The Open 2015 - St Andrews - July 16th-19th *mod warning #201*

Keano

I'm not sure what part of let's get back to the golf people missed...

Seve OB

Keano wrote: »

I'm not sure what part of let's get back to the golf people missed...

Here here. Some of us are stuck in work and relying on golf commentary from the rest of you and not commentator commentary

C'mon Dunners

byronbay2

Not able to watch the golf at the moment but scoring seems good. Most players either level or under par - except for Harrington, of course! What are conditions (course/wind) like? Looks like a few tricky pin positions today, particularly 4,5 and 10.

Rikand

theopen radio coverage is excellent. Some great stories on it. I found the stories from Richard boxall this morning to be particularly excellent while they were waiting for the golf to restart.

New found respect for Boxall, seems like a grand chap

bustercherry

Rikand wrote: »

theopen radio coverage is excellent. Some great stories on it. I found the stories from Richard boxall this morning to be particularly excellent while they were waiting for the golf to restart.

New found respect for Boxall, seems like a grand chap

Yeah I'm happy out in work with the Cans on listing to it The European tour radio commentary is very good; I find myself listening to it quite a bit on the Thursday or Friday to pass the time.

vienne86

Shane Lowry going out at 4 ish isn't good. Bad weather, and will probably get his round finished today, so won't benefit from finihing off first thing in the morning.

Adamocovic

Ben Martin had a good run of three birdies in a row, would love to see him claw his way into contention, but very doubtful

byronbay2

vienne86 wrote: »

Shane Lowry going out at 4 ish isn't good. Bad weather, and will probably get his round finished today, so won't benefit from finihing off first thing in the morning.

Much stronger winds expected tomorrow (mid-20s all day) than today (generally 17-19mph) - definitely no advantage in having to come back tomorrow morning rather than finishing your round today.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/events/open-golf-championship#?tab=map&map=Wind&zoom=8&lon=-2.81&lat=56.34&fcTime=1437199200

Great chance for Zach Johnson and Willett to get out early, in the best weather of the day with receptive greens, and set a target of -10, or possibly better. It'll make things very difficult for Dustin and Jordan - based on the forecast it's going to be a real test for them playing late today and finishing early tomorrow morning.

Adamocovic

Ben Martin up to -1 with four birdies in his last 6, hopefully he continues this and finishes strongly! Great golfer, love watching him play.

Rikand

They just said there, the first group that went out this morning are coming to the 18th.

They were on the first green when play was suspended, got back out there at 10 and now at 1 o clock are coming to the 18th. Only 3 hours to play 17 holes. Be interesting to see how much that extends as we go on for the rest of the day

Adamocovic

Another birdie by Ben Martin has him up to -2! 5 birdies in 7 holes now! If he keeps up this finish he'll be right in it! Great player who has had some poor results recently but when on form is a delight to watch.

Dolph Starbeam

Rikand wrote: »

They just said there, the first group that went out this morning are coming to the 18th.

They were on the first green when play was suspended, got back out there at 10 and now at 1 o clock are coming to the 18th. Only 3 hours to play 17 holes. Be interesting to see how much that extends as we go on for the rest of the day

The double greens slows play down even more that usual, when the first few groups were on the front 9 with nobody playing the back 9 they wouldn't have been held up on the double greens at all.

Martin567

Rikand wrote: »

They just said there, the first group that went out this morning are coming to the 18th.

They were on the first green when play was suspended, got back out there at 10 and now at 1 o clock are coming to the 18th. Only 3 hours to play 17 holes. Be interesting to see how much that extends as we go on for the rest of the day

The first group is still playing 17 at 1.36pm according to the leaderboard so not quite as quick as that!

doc_17

Mark James makes me want to sleep when he's commentating.

On another note, I thought Scott abandoned the long putter?

LinksLad

ForeRight wrote: »

Not one birdie on the road hole.

That's absolutely crazy!

Jaco Van Zyl, and then Thomas Aiken have managed it today.
You needed to be out early today, and South African, it seems.

byronbay2

I'd say the BBC are creaming themselves over Rose - 3 birdies in a row! Good fightback by Harrington as well - is he getting a look-in on the goggle box?

MUFC91CS

Will the BBC's coverage be extended given the rain delays? It is only scheduled to be on until 8.

pistol_75

MUFC91CS wrote: »

Will the BBC's coverage be extended given the rain delays? It is only scheduled to be on until 8.

Yes

coylemj

MUFC91CS wrote: »

Will the BBC's coverage be extended given the rain delays? It is only scheduled to be on until 8.

Andrew Cotter (BBC) tweeted that it's going over to BBC4 at 8.

Jokingly he suggested the commentary will be by Alan Yentob!

Edit: Confirmed on BBC website .....

Friday 17 July: BBC Two 09:00-20:00 live coverage, then BBC Four

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33469417

LuckyGent88

Cracking round from paddy. If the weather stays poor for the weekend he will be very dangerous.

lostatsea

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Cracking round from paddy. If the weather stays poor for the weekend he will be very dangerous.

It is good to have some Irish interest on the pro front to go along Paul Dunne's wonderful efforts

sky88

Can't follow anyone with the coverage today a lot of the times your just seeing putts and don't even know what there shooting for

ionadnapokot

Is there a projected cut line yet? what are the rules?

coylemj

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Is there a projected cut line yet? what are the rules?

Far too early for a projection with all the late starts. It's usually of the order of the top 72 and ties. There's currently 89 players on even par or better but about half of the players on level par haven't teed off yet.

Watch the leaderboard on the official website later, they will add a line 'Projected Cut' below the top 72 or so. That will move up and down depending on how the people in the danger zone are performing.

MYOPIA

Terrific BBC coverage with Peter Alliss in his element !!

byronbay2

The road hole still playing very difficult today but at least there have been 3 birdies so far. Conversely, no bogeys (or worse) on 18 today and playing to par 3.3, index 18.

http://www.theopen.com/HoleStatistics#!/R2

Tom.D.BJJ

Mcilroy would have blitzed this course the way it's setup yesterday and today.

LuckyGent88

Scott looking dry impressive today. Hitting it really well. Hasn't had a great season so far but with stevie Williams back he looks like he is testing his game back together

OneColdHand

Dunne birdies 9 to go to -4 and into top 20. Solid front 9.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

is it me or are BBC showing very few drives and approach shots? it's nearly all putts

Tom.D.BJJ

georgiecasey wrote: »

is it me or are BBC showing very few drives and approach shots? it's nearly all putts

I just counted 11 putts between any other type of shot being plated. Odd

yipsnomore

Dont think ive seen a bad drive or iron from fowler yet, amazing distance control. But the poor fellas putting is awful

Tugboats

Get off the bridge Nick nobody cares

sydneybound

Fair dues to Faldo he certainly packed in some career in a brilliant 8-9 year spell. He totally dropped off after his last masters win in his late 30s.

MythicalMadMan

Whats going on first time he played in ages or never playing again?

sydneybound

His last open.

The Bowling Alley

I can't get over how bad this coverage is. Spieth and Johnson in the course and they're showing Faldo posing for photos

vienne86

sydneybound wrote: »

His last open.

Thought he said he'd play another.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

The Bowling Alley wrote: »

I can't get over how bad this coverage is. Spieth and Johnson in the course and they're showing Faldo posing for photos

it's a fcuking joke. the amount of coverage of Faldo was way overboard. now we have to watch him walk to the scoring booth! when top players on the course. i'm watching spieth and johnson on featured group now.

accap1f8

The Bowling Alley wrote: »

I can't get over how bad this coverage is. Spieth and Johnson in the course and they're showing Faldo posing for photos

Ya I'm sick of this. They'll just keep showing tiger now as well. The sooner sky take this over the better.

HighLine

Relax... there will be plenty of coverage of Jordan and Dustin for the next few hours.

ForeRight

Sky are a joke
Too many ads
I hate monty
Disgrace they got the open rights
Can't wait for bbc and the open
Can't wait for peter allis
Omg the coverage is terrible
Allis is a joke
Commentators are shocking
Showing Faldo non stop
Showing tiger non stop
Can't wait till sky have the open

accap1f8

I agree with your last few points. Not the first ones.

vienne86

The Bowling Alley wrote: »

I can't get over how bad this coverage is. Spieth and Johnson in the course and they're showing Faldo posing for photos

And now that Tiger is off, we are getting his every move!

thewobbler

ForeRight wrote: »

Sky are a joke
Too many ads
I hate monty
Disgrace they got the open rights
Can't wait for bbc and the open
Can't wait for peter allis
Omg the coverage is terrible
Allis is a joke
Commentators are shocking
Showing Faldo non stop
Showing tiger non stop
Can't wait till sky have the open

Haha this is it. I always enjoy Open coverage as I like the BBC's approach where they bring out stories. If they just showed wall to wall drives it wouldn't actually appeal to as many people.

But it seems a few golf die hards just can't get it into their heads that 4 full days of ad free golf is manna from heaven. They always want more. They don't actually know what it is they want, as long as it's more.

By the way Faldo bashers, did you not watch the Masters this year? For the best part of two hours on the Friday evening it was the Ben Crenshaw show. Faldo is much more deserving of such a tribute.

Aidric

Tugboats wrote: »

Get off the bridge Nick nobody cares

One of the greatest players to play the game and you think nobody cares?

thewobbler

Also, I can assure you wholeheartedly that if BBC went to ad breaks every 15 mins, then their graphics teams and camera teams would be able to sync everything up much more seamlessly.

The Beeb don't have the luxury of popping off air for a few minutes to prioritise shots and events, and create mini highlights reels "as live". They have to constantly rely on intuition.

MythicalMadMan

accap1f8 wrote: »

Ya I'm sick of this. They'll just keep showing tiger now as well. The sooner sky take this over the better.

Whoooa lets not get hasty,I'd prefer to be watching Faldo than adds and its a once of, I find the cuts to people walking on the beach, surfing in the sea (badly) and the odd dead seal kinda amusing too.

accap1f8

MythicalMadMan wrote: »

Whoooa lets not get hasty,I'd prefer to be watching Faldo than adds and its a once of, I find the cuts to people walking on the beach, surfing in the sea (badly) and the odd dead seal kinda amusing too.

Well I like butch and Claude Harmon as they know quite a bit about the game. The shot centre is interesting as well.
Each to their own I suppose

Keano

This is the golf forum not the television forum. Cards and bans will be handed out if the moaning continues.