The 148th Open at Royal Portrush

Mushy

Darc19 wrote: »

The Open, played in Ireland, prize fund in US Dollars.

I'm just going off the one source I looked up, not going through fancy exchange rates

Tikki Wang Wang

kmart6 wrote: »

$1,935,000

Bigger than Eire’s GDP when Daly won

Charlie19

Darc19 wrote: »

The Open, played in Ireland, prize fund in US Dollars.

Sterling is weak at the moment so probably better off.:)

It's the Clara Jug for the next year

braidman

Mod snip

Wrongway1985

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Only among GAA followers. On the international sporting stage Lowry`s win is of far greater prestige.

If golf was a sport

Force Carrier

Prize money is small fry compared to the endorsements and sponsorship deals that will follow. This unbelievable victory greatly transcends such menial matters of finance.

lbc2019

Offalys greatest day in such a long time

murpho999

Darc19 wrote: »

The Open, played in Ireland, prize fund in US Dollars.

They switched to US dollars in 2017 as it's the most widely used currency for Golf prize money.

lbc2019

https://twitter.com/realcframpton/status/1152996913215619078?s=21

Bridge93

Anyone know what effect this is likely to have on his world ranking position?

slave1

12-14 estimate

Deeper Blue

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

If golf was a sport

Seriously? Ffs

martingriff

Fantastic by Lowry Only wish I didn't get rid of Skysports until this week and not 2 weeks ago

lbc2019

martingriff wrote: »

Fantastic by Lowry Only wish I didn't get rid of Skysports until this week and not 2 weeks ago

I had a house full.

paulos53

Bridge93 wrote: »

Anyone know what effect this is likely to have on his world ranking position?

https://twitter.com/VC606/status/1152997749744427008

tommythecat

Seve OB wrote: »

Think that’s twice McGinley said he shot second best score of the day.
By my count 26 scores better than Shane today!

He was saying that amongst the last 20 people out when the weather got bad there was no one better than him than Finau.

Deeper Blue

Tommy is clearly gutted, you'd have to feel for him

FrancieBrady

NDWC wrote: »

Seriously? Ffs

Don't give it oxygen.

Dr. Bre

Shane Ross must be favourite for Irish sports personality of the year

Cork Boy 53

Lowry`s Championship and fully deserved. A quick look though at Koepka`s record in the Majors in 2019.

Masters T2
PGA Championship 1
U.S. Open 2
Open Championship T4

Mr Consistency to be fair to him

Wrongway1985

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Don't give it oxygen.

Too late

At the elite level in sports you must be an athlete, don't get me started on darts!

I enjoy them for what they are anyway, congrats to Lowry great day.

abff

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Shane Ross must be favourite for Irish sports personality of the year

Was that deliberate?

JP Liz V1

Bridge93 wrote: »

Anyone know what effect this is likely to have on his world ranking position?

Will he break into top 10?

Well Done Shane

GolfNut33

Koepka having a right go at JB Holmes about his slow play.

Deeper Blue

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Too late

At the elite level in sports you must be an athlete, don't get me started on darts!

I enjoy them for what they are anyway, congrats to Lowry great day.

Surely you can find something better to do during the school holidays? Run along now good man

abff

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Will he break into top 10?

Well Done Shane

As pointed out a few posts back, he will move up to number 17.

LuckyGent88

What a ****ing day and what a ****ing week. Phenomenal event, phenomenal golf course and of course a phenomenal champion.

An amazing performance from Shane. Very nervy first tee shot but played well after that and managed his lead in the conditions extremely well. I think a massive amount of credit has to go to his caddie here. Great chats between them and had his man in control mentally.

It’s the course Iv deliberately have left as the last on my top 100 to play in Ireland and from watching on TV I might have to go as soon as possible. What a course. Simply spectacular.

What a year for Irish golf. Held both the male and female amateur championship and the open on our Ireland and two of them won by Irish golfers. Sugrue and Shane - take a bow

FixdePitchmark

Anyone up there - looked a nightmare weather wise.

Wonder will Shane hang around or head home.

LuckyGent88

GolfNut33 wrote: »

Koepka having a right go at JB Holmes about his slow play.

That was always going to happen. Having basically the fastest player on tour with the slowest was always going to end in years really. He has an interesting take on it as he said he is just never ready for his shot and not necessarily slow when in his routine.

Another element on how good Shane’s round was yesterday.

Mantis Toboggan

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Level par round today and he's an open champion!

Absolutely delighted for the man, big opportunity and he took it with both hands. Chances don't come around too often. Well done. Another big boost for golf in this country.

eagle eye

LuckyGent88 wrote:

Another element on how good Shane’s round was yesterday.

I was saying yesterday that Shane is sometimes maybe too fast for his own good. Slowing down a bit might really help him, obviously not to Holmes level but a little bit might be no harm.
Koepka was clearly affected by the slow play today. So if you meet him in the matchplay you know how to beat him now.

Wrongway1985

NDWC wrote: »

Surely you can find something better to do during the school holidays? Run along now good man

No problem, hope the scald doesn't take too long to heal :pac:

Cork Boy 53

abff wrote: »

As pointed out a few posts back, he will move up to number 17.

Is that his highest ever ranking though? Was he not in the top 15 at one stage?

awec

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Anyone up there - looked a nightmare weather wise.

Wonder will Shane hang around or head home.

He'll have to hang around for all the protocol stuff later. I would assume there's a dinner at the very least.

FrancieBrady

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Is that his highest ever ranking though? Was he not in the top 15 at one stage?

By a long shot according to this:
http://www.owgr.com/Ranking/PlayerProfile.aspx?playerID=13900

lbc2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFafPqsW3Cg

Go on Lowry!

Zaph

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Is that his highest ever ranking though? Was he not in the top 15 at one stage?

No, 17th was also his previous best ranking.

FixdePitchmark

awec wrote: »

He'll have to hang around for all the protocol stuff later. I would assume there's a dinner at the very least.

Nightmare.

LuckyGent88

eagle eye wrote: »

Bottlers: Lowry, Fleetwood, Rose.
Winners: Koepka, Spieth
Unknown: Rahm

Ahem!! Previous reply on Friday as to who I thought would be in the winners enclosure. I despise the word bottler anyway.

JB Holmes might be one though. Think that’s his 3rd time shooting in the 80’s when in contention in a big tournament. Players he shot 84 I think.

lbc2019

https://twitter.com/golfchannel/status/1153003931070619648?s=21

awec

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Nightmare.

Aye but I imagine he'll not have to put his hand in his pocket all night and will stumble into his leaba sometime tomorrow afternoon.

abff

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Is that his highest ever ranking though? Was he not in the top 15 at one stage?

It's his equal highest ranking. He was previously 17th on 25/10/15 and 01/11/15.

bobbyss

Just as a matter of interest. Where would all these millionaire golfers have been staying over the week? There can't be many five-star hotels in Portrush and surely they wouldn't want to be sharing space with other golfers or be close to them?

Remind me

awec wrote: »

Aye but I imagine he'll not have to put his hand in his pocket all night and will stumble into his leaba sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Hand in his pocket? He’s a multimillionaire!!

He has to somehow make it to the first tee in Memphis on Thursday

Remind me

bobbyss wrote: »

Just as a matter of interest. Where would all these millionaire golfers have been staying over the week? There can't be many five-star hotels in Portrush and surely they wouldn't want to be sharing space with other golfers or be close to them?

A lot rent houses

eagle eye

Gotta just say that the course looked fantastic all weekend. Really impressive layout.

Alf Veedersane

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

That was always going to happen. Having basically the fastest player on tour with the slowest was always going to end in years really.

At times, it did seem like the round might take years.

FrancieBrady

eagle eye wrote: »

Gotta just say that the course looked fantastic all weekend. Really impressive layout.

some of the aerial shots were brilliant. BBC did a doc on the work done one night last week. Some effort.

dball

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

That was always going to happen. Having basically the fastest player on tour with the slowest was always going to end in years really. He has an interesting take on it as he said he is just never ready for his shot and not necessarily slow when in his routine.

Another element on how good Shane’s round was yesterday.

I was listening to the open radio player this morning and one of the panel were saying that JB up'ed his speed yesterday in the realisation that Shane was on a good run and he thought it was very good sportsmanship on JB;s behalf.
didnt notice it my self but now that i think about it there wasn't a lot of talk of slow play from JB yesterday on Sky