[Golf] The Open Championship 2012

manual_man

Stenson with an 8 on the last :eek:

I was wondering why the hole was taking so long to finish :eek:

carlcon

Donald signed the wrong score-card, apparently. Could be DQ'd. Nothing official yet.

*edit*

Not wrong score-card, just entered the wrong score. Still not good news for him.

manual_man

I don't get these bullsh1t golf rules. There's cameras everywhere I don't see why they can't just verify the score and get on with it

manual_man

He scored 73. Apparently a 'smudge' on the scorecard. He's still in the tournament

Jimmy Iovine

manual_man wrote: »

I don't get these bullsh1t golf rules. There's cameras everywhere I don't see why they can't just verify the score and get on with it

They are far from bullshít rules. They're completely necessary to avoid people cheating on any and every occasion. There is a level of honesty amongst professional golfers that is not evident in any other sport in my opinion.

Guys have called themselves up for barely touching a ball and no one else around might have even seen it. It makes a fresh change from seeing cyclists cheating to win the Tour de France or footballers diving to win a penalty.

If them rules were not in place then golf could easily become one of the most corrupt games in the world. It is relatively easy to 'cheat' at an amateur level. Guys would be throwing rounds to raise their handicap with much more regularity and then all of a sudden they win the Captain's prize in their golf club.

manual_man

I'm not arguing with the need for rules jimmy. I just think in a professional environment where these things are double checked anyway common sense can be applied

Jimmy Iovine

Maybe so but with the amount of money at stake and the fact that he is the world number 1 they have to take every single measure to make sure that he is or isn't disqualified.

carlcon

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

They are far from bullshít rules. They're completely necessary to avoid people cheating on any and every occasion. There is a level of honesty amongst professional golfers that is not evident in any other sport in my opinion.

Guys have called themselves up for barely touching a ball and no one else around might have even seen it. It makes a fresh change from seeing cyclists cheating to win the Tour de France or footballers diving to win a penalty.

If them rules were not in place then golf could easily become one of the most corrupt games in the world. It is relatively easy to 'cheat' at an amateur level. Guys would be throwing rounds to raise their handicap with much more regularity and then all of a sudden they win the Captain's prize in their golf club.

While I agree with this, you have to admit that with so much money at stake, and with millions of people around the world wanting to watch the world's #1 golfer, it's a shame that accidentally putting down the wrong number could result in him no longer being in the tournament.

I completely accept "rules are rules", and it really is great that pros are made follow the same laws as yourself and myself on the local Par 3... but in cases like this, when it's blatantly obvious that he can't cheat by lowering his score and it was all just a mistake, it would be nice if they had protocol to deal with it without DQ'ing him.

Saying that... I dropped Donald about 20mins before the deadline, so to hell with him! :pac:

manual_man

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Maybe so but with the amount of money at stake and the fact that he is the world number 1 they have to take every single measure to make sure that he is or isn't disqualified.

Yes ie check the video footage if there's any doubt. A pro golfer knows there's absolutely no way they'd get away with it, there's no reason for them to do it, we wouldn't be human if we didn't make the odd mistake, like I said in a pro game where everything is double and triple checked anyway I don't see why they have to punish it with disqualification, maybe just give them a fine or something

Mars Bar

Jason Day withdrew.

carlcon

Mickleson with a strong back 9 to get himself into the mix. -1 with a birdie chance on the 18th.

manual_man

ha Luke Donald on a Stormer -5 to get back to +2. a bit late son!

manual_man

Bo Van Pelt with a -8 round one off the course record including a hole in one on the 16th! A'boy Bo!

I was about to pick him :pac:

carlcon

Oostheizen (spelling?) just hit a bloody albatross. Fantastic. Puts him in the lead.

alchemist33

Points still not updated. Maybe they'll be there before the next tournament.

roryc

Myself and a mate lumped pretty big on Oosthuizen to win outright about 30 seconds before the albatross. Not even that into golf but stayed up till the finish to watch him lose on the 2nd playoff hole to some tool with pink clubs (albeit with an incredible shot out of the woods). Annoyed doesn't even come close.

bazwin

Points updated bingo I'm in first place

alchemist33

And by a country mile too. Congrats!

Comfortable mid-table for me. Plenty to play for yet.

Mars Bar

Not a good start for me!

alchemist33

Three days to go before the US Open everybody. Rory will not be my main man this time.

carlcon

Yeah just got an email from them. Rory can sit this one out, as far as I'm concerned. I'll have more faith in him for the "home" major.

bazwin

Accuracy is key here:D I have 3 players picked so far..................decisions:)

Degag

Bump for the Open!

alchemist33

Putting my marbles on Westwood this time. Watch him miss the cut.