The Golf Thread

[Pablo]

Fair play Cam Smith that was a hell of a final round. Feel sorry for Rory, he didn't do much wrong, he just couldn't get any momentum. The best player won.

[Irishnev]

I backed them and DJ - I always back DJ, it’s like Shaggy and Rahm

Smith, Rory and DJ - nice weekends work

[Shaggy]

I only had a fiver on Smith ffs. Got 20s. Win's a win mind!

Winning the Players and the Open, what a year.

[Shaggy]

I still can't get over that putt on 17. Even though you know he's a machine-like putter, with the pressure I thought he'd either end up rolling back into the sand or be way over the far side. To knock it to 12-15 feet and then, of course, roll it in from there, was absolutely clutch as ****.

[Harv]

The mullet

[Irishnev]

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[RichC]

Typically **** from reporters. He's just won the Open and rather than focus on that they launch into the LIV golf stuff.

[Harv]

I still can't get over that putt on 17. Even though you know he's a machine-like putter, with the pressure I thought he'd either end up rolling back into the sand or be way over the far side. To knock it to 12-15 feet and then, of course, roll it in from there, was absolutely clutch as ****.

Only just managed to recap the final round, as it was on at stop o'clock here.

**** me! clutch.as.****

[wiw]

I think there's only one (or two) vague doglegs on the course. No course would ever be designed like that now - all dead straight, vast wide fairways. Don't get me wrong the place is magical but I think the game has sort of overtaken it now.

Yeah, as mentioned, I’ve never been a fan of links golf, even when it is bad weather which is more of a leveller, it again feels completely arbitrary. And as you are saying wasn’t designed for these guys to be driving 400 plus yards.

I don’t think they are due back for & years, but I suspect it will always be on the list of Open courses for the history.

Why do they cut the rough so much? I would say most links or linksy courses around England atm - if you're more than a yard or two off the fairway you are absolutely ****ed - like hack it out sideways kinda ****ed - these guys were missing fairways and being allowed to get away with it as the 2nd cut was so short

Final 2 were too focused on their group imo, Cam putting 4 birdies in 4 holes on the turn, Rory had no time to step it up a gear.

If they played it again next weekend you'd fancy Smith again. Worthy winner

Hovland stinking the place out can't have helped him

[red g]

Bob Bubka mentioned Rory wanted it too much, He probably knows that Cam is going to the Liv so put more pressure on himself to put him in his place.

[wiw]

Here are all the players to have signed up so far:

Abraham Ancer
Oliver Bekker
Richard Bland
Itthipat Buranatanyarat
Laurie Canter
Paul Casey
TK Chantananuwat
Bryson DeChambeau
Hennie Du Plessis
Oliver Fisher
Sergio Garcia
Taylor Gooch
Branden Grace
Justin Harding
Sam Horsfield
Yuki Inamori
Dustin Johnson
Matt Jones
Sadom Kaewkanjana
Martin Kaymer
Sihwan Kim
Ryo Kino****a
Phachara Khongwatmai
Brooks Koepka
Chase Koepka
Jinichiro Kozuma
Pablo Larrazabal
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra
Viraj Madappa
Graeme McDowell
Phil Mickelson
Jediah Morgan
Kevin Na
Shaun Norris
Andy Ogletree
Louis Oosthuizen
Wade Ormsby
Adrian Otaegui
Pat Perez
Turk Petit
James Piot
Ian Poulter
David Puig
Patrick Reed
JC Ritchie
Charl Schwartzel
Travis Smyth
Ian Snyman
Hudson Swafford
Hideto Tanihara
Peter Uihlein
Scott Vincent
Lee Westwood
Bernd Wiesberger
Blake Windred
Matthew Wolff
Kevin Yuan

Haven't heard of half of these but still...if people like Hovland and Smith move over then surely the PGA is in deep ****

[RichC]

Chase Koepka stands out on that list. Some brotherly love there I would guess "I'll sign up if you sign my younger **** brother as well"

[wiw]

Chase Koepka stands out on that list. Some brotherly love there I would guess "I'll sign up if you sign my younger **** brother as well"

Is he any good?


Also (soz if this has been mentioned) didn't realise it's called LIV to correspond with 54 in Roman numerals. Wild

[RichC]

I'd never heard of him, just spotted the surname and googled him. He's **** from what I can tell

[Buzzo]

I wonder what other sports they plan on ruining?