Open Championship Commentary - OT or not depending on your comments

[jeffwarne]

Seeing bunkers surrounded by rough is the most disappointing aspect of the new and improved Old Course. Apparently core principles will have to find a new model to use as an example. Maybe Sandpines can fill their shoes?

I think they should speed the greens up so they can cancel play in even lighter winds.

[Richard Choi]

Just heart Peter Arliss say this... "You don't have a course like this in US. Sure, you have some courses by the seaside, but they don't have fairway movements like this."

Hmm... seems like Peter needs to get around a bit more in US. I am guessing he has never visited Bandon.

[Melvyn Morrow]

Calling John
John

Been thinking of you so have put together some beautiful clips that will get your heart and spirit racing, perhaps you may understand why I get the blood lust sometime when talking about golf. Listen its pure, a wireless version of Defibrillation – gets the old heart beating

The perks of having Scottish blood allows the enjoyment and pleasures of life to shine through the wind and rain and even GCA.com

Click the following links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V84STSWVp3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6H1AjTRU3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR-csWS1bcM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqXlZeqM4sM&feature=related

Enjoy with a good single malt

Melvyn

[John Moore II]

Calling John
John

Been thinking of you so have put together some beautiful clips that will get your heart and spirit racing, perhaps you may understand why I get the blood lust sometime when talking about golf. Listen its pure, a wireless version of Defibrillation – gets the old heart beating

The perks of having Scottish blood allows the enjoyment and pleasures of life to shine through the wind and rain and even GCA.com

Click the following links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V84STSWVp3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6H1AjTRU3A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR-csWS1bcM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqXlZeqM4sM&feature=related

Enjoy with a good single malt

Melvyn

Melvyn,
I have heard bag pipes before. However, I was simply noting that whoever was playing this morning during the telecast seemed as though he was playing the same song over and over. You could hear it on TV at least 4 times and during each time it was the exact same tune. I was actually questioning if they guy knew more songs than just that one.

[John Moore II]

I have a comment about the routing of the Old Course. Given the way that course is routed, with a great number of holes playing parallel to each other, the 7th and 11th playing literally across each other in a near X shape, etc., could an architect get away with that today? I don't think they could, myself. I think today such a routing would be considered contrived, unsafe and foolish.

[David_Tepper]

"I have a comment about the routing of the Old Course. Given the way that course is routed, with a great number of holes playing parallel to each other, the 7th and 11th playing literally across each other in a near X shape, etc., could an architect get away with that today? I don't think they could, myself. I think today such a routing would be considered contrived, unsafe and foolish."

John Moore -

You are echoing comments made by A.W. Tillinghast (I think) made 60-70 years ago.

DT

[Garland Bayley]

I'm sure I'll get shot down in flames today but what I saw of the coverage left me wondering whether previous generations can possibly have had the almost universally excellent short games of these guys.  How much of yesterday's scoring was down to their ability to get up and down from anywhere?  Of course, the modern ball, clubs and course conditioning all play  role in that?

Prepare to burn! Yesterday's scoring was done by getting up and down! Give these guys persimmon, balata, small clubheads, no swing coaches, and no video swing analysis. That will make them have to get up and down much more often.

[Rick Shefchik]

My favorite comment while watching this morning was Curtis Strange saying about 14 green something like "you could never build anything like this today.  They would hang you by your thumbs."

Which I found funny, having just built a [tamed-down] version of that very green for Old Macdonald.

Later the comment was made that you never see holes built like 17 anymore. It's true that you're not going to build a hole with a road running a few steps to the right of the raised putting surface, but it seems to me the rest of the template has been used many times, and is still being used. A great hole is a great hole. These announcers either don't get out much, aren't very observant, or fall back on inaccurate cliches far too often.

[Richard Choi]

I must say, the ball tracking skills of the BBC cameramen leave a lot to be desired...

[Richard Choi]

Did Curtis Strange really say that Guiness taste like motor oil??? Seems his taste in beer is similar to his taste in golf courses...

[Chris DeNigris]

Here comes Phil...he's starting to hit it close on the 4s..