2015 British Open at St. Andrews Discussion Thread

[Chilli Dipper]

Who has had the worse taste in sweaters, Nick Faldo or Cliff Huxtable?

[Gettin Better]

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

OHW-ST-HOW-ZEN Pronounced as it should be from it's 'Lowlands' origin.. stayed pretty well the same in Afrikaans.. as you say accent on first syllable, slightly on second .. I haven't heard a commentator anywhere apart from Dutch ones pronounce it correctly. I don't know why commentators aren't instructed in how to pronounce names properly, after all that's their JOB.

[mvmac]

Nice round for Faldo, 71.

[RJH999]

I'm not sure, but I think Tiger is gonna shoot 93.

[DeadMan]

Over/under 75 for Tiger today?

[Zeph]

Can Tiger beat Faldo?

[RJH999]

Over/under 75 for Tiger today?

Over. [quote name="Zeph" url="/t/83040/2015-british-open-at-st-andrews-discussion-thread/440_40#post_1170672"]Can Tiger beat Faldo? [/quote] No.

[Zeph]

Let's see if Tiger can hit a wedge over the burn today.

[jbishop15]

Over/under 75 for Tiger today?

Tiger Tracker has the over under on 74.5. They're usually pretty spot on.

[b101]

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

Weird - I'd call that more of an H than a G but I can see both sides (I'm a languages teacher, albeit French and German, not Spanish). The below is pretty much what I imagined it would be, bar the -ez ending (thought it was -eth)

Back on topic - I'm loving this Open. Loads of possible outcomes and drama so far. I was one of those who did enjoy the US Open at Chambers Bay, but you can't beat a real links course.

[ChrisP]

So if these guys finish up at 10:30, they're not gonna be getting much sleep because they'll have to get up at prolly like 5 am to finish because I'm sure play will start back up around 7. Some of them are probably going to have to then go right back out depending on where they stand. Look forward to having some late night beers tonight getting home at 2am and watching these guys play the last few holes

[ChrisP]

So far, the wind isn't nearly as bad as they thought. Good break so far for the late guys. Tomorrow morning looks to be the worst though. Edit: may have spoke too soon. If those dark clouds are heading that way, these guys are dead.

[RJH999]

Hideki Matsuyama birdies his first three holes. He's just waiting until the back nine to give them all away.

[ChrisP]

May be beneficial to play late tomorrow. Wind supposed to be at its worst early in the day and then die down sometime around 4 or 5 local time.

[RJH999]

Robert Streb is my dude. Hideki Matsuyama is also my dude.

[RiddleMeThis]

Robert Streb is my dude.

Hideki Matsuyama is also my dude.

Both on my Draft Kings squad.  Give me ALLLL the moneys

[Abu3baid]

Adam Scott?? Huh? -5 so far taking him straight to the top..

[MyrtleBeachGolf]

Hideki Matsuyama birdies his first three holes. He's just waiting until the back nine to give them all away.

I love his swing. Even the pause at the top is cool to watch.