Golf - classic or dud

in order of who i want to win
sergio
louis
jason day
anyone but spieth

In order of who I want to win:

Padraig
Sergio
Spieth

(in order of how much money I'll win if they win)

paul dunne ftw

5 tied for the lead now

Dunne would be my second choice after Spieth. Looked it up, and an amateur hasn't won a major since 1933 (not Jones--Johnny Goodman). Dunne would forfeit the $1.8 million prize money: "Amateur players are not eligible to win prize money and therefore, should an amateur win The 144th Open first place prize money will be distributed proportionately among the professional players who have made the cut." More humiliation: no money for Tiger.

i was reading that this morning - he won't go short of a beer this evening if that happens. p tough on him though - £1.1m could make you for a long time, especially if this was a one-off.

doesn't look like dunne will have to worry about that prize money :(

Dunne looks like he's headed for 78 or something. Even if he doesn't win, I hope he doesn't have one of these career-defining meltdowns.

i guess he still loses prize money regardless of how low he sinks

true and that does suck

i mean i suppose for your sponsorship and all the other worries of a young amateur golfer, this is probably still great for his career.

this is so exciting btw - so glad i'm working from home!

Good bounce-back by Dunne.

The three amateurs up near the top are going to combine for a lot of money regardless. They ought to pass that on to some charity--do all the professionals really need to pocket an extra $50,000 or whatever?

xp work from home golfstream hi-5

haha - hi-5 returned. i worked my ass off this morning to allow myself to do a particularly easy piece of work for the afternoon. my dad is texting me constantly, he has harrington at 110-1, oosthuizen at 50-1, and dunne at 7/1 to be leading amateur. #gamblor

99 times out of a 100, your dad would have that last one locked up by now. But not today.

Just going to complain again about how horribly busy my shift was today, when it should have been nice and quiet.

double bogey padraig on the 6th :-(

How's the weather?

some rain and wind but seems manageable

zach johnson has the bit between his teeth here

double bogey spieth

The greens aren't looking their best after the rain

Two birdies from spieth to recover.

aussie takeover at the mo.

not cool w/marc leishman winning this tbh

What's up with him?

nothing in partic, i just have no thoughts about him where there are a lot of cool stories if other guys win

wow huge putt from z johnson to be low in the clubhouse

Scott is done for the year.

Leishman hanging on..

Oops

Had to duck out for a dentist appointment...Double-bogey (four strokes from 100 feet?) and then two birdies--wow. The announcers seem to be indicating there just aren't enough scoring opportunities left for Spieth.

Zach Johnson in pole position tbh

wow insane shot out of the bunker by leishman, ugh

Had to duck out for a dentist appointment...Double-bogey (four strokes from 100 feet?) and then two birdies--wow. The announcers seem to be indicating there just aren't enough scoring opportunities left for Spieth.

― clemenza, Monday, July 20, 2015 12:46 PM (2 minutes ago)

yeah the front 9 is where most of the birdies are

Looking like a play-off right now.

Yes--two to four guys.

oh shit spieth

i just have no thoughts about him where there are a lot of cool stories if other guys win

I felt the same way, but it sounds like he has a good story too--what is the story with his wife they keep referring to?

Way to go Spieth!

She almost died apparently.

It's a pretty good story tbh.

Amazing what Spieth is up to.

Not bad, but what a putt to have to stand over.

Baseball analysts would have had a field day with the announcer there: "Statistically, this distance is not Spieth's strength, but he's such a clutch player, you can throw the stats out the window." And so he misses.

Weird--if Spieth sticks his like Day did, and if Day spins his like Spieth did, they're both close.

spieth gave that a good go

couple of painful shots for spieth in those last few holes

Great try--I think Trevino passed Nicklaus much earlier in the round in '72. Contrary to the announcers, I think the pressure did get to him a little bit near the end, on the one putt and on the approach into 18. I'll root for Leishman now, but my interest has dwindled significantly.

Should have put money on Oosthuizen today.

Most folks I know had money on Oosthuizen. Not sure why - they may well have had money on lots of people.