Irish Open 2015 at Royal County Down

leonards

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Ok lads we await reports from people that were there.


I'll be honest - a fantastic course,

But did wonder about it for an event to go watch. I'd be very frustrated not playing, as love the course.

How was the day ?
Logistics
Parking
Food and drink
Atmosphere
Was it that cold

How much sterling do you need for bit and bobs on the day?

HighLine

^^ I guess they are all stuck in traffic!

Leaving the house at 4:30 in the morning... gonna be a long day. Was half considering not going after hearing about spectator vantage points but would be a shame to waste a free ticket.

applehunter

Who the **** wrote that script for the Irish open on the 9 o'clock news.

Joke over-bloated dept.

Kevinmarkham

John Divney wrote: »

Jimmy Bruen was 19 when he shot that 66.

Unbelievable talent

Consider then that Rory holds the Royal Portrush record of 61, which he achieved aged 16.
He also recorded an unofficial 61 at Royal County Down... aged 16.

dastardly00

A one-hour highlights programme starts on BBC1 in a couple of minutes lads.

Pacly

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Ok lads we await reports from people that were there.


I'll be honest - a fantastic course,

But did wonder about it for an event to go watch. I'd be very frustrated not playing, as love the course.

How was the day ?
Logistics
Parking
Food and drink
Atmosphere
Was it that cold

My first time at an Irish open so overall it was a great day for me, really enjoyed it!

Parking was fine, we were the around 7.20 though, so maybe missed the worst of traffic. Left the course after Lowry finished 18, got a bite to eat to let the traffic leave and left at around 7.30 - no problems with traffic.

Brought a packed lunch, so can't comment on food, but seemed ok, £4.50 for a burger.

Atmosphere took a while to get going, but great for the back nine with Harrington & Lowry going well!

Weather was much colder this morning, some of the showered were ridiculous. Sideways rain and hail, umbrella was useless at times! When the sun came out however it was lovely. Have a lovely tan line across my forehead from wearing a wooly hat!!

It was difficult to try an follow one group if there were a lot following, not a lot of space for the large crowds. Found it best to pick a spit and watch a few groups. Area around 5th tee & 6th green was very good, also stand behind 7th green was excellent vantage point. The Dunes can be a help & a hindrance at times.

Looking forward to Sunday! :-)

james2hig

Long shot here, I have one ticket for Sunday, anyone interested in doing a straight swap for Saturday ticket? Can't go sunday!

ForeRight

Just watching highlights on bbc here.

Can anyone tell me what the claret jug icon beside some players names is for on their leaderboards?

spacecoyote

ForeRight wrote: »

Just watching highlights on bbc here.

Can anyone tell me what the claret jug icon beside some players names is for on their leaderboards?

Presumably it's players already qualified for the open?

PARlance

ForeRight wrote: »

Just watching highlights on bbc here.

Can anyone tell me what the claret jug icon beside some players names is for on their leaderboards?

Means that they have already qualified for the Open.
There are 3 spots (think it's 3) available for the guys that haven't qualified yet.

Speak Now

spacecoyote wrote: »

Presumably it's players already qualified for the open?

Yeah thats it. Top 3 players in the top 10 not already exempt will qualify for St. Andrews.

Did a quick count earlier, think I got 36 players already exempt. Again showing the strength of the field.

ForeRight

I could have sworn I saw rickie fowler without the logo?

Surely he's already in?

Speak Now

ForeRight wrote: »

I could have sworn I saw rickie fowler without the logo?

Surely he's already in?

Yeah Rickie already in.

Mantis Toboggan

Lowry has broken his putter and must use a wedge for the rest of his round....

charlieIRL

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Lowry has broken his putter and must use a wedge for the rest of his round....

any idea what happened it?

Its a wonder they don't use a wood to putt, flatter face?

newport2

charlieIRL wrote: »

any idea what happened it?

Its a wonder they don't use a wood to putt, flatter face?

Must have done intentionally, eg slammed it off something, otherwise they could replace it

Synode

The updates on the European Tour site are poor. If he's smashed it then they should have at least reported it by now

bob11

Synode wrote: »

The updates on the European Tour site are poor. If he's smashed it then they should have at least reported it by now

http://liveblog.irishtimes.com/6524781f1d/LIVE-Irish-Open-2nd-Round/

Synode

Yep just seen it on RTE as well. A video of what happened would be nice

Synode

The Times site saying he accidentally broke it

newport2

Synode wrote: »

The Times site saying he accidentally broke it

If that's the case, why not replace it with another one?

Synode

Are you sure you're allowed replace it? Do you have to finish with the same clubs you started

tobsey

Synode wrote: »

Are you sure you're allowed replace it? Do you have to finish with the same clubs you started

If it's damaged in the normal course of play you can replace it. If he hit it off the ground or anything else then he can't.

Mantis Toboggan

Greg Allen saying that he loves his lob wedge so much that it might in fact improve his putting!

bob11

Live tour radio on europeantour.com

http://www.europeantour.com/radio/index.html

fullstop

charlieIRL wrote: »

any idea what happened it?

Its a wonder they don't use a wood to putt, flatter face?

Longer shaft and graphite shaft as well as a face made out of titanium makes it not that easy to use driver. Much easier to judge distance blading a wedge IMO

Mantis Toboggan

Hartington playing some stuff!!

NEDDURC

Is there any / many world ranking points on offer at the Irish Open?
Could this move Harrington back up again to help him get into US Open?

Panrich

NEDDURC wrote: »

Is there any / many world ranking points on offer at the Irish Open?
Could this move Harrington back up again to help him get into US Open?

I think I read on here that a win would be enough.

Old diesel

Panrich wrote: »

I think I read on here that a win would be enough.

Tough to do though

He has being doing very well up to now - but it will be hard to keep the consistency up over 4 days imo

Fingers crossed

PokeHerKing

Ugh Harrington, not good.

tobsey

Lowry's putter: https://t.co/y5QbjxBwgC

Old diesel

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Ugh Harrington, not good.

Whats happened :(:(:(

Seve OB

https://flic.kr/p/tLHLq2

Sorry on .mobile can't embed.
The lonesome leader

PokeHerKing

35 feet for bogey

Sorry 35 feet for par

Seve OB

https://flic.kr/p/tLHLq2

Sorry on .mobile can't embed.
The lonesome leader

PokeHerKing

Double bogey. Missin a few short putts now

pooman

Dbu wrote: »

I have a sneaky feeling he will, just a hunch

In fairness, Fota was a wee bit too hard for him:D

Next time you get that sneaky feeling... back against it :pac:

Myksyk

Another bogey. Ouch.

Old diesel

Padraig badly needs a par or 2 to settle him down again

fullstop

4 gone in 3 holes, brutal

Myksyk

In fairness, the front nine is brutal. 7 of the hardest holes on the course. But yep, he needs a par or two.

Old diesel

Myksyk wrote: »

In fairness, the front nine is brutal. 7 of the hardest holes on the course. But yep, he needs a par or two.

Oh I didn't mean it as a criticism of Padraig - its just im nervous his confidence and belief will drop unless he can get some pars on the board to give something to build on.

Myksyk

Good clutch par there.

PokeHerKing

Solid par there, he was never gonna run away with it. If the weather is as bad as the forecast, this weekend is setup for him!

Old diesel

PokeHerKing wrote: »

Solid par there, he was never gonna run away with it. If the weather is as bad as the forecast, this weekend is setup for him!

Its definitely an opportunity there for him

Hopefully he can make good use of it

Old diesel

Still nice to see P Harrington at top of leaderboard - for however long it lasts

Seve OB

Here comes the rain

PokeHerKing

Who is this Sean Lowry the commentator keeps mentioning? On e job mate, one job! 3 feet for bird for Harrington!

Myksyk

You're always going to have trouble on this course in these conditions. PH just needs to keep his head. A reasonable score will win this competition over the four days.