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Poor Rose and Fowler, having to drag Faldo around all day.

Considering he was the finest British golfer of his generation, and he's rumoured to be playing his final British Open (a tournament he won three times), I think he has every right to be out there. His playing partners have nothing to complain about (and I suspect they are not).

Agree. He was so fun to watch in his prime.

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Ben Martin's wife is not at the British Open, and the reason will make you laugh.  From golfdigest.com. http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/07/ben-martins-wife-is-not-at-the.html

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Much worse than that. I was me hitting the shots. 1968.

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Problem with ESPN and Fox is they can't attract great golf talent because they do only one big tournament a year. This was discussed the other day on radio. Feherty's contract is up after this year and Fox wants to make a run at him but Feherty's not going to go to a network that only does one tournament a year. He'll either stay at CBS or to NBC. The best guys are going to go where you can cover golf regularly.
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Agree. He was so fun to watch in his prime.

Meant to be tongue-in-cheek, guys. Although I suspect the last alternate is not happy watching Faldo duff his way around the course.

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Jason Day shoots a -6 for his opening round. After his gritty performance at the US Open I hope he wins this one.

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Jason Day shoots a -6 for his opening round. After his gritty performance at the US Open I hope he wins this one.

That would be nice.  I'm a fan of the way he plays.

Those pot bunkers look like sink holes when the camera is way back!!!

The coverage on the Open website is up and down.  They show golf for a while then do boring stuff that I could care less about.  I can't stream ESPN at work.

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Originally Posted by boogielicious

Those pot bunkers look like sink holes when the camera is way back!!!

They look even worse when you're in the bottom of one of them!

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They look even worse when you're in the bottom of one of them!

something like this. Top of the lip is head height ;)

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Poor Rose and Fowler, having to drag Faldo around all day.

I thought you guys liked wannabee yank Faldo.. wasn't that why he jumped the pond and eventually CBS took him on.. I wonder if Justin or Rickie are the butt of his typical condescending comments today.. I do feel somewhat sorry for them ..


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Poor Rose and Fowler, having to drag Faldo around all day.

I thought you guys liked wannabee yank Faldo.. wasn't that why he jumped the pond and eventually CBS took him on.. I wonder if Justin or Rickie are the butt of his typical condescending comments today.. I do feel somewhat sorry for them ..

Justin is a wannabee Yank too. He's lived here for a long time! So have many, many UK players!

I'm sure Rosie and Ricky can dish it back to Sir Nick.

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John Daly looks "rode hard and put away wet".

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Jason Day shoots a -6 for his opening round. After his gritty performance at the US Open I hope he wins this one.

I hope he wins as well.

As for Tiger, I am officially off the band wagon.  He's more like Sylvester the cat than Tiger these days.

I was hoping he would continue improving, but I just don't see it anymore.  Unless he starts playing more tournament regularly, I don't think he can compete anymore.

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Tiger Woods Fires Swing Coach Charles Barkley

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“Charles has a very unorthodox approach to swinging the golf club and I think he can help me re-find my own natural swing and let me get back to playing more instinctively,” Woods said last September when announcing the hire. “I know it’s not a traditional hire, but I didn’t win 14 majors by being traditional.”

Unfortunately, Barkley’s advice has only made Woods worse and the golfer today made the move many have expected for weeks. The TNT NBA analyst said he has no hard feelings.

“I made more than $700,000 betting against Tiger the last few months,” said Barkley. “I don’t regret being his swing coach at all. It was great.”

https://medium.com/sportspickle/tiger-woods-fires-swing-coach-charles-barkley-6ad71c356392

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Been watching the streaming coverage on TheOpen.com....I have to admit I love how it is not "over-produced" like we get here in the States.....very refreshing to see things done simply and well.

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I've a feeling Justin likes the generally better playing weather and larger prize pots over there.. not to forget FEDEX qualifying :)

and very important the LOWER TAX'S in the States


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So I wonder if Watson and Faldo got to pick one of their partners. Watson has always said Snedeker is like a younger version of him and we always hear Faldo praise Rosie.

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