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

The Bowling Alley

Never understood the love for aliss. He guesses everything and makes so many mistakes that you'd have to wonder if he's just there for novelty value alone.

vienne86

thewobbler wrote: »

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.

Never thought of that - you're spot on.

Anyway, great to see a couple of Irish names well up the leaderboard. Shane Lowry needs to pick up at least one shot somewhere along the way.

Seve OB

Keano wrote: »

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

Haha, see the thread I just put up . If you want a moan about the tele go there!

Tugboats

Aidric wrote: »

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

Not a very nice bloke on and off the course. Players hardly have any respect for him so why should golf fans?

Seve OB

Dunners moves into leading amateur spot

MythicalMadMan

Keano wrote: »

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

Sure we cant see any golf thats the problem :pac:

Joke.

I see poulter is after finding a lovely big gorse bush for himself

vienne86

Lowry has just birdied 10. Back to even par now.

If he could shoot a back nine like yesterday, barring of course 17, it would help his cause.

vienne86

Another birdie for Paul Dunne - 5 under now!

MythicalMadMan

Schwartzel has a putt for eagle then apparently falls off the face of the earth.

Does Bubby play bad in rainy conditions due to his wierd swing or is that nonsense?

The course itself doesnt lend to itself to fast play.

Reed 3 birdies in first 5

Seve OB

Gettttttt innnnnnnnnnn

lostatsea

vienne86 wrote: »

Another birdie for Paul Dunne - 5 under now!

Great to see. It is the first time I've seen him and thought it was Jordan Spieth. Read today that the crowds keep asking for his autograph thinking it is Spieth. Dunne says they are terribly disappointed when they realise their mistake.

Itssoeasy

Paul dunne now on -6

lostatsea

Wow, -6 for Paul Dunne. Could be a superstar in waiting

Seve OB

Ole ole ole ole...... C'MON

Seve OB

lostatsea wrote: »

Wow, -6 for Paul Dunne. Could be a superstar in waiting

Hmmmm I think there is a thread about that:D

vienne86

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Paul dunne now on -6

That's just brilliant! Really enjoying what we see of him.

LuckyGent88

What a round from dunne once again. Hope he finishes it off now.

Great recovery from Donald after a horrific start

vienne86

Lowry bogied 11, so back to +1, which looks like it could be just outside the cut.

Aidric

Can't be much more than an hours play left?

Seve OB

Soft shot dropped there, still if he can finish at -5 it is a colossal feat

HighLine

Aidric wrote: »

Can't be much more than an hours play left?

Not sure what time they finished at last night but there is a massive band of heavy rain heading in the direction of the course. I'd imagine it will be 30min or so and then will start to get wet.

LuckyGent88

Dustin seems to be getting a lot of the crowd behind him. A lot of money put on him I'd imagine.

Peist2007

Was shocked at Schwartzel's odds pre-tournament and was happy to take them. The man is class.

Peist2007

Golf ends on BBC2 and i switch to BBC4 and the end of the proms is on before more golf. I say "ffs" to myself at the inconvenience of it all. I have been watching since 10 this morning spoilt i am!

meath4sam

Peist2007 wrote: »

Golf ends on BBC2 and i switch to BBC4 and the end of the proms is on before more golf. I say "ffs" to myself at the inconvenience of it all. I have been watching since 10 this morning spoilt i am!

Where is bbc 4 on sky?

LuckyGent88

What a cracking first two rounds from Paul dunne. In great position for the weekend.

vienne86

Peist2007 wrote: »

Golf ends on BBC2 and i switch to BBC4 and the end of the proms is on before more golf. I say "ffs" to myself at the inconvenience of it all. I have been watching since 10 this morning spoilt i am!

Turn over to BBC4 - it's free. 211 on Sky - think it's 117 on UPC.

LuckyGent88

meath4sam wrote: »

Where is bbc 4 on sky?

211

Peist2007

meath4sam wrote: »

Where is bbc 4 on sky?

Am on UPC and am not up to speed on the sky channel numbers at all

Seve OB

WOW WOW WOW, Woooooooo Hooooooo, what a round. Take a bow sir

vienne86

So Dunne has shot another 69. That's immense!

Tugboats

HighLine wrote: »

Not sure what time they finished at last night but there is a massive band of heavy rain heading in the direction of the course. I'd imagine it will be 30min or so and then will start to get wet.

Play finished up at 930 last night

vienne86

It really depends on the weather - if it is not overcast, they could perhaps play till 10 p.m.?

FixdePitchmark

Weather a bit crazy Saturday - pity as leaderboard is shaping up nice here.

Without that weather, guys in top 10 - 15 would have a good lead on field.

LuckyGent88

What a round by matsuyama. Another superstar in the works I reckon.

Wacker The Attacker

My wife knows nothing about golf but she wants to have hot sex with rickie fowler,


Is this wrong?

HighLine

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

My wife knows nothing about golf but she wants to have hot sex with rickie fowler,


Is this wrong?

Not if you get to bang Rickie's missus in return :pac:

LuckyGent88

If Donald keeps putting like this he will be in with a massive shout.

MikeSD

Great to see Dunne get so much coverage. Came across very well in that interview aswell.

vienne86

MikeSD wrote: »

Great to see Dunne get so much coverage. Came across very well in that interview aswell.

I can see how he might get mistaken for Jordan Spieth all right! Seems very level headed. We should see more of him over the weekend.

lostatsea

24 under par for the Johnson, Spieth, Matsuyama group - the best golf played by any 3-ball for a long time. I thought Spieth was a great putter until I saw Matsuyama on the greens.

Wacker The Attacker

HighLine wrote: »

Not if you get to bang Rickie's missus in return :pac:

I see what you mean

Ben1977

This is actually one of the best leaderboards I've ever seen. Loads of guys I'd love to see win but 2 stick out DJ and Donald

vienne86

Lowry running out of holes. One to play and still one over.

It's a pity - he had a great chance yesterday going out early, and he didn't capitalise.

Seve OB

vienne86 wrote: »

Lowry running out of holes. One to play and still one over.

It's a pity - he had a great chance yesterday going out early, and he didn't capitalise.

17th was the nail in the coffin

LuckyGent88

Looked like he had about a 15 footer for a birdie on the last to probably make the cut anyway

Didn't make it so finishes at plus 1. Needs help to make it to weekend. Very disappointing given his current form and history on the course.

vienne86

Seve OB wrote: »

17th was the nail in the coffin

Yes, he really couldn't have hoped to come back from that. Well we have two tricolours left for the weekend's leaderboard.

MythicalMadMan

Its meant to be pretty windy tomoro, could potentially be pushed back. The cut that is,

vienne86

So Jason Day and co have shaken hands, but no hooter yet! Everyone else still playing.

FixdePitchmark

The scoreboards the only light out there - are cool looking.