The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

Pissartist

Keano wrote: »

How is that relevant? It's not.. stop it please

Of course it's relevant he did it before when he was plus 4 or 5,

Pissartist

Farcical my point was perfectly relevant.

munster87

Rory is like the Wayne Rooney of golf, peaked early. Great to see Lowry going well and looking confident.

Loafing Oaf

What exactly happened to Rory on the first?

SharpshooterTom

Diabolical drive.

FixdePitchmark

what the **** is going on

FixdePitchmark

we should time 3 mins here . see how search goes.

SharpshooterTom

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

what the **** is going on

Worse than his 2011 Masters meltdown this

FixdePitchmark

i dont know like rory forgot how to play links.

hit to spot you see

wedge

take bird putt

SharpshooterTom

Is he OB?

slave1

A damn shame, loads of good golf and we're talking about a poor guy having a meltdown in front of his peers, home crowd and worldwide TV, I feel for him right now

thecomedian

slave1 wrote: »

A damn shame, loads of good golf and we're talking about a poor guy having a meltdown in front of his peers, home crowd and worldwide TV, I feel for him right now

So do I.
From a sporting perspective, it has to be the worst nightmare coming true.

slave1

LOL, Rory is replicating how I started in the Boards outing in Portmarnock, not a pretty place, hope he recovers better than I did

Ashleigh1986

Mcilroy has turned into the golfer that loves playing in good weather bombing the driver and getting loads of birdies .
To me he is lacking the 15th club in the bag .
That's the " mental club" .
Some players are great at turning a bad day on the course into a level par round ....Rory goes chasing and in a lot of cases turns a bad round into an awful round.

lawred2

slave1 wrote: »

LOL, Rory is replicating how I started in the Boards outing in Portmarnock, not a pretty place, hope he recovers better than I did

sh!t - when was that? I only live down the road. Granted - given the state of my game at the moment - probably better off.

I blame the kids.

IAMAMORON

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Who's McElroy? cant see him on the scoreboard

Thanks for pointing that out, I actually never noticed the spelling before. It is gas really.

While were on this, strictly speaking like, is it

McIlroy

or

MCilroy

or

Mcilroy


Genuine question

FixdePitchmark

slave1 wrote: »

A damn shame, loads of good golf and we're talking about a poor guy having a meltdown in front of his peers, home crowd and worldwide TV, I feel for him right now

its the most important golf story at present.

dont see any shame. it's sport / golf

slave1

Shane nice and steady, course looks benign and not playing 'that' difficult

Pissartist

Ashleigh1986 wrote: »

Mcilroy has turned into the golfer that loves playing in good weather bombing the driver and getting loads of birdies .
To me he is lacking the 15th club in the bag .
That's the " mental club" .
Some players are great at turning a bad day on the course into a level par round ....Rory goes chasing and in a lot of cases turns a bad round into an awful round.

100% agree with this.

sydthebeat

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Thanks for pointing that out, I actually never noticed the spelling before. It is gas really.

While were on this, strictly speaking like, is it

McIlroy

or

MCilroy

or

Mcilroy


Genuine question

apt username

PhuckHugh22

How f*cking cool is that hologram thing they have going on in the open zone with Nick Dougherty.

Keano

This is not school, let's leave the spelling stuff out. Thanks

FixdePitchmark

Mod delete

LuckyGent88

How the hell was his ball sitting up so well in that hay??

Stevieluvsye

Feel for Rory. If he was to shoot an 80+ today that could do a lot of damage for his future in the game. As in he'll be known as a choker on the biggest of occasions. Not easy to erase these things from your mind.

lawred2

sydthebeat wrote: »

apt username

ouch

FixdePitchmark

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Feel for Rory. If he was to shoot an 80+ today that could do a lot of damage for his future in the game. As in he'll be known as a choker on the biggest of occasions. Not easy to erase these things from your mind.

doubt it.

everyone has **** rounds at an open.

id say he will bounce back from now and i think make cut.

slave1

Molinari's putter looks tiny

SharpshooterTom

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Feel for Rory. If he was to shoot an 80+ today that could do a lot of damage for his future in the game. As in he'll be known as a choker on the biggest of occasions. Not easy to erase these things from your mind.

No he wont. He'll be known as a 4 time major winner which is a legacy most pro's can only dream of.

If he retired tomorrow he'd still be one of the greatest golfers ever and the greatest ever golfer that's ever come from the island of Ireland.

lawred2

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Feel for Rory. If he was to shoot an 80+ today that could do a lot of damage for his future in the game. As in he'll be known as a choker on the biggest of occasions. Not easy to erase these things from your mind.

He's not exactly unknown for meltdowns

however he's not a choker - he's a record most golfers only dream of. When was the last time he was out of the top 10 in the world?

bren2001

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

How the hell was his ball sitting up so well in that hay??

Free drop. Line of sight because the scoreboard was in the way.

FixdePitchmark

bren2001 wrote: »

Free drop. Line of sight because the scoreboard was in the way.

looked a dodgy drop.

very lucky

Pissartist

Anyway, back to the leaders, delighted to see Shane up there i love his short game it's so fluid, is the wind to get stronger or ease up in the afternoon ?

tayto lover

Lowry trundling along nicely.

Mantis Toboggan

Enjoying the radio coverage at work on tunein.

lawred2

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Enjoying the radio coverage at work on tunein.

linky please

Stevieluvsye

lawred2 wrote: »

He's not exactly unknown for meltdowns

however he's not a choker - he's a record most golfers only dream of. When was the last time he was out of the top 10 in the world?

I would have thought Meltdown/choke sit in similar categories

slave1

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Enjoying the radio coverage at work on tunein.

Enjoying the free live feed from The Open website with the sound turned down in work

Liamalone

Who won?

FixdePitchmark

Liamalone wrote: »

Who won?

christy oconnor snr

FixdePitchmark

ok here we go .

rory will be 2/3 under for rest of round.

Mantis Toboggan

lawred2 wrote: »

linky please

Tunein App on your phone or the Open website.

sydthebeat

Kisner going along nicely -3 after 5

lawred2

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I would have thought Meltdown/choke sit in similar categories

yeha I ballsed that up - gist of what I wanted to say is it wouldn't be fair for him to be just remembered as a choker

mirwillbeback

What I don't understand re the Radio commentary

Available on Talk Sport 2
Available online

BBC 5 Live is blocked because of " rights issues "

Don't get it ?

Pissartist

mirwillbeback wrote: »

What I don't understand re the Radio commentary

Available on Talk Sport 2
Available online

BBC 5 Live is blocked because of " rights issues "

Don't get it ?

yes i hate that, but if you have virgin tv at home you can get bbc 5 live on that

Miley Byrne

Keano wrote: »

How is it a parkland? It is not by the sea?

Just because it's by the sea doesn't make it a links course. Gold Coast in Waterford is by the sea, Old Head is by the sea. Neither are links.

I have no problem with him not playing in Lahinch but it would definitely have been better prep than that dog track in Scotland. You only have to see the feedback from some of the players who played last week to see what the pros thought of it.

I'd imagine Aberdeen Asset Management paid him handsomely to appear and if that's what motivates him then who are we to argue.

FixdePitchmark

the more i got into the irish open. The more i got frustrated with Rory
not being there.

then you see Rahm steeling the show and crowd. Was a mistake (imo).

Miley Byrne

lawred2 wrote: »

He's not exactly unknown for meltdowns

however he's not a choker - he's a record most golfers only dream of. When was the last time he was out of the top 10 in the world?

Last year

lawred2

Miley Byrne wrote: »

Just because it's by the sea doesn't make it a links course. Gold Coast in Waterford is by the sea, Old Head is by the sea. Neither are links.

I have no problem with him not playing in Lahinch but it would definitely have been better prep than that dog track in Scotland. You only have to see the feedback from some of the players who played last week to see what the pros thought of it.

I'd imagine Aberdeen Asset Management paid him handsomely to appear and if that's what motivates him then who are we to argue.

Links has to be built amid sand dunes right?