US Open 2011 *see mod post 348

LuckyGent88

Fair play to Harrington. Form is absolutely terrible and he grinds out another solid round which will be right at top of leaderboard by the end of the day.

Lowry can be dead proud of his first round at a US Open.

minstrel_boy

cheers lads very handy alright.. Harry bogeyed the last..pity, still a solid round. He was out of it at this stage in his last couple of majors.

Great going by Lowry to birdie the last

LuckyGent88

Martin567 wrote: »

Don't really understand your point here. This is a US Open. Anyone who hits 67% of greens over 72 holes will have a serious chance of winning.

Eventually a player will get penalised heavily for missing all those fairways especially at a US Open.

LuckyGent88

fcuking hell, Stenson is 2 under. He has hit 12 of 13 fairways :eek: If he can play good around this course surely everyone else can .

Vurnon San Benito

Choi had a shocker today!

LuckyGent88

Phil off to a watery start

staker

did anyone just see Phil's driver out of the rough? Mad as a march hare:eek:

nocal

staker wrote: »

did anyone just see Phil's driver out of the rough? Mad as a march hare:eek:

Yeah harro saw it and is furiously practising it so that he can reclaim his crown as king of madtown

bigtimecharlie

Have money (€10 e/w) on Kucher and Goosen with €1 e/w on Garragius.


Good start for the Irish, happy with all the grinding, Harrington especially.

Poor 3 ball of the world 1, 2 & 3. Just making the cut will be a chellange for those 3.

SSK

McIlroy playing some magic stuff on his front 9...no one better in the world to watch when he's on form.

Great stuff from all the Irish boys today, Lowry especially in his first major in the States (i think?)

PAULWATSON

wee and g to go at it on sunday evening.

Benny Cake

Dear Santa,

I've been really good this year and all I want for Christmas is to hit my irons like Rory Mcilroy....

Regards,

Red

p.s. I left a glass of Guinness out for Rudolf

Benny Cake

double post!

bigtimecharlie

SSK wrote: »

Great stuff from all the Irish boys today, Lowry especially in his first major in the States (i think?)

No.

Played the USPGA last year.

MisterAnarchy

staker wrote: »

did anyone just see Phil's driver out of the rough? Mad as a march hare:eek:

Unbelievable shot,the mans a showman ,one of the few characters left in the game.

PAULWATSON

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Unbelievable shot,the mans a showman ,one of the few characters left in the game.

he's got a pair of swingers alright.

Seems that the new batch of americans like to slash it about a bit, bubba, dusty, AK.

A few gunslingers left.

SSK

bigtimecharlie wrote: »

No.

Played the USPGA last year.

Cheers, I figured he might have qualified for 1 at some stage. Still well played by him all the same, very solid round.

PhilipMarlowe

Sergio!

HomerS

Yang got a 2 on all the par 3's. That's pretty good on those greens.
Record in a major, maybe?

MisterAnarchy

That Ewan Murray is doing my head in with his "British" propaganda .

jm99

great performance from lowry today. Had a feeling he might do that. Hopefully that will give him the confidence to break par tomorrow although it will probably be a tougher day tomorrow

Villain

Rory just made the 4th look like a little short Par 4, it's 470 yards and he hit a sand wedge for his second shot to about 5 foot!

LuckyGent88

McIlroy is doing what he did at the Masters for first 3 rounds. In front by a few but could be a lot further in front. Hopefully he takes advantage of the 2 par 5's coming up.

Iceboy

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

McIlroy is doing what he did at the Masters for first 3 rounds. In front by a few but could be a lot further in front. Hopefully he takes advantage of the 2 par 5's coming up.

I hope he has learned his lesson from Augusta

staker

Am I the only one or does anyone else love it when Garcia f%^&* it up?

I wanna a repeat of that bunker bashing he dished out last year

fullstop

PAULWATSON wrote: »

wee and g to go at it on sunday evening.

Are you gonna start this **** again? Just call people by their names will you?

nocal

Rory. Wowser. What a round so far and eagle attempt coming up.

staker

nocal wrote: »

Rory. Wowser. What a round so far and eagle attempt coming up.

What did he hit in from 255 yds? 4 iron?

LuckyGent88

Iceboy wrote: »

I hope he has learned his lesson from Augusta

so does my bank manager

k.p.h

I think we might as well just sit back and enjoy this lads. If Mcilroy never wins a major or even another golf tournament he is without a doubt going to be regarded as one of the best ball strikers of all time. It's impeccable. Better than .. dare I mention some names.

It's just awesome I could watch him hit balls all day.

nocal

staker wrote: »

What did he hit in from 255 yds? 4 iron?

no idea - missed the eagle but made the birdie. Butch Harmon is well impressed.

stockdam

Rory doing the business again in a major. This time keep it going.

k.p.h

staker wrote: »

What did he hit in from 255 yds? 4 iron?

Only carried less than 230 thats a probably only a big 5 for him.

LuckyGent88

god Mickelson is all over the course. Playin serious army golf. He has hit only 4 fairways so far.

Backstreet Moyes

If MclRoy can improve his putting he could dominate.

LuckyGent88

3 rounds of 71 now Rory and you have your first major. Surely thats not too hard for you to do

badabing106

When Rory wins his first major, look out world and forget about Tiger!

aster99

badabing106 wrote: »

When Rory wins his first major, look out world and forget about Tiger!

I actually think once he gets over the barrier of winning the first one a few more could follow quickly

Vurnon San Benito

aster99 wrote: »

I actually think once he gets over the barrier of winning the first one a few more could follow quickly

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what the man above meant. :pac:

SharpshooterTom

Does anyone think Rory McIlroy could break Jack Nicklaus's record once he gets one?

Magill

Gnobe wrote: »

Does anyone think Rory McIlroy could break Jack Nicklaus's record once he gets one?

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abouttobebanned

No

MisterAnarchy

Gnobe wrote: »

Does anyone think Rory McIlroy could break Jack Nicklaus's record once he gets one?

No

badabing106

Gnobe wrote: »

Does anyone think Rory McIlroy could break Jack Nicklaus's record once he gets one?

I personally not sure any players could ever get near the amount of major trophies won by Nicklaus and Tiger anymore. I Think Nicklaus and Tiger were way ahead of their time in class.

I think in the modern era the game has changed alot. I think it has become a world game first of all. There will be an explosion of golfing talent in developing golfing nations very soon. In ten years time I could see Asian golfers having success like they do in the womens game. Winning everything


I think The main tour in terms of resources : Better management/sponsorship/ physical training coaches /mind coachs, technoligical analysis tools etc will bring out the best in the best talent available and will even out the field alot. You won't see many modern golfers smoking cigarettes down the 18th thats for sure!

Opics

Gnobe wrote: »

Does anyone think Rory McIlroy could break Jack Nicklaus's record once he gets one?

I would have said no to this but.....

In his last 4 majors, Rory has now had the lead at some stage during the tournament (was tied for the lead briefly during the final round of the PGA). If he keeps putting himself in position like that for most majors and he learns how to finish them off he could easily get into 2 figures of majors during his career. Unlikely to get over 18 but anything is possible with Rory's swing

Cybercubed

He could do it very easily.

k.p.h

Opics wrote: »

anything is possible with Rory's swing

+1

bigtimecharlie

Just caught up with Sky+. Brilliant Rory made his playing partners look ordinary.

3 rounds to go but I hope he keeps his putting together.

Morrisseeee

Such a joy to watch him play that way last nite, he has such natural ability. Even his putting was effortless. I hope he can go on now and keep it together for the next 3 days. His biggest competitor will be himself, ie. when he has an off day, that he can 'grind' it out when he's in trouble.
Whether he can go on and win as many Majors as Nicklaus/Woods, I don't think so, simply because he's not that motivated, ie. like Tiger was(is), I don't think he's hell bent on achieving that record, he hasn't set that goal (in his head) yet !! I hope he wins one in the next few years, otherwise it might be a heavy burden to bear, and he could be next Jimmy White (of snooker)!! It's such a fine line between winning your 1st Major & not winning one at all, just ask Harrington/Garcia/Montgomery/Westwood etc.

bullmccabe2010

Paddypower are offering odds of 3/10 on the field vs McIlroy. That seems like easy money as Rory will fall away as usual. There is no evidence to suggest otherwise.