Irish open 2012

Tones69

Harro would break ur heart, 9 iron into a par 5 leaves it at 15 feet and pars it, some buachaill

newport2

Tones69 wrote: »

Harro would break ur heart, 9 iron into a par 5 leaves it at 15 feet and pars it, some buachaill

475 yard par 5!

Was the 9 his 2nd or 3rd shot?

Benicetomonty

Harro's par 5 stats suffer another blow. Still a good round though. He's hitting it some distance these days, turned into a bit of a tank!

Benicetomonty

newport2 wrote: »

475 yard par 5!

Was the 9 his 2nd or 3rd shot?

Par 5, 2nd shot. The reason they kept it as one is that if the breeze picks up some players might actually struggle to reach the fairway as it's into the prevailing wind mostly.

SnowDrifts

Tones69 wrote: »

Harro would break ur heart, 9 iron into a par 5 leaves it at 15 feet and pars it, some buachaill

Can't believe he didnt at least walk away with a birdie there. Sweet Jesus :mad: Still though, he was playing some very nice golf and hopefully it continues over the weekend.

newport2

Harrington goes to favourite on Skybets at 5/1. He was saying the bookies were mad to give him 10/1 before the tournament started.

Phoenix Park

JM Singh -7 through 11. Fish in a barrel out there. Don't think it would make a good Open venue myself, its very boring viewing. Little to defend itself if the wind doesn't get up and greens are soft.

Tones69

Phoenix Park wrote: »

JM Singh -7 through 11. Fish in a barrel out there. Don't think it would make a good Open venue myself, its very boring viewing. Little to defend itself if the wind doesn't get up and greens are soft.

Easy to say that now, everyone knows if the weathers down and ur hitting fairways u can rip a links apart! Wait til the weatther changes. Forget jeev and -7 through 11, he wont finish in the top 10

Speak Now

Phoenix Park wrote: »

JM Singh -7 through 11. Fish in a barrel out there. Don't think it would make a good Open venue myself, its very boring viewing. Little to defend itself if the wind doesn't get up and greens are soft.

Course set up would be totally different. Ever compare Carnoustie scoring at an Open to the scoring when they play it at a Dunhill links? Chalk and cheese.

whatawaster

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Phoenix Park wrote: »

JM Singh -7 through 11. Fish in a barrel out there. Don't think it would make a good Open venue myself, its very boring viewing. Little to defend itself if the wind doesn't get up and greens are soft.

Course set up would be totally different. Ever compare Carnoustie scoring at an Open to the scoring when they play it at a Dunhill links? Chalk and cheese.

First things first it would be par 70 and is already much tougher. that would be just the start

AGC

Anyone have a good link to watch it online?

Cheers

SnowDrifts

AGC wrote: »

Anyone have a good link to watch it online?

Cheers

Coverage is finished now until 2.25 when it resumes on RTE1. You can watch this live on the RTE online player if you are in Ireland.

charlieIRL

AGC wrote: »

Anyone have a good OFFICIAL link to watch it online?

Cheers

Fixed that there for you.

Johnny_Fontane

Phoenix Park wrote: »

JM Singh -7 through 11. Fish in a barrel out there. Don't think it would make a good Open venue myself, its very boring viewing. Little to defend itself if the wind doesn't get up and greens are soft.

you obviously havent played it.....

Phoenix Park

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

you obviously havent played it.....

i doubt we have met..

They can toughen it up in some areas narrowing fairways and length of the cabbage but if the greens are as favorable for scoring and there is no wind it would not make a good Open venue imo. If the wind kicks up it could be great but who knows what will happen. If it wasn't for the fact that its in Ireland I don't think as many people over here would be pushing for it. Taking two of the longer par 5's and shortening them slightly to make it a par 70 will change the scores but i don't think it makes for anything more exciting. Granted places like St Andrews are at the mercy of wind and rain too and we have certainly seen some poor Opens there..maybe i am just used to seeing the same few Open venues year after year and fear the change...

fullstop

Phoenix Park wrote: »

i doubt we have met..

They can toughen it up in some areas narrowing fairways and length of the cabbage but if the greens are as favorable for scoring and there is no wind it would not make a good Open venue imo.

Honestly, how often do you think the greens would be as soft as today and no wind? Half the country was flooded last night incase you missed that part.

Aidric

Do they just stop updating the leaderboard as soon as live coverage goes off the air? :rolleyes:

Singh -7 after 12 for the last hour.

Phoenix Park

fullstop wrote: »

Honestly, how often do you think the greens would be as soft as today and no wind? Half the country was flooded last night incase you missed that part.

Yes i know it was very heavy rain. I've seen McDowell land one short of desired yardage when a lot of water came up after contact on the ball (I don't know if he was entitled to relief). Away from the fairways such heavy water can make it a more difficult contact depending on the lie, my point being that while the rain has made it soft on the greens and favorable for scoring, the excess we've experienced can make it harder in other areas and may have taken a shot away here or there in a round. Rain, but not quite as heavy, could have resulted in scorecards slightly better than they are today not worse.

Johnny_Fontane

As proven many times, courses dont need to be long to be tough. Portrush like all links courses is defenseless without wind, but its an incredible course to play and I'm sure you will hear that from the pro's all week. There are holes out there that are spectacular even for those who have played all the links courses in Ireland.

I cant wait to watch it over the next few days.

Looking at the forecast, not sure its going to blow that hard....

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=47793

AGC

Of course it could hold the Open, all you have to do is look how they tricked up Pebble when G-Mac won to a few months previous when Dustin Johnson destroyed the place.

Wind and firm greens and you wont see scoring like today.

Phoenix Park

AGC wrote: »

Of course it could hold the Open, all you have to do is look how they tricked up Pebble when G-Mac won to a few months previous when Dustin Johnson destroyed the place.

Wind and firm greens and you wont see scoring like today.

Of course, if the wind and firm greens are there. Just wouldn't like to see it used as a venue and get weather than doesn't make it the significant test that it COULD be, thats all.

Jimmy Iovine

Aidric wrote: »

Do they just stop updating the leaderboard as soon as live coverage goes off the air? :rolleyes:

Singh -7 after 12 for the last hour.

Maybe he has lost his ball and he's still playing the hole.

dvemail

It's not just about having firm and fast fairways and greens, all they have to do is tighten the fairways, let the rough grow and all of a sudden its 2/3 shots harder a round.
Also that par 5 9th hole which Harrington hit a wedge into this morning could easily be turned into a tough par 4.

newport2

dvemail wrote: »

Also that par 5 9th hole which Harrington hit a wedge into this morning could easily be turned into a tough par 4.

It's down on the scoreboard as 475 yards. Shortest par 5 I can remember seeing in a pro tournament

Tones69

newport2 wrote: »

It's down on the scoreboard as 475 yards. Shortest par 5 I can remember seeing in a pro tournament

Normally plays like 525 though to be fair man, just seems easy today. Wind picks up, start playing from the rough instead of the fairway = higher scores

newport2

Tones69 wrote: »

Normally plays like 525 though to be fair man, just seems easy today. Wind picks up, start playing from the rough instead of the fairway = higher scores

Not looking at it Tones, just purely observing the length on the scorecard and saying it's the shortest I remember seeing. All holes play tougher with wind and from the rough, leading to higher scores.

L.O.F.T

newport2 wrote: »

It's down on the scoreboard as 475 yards. Shortest par 5 I can remember seeing in a pro tournament

Agree with you its short but like all Links courses it all wind related and where its blowing from.
The hole in question:

Miley Byrne

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Coverage is finished now until 2.25 when it resumes on RTE1. You can watch this live on the RTE online player if you are in Ireland.

Anyone else having problems getting this on the RTE Player?

Keano

denisoc16 wrote: »

Anyone else having problems getting this on the RTE Player?

Ya I don't see on it.

Miley Byrne

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Ya I don't see on it.

Typical fckn RTE. Can watch Alan Shatter in the Dail alright but not the golf. I presume there is coverage on RTE on TV?

Tones69

denisoc16 wrote: »

Typical fckn RTE. Can watch Alan Shatter in the Dail alright but not the golf. I presume there is coverage on RTE on TV?

Yeh tis on now, ah ffs caled off now

Jame Gumb

RTE showed no golf between 14.25 and 15.00 when Sky were off air.

I've zero interest watching Joanne Cantell and John McHenry gloating about Ireland's Major winners.

An opportunity lost.

Miley Byrne

Play suspended.....lightening threat.

Sky go I think when the golf resumes

SnowDrifts

Yeah, for some reason RTE thought it was a good idea not to show the golf on their player. Not to worry though, you can always watch live coverage of the Dail to keep you entertained.

Jame Gumb

Disappointed to see "Woz-whatever her name is" there to be honest - Let the man work in peace!

Keano

Jame Gumb wrote: »

Disappointed to see "Woz-whatever her name is" there to be honest - Let the man work in peace!

Is she there? She was due to play in Wimbledon today.

Miley Byrne

Beaten yesterday

HeidiHeidi

Jaysus, Harrington like going about things the hard way!

Jame Gumb

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Jame Gumb wrote: »

Disappointed to see "Woz-whatever her name is" there to be honest - Let the man work in peace!

Is she there? She was due to play in Wimbledon today.

Pretty sure that she was there with Gerry McIlroy (there was a tall blonde wearing all black and a black baseball cap).

newport2

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jaysus, Harrington like going about things the hard way!

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supernova84

Joanne Cantwell hasn't a clue about golf. She likes saying birdie though. And John McHenry trying to predict the winning score already, same old sh1te with him.

tang1

supernova84 wrote: »

Joanne Cantwell hasn't a clue about golf. She likes saying birdie though. And John McHenry trying to predict the winning score already, same old sh1te with him.

What is it they say, "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys". RTE all over.

AGC

fullstop

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jaysus, Harrington like going about things the hard way!

Did he fall down the stairs in the clubhouse or something?

newport2

tang1 wrote: »

What is it they say, "you pay peanuts, you get monkeys". RTE all over.

RTE pay peanuts? I think "you hire monkey's, you get monkey's" is more their case.

HeidiHeidi

newport2 wrote: »

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fullstop wrote: »

Did he fall down the stairs in the clubhouse or something?

lol - just every time I switch over he's in the rough somewhere with some awful awkward shot, and last I saw he nearly went over onto the beach.

Didn't mean to offend!

fullstop

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

newport2 wrote: »

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fullstop wrote: »

Did he fall down the stairs in the clubhouse or something?

lol - just every time I switch over he's in the rough somewhere with some awful awkward shot, and last I saw he nearly went over onto the beach.

Didn't mean to offend!

He shot 67! No pleasing some!

HeidiHeidi

fullstop wrote: »

He shot 67! No pleasing some!

Duh - didn't realise he was in the clubhouse! Or that it's repeat stuff being shown at the moment due to play being stopped. That's what I get for trying to follow two events on the telly and another online at the same time

I'll shut up now.

Aidric

supernova84 wrote: »

Joanne Cantwell hasn't a clue about golf. She likes saying birdie though. And John McHenry trying to predict the winning score already, same old sh1te with him.

She hasn't a clue, full stop. A lamentable presence on tv and radio.

Keano

Play to resume at 4.30