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143rd Open Championship | July 17-20, 2014 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Merseyside, England 143rd Open Championship | July 17-20, 2014 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Merseyside, England

07-18-2014 , 02:41 PM
DJ's Fiance > McIlroy's ..???...
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07-18-2014 , 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by tuq
They made some changes to the first hole to toughen it up. Seems like it's taking its toll on guys right out of the gate, although I have yet to see a hole ranking to verify this.
According to The Open app, the first is ranked 7th toughest. Don't have a scoring average unfortunately.

Good to see Rory back in form, though hopefully he'll come back a little or someone will make a charge so we can have some drama on Sunday.
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07-18-2014 , 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Otmshank11
DJ's Fiance > McIlroy's ..???...
What? McIlroy has no fiance
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07-18-2014 , 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by alexle85
Guess you have to be in the early(yesterday)/late(today) round to have a legit shot at it. Unlucky Kaymer.. McIlroy with great golf so far.
Yeah this, such a sick break that really propels McIlroy to this title since he cant play in wind

Tiger gets the same break and barely scrapes in, the bookies have loved this ....offering all sorts of prices knowing he cant win
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07-18-2014 , 08:04 PM
McIlroy and DJ would make a fun sweat for my bet with bidz.
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07-18-2014 , 08:08 PM
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07-18-2014 , 09:03 PM
Back in the old days when the players weren't all a bunch of pussies they didn't mind a little bad weather.
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07-18-2014 , 10:13 PM
Gonna be three parts mental toughness and one part golfing skills. Should be fun to watch!
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07-18-2014 , 10:39 PM
Supposed to blow and rain hard tomorrow, unheard of start on both nines, due to the suspected storm. If Rors can bunt it around in 73 or 74 he may ship it. and LOL with Strange and the "drive it on the planet" comment.
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07-18-2014 , 10:50 PM
I live something like about 30 miles or so away from Hoylake - as the crow flies.

Can't sleep because of the humidity/heat (03:45am Lancashire time) and I can hear thunder and see lightning in the distance from my window right now.

Going to scratch from a major board competition at our club today to watch the golf (because of the new tee times) - I would have been back to see the last hour or two with normal tee times.

I'm hoping we cancel our major due to the weather lol!

Go Rory!
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07-18-2014 , 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by MikkeD
I live something like about 30 miles or so away from Hoylake - as the crow flies.

Can't sleep because of the humidity/heat (03:45am Lancashire time) and I can hear thunder and see lightning in the distance from my window right now.

Going to scratch from a major board competition at our club today to watch the golf (because of the new tee times) - I would have been back to see the last hour or two with normal tee times.

I'm hoping we cancel our major due to the weather lol!

Go Rory!
Do you know the local guy that qualified? forgot his name.
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07-18-2014 , 11:40 PM
lol @ the first time EVER in 143 years going off of two tees, in threesomes no less. That's nearly 600 rounds. Pretty amazing.

Going to totally **** up my recording of the event though because the leaders now tee off at 3AM my time and no clue how long it will take them to get around. Too bad I've been too lazy to upgrade this ****ty DVR.

Also, noticed Tiger tees off at the same time as the leaders, playing with Jordan Speith, one group ahead of Tom Watson and Luke Donald. I thought those on the cut line go off first regardless of tee, but maybe I haven't been paying attention.
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07-18-2014 , 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tuq
lol @ the first time EVER in 143 years going off of two tees, in threesomes no less. That's nearly 600 rounds. Pretty amazing.

Going to totally **** up my recording of the event though because the leaders now tee off at 3AM my time and no clue how long it will take them to get around. Too bad I've been too lazy to upgrade this ****ty DVR.

Also, noticed Tiger tees off at the same time as the leaders, playing with Jordan Speith, one group ahead of Tom Watson and Luke Donald. I thought those on the cut line go off first regardless of tee, but maybe I haven't been paying attention.
I started the VCR three hours early. if the broadcast truly starts at 7 am east coast time the leaders will be on the 3rd hole already. Don't put it past ESPN to use the original broadcast time with tape delay....
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07-18-2014 , 11:55 PM
VCR! I suddenly feel less pity towards my situation.

Yeah, good point about ESPN showing it delayed. Could happen, else if they somehow got around in four hours they'd be done by 7AM PT.
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07-19-2014 , 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by golfnpoker
Do you know the local guy that qualified? forgot his name.
I guess you mean John Singleton - his wife made him try to qualify rather than just being a marshal or something.

No - I don't know him, but he was in the local papers a lot this week.

He works in a small local factory and half of the workforce were given the day off on Thursday and the rest on Friday to go and watch and support him.

He missed the the cut by 2 - same as the likes of Imenez, Boo, Daly and Blubba, so he didn't do too badly! Nice story, but I wish he had been 2 shots better!
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07-19-2014 , 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by MikkeD
I live something like about 30 miles or so away from Hoylake - as the crow flies.

Can't sleep because of the humidity/heat (03:45am Lancashire time) and I can hear thunder and see lightning in the distance from my window right now.

Going to scratch from a major board competition at our club today to watch the golf (because of the new tee times) - I would have been back to see the last hour or two with normal tee times.

I'm hoping we cancel our major due to the weather lol!

Go Rory!
I look forward to the trip report tomorrow

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Originally Posted by golfnpoker
I started the VCR three hours early.
What is this 1985?
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07-19-2014 , 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MikkeD
I guess you mean John Singleton - his wife made him try to qualify rather than just being a marshal or something.

No - I don't know him, but he was in the local papers a lot this week.

He works in a small local factory and half of the workforce were given the day off on Thursday and the rest on Friday to go and watch and support him.

He missed the the cut by 2 - same as the likes of Imenez, Boo, Daly and Blubba, so he didn't do too badly! Nice story, but I wish he had been 2 shots better!
That guy shot 70 today which is simply amazing. It shows you what a strange game golf is that a factory worker who qualified with borrowed wedges can go toe to toe with the best in the world.
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07-19-2014 , 05:31 AM
Rain is nice. Was expecting more wind with the tee time shifts. Maybe it'll come soon
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07-19-2014 , 06:19 AM
Nice! A quick two stroke exchange on #1. Leggo DJ!

Yanks creeping up the old leaderboard.

Yowzers ... shaky effort there Mr. McIlroy. Nervy start for the young lad.
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07-19-2014 , 06:24 AM
Curtis Strange: "DJ one of the longest, straightest drivers on Tour."

DJ's "Driving Accuracy Percentage" rank: 152nd
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07-19-2014 , 06:37 AM
So he's top 152!
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07-19-2014 , 06:49 AM
Lest we forget, no matter the outcome, DJ has won this week (and every other week):















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07-19-2014 , 07:03 AM
Bleh. If you dig on buxom blondes I guess he does
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07-19-2014 , 07:04 AM
AFAIK, David Duval makes his first appearance as a TV analyst. A little rough around the edges, but gave insightful comments.
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