2015 British Open at St. Andrews Discussion Thread

[Zeph]

Scott found a puddle.

[b101]

He says HIM-enez

You do know that's not miles off, right? It should be Him-en-eth

[RiddleMeThis]

You do know that's not miles off, right? It should be Him-en-eth

I think he's talking about the emphasis on HIM, too.  Not far off though

[Golfingdad]

Does it bug anyone else that the ESPN announcer (I think it's Tirico) doesn't know how to pronounce Jiménez?

Not really (but I haven't heard it yet).

Did notice a couple of other things though:  He pronounces Oosthuizen different than I've ever heard it.  He says Oost-HIGH-zen, whereas I've always heard it as Oost-HAY-zen.  (The emphasis is mine to show the differences, not the inflection - everybody puts the emphasis on the first syllable)

And the other thing I've noticed is at leas twice now, once yesterday and once this morning, Paul Azinger decided to call the swale next to the 18th green the Swilcan Burn instead of the Valley of Sin.  I know little of this course, but I certainly know that ain't right. ;)

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On another note - I'm really enjoying a lot of the big, overhead, wide angle shots we're being given this year.  Gives you a new perspective on things.  17, for example.  From TV at ground level, it doesn't look quite as hard coming into the green as it does when the camera goes up.

[RJH999]

You do know that's not miles off, right? It should be Him-en-eth

I think it's just hi-men-ez, I don't think the Z is pronounced th when it's at the end of a word. But idk, maybe my Spanish teacher is wrong, she's kind of a dumbass

[Golfingdad]

I think it's just hi-men-ez, I don't think the Z is pronounced th when it's at the end of a word.

But idk, maybe my Spanish teacher is wrong, she's kind of a dumbass

[Chilli Dipper]

I think it's just hi-men-ez, I don't think the Z is pronounced th when it's at the end of a word. But idk, maybe my Spanish teacher is wrong, she's kind of a dumbass

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

[RJH999]

He's from Barcelona, right?  It's not really Spanish over there, I think, it's Catalan or something.  A whole different animal.

He's from Málaga, Andalusia.

[mvmac]

There’s a nice story from Christopher Clarey in the New York Times on the New Course at St. Andrews, an Old Tom Morris original. Though it's used this week for other purposes, the New has its admirers. If nothing else for giving us The Old Course name that has become iconic.

This was fun:

“It’s probably the oldest new course,” said George Wilkinson, a starter on the New Course. “Maybe they could market it that way.”

Said Moir: “Up until the New Course was built, the Old Course was just known as the Links. It was only when they built the New Course that they said, ‘We’ll call it the Old.’ They had a lot of imagination in those days.”

The New was designed by Tom Morris, who, despite the assignment, was known as Old Tom Morris to distinguish him from his son, who was known as Young Tom. (New Tom apparently was not an option.)

[RJH999]

Has anyone hit that building on 17?

[DaveP043]

Has anyone hit that building on 17?

I missed it both times I played.

Oh, you mean the pros this week...

[RJH999]

I missed it both times I played. Oh, you mean the pros this week...

Well if anyone's played it and hit it I would like to know lol. It is really damn windy.

[RiddleMeThis]

Well if anyone's played it and hit it I would like to know lol.

It is really damn windy.

They were telling a story earlier yesterday that Ian Poulter was staying there last time the Open was at St Andrews and found a ball on his porch.  Somehow figured out the owner and returned the ball with a laugh and a good story.  I think it was Geoff Ogilvy but I might be remembering wrong.

[RJH999]

Oh Kuchar. :no:

[Zeph]

[Silent]

You do know that's not miles off, right? It should be Him-en-eth

No. In Spanish (as in Spain) the J is pronounced as a G. Not the American G though, hard to explain. Def. not a H as Americans say it. edit: here an example of Juan [VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plhg5_U_TCI[/VIDEO]

[Silent]

Very nice to see Faldo like this. Amazing image.

[Zeph]

Faldo is more at a photo shoot than playing a golf tournament.