posted Jul 18, 2008

David Duval... was he the champion who, when asked afterwards if he'd been scared, replied something like "man, I was so scared I nearly went to the bathroom in my pants" ... my all time favorite euphemism.
As for Harrington... isn't he the only player who can win this without the asterisk by his name? ... I think he'll go close.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

How predictable that the BBC should subject the sporting world to 5 hours continuous coverage of a perennial British choker struggling to the make the cut.
Well done BBC and to those 606 idiots who moaned about too much Tiger last year.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

well...we also know (a)BBC isnt using their High Definition channel on tv for reasons only they know, (b)everything is "little" with Ken Brown..."a little wedge"..."little pitch and run"...even "a delicious little shot"...mmm...lovely and (c)there's someone on-course commentating called Maureen...oh dear.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

Daly playing rubbish but all credit to him for still finishing his two rounds. Shame Lyle and Beem did not have the same attitude.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

Those of you who call it The Open and then criticise the Americans for calling it the World Series when they play baseball are hypocrites. The Brits are no longer a sporting force or any other kind of force. We are bad at all sports, except snooker and darts. Call it the British Open, please, and let's have done with all this old-fashioned nonsense of believing the Brits are something special.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

Duval didn't lose his game, that was Ian Baker-Finch. Duval won the open, woke up the next day to discover that nothing had really changed, and decided he wanted more out of life than golf provided.

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posted Jul 18, 2008

Daly had a shocker today....i think it's time to give Golf a break for Big John!

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posted Jul 18, 2008

Good to see David Duval, a really nice bloke, back in contention for a Major, just as it is good to see Monty, a really not so nice bloke, once again not in contention.
A bit like the commentators too. Peter Alliss, witty, charming, funny, Mark James, sarcastic, unfunny and charmless.

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posted Jul 19, 2008

Potrodelpicasso.... I think you'll find that it's called "The Open" for a number of reasons ...Tradition... Tradition.... Tradition... It is the Oldest major championship, it is open to all and was predomenently played initially by Brits as the national Championships... Who obviously new that they were in fact British.

In the USA if you say to them The Open they immediately think you are reffering to what we call The US Open.... They refer to The Open as the British Open

Tradition is a wonderful thing grounds us all, and how you equate that with whether we believe ourselves to be special or not is rather to infantile for me and just an excuse to take a shot at the Brits...

I suppose you would have the globally accepted, respected and time honoured name "The Home of Golf" in reference to The Royal and Ancient at St Andrews downgraded to "The British Home of Golf"... That would really show us our place in the scheme of things! .... Well done!

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