/index.html

Safe to say, McIlroy had a less than average day from the tee. He hit more fairways than his group of Kaymer/Fowler (43% vs. 29% for them). He didn't drive as far as them, but he hit more greens (50% vs. 39% for them). It appears McIlroy will miss the cut mainly due to poor putting. Who'd have thought McIlroy would hit more fairways and greens than Kaymer and Fowler, but be darned near last place after Round 1?

Looks like Padraig had an amazing day hitting greens and sinking putts (1.3putts/GIR and 24putts overall). Wonder if he was sticking it close or just sinking everything he looked at.

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