To me it was Kevin Na like at San Antonio.
They did not show any shots but I imagine he was stuck in the long grass quite a bit.
PGSF FedEx Cup Week 29 The Open Championship
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To me it was Kevin Na like at San Antonio.
They did not show any shots but I imagine he was stuck in the long grass quite a bit.
I would say I'm relieved I didn't take him, but my actual picks are doing terribly for the most part as well.
Rory ends up shooting a 79 after finishing with a triple on 18. Maybe he can switch with someone i the first group tomorrow and get his final round over with ASAP.
It’s early, but Koepka is a machine at majors. Someone promise to shoot me if I do not pick Brooks at majors! You may also want to shoot me if I pick him up at non-major tournaments 
It was a course few any experience at all with. So it was going to be the luck of the draw in picking teams.
Rory was the big surprise. He could not take the pressure of the moment.
Rory was the big surprise. He could not take the pressure of the moment.
With my (lack of) luck this year, at this point I'm not picking him simply because I don't wish to jinx a Nole.It’s early, but Koepka is a machine at majors. Someone promise to shoot me if I do not pick Brooks at majors! You may also want to shoot me if I pick him up at non-major tournaments
I considered him, but I'm just afraid he'll melt down at any time.
Recalling off the top of my head, his best finish in The Open was 44th out of three appearances. That includes two years ago when he won the Irish Open just like he did this year and still did poorly. Of course playing golf is not static but his record was not one that would give you confidence when compared to other players who have proven they can play well in The Open. One of those was Rory. We saw today how that worked out.
I hope Captain Slowplay still isn't in the lead this weekend. Will be brutal like at Riviera earlier this year if so.
Assuming the leader is at -10 after tomorrow, all David has to do to make the cut is shoot a 50. He has shot in the 50's before. Should be no problem.
Back in my younger, pre-kid days, I was a pretty good player - handicap index bounced from just below 1 to around 2 for a handful of years. One year I played in a local amateur tournament at a course near where I live. Pretty solid field, it always attracts a lot of the better amateurs in the Tampa area, along with a lot of guys who are just playing to have fun without taking it serious. Three day tournament, flighted after 27 holes - they blind draw which 9 for day 2 gets used in the flighting to prevent sandbagging.
On day 1, I'm playing OK - even through 7. Eight is a fairly easy par 4; slight dogleg right, with OB on both sides - but the fairway is plenty wide. I hit a drive down the right side; can tell it's close, so hit a provisional that is almost identical. Get down to them, they are literally close enough to cover both with a baseball hat - and very close to the OB line. Study the stakes for several minutes, from both sides, and decided that they were both OB. Back to the tee, pump one down the left side that is again very close. Check it out, it's also OB by a few inches. Back to the tee, now brain-dead; blow one way out to the right, over-correct & blow one way out to the left. Then another that is barely out to the right. Finally hit one in play, 9 iron on, 2 putts, for a smooth sixteen. Stumble through the last 10 holes at even par, for an 84.
Go to a Bucs preseason game that night & get absolutely smashed. Get to the course the next morning, thinking I'm giving myself 25 minutes to get warmed up for my 8:45 tee time. Pull in the parking lot, buddy screams at me that my group is on the tee. Run with my bag to the tee, hit my first shot in bare feet, struggle around the first nine hung over & not at all ready to play, shoot 40. Finally stretch out & shoot two under on the back. Blind draw goes my way & they're using the front nine - so after 27 I'm sixteen over & in the fourth flight, with a bunch of guys who'd done well to average around 40 per nine for 27 holes; thanks to my good back nine, I'm tied for the lead.
Third day, higher flights play the white tees & they have them up. I shoot 68 & win the flight by miles & miles.
I bet Rory will slaughter the hackers in the 4th flight this weekend.
On day 1, I'm playing OK - even through 7. Eight is a fairly easy par 4; slight dogleg right, with OB on both sides - but the fairway is plenty wide. I hit a drive down the right side; can tell it's close, so hit a provisional that is almost identical. Get down to them, they are literally close enough to cover both with a baseball hat - and very close to the OB line. Study the stakes for several minutes, from both sides, and decided that they were both OB. Back to the tee, pump one down the left side that is again very close. Check it out, it's also OB by a few inches. Back to the tee, now brain-dead; blow one way out to the right, over-correct & blow one way out to the left. Then another that is barely out to the right. Finally hit one in play, 9 iron on, 2 putts, for a smooth sixteen. Stumble through the last 10 holes at even par, for an 84.
Go to a Bucs preseason game that night & get absolutely smashed. Get to the course the next morning, thinking I'm giving myself 25 minutes to get warmed up for my 8:45 tee time. Pull in the parking lot, buddy screams at me that my group is on the tee. Run with my bag to the tee, hit my first shot in bare feet, struggle around the first nine hung over & not at all ready to play, shoot 40. Finally stretch out & shoot two under on the back. Blind draw goes my way & they're using the front nine - so after 27 I'm sixteen over & in the fourth flight, with a bunch of guys who'd done well to average around 40 per nine for 27 holes; thanks to my good back nine, I'm tied for the lead.
Third day, higher flights play the white tees & they have them up. I shoot 68 & win the flight by miles & miles.
I bet Rory will slaughter the hackers in the 4th flight this weekend.
Watching the British Open via tape delay racing through the commercials (great way to watch sporting events). Started recording at 1:30. Got up at 4:30. No way could I start watching at 1:30 on back to back nights and play the show later those nights. SO I am now a little less than two hours behind
Anyway from what I have seen so far, Brooks is having a miserable day. A birdie and a bogey. But it is more so the birdies he has missed. He blew chances and 5 and clearly 7. Meanwhile other players are going right by him. I doubt he is in the top 10 when the day is done. Conditions are perfect and Brooks is just treading water.
Anyway from what I have seen so far, Brooks is having a miserable day. A birdie and a bogey. But it is more so the birdies he has missed. He blew chances and 5 and clearly 7. Meanwhile other players are going right by him. I doubt he is in the top 10 when the day is done. Conditions are perfect and Brooks is just treading water.
Good to see Spieth playing well and near the top of the leader board
He is now at the top of the leader board at -6. And no one took him this week. Remember I am behind by less than an hour.
@Nolerball seems to be a good dude....I wouldn't call him a nobody.
Did he take him? I missed that obviously. DOH!!!
Funny story. I had a couple like that but without the happy ending...
I forget what tournament it was but I was in high school, maybe the summer after my senior year. I don't remember much about the tournament other than I was at or near the lead going in to the last nine. Our group picked up a small gallery on the front, then it gathered when we made the turn. I guess it made me nervous because jacked two out on that tee. I used to hit a nice hard draw back then, so I aimed down the right side of the narrow tenth and instead of drawing my tre' wood down the middle, I hit a high cut into someone's back yard. Teed up the next one and did the exact same thing. Finally got one in play and made a whatever. I probably cooked a bowl when I was looking for my balls OB because that is the last memory I have of that tournament.
The second one was about 12 years ago. It was a biggish amateur tournament in Pensacola I went to to play with some of my old chums. I had been playing good back then too. I won the match and stroke play club championship that season and finished pretty good in the county amateur. Anyway, on the entry form you put down on all your accolades and they recite them on the first tee for your first shot of the tournament. So after the announcer went through my song and dance, I promptly tugged two three woods OB. I wanted to die. I was pretty much done for the four day tournament after going 5 or 6 over on the first hole. I decided right away to set the tournament record for beers consumed versus winning any stinking trophy. As memory serves me, I came pretty close to drinking the most of any contestant that year...
I do have one small story of redemption. One year I won the club championship I had a four shot lead after day one. Day two, the last day, I missed the first green and three putted for double, jacked one out on two and made double then missed three and four greens and didn't get up and down so I'm six over for the day and two back after four! I birdied number seven to turn at 41 and only one back, then made two birds on the back shooting one under for the nine and winning by a shot...
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No, Bill, I did take him...have to...and glad I did since Rory and Xander (maybe) are no-lo-contending it at Royal Portrush...
@Nolerball seems to be a good dude....I wouldn't call him a nobody.
HAHAHAHAHA...thanks, Liz. Am just getting around to keeping up with you guys (and the Open)...
So I am finally able to get on-line this morning to get an update, and see that both Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood (Mac) are making noise. My wife see Tommy's score and then a photo of him and starts humming..."you, you make golfing fun, its all I wanna do...". I just shake my head...
Since I have no shot at winning would love to see Westwood finally get a major.
Not going to happen for him unfortunately. Putting has never been good enough and he doesn't seem to have that intangible win at all costs attitude.
Clearly his injuries were a big factor. That is going to be the new norm for him for the rest of his playing career however long that is.
And just like the milk-toast fan that I am, Xander shoots (-6) under on the day and climbs back to (-3) under overall. Only 5 shots back. O ye of little faith...
And I am off real time but Rory seems to be making a serious move...towards the cut line...talk about being fair-weather...I need to change my name to Nolerlukewarmball or Nolerfairweatherfan.
And I am off real time but Rory seems to be making a serious move...towards the cut line...talk about being fair-weather...I need to change my name to Nolerlukewarmball or Nolerfairweatherfan.
And Molinari looked dead-in-the-water to make the cut too...he looks to be just above it at (E) but, what the heck?? Check that - (+1). Faulty internet info...
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Rory is going to remember that putt yesterday that he carelessly swiped at and missed the cup from inches away for aloooooooooooooooooooong time.
Took until the final major of the year, but all my picks made it to the weekend! Progress.
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