The Open Championship

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doozer

doozer

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about time to get the talk about major #3 going.

i read where the course was lengthened 155 yards since the last Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and will play as a par 70 at 7173 yards.

thoughts about the course? thoughts about the players? can Sergio take what he learned last year and win this year?

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exciting and easily the most unpredictable of all the majors.

I'm thinking Kenny Perry.....oh, wait a minute. I'm a huge KP fan, but just don't like that he's skipping this one. I understand, but don't like it at all.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
exciting and easily the most unpredictable of all the majors.

I'm thinking Kenny Perry.....oh, wait a minute. I'm a huge KP fan, but just don't like that he's skipping this one. I understand, but don't like it at all.
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I don't understand. I think it's a retarded decision.
 
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at the time he made his schedule, i don't think he figured he'd be a lock for the Ryder Cup team when the British Open rolled around. he's playing courses that fit his game because his goal is play the Ryder Cup and i can't say as i blame him. golf is an individual game and each player has his own goals.

i don't like it either, but as with bpv, i understand.
 
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they had a good piece tonight on Stuart Appleby 10 years later on SportsCenter tonight. i can't even imagine what a guy like him has had to go through. i guess he would be a sentimental favorite.
 
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doozer said:
they had a good piece tonight on Stuart Appleby 10 years later on SportsCenter tonight. i can't even imagine what a guy like him has had to go through. i guess he would be a sentimental favorite.
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I saw that....and had no idea before the piece. good stuff, well written.
 
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crazyguy said:
I don't understand. I think it's a retarded decision.
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dude's a high ball hitter and plays American style target golf. Trundling the ball, little chippies and pure touch just aren't his game.

He's the best driver of the ball that there is and is a very, very good iron player. When his putter works, he can play with anyone in our target golf format. He's very unlikely to ever perform well on a links course in wind with rock hard greens.

I don't like the decision, but I definitely understand it.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
dude's a high ball hitter and plays American style target golf. Trundling the ball, little chippies and pure touch just aren't his game.

He's the best driver of the ball that there is and is a very, very good iron player. When his putter works, he can play with anyone in our target golf format. He's very unlikely to ever perform well on a links course in wind with rock hard greens.

I don't like the decision, but I definitely understand it.
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what bugs me is all the so called 'experts' who are coming out of the woodwork to take shots at the guy. the local golf blowholes were talking about this subject today and one of them was absolutely convinced that he will regret this decision.

i wanted to call in but they ran out of time with the segment.
 
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I respect that the Tour is a free agent sport, and that the players set their schedule. The season is long, and it's only fair that the guys decide for themselves.

That said, he skipped the US Open as well. I'm eligible, I'm playing.


In the end Perry's a great story this tear, why take shots at the guy.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
Mickelson's short game should help in these winds right?..

Ernie... well I'll always be pullin for Ernie. Love his attitude.

* edit. Just realized the scores... surely they're not done so soon...
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never seen mickelson fare well on slow greens or in the wind.

love Ernie, but have never seen him hit it so poorly.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
Mickelson's short game should help in these winds right?..

Ernie... well I'll always be pullin for Ernie. Love his attitude.

* edit. Just realized the scores... surely they're not done so soon...
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BigPapaVol said:
never seen mickelson fare well on slow greens or in the wind.

love Ernie, but have never seen him hit it so poorly.
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orange+white=heaven said:
Phil goes 79 and is just midway down the board. This is going to be a wild ride.
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Mickelchoke has no chance, IMO. BPV's observation about him having trouble in wind and rain (and deep and stringy rough since he can't hit the ball straight with anything over a 6 iron) will always be his downfall.

Incidentally, will someone please politely tap him on the shoulder and explain that he's always standing on the wrong side of the ball?
 
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lawgator1 said:
Mickelchoke has no chance, IMO. BPV's observation about him having trouble in wind and rain (and deep and stringy rough since he can't hit the ball straight with anything over a 6 iron) will always be his downfall.

Incidentally, will someone please politely tap him on the shoulder and explain that he's always standing on the wrong side of the ball?
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I'm not sure "Mickelchoke" is an appropriate moniker for a guy that has won 3 dozen tournaments, including 3 majors in the last 4 years. That being said, I don't think the British suits his game very well.

As to your other comment, I'm right handed, but about once a year I wonder if Phil might be correct, and I'm actually the one on the wrong side of the ball.
 
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cotton said:
I'm not sure "Mickelchoke" is an appropriate moniker for a guy that has won 3 dozen tournaments, including 3 majors in the last 4 years. That being said, I don't think the British suits his game very well.
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I just flat don't like Mickelson, but the Mickelchoke thing is just stupid. The guy has won just about everything he can win and been in contention for all of the others, except the British.

Choking would imply that his game isn't erratic all of the time, which it is. I don't really know how you can say he can't hit anything longer than a 6 straight, yet call his 18th hole US Open disaster anything but expected.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I just flat don't like Mickelson, but the Mickelchoke thing is just stupid. The guy has won just about everything he can win and been in contention for all of the others, except the British.

Choking would imply that his game isn't erratic all of the time, which it is. I don't really know how you can say he can't hit anything longer than a 6 straight, yet call his 18th hole US Open disaster anything but expected.
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Ergo Mickelchoke.
 
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Though I confess I'm limiting that to some particular instances. And also that my comment about anything over a 6 iron was a bit of hyperbole for effect.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Ergo Mickelchoke.
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again, how is it a choke if his standard is errant tee shots? Wouldn't it just fall under the category of he's a poor driver of the golf ball, rather than a choke.

Bottom line, the guy hits some unbelievable short game shots under intense pressure, which says he does anything but choke. Sure, his long game is erratic, but it's that way even without the pressure cooker on.
 
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