Golf - classic or dud

Fingers crossed for Hideki this evening. Seems bizarre that, 40 years after Aoki's near-miss, Japan still hasn't produced a male major winner. But then I've never quite understood why the French don't dominate clay-court tennis (probably based on watching exchange students rallying for hours in the local park when I was a kid... like, can they all do that?), instead of just one Roland Garros men's singles champ since WW2.

Well that was tighter than it needed to be but he got it done!

Xander really wet the bed on 16 he mighta been able to win it with a par and pressure

fun final day even if hideki was never in real peril

xander also went +4 over three holes before recovering for six straight birdies

weird day for him, but hideki deserves the win and i’m happy he pulled it out

this course is brutal. looks like every tee shot is blind.

also... phil!?

Not up on golf these days, but I'll watch today. It'd be a miracle if Mickelson pulls this off, no?

I barely recognize him now that he looks so….in shape

Definitely pulling for him, would be the oldest player to win a major right?

Ok I just looked it up, he would be by about 2 years

"Old Man"? I know they mean that as a tribute, but geez.

fun that this keeps swinging back and forth & theyre still on the front 9

oostie has played really good today, couple shots are a few inches diff he could be level w phil rn

of course after i say that he fucked up 13

Glad Mickelson has a bit of a cushion; that looks gruesome.

Whew this is gonna be close

Never mind he’s got this

during the overhead crowd shots i remarked i hadnt seen that many ppl move en masse since jan 6

i hate that nantz had nothing better ready than "phil defeats father time"

I sure hope everyone there's been vaccinated! Anyway, glad I stuck around. I spent two decades rooting against Mickelson (because of Tiger) but I was pulling for him today.

i wonder how many times phil gave the thumbs-up today

on some of those walkthroughs he was flashing it every 5 seconds, like clockwork. it was very odd to watch

on another note, I forgot that they don't get golf carts in these tournaments. nothing more riveting to watch on TV than a 50 year old man walking 300 yards

Phil!!!! Can’t believe he did it. Thought he was toast after the first hole today

Even more than holing out from the sand, I thought his most amazing shot was that 365-yard drive down the middle.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=31500313

Yea that was nuts and you could tell he had it wrapped after that one

what scenes. great course for a tourney ,
awful for 'normal' golfers. another dent in the legend of brooks.

Thought his last green approach was killer, that had plenty of potential to go awry

brooks sounded a little pissy about getting bumped by the crowd but i can’t blame him. that whole thing would have made me very uncomfortable (and unhappy with the tournament directors) even if i weren’t coming off knee surgery

It was nonsense but americans are gonna american hey

brooks vs bryson is heating up

thing is bryson bothers brooks a lot more than brooks bothers bryson. it is funny how much brooks openly loathes him tho.

they both come off like jerks but golf needs something like this

No-one's interested in the Open? In the UK we have the excuse that it's not on the BBC anymore which tends to kill off interest in sports beyond dedicated fans.

I tend not to follow sport unless I can watch it live though I read reports.

Lol @ Oosthuizen fucking it up again.

Looked like a lovely afternoon of Golf.

Yes, I'd have loved to have spent a lazy Sunday afternoon/ evening watching it but I assume it's on Sky now. Anyway, it's finished, Morikawa won and I didn't see a second of it!

Yeah 20 or so years watching The Open :-(

Was almost as sad as when summer Test Cricket left terrestrial in 2005 (though radio can be adequate for cricket I've never got into it).

lol watched north of 30 hours of it this week. spieth looking great again, rahm bad day with the putter. morikawa was sublime ,fantastic iron player.

the gap btwn his strokes gained approach and the number 2 is wider than btwn the number 2 and number 30.

been highlights on bbc every day btw

Don't like watching highlights of golf for some reason.

Highlights for most sport is kinda wack though I'll try and catch it. For me its a nice way to look back on an event you already watched.

Any particular reason you cant watch it

Are ye protesting by not pirating it or something lads

Can't be arsed with pirating. I'm old.

Greybeard

Also I'm staying at my sister's just now.

is it true that golf is on the radio in the uk

Yes! Since the Ryder Cup disappeared from free-to-air TV (late '90s?) it's been the only way to experience several editions live. Though I did watch the climax of 2002 in a pub.

not a huge golf fan but certain things that i've happened to watch are unforgettable

today i was reminded that jean van de velde's incredible collapse at carnoustie was 22 years ago ffs

God, yes, makes my toes curl just thinking about it.

Might have helped his grip tbh

jeongeun lee6 just played one of the greatest rounds i've ever seen. admittedly no wind but 61 at a major championship is remarkable. leads the evian by 7 shots with the morning wave finished round 2. conditions perfect so perhaps someone can eat into her lead.