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2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Discussion Thread

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OK, is this a hard start....jesus...what a brutal game out of the box today

"Getting paired with you is the equivalent to a two-stroke penalty to your playing competitors"  -- Sean O'Hair to Rory Sabbatini (Zurich Classic, 2011)

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As one of those "fat old guys" who worked as a marshall at the 2014 US Open at Pinehurst, I resent this characterization, even if it IS accurate.  I know that the USGA prefers a few traditional things

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4 hours folks........in the past, I really hated The Open because the television coverage was so bad....now, I love it.....seemed to start with Duval's win......and love being on the west coast and ge

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I'm sure I'll get some heat for this, but I'm starting to believe Rory has lost his passion for playing competitive golf. It seems in  his interviews he's just appeasing the sponsors and fans but if h

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Lol only 6 players have tee shots and pretty much every single one has looked more like me off the tee than a professional LOL.  And I LOVE IT.

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Favorite Course - Conklin Players Club (Par 72) - Best Score 86

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par, double, quad...LOL....and we are off

"Getting paired with you is the equivalent to a two-stroke penalty to your playing competitors"  -- Sean O'Hair to Rory Sabbatini (Zurich Classic, 2011)

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2 ob tee shots in the first 3 groups. Wow the first is a tough hole, and the weather isn't helping. Reminds me of the feeling when I first played on a links course in Scotland with heavy rain and wind gusts, didn't feel too good going out on the first tee :-D

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We will see a score in the 90's today I think.  

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Best Score 2017:  82 (Traditions at the Glen, Par 70)

Favorite Course - Conklin Players Club (Par 72) - Best Score 86

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14 minutes ago, FinTurma said:

2 ob tee shots in the first 3 groups. Wow the first is a tough hole, and the weather isn't helping. Reminds me of the feeling when I first played on a links course in Scotland with heavy rain and wind gusts, didn't feel too good going out on the first tee :-D

Yeah seems like every group so far has had an OB shot to the right off the first tee.

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Just chekin in......commercialis......and damnitt, i gotta be at work tomorrow (this morning)....lol....I am loving every minute....

Nothing easy going on out there..........fun

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Conditions looking a lot easier than in the morning. Stuart Manley in with 68, journeyman pro from Wales. Poulter, Rose, Stenson, Thomas going well. Birkdale looking nice at the moment

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Poulter & Spieth share Open lead

Speaking as an Englishman, I wish Spieth well under these circumstances. May he go on to win the Open.

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Spieth is being pretty aggressive off the tee.  Hitting drivers where Kim and Stenson are hitting irons.  He's hit some wayward shots but recovered well.

Fairways and Greens.

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1 hour ago, FinTurma said:

Conditions looking a lot easier than in the morning. Stuart Manley in with 68, journeyman pro from Wales. Poulter, Rose, Stenson, Thomas going well. Birkdale looking nice at the moment

Really not much rough. Fescue seems more wispy than narly this year. In 08 if you missed the fairway it was basically a one shot penalty. This year guys are able to reach the green pretty easily if they miss the fairway. 

The big boys have defintely awoken so far. Lots of top players under par right now.

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Holy s*&$...is anyone else watching online?  How many ads are you getting?  I'm having to watch the damn Rolex ad and a car ad every 2-3 minutes....WTF?  They cut out right in the middle of shots.

This is the marquee group stream.

Fairways and Greens.

Dave
 

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Speith with a nice 65, although I'll bet he'll kick himself for missing that putt on 18 for 64. Looks like the weather is pretty benign for the morning groups.

49 minutes ago, NCGolfer said:

Holy s*&$...is anyone else watching online?  How many ads are you getting?  I'm having to watch the damn Rolex ad and a car ad every 2-3 minutes....WTF?  They cut out right in the middle of shots.

This is the marquee group stream.

Haven't seen many ads on my stream (I'm streaming the broadcast), but it took a while to load and stop being choppy.

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8 minutes ago, DeadMan said:

Haven't seen many ads on my stream (I'm streaming the broadcast), but it took a while to load and stop being choppy.

Yeah...the regular broadcast is fine.  I was just putting on the marquee grouping which had Spieth and Stenson and listening.  It was unbearable.

Fairways and Greens.

Dave
 

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I was up early watching.   It's nice to see Spieth and Koepka doing well.   Poulter, not so much..

 

The Golf Channel is doing the commercials right..Split screen, showing the commercials w/o interruption of golf.

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