Golf at the Olympics

abff

maximum12 wrote: »

Second shot in some sort of scrub/rough but doesn't look too bad. Should be able to get on in 3. (Par 5)

I think the ball ended up just short of the scrub.

FixdePitchmark

abff wrote: »

I think the ball ended up just short of the scrub.

Looks in it but on sand .

maximum12

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Looks in it but on sand .

Not classified as a bunker according to BBC.

Edit: Bogey on the first for Paddy. ****e

abff

Ouch! Starts with a 6.

REBELSAFC

Any tracker/live scoring available?

Edit : Found it

http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/scores/

FixdePitchmark

abff wrote: »

Ouch!

That was a terrible 6.

Easy hole

paintitblack

REBELSAFC wrote: »

Any tracker/live scoring available?

https://www.rio2016.com/en/golf-mens-round-1

Live scores under results here

Edit:REBELSAFC's link is better

Jawgap

PokeHerKing

Is shot tracker reliable for distances on putts? Last couple of tournaments Harrington is missing a rake of 3 footers!

HighLine

Prediction - Watch Bubba take the widest stance possible so he gets free relief from his foot being on the drain cover. He will then get to drop the ball onto the fairway.

heebusjeebus

HighLine wrote: »

Prediction - Watch Bubba take the widest stance possible so he gets free relief from his foot being on the drain cover. He will then get to drop the ball onto the fairway.

ha ha, correct!

HighLine

Yep- camera didn't show it but managed to get the free relief. Shows how golf rules can help you out sometimes too.

maximum12

Paddy -1 at the turn.

paintitblack

maximum12 wrote: »

Paddy -1 at the turn.

2 under now after 10. Good recovery after a bad opening bogey.

maximum12

paintitblack wrote: »

2 under now after 10. Good recovery after a bad opening bogey.

Yeah great putt from off the green.

charlieIRL

Good job there's not a lot of spectators, every second player is hitting their tee shot into the roped off gallery area on the first.

LuckyGent88

Rickie fowler having a mare. 4 over thru 11.
Bubba finished at 2 over and reed is 2 over through 13.
That leaves kuchar at 2 under to head the American charge.

mickmackey1

Nice piece of history for Rosie, an ace at the 4th.

FixdePitchmark

Fair play to Power going out there and doing well.

Not easy to go out with so much additional attention.

Jawgap

Is there a cut after 2 rounds or does everyone play a full 4?

Whiplash85

Jawgap wrote: »

Is there a cut after 2 rounds or does everyone play a full 4?

Full 4

Whiplash85

Have a few bob on David Lingmerth and Alex Cejka and a sentimental one on Padraig Harrington. Hard to see any of them making up the ground now.

The Rape of Lucretia

Will there be random drug testing of the golfers, or is it just of the medal winners does anyone know ?

FixdePitchmark

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Will there be random drug testing of the golfers, or is it just of the medal winners does anyone know ?

Amazing all the people coming out of the woodwork with a sudden interest in Golf at the Olympics.

abff

I watched the BBC coverage today and they were saying that there will be 3 hole play offs to decide the gold and bronze medals. Not sure how to interpret this. If two people finish tied second, will they both get silver medals? What if 3 players are tied for 2nd - will two of them get silver or will they so silver, bronze, 4th? Lots of different possible scenarios in terms of playoffs. I couldn't find anything on the Olympics website that clarifies the position.

Has anyone found a comprehensive guide to how they decide the medals in the event of ties for any of the top 3 positions after 72 holes?

FixdePitchmark

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Will there be random drug testing of the golfers, or is it just of the medal winners does anyone know ?

If they come into Paddy's room for a drug test - he would first off confuse them so much that they would just give up. There is a fair chance he would miss the piss cup anyway.

And if they insisted more - he could just say

Sorry I don't have time for this, as - I am going off to practice my "nationalist flag waving and jingoism"

blindside88

Can anyone tell me where I can see a leaderboard? Google isn't giving it to me

Whiplash85

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/olympic-mens-golf-competition/leaderboard.html

FrancieBrady

blindside88 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me where I can see a leaderboard? Google isn't giving it to me

http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/olympic-mens-golf-competition/leaderboard.html

The Rape of Lucretia

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Sorry I don't have time for this, as - I am going off to practice my "nationalist flag waving and jingoism"

He has certainly worked harder at it than GMac, Rors, and Irish Beef !

blindside88

blindside88 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me where I can see a leaderboard? Google isn't giving it to me

http://static.golfchannel.com/Olympics/2016/maintenance/site-maintenance.html?d=1

Jawgap

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Amazing all the people coming out of the woodwork with a sudden interest in Golf at the Olympics.

I couldn't find it last night on d'telly so I watch the US Senior's Open.....

......if they wanted to 'grow' golf I reckon they should've either confined it to young amateurs......or just let Miguel play a few rounds with the camera on him

https://twitter.com/ChampionsTour/status/763797282806530048

First Up

Jawgap wrote:

I couldn't find it last night on d'telly so I watch the US Senior's Open.....

RTE News Now (578 on Sky) showed it all evening.

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

RTE News Now (578 on Sky) showed it all evening.

not exactly mainstream?

and that was in a country where golf is popular and we have a 'not unreasonable' prospect of a medal - I wonder what channels it was shown on in countries where they are trying to grow the game?

First Up

Jawgap wrote:

not exactly mainstream?

Carried on every cable and satellite service. There's a lot more sports than TV channels to cover them. Golf is getting exeptionally good coverage.

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

Carried on every cable and satellite service. There's a lot more sports than TV channels to cover them. Golf is getting exeptionally good coverage.

In general or just relative to the other sports?

First Up

Jawgap wrote:

In general or just relative to the other sports?

Do you know what "exceptional" means?

abff

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

If they come into Paddy's room for a drug test - he would first off confuse them so much that they would just give up. There is a fair chance he would miss the piss cup anyway.

And if they insisted more - he could just say

Sorry I don't have time for this, as - I am going off to practice my "nationalist flag waving and jingoism"

A bit unnecessary and not particularly funny.

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

Do you know what "exceptional" means?

I do - and I was just wondering what 'exceptionally good' means in the context of the coverage.....

.....does it mean the golf is getting coverage comparable to a Major (I don't think they are, but I doubt anyone expected it to)

....does it mean the golf is getting coverage comparable to a US or European Tour event (probably - I assume it's being broadcast live given the time it takes place?) - is that 'exceptionally good' or is that just what would be expected?

....does it mean that, relative to other events, it's getting a disproportionate share of broadcast time? (maybe, I don't know that's why I asked)

....does it mean the coverage is qualitatively "exceptionally good"? (any new innovations in how it's been covered, reported on? mid-round interviews? different graphics, stats? different analysis? - again I don't know because I couldn't find the coverage last night, although I didn't think to look on RTE News Now, I'll certainly check it out this evening).

First Up

Jawgap wrote: »

I do - and I was just wondering what 'exceptionally good' means in the context of the coverage.....

.....does it mean the golf is getting coverage comparable to a Major (I don't think they are, but I doubt anyone expected it to)

....does it mean the golf is getting coverage comparable to a US or European Tour event (probably - I assume it's being broadcast live given the time it takes place?) - is that 'exceptionally good' or is that just what would be expected?

....does it mean that, relative to other events, it's getting a disproportionate share of broadcast time? (maybe, I don't know that's why I asked)

....does it mean the coverage is qualitatively "exceptionally good"? (any new innovations in how it's been covered, reported on? mid-round interviews? different graphics, stats? different analysis? - again I don't know because I couldn't find the coverage last night, although I didn't think to look on RTE News Now, I'll certainly check it out this evening).

As we are talking about the coverage of events at the Olympics, I would have thought that is pretty obviously what it means.

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

As we are talking about the coverage of events at the Olympics, I would have thought that is pretty obviously what it means.

Well it didn't to me, that's why I just asked for a bit of clarification.

anyway, what's the metric for saying the golf is getting 'exceptionally good' coverage relative to other sports?

I was flicking between RTE and BBC looking for it last night at just after 8-30pm and BBC had the canoeing (presumably because they had a medal contender going) and RTE had our dressage rider scoring a creditable 21st - shame they couldn't give coverage at that time to Harrington and especially Power.

First Up

Jawgap wrote: »

Well it didn't to me, that's why I just asked for a bit of clarification.

anyway, what's the metric for saying the golf is getting 'exceptionally good' coverage relative to other sports?

I was flicking between RTE and BBC looking for it last night at just after 8-30pm and BBC had the canoeing (presumably because they had a medal contender going) and RTE had our dressage rider scoring a creditable 21st - shame they couldn't give coverage at that time to Harrington and especially Power.

4+ hours of continuous and uninterrupted coverage?

martinkop

Golf was well finished by 8.30pm, so that;s why it had no coverage then

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

4+ hours of continuous and uninterrupted coverage?

On RTE News Now?

I think I'd prefer 30 minutes of highlights in prime time - that might incline a few people to pick up or return to the game. I'd suggest that the coverage on RTE News Now (a channel I didn't even realise existed until you told me this morning ) is for existing fans/players rather than potential ones.

I think this is a case of "never mind the quality, feel the width"

charlieIRL

is there any live coverage this morning? Doesn't seem to be any on the rte website.

First Up

Jawgap wrote: »

On RTE News Now?

I think I'd prefer 30 minutes of highlights in prime time - that might incline a few people to pick up or return to the game. I'd suggest that the coverage on RTE News Now (a channel I didn't even realise existed until you told me this morning ) is for existing fans/players rather than potential ones.

I think this is a case of "never mind the quality, feel the width"

I see. It was too little coverage before; now its too much.

OK.

First Up

charlieIRL wrote: »

is there any live coverage this morning? Doesn't seem to be any on the rte website.

Maybe because it hasn't started yet.

charlieIRL

First Up wrote: »

Maybe because it hasn't started yet.

cheers!!

Dayor Knight

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

He has certainly worked harder at it than GMac, Rors, and Irish Beef !

Sheep.

Jawgap

First Up wrote: »

I see. It was too little coverage before; now its too much.

OK.

No, I'm just saying not all coverage is equal. I wouldn't regard 4 hours on RTE News Now as having much potential when it comes to 'spreading the Gosel' when compared to 30 minutes in mid-evening on one of the main channels.

There again, Ireland is a mature market for golf so there's probably not as much scope for growing the game as there are in other markets.

My own view is that for the coverage to be regarded as 'exceptionally good' it should either be in prime time and/or contain innovations that draw people in - otherwise it's just the same ol' samel ol' coverage we get week in weekout. That's just my view......others may and probably do have a different take on it.