147th Open Walking Thread presented by Johnnie Walker Blue

[Chef2]

The Open - The official site of The 147th Open at Carnoustie

Not necessarily my favorite tournament of the year, but easily my favorite broadcast of the year.

Also.........19 years on since this little debacle took place.



To this day, I still love Tirico's line. "You root against no one. You root for no one. But you've gotta hope that this goes in.........Just your everyday triple."

 

[Small Town Guy]

"Would somebody kindly go and stop him. Give him a large brandy and mop him down," is an all-time line.

 

[Chef2]

"Would somebody kindly go and stop him. Give him a large brandy and mop him down," is an all-time line.

"What are you doing? What on earth are you doing?"

 

[qtlaw]

When the French "elan" leads you to disaster. So sad. "Dude, just hit a wedge."

 

[Double Down]

As a big of a ****-up as it was, I've always admired Van de Velde for the way he handled it. It is just a silly game, and though it likely would have changed his life for the better, who knows? Perhaps it would have driven him mad in a quest to think he should contend in majors all the time. Golf is both wonderful and irrelevant at the same time, and you can both admire Nicklaus for what he did while also acknowledging that he's never held a particularly deep thought in his head for more than two seconds, and thus his scolding of JVV for saying "it's just a game" is right on brand.

 

[hondo]

Legend has it that in the media center that day in 1999, a British golf writer, observing Van de Velde's meltdown, commented: "There's a reason the French have had to be bailed out of two wars this century."

 

[Chef2]

Not normally a fan of Golf Channel/NBC coverage, but I give them credit. They're basically wanting you to see every shot by every player.

1:30AM-4:00PM 7-19
1:30AM-4:00PM 7-20
4:30AM-3:00PM 7-21
4:30AM-2:30PM 7-22

 

[Chef2]

1. Woods
2.McIlroy
3. Garcia
4. Koepka
5. Fowler

 

[qtlaw]

Rose
Molinari
Noren
Stenson
Aphibarat

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Molinari's the hottest golfer around right now, but if I had one bet to make, acknowledging that betting on one golfer is like betting on one raindrop on the window, it'd be Fleetwood.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Not normally a fan of Golf Channel/NBC coverage, but I give them credit. They're basically wanting you to see every shot by every player.

1:30AM-4:00PM 7-19
1:30AM-4:00PM 7-20
4:30AM-3:00PM 7-21
4:30AM-2:30PM 7-22

This is them overcompensating for losing the U.S. Open to Fox.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Perhaps, but it is the Golf Channel. Why not give live coverage for as many hours as possible given that the cameras, crews and broadcasters are all over there anyway? Beats running still more instructional shows offering contradictory advice.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Perhaps, but it is the Golf Channel. Why not give live coverage for as many hours as possible given that the cameras, crews and broadcasters are all over there anyway? Beats running still more instructional shows offering contradictory advice.

Don't forget infomercials for **** that doesn't work.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Don't forget infomercials for **** that doesn't work.

One of my late parents' friends and neighbors was a sucker for that ****. Her whole garage was full of crackpot golf gadgets. She probably could have paid for lessons with Butch Harmon for what she spent.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

One of my late parents' friends and neighbors was a sucker for that ****. Her whole garage was full of crackpot golf gadgets. She probably could have paid for lessons with Butch Harmon for what she spent.

I really do love the one for The Hammer, the non-conforming AF driver being sold by some alleged long drive champion with a John Gruden haircut who yells at the ball like it is getting its ass kicked in a bar fight.

I also remember, back when the Golf Channel was about 18 hours of bull****, the ad for The Perfect Club. "It's the perfect loft. The perfect size to hit from any lie, the..." I went to my bag, pulled out my 5-wood, put the club head next to the TV and said, "same exact thing."

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

1. Woods
2.McIlroy
3. Garcia
4. Koepka
5. Fowler

Have you been drinking?

MC: Woods, Garcia, Mickelson, Poulter

Top 10:
Spieth, Koepka, Thomas, Rose, Reed

Top 5:
McIlroy, DJ

Winner: Fleetwood

 

[TigerVols]

One of my late parents' friends and neighbors was a sucker for that ****. Her whole garage was full of crackpot golf gadgets. She probably could have paid for lessons with Butch Harmon for what she spent.

I used to sell a golf gadget thru direct marketing, and once we got the audience targeted, it was like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

[TigerVols]

Have you been drinking?

I presumed his list was camera time.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Odds on Woods are 25-1. I can see why, but his odds are better than a lot of other guys.

 

[qtlaw]

How many bookies’ lives are funded by gamblers who bet with their heart rather than their heads?

I learned very early that I was one of those guys and quit cold turkey before I got in a hole.