Golf - classic or dud

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.

wouldn't have wagered Zach would even be the highest-finishing Johnson tbqh

Doh, Johnson, 2nd shot @ 17

not the winner i wanted to see but zach is a good guy. actually worked at the last open in st andrews in another, now distant life, interviewed zach johnson and he was v generous with his time for a crappy kids' tv show.

that's cool to know. i'm catching the end of the playoff now and his interview seems sincere and heartfelt. i totally forgot about him as a competitive golfer between his masters win and now but he beat the best in the game today.

gutted for louis but okay with zach winning. i like his old man game, punching most of his shots in, low wedges with hella spin, not much length off the tee.

Some really good golf the last few weekends. Lowry was so fun to watch yesterday with Bubba on his heels. Both guys took turns hitting crazy shots with trees in the way but Lowry hit two of the luckiest amazing shots I've seen to basically win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN8jBmgh9N4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsZI_1GSOxU

bubba was hitting like 380+ yard drives too.

huge buzz about him on all the irish sports shows and in the papers etc. i've heard a few kinda dumb "so what makes the irish people love shane lowry so much?" questions and it's like hmmm a large joker who loves his pints and openly says this - what is the secret of shane's appeal in ireland?

lol

haha

ahaahaha

ahahahHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

downs pint orders another

AHAHAHAHAHA WERE A NATION OF FAT WRECKED DRUNKS AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

cries

only messin obv sure we love the craic

love lowry fuckin delighted. he's been pushing and knocking about for a while but didn't think he'd hit a big one so soon.

sounds like someone needs a pint xpost

lazy xpost, lazy

on the whiskey tonight anyway the bbc4 show on sellafield has me bad shook

i don't drink mon-weds myself

dud

ah i just drink too much the rest of the time, plus health

i'm no shane lowry

oh I'm not drinking its just the one yknow yrself

@JustinRayGC 2m2 minutes ago
Best single-season score to par in majors, last 30 years

2000 Tiger -53
2015 Spieth -50
2014 Fowler -32
2006 Tiger -28

so many great shots today. phil was a blast to watch, spieth on the back nine. finau nailing every put. jones hitting the ball out of a spectator tent. tomorrow should be awesome.

Day wins but Spieth's year - rightly at no 1

Dustin had such a bizarre round.

how many majors will jason day win?

watched a few holes last night, including jason day hitting maybe the worst shot he's ever hit as a pro (100-yard chip onto the green off the fairway, hit the ground about 3 inches before the ball, sent it 50 yards forward), but he seemed to be playing brilliantly aside from that - he's looked very accomplished every time I've seen him and there was no horror run of bad luck (or vertigo attack) to derail his challenge this time. very pleased for the lad

spieth's consistency is wondrous

the standard in this post-tiger era is crazy - there are guys queuing up...

xpost was really nice to see day's reaction and his wife and kid seemed very normal.

ya reckon lowry will join the post-tigelson frontrunner pantheon (projected: top three at this tournament + mcilroy + maaaaybe reed if we need a bad guy + maaaaaaybe a reprogrammed choke-free dustin johnson)?

nah i'd say lowry has a major in him but i dunno if he's at that level. i also actually think for all the lol he he loves a pint stuff if he's that weight he's at a disadvantage to the others - they're all pretty physically fit now, i don't think you can be a serious contender if you're not.

ah fair enough. you never know, he could win a few. has the look of someone with the ruthlessness to do so, unlike say justin rose, who will probably never win a major despite playing truly exceptional golf in the majority of tournaments he enters. certainly inherited the mantle that was once mickelson's and then garcia's

unlike rory mcilroy! rory's dgaf attitude is kinda sad i think. i mean i guess he enjoys himself and he'll win a couple of majors, but he really isn't that arsed.

oh but rose does gaf! just doesn't quite have the strength of mind. mcilroy sort of does have it, despite his seeming diffidence.

for that reason, if justin rose ever does rouse himself to win a major it'd take a particularly heartless idiot or remarkable circumstances elsewhere to not vote for him in that year's spoty

which makes me wonder if lowry is on for ireland's equivalent award this year

i'm reading shane ryan's slaying the tiger, which is absolutely worth a weekend if you follow golf, and his profile of day had me really pulling for the guy.

Reckon McIlroy will break Faldo's record for most majors by an European golfer. Inconsistent but he'll find the form at enough weekends to do so and has enough years in him.

yeah i'd agree with that.

xpost must try that book. was weird seeing rich beam working as a pundit last night, my dad had a book about him when i was on holidays with parents a few years back, very funny stuff.

rose won the us open two yrs ago btw

johnny why man..

mcilroy will definitely win a few more majors but i bet spieth wins more. and i dunno if that's purely talent, it's hard to say with golf where talent ends and hard work begins. but like most things the latter will probably get you further.

o whoops, 2013 was a bad year ok lol

justin rose for presidetn, sergio still has his crown

concentration and drive fall under both talent and hard work imo - spieth has all in multitudes

the classic irish example would be clarke and harrington. clarke was definitely more gifted, harrington worked his ass off to win those three majors.

tho the new svelte scandinavian ski instructor clarke is amusing

As a resident of Sheboygan it has been real amusing seeing random golfers all over town. Best of all was seeing Dustin Johnson buying like $50 worth of Chex Mix and Gardettos at the Kohler market, while his bikini model wife waited in the car looking really bored. WTF is one man gonna do with all that Chex Mix??

not take cocaine

i am a big fan of chex mix and even i cannot approve of that much chex mix

What is Chex Mix? Congrats to Jason Day, deserves it.