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Listed below are comments made by Rob Hodgetts - BBC Sport between Tuesday, 14th July 2009 and Thursday, 10th September 2009.

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On the range with Ross Fisher's coach 2:23pm on 10 Sep 2009 Hi all,

Thanks for all your questions. I saw Kristian on Tuesday and will post his replies in due course. Suffice to say, I'm not going to be breaking 80 anytime soon.

Rob
On the range with Ross Fisher's coach 2:34pm on 07 Sep 2009 Hi all,

Cheers for the questions so far. I'm seeing Kristian on Tuesday so if anyone has any more to put to him, get them in quick.

Rob
Northern Ireland looking good for 2010 qualification 5:46pm on 04 Sep 2009 Hi all,

Just so there's no confusion or controversy, we have amended the headline to remove mention of Celts. Back to the footy chat.

Rob
Can't see the Woods for the lenses 2:34pm on 16 Jul 2009 RuariJM - Always like to push the boundaries of the English language, it's always developing, you know...ahem!
Britons face familiar challenge 11:07am on 16 Jul 2009 Hi all,

Thanks for your comments. I'm well aware the British/Northern Irish issue is a sensitive one and I do make it clear early on that there are six Englishmen and two from Northern Ireland in top 50. Further down I say, "McIlroy, meanwhile, is the very fast-rising star of British and Northern Irish golf and may yet jump the queue."

In this sense I've used British and Northern Irish to cover the whole UK golfing scene. Sorry if that's not clear.
Picking an Open winner 2:33pm on 15 Jul 2009 Kwini - do you mean you think I will say Woods from Poulter? I will probably say Woods - three wins, nothing worse than ninth, in eight events is a pretty strong claim.

Not Poulter though. I do think he is more gritty than he is sometimes given credit for but I would prefer to go with Westwood if I was going to be patriotic. As I said above, though, the likes of Furyk, Curtis, Goosen and Cabrera have attracted some of my millions.
Picking an Open winner 10:58am on 15 Jul 2009 Nedthestableboy - big hitter, the Lama, long. Could be an asset around here. As for Tiger, I think it will be a repeat of Hoylake where he carefully plots his way around. And if he finds the short stuff, and holes a few more than at the US Open, he could win at a canter. And by the way, my swing is a thing of beauty. It's the distance and direction the ball goes in that leaves something to be desired.

ConorLeedsfan and tdpj7890 - you'd think with his ranking he'd be a danger but I just don't feel it for Paul Casey here. Or Poulter for that matter.

I might have a patriotic nibble on Westwood, but otherwise I might look to the likes of Furyk or Ben Curtis. Maybe even Cabrera.

DaveAngel-EcoWarrior - I reckon Ty Webb could take Shooter McGavin with his eyes shut. "Just be the ball..."

But then he only measures himself against other golfers by height.
A-Z of the Open 6:04pm on 14 Jul 2009 To all those wondering why the BBC is not showing the Open on HD,

This from BBC TV's executive producer Paul Davies: "We are definitely broadcasting the Open in HD from 2010. The honest and clear answer is that the Open is an incredibly complex technical exercise and we are having a new truck purpose built, which will be finished in September.

"The R&A are happy that we do it from 2010 onwards when we are completely geared up to do something on the scale of the Open.

"We have learnt an awful lot from Wimbledon and the Six Nations and we're very excited about it for next year."

Hope that helps.
A jewel in the, er, sun 6:01pm on 14 Jul 2009 Give Me A Break and anyone else wondering why the Open is not in HD.

This from BBC TV's executive producer Paul Davies: "We are definitely broadcasting the Open in HD from 2010. The honest and clear answer is that the Open is an incredibly complex technical exercise and we are having a new truck purpose built, which will be finished in September.

"The R&A are happy that we do it from 2010 onwards when we are completely geared up to do something on the scale of the Open.

"We have learnt an awful lot from Wimbledon and the Six Nations and we're very excited about it for next year."

Hope that helps.
A jewel in the, er, sun 1:36pm on 14 Jul 2009 Give Me A Break - bear with me, I'm trying to get an answer for you.

SirGB-thegreatest - obviously there's loads of talking points up here and people will be interested in some more than others. Space precludes covering too much at once, but I hope to get out at some point to have a closer inspection of the greens and watch some practice.

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