2015 British Open at St. Andrews Discussion Thread

[Gettin Better]

Lots of wind will help Woods. .then EVERYONE will be zigzagging to the hole not just Woods. :) It will make the putting interesting.. seeing as putts are made from what looks like halfway down the fairway on some of the holes on the Old Course

[Zeph]

If they do get wind, I also hope it will be somewhat fair. It'll always gust up and down, but it's unfortunate if the wind suddenly picks up in the middle of the day. Interested to see how Tiger does, if Spieth can keep the momentum up and how Fowler does after his win at the Scottish.

[Gettin Better]

BTW guys.... I see the heading of this thread and The BRITISH Open doesn't exist, never has done and never will do. There IS an Open championship in Great Britain.. but that's called THE OPEN.. do you mean that one???

[Wally Fairway]

BTW guys....

I see the heading of this thread and The BRITISH Open doesn't exist, never has done and never will do.

There IS an Open championship in Great Britain.. but that's called THE OPEN.. do you mean that one???

Don't know what you are talking about, THIS thread is about the British Open.

You should look for The Open Championship thread if that is what you wish to discuss.

[rehmwa]

BTW guys....

I see the heading of this thread and The BRITISH Open doesn't exist, never has done and never will do.

There IS an Open championship in Great Britain.. but that's called THE OPEN.. do you mean that one???

Nope....note that one.  never heard of it.

maybe you are thinking tennis?

edit:  crap - Wally beat me to it

[Gettin Better]

Don't know what you are talking about, THIS thread is about the British Open. You should look for The Open Championship thread if that is what you wish to discuss.

The BRITISH OPEN doesn't exist .. could be you've just started playing golf and have invented a new Americanism for THE OPEN that they are playing this weekend but it sure AINT the BRITISH OPEN...

[Gettin Better]

Nope....note that one.  never heard of it. maybe you are thinking tennis? edit:  crap - Wally beat me to it

Well I'm gonna be watching Speith and a few other top golfers playing THE OPEN this weekend.. I wonder what golf tourney you'll be watching.

[Gunther]

Don't know what you are talking about, THIS thread is about the British Open. You should look for The Open Championship thread if that is what you wish to discuss.

Lol, very nice. [quote name="Gettin Better" url="/t/83040/2015-british-open-at-st-andrews-discussion-thread/120_40#post_1168897"] The BRITISH OPEN doesn't exist .. could be you've just started playing golf and have invented a new Americanism for THE OPEN that they are playing this weekend but it sure AINT the BRITISH OPEN...[/quote]Chill out mate, both names work although most recognize The Open Championship is the official nomenclature.

[Wally Fairway]

Well I'm gonna be watching Speith and a few other top golfers playing THE OPEN this weekend.. I wonder what golf tourney you'll be watching.

Hate to tell you this, but those guys are playing in the British Open

[Gettin Better]

Lol, very nice. Chill out mate, both names work although most recognize The Open Championship is the official nomenclature.

That's just the problem... you guys don't realise that on this side of the pond we get pretty pissed off when Americans call it wrongly.. a bit like us calling the US Open the YANKEE OPEN... And it's not even The Open Championship... Just simply The Open

[Gettin Better]

Hate to tell you this, but those guys are playing in the British Open [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/127882/] [/URL]

Hate to tell you my friend ... It Don't exist.. Maybe Americans THINK so but sorry to say.. even an American can be wrong.. So to see even the dumb US press gets it wrong

[RandallT]

http://www.provisualizer.com/ (go to Pro Calendar)

In case others are interested, I've enjoyed this site a few times for following the course layouts of the majors. If you have Google Earth installed, the "3D" course map works. If not, "2D" is ok. It's a snappy interface that allows you jump from hole to hole and to modify tee and pin locations and set targets to see yardages. With the 3D, you can zoom in or rotate easily to get a good feel for the lay of the land. (or the "topo" as Fox Sports used a few times at Chambers Bay).

[Wally Fairway]

Hate to tell you my friend ... It Don't exist.. Maybe Americans THINK so but sorry to say.. even an American can be wrong.. So to see even the dumb US press gets it wrong

Hate to have to point it out to you blokes, but it isn't an American thing

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/british-open-five-golfers-who-can-stop-jordan-spieth-1.2284460

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-14/jason-day-drawn-with-tiger-woods-in-british-open/6617198?section=sport

http://www.parisstaronline.com/2015/07/13/hearn-at-british-open

[rehmwa]

That's just the problem... you guys don't realise that on this side of the pond we get pretty pissed off when Americans call it wrongly.. a bit like us calling the US Open the YANKEE OPEN... And it's not even The Open Championship... Just simply The Open

one word about pronunciation

al-loo-min-eee-um

(In real life, I call it "The Open", unless someone is a bit too serious about it, then we take the piss out of it - cheers)

[Gettin Better]

Hate to have to point it out to you blokes, but it isn't an American thing [URL=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/british-open-five-golfers-who-can-stop-jordan-spieth-1.2284460]http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/british-open-five-golfers-who-can-stop-jordan-spieth-1.2284460[/URL]

Cmon.. that's IRISH.. do we need to get onto Irish jokes..

[iacas]

That's just the problem... you guys don't realise that on this side of the pond we get pretty pissed off when Americans call it wrongly.. a bit like us calling the US Open the YANKEE OPEN... And it's not even The Open Championship... Just simply The Open

Calm down, sheesh.

If you wanna talk about the name, there are plenty of other threads devoted to JUST that. Like this one: . First one that came up in a search. Maybe there are better ones.

[rehmwa]

Cmon.. that's IRISH.. do we need to get onto Irish jokes..

An Irishman named Murphy went to his doctor after a long illness.

The doctor, after a lengthy examination, sighed and looked Murphy in the eye and said, "I've some bad news for you... you have cancer and it can't be cured. I'd give you two weeks to a month."

Murphy, shocked and saddened by the news, but of solid character, managed to compose himself and walk from the doctor's office into the waiting room.

There he saw his son who had been waiting. Murphy said, "Son, we Irish celebrate when things are good and celebrate when things don't go so well. In this case, things aren't so well. I have cancer and I've been given a short time to live. Let's head for the pub and have a few pints."

After three or four pints the two were feeling a little less somber. There were some laughs and more beers. They were eventually approached by some of Murphy's old friends who asked what the two were celebrating.

Murphy told them that the Irish celebrate the good and the bad... he went on to tell them that they were drinking to his impending end. He told his friends, "I've only got a few weeks to live as I have been diagnosed with AIDS."

The friends gave Murphy their condolences and they hoisted quite a few more and had an excellent celebration.

After his friends left, Murphy's son leaned over and whispered, "Dad, I thought you said that you were dying from cancer. You just told your friends that you were dying from AIDS!"

Murphy said, "I am dying from cancer, son, I just don't want any of them sleeping with your mother after I'm gone."

[Gettin Better]

Calm down, sheesh. If you wanna talk about the name, there are plenty of other threads devoted to JUST that. Like this one: [CONTENTEMBED=/t/72535/british-open-vs-the-open-championship layout=inline]​[/CONTENTEMBED] . First one that came up in a search. Maybe there are better ones.

Lol even the guy setting up the poll couldn't get it right.. but does someone's little poll change history .. me thinks not. Have a ganders at www.theopen.com For us on this side of the pond we take it seriously and get pretty pissed about it.