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Eag's
18th May 2009, 03:47 PM
Awesome win considering the strong field and terrible conditions :shock:
http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BB7161CF0%2DA68E%2D4497%2D8E 89%2D6DDBD5145278%7D
henno
18th May 2009, 03:48 PM
How pleased was he (and the croud) with his win!

Great stuff to watch.
Jarro
18th May 2009, 03:52 PM
Fantastic effort 8)

What's a croud ?
kobbsno10
18th May 2009, 03:57 PM
Brilliant win for Shane! Great to see an Irish man win his home tournament let alone an amateur! :)
henno
18th May 2009, 03:57 PM
What's a croud ?


It's a violin. You should have seen how much that violin enjoyed the win! :razz:
Eag's
18th May 2009, 04:03 PM
It's not all bad getting beaten by an amateur, Robert Rock still pockets the winners check of 500,000 Euro's :)
TheTrueReview
18th May 2009, 10:40 PM
I thought amateurs are supposed to struggle to feed themselves. "Slim Shane" looks like he doesn't miss too many Sunday roasts.

Good win but carrying way too much weight for a young bloke.
PeteyD
19th May 2009, 10:27 AM
When was the last time an amateur won a national open? Was Badds amateur here?
Lucasto23
19th May 2009, 11:15 AM
i miss foxtel
Flowergirl
19th May 2009, 11:24 AM
What an exciting finish!!
Scottt
19th May 2009, 07:13 PM
When was the last time an amateur won a national open? Was Badds amateur here?

Yeah, his first one he was. Was it in 98? He beat Norman and Westwood, from memory.
markTHEblake
19th May 2009, 07:33 PM
. "Slim Shane" looks like he doesn't miss too many Sunday roasts.

Neither does the bloke who won the Irish Open.
Jono
19th May 2009, 09:04 PM
Yeah, his first one he was. Was it in 98? He beat Norman and Westwood, from memory.

Didn't he beat Monty at Royal Sydney?
Scottt
19th May 2009, 09:29 PM
He won in 1999 as an Am and 2000 as a Pro.

I sure the first win he pipped Norman and Westwood at the post.
Scottt
19th May 2009, 09:31 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/29/sports/plus-golf-australian-open-an-18-year-old-amateur-triumphs.html

It was at RSGC, but he beat Norman and O'Hern.
Moe Norman
19th May 2009, 09:35 PM
Wasn't he duelling with Allenby in one of them?

He was grouped with Monty in the amateur one on the Sunday, Norman shot low on Saturday but wasn't 'really' a factor.

He won his second one at Kingston Heath, I was there caddying :)
Scottt
20th May 2009, 06:58 AM
How can you argue Norman wasn't a factor when he shot 64-69 on the weekend (matching Badds on Sunday) to finish T2nd, two shots back?
Jono
20th May 2009, 09:20 AM
I went to watch the 3rd round of the first Aussie Open that Badds won. It was at Royal Sydney and I mainly followed Monty around. He was striking the ball beautifully that day. 18 greens in reg. Putting was a bit ordinary though.

I watched Badds a bit. He had this preshot routine going where he would close his eyes to visualise the shot.

Greg had almost finished his round by the time I got there. He was well back in the field before he shot a great third round.

I didn't watch the final round on TV. I knew that Badds and Monty were paired in the final group. When I heard Badds had won, I presumed Monty came second, or thereabouts.