2010 Australian PGA

[sms316]

First round draw here;

http://www.pga.org.au/site/_content/document/00040929-source.pdf

Better set the alarm faarken early. Walking around with Terry Price for two days.

[markTHEblake]

Wear Dalmation pattern pants, that would be funny.

[Daves]

First round draw here;

http://www.pga.org.au/site/_content/document/00040929-source.pdf

Better set the alarm faarken early. Walking around with Terry Price for two days.

Practice round today?

[Ferrins]

I'd like to watch Ewan Porter play. He's playing at a sparrows fart on Thursday so he should be in the aftyernoon field on Friday.

[sms316]

Practice round today?

Nup. Pro Am only.

[AdamsPop]

Adam Scott 3 over after 8 holes - quadruple bogey on the 13th!

[Daves]

Leaderboard here, One's coverage starts at noon, (11am in Qld).

http://championship.pga.org.au/scores/631

Some good early scoring at the top of the field.

[Ferrins]

Go Buckle. Gave him a new racquet years ago and said I'd hit him up for a golf club sometime down the track. Too bad that I won't be needing any clubs till 2012.

[Daves]

Go Buckle. Gave him a new racquet years ago and said I'd hit him up for a golf club sometime down the track. Too bad that I won't be needing any clubs till 2012.

You are allowed to buy them, you just can't put them in your bag!:lol:

[simmsy]

Great start to professional life for Jordan Sherrat. -3 today. I think if he makes this cut that will be 6 cuts out of 6.

[PeteyD]

Did SMS give Fox some advice on 14?

[Daves]

Did SMS give Fox some advice on 14?

:lol: Shame, he was going well until then.

Brad Hughes playing well in his comeback.

My swing coach, Matt Rogers, is having a good day so far. Hope I don't jinx him!

[AndyP]

So SMS is looking more likely to be free for the weekend?


One app to rule them all, one app to find them, one app to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Tapatalk.

[PeteyD]

Dunno. Even is probably not too bad, particularly if it rains this arvo.

[simmsy]

Geez Luke Elvy(sic) is cr@p. He talks so much tripe. Just shut up already.

[BayBum]

LOL ! He's a right twat aint he,He doesnt have a ****in clue what hes goin on about.

[AdamsPop]

Elvey plays to a 4 or 5 handicap, so he can't be all that bad can he? Better than most presenters I would have thought...

I would also much rather listen to him than &^%$&^* Leigh Diffy, who was better suited to Nascar race calling than he was golf.

[macjackass]

Elvey plays to a 4 or 5 handicap, so he can't be all that bad can he? Better than most presenters I would have thought...

I would also much rather listen to him than &^%$&^* Leigh Diffy, who was better suited to Nascar race calling than he was golf.

Dipper used to ploay AFL, didn't make him a decent commentator. Ditto for Alistair Lynch.

[dean0820]

brad hughes is back!? brilliant, hope he does well.

oh, oh, pornpong is 3 over after 6....
heez takeing spots from young ozzie golferz who shood be playing11!!11!!!

[simmsy]

They said on the One coverage he is playing Persimmon driver! Can anyone confirm?

[Rod Morri]

They said on the One coverage he is playing Persimmon driver! Can anyone confirm?

Practises with, Simmsy....persimmon and old, heavy blades. Tees up with "normal" clubs in tournament play, though...

[simmsy]

Oh... Ok then. I can understand that I reckon. If u can flush a persimmon u would feel pretty comfy setting up behind a 460 head I reckon.

Is he on to something?

[Rod Morri]

Oh... Ok then. I can understand that I reckon. If u can flush a persimmon u would feel pretty comfy setting up behind a 460 head I reckon.

Is he on to something?

He thinks so. He'd pretty much given away tournament golf before he found the bloke who put him onto it. Now he's giving very serious consideration to making a full comeback so something must have clicked.

[simmsy]

I hope so good player back in the day. Hope he makes a go of it.

[Rod Morri]

I hope so good player back in the day. Hope he makes a go of it.

Still flushes it. Has always struggled with the putter and seems to still be the case early in the comeback but if he sorts that out could be a great story.

[AdamsPop]

Dipper used to ploay AFL, didn't make him a decent commentator. Ditto for Alistair Lynch.

So you'd prefer Leigh Diffy?

[macjackass]

So you'd prefer Leigh Diffy?

No, he's a different variety of idiot. I'd prefer the BBC actually. I don't need some clown babbling on when the picture is telling me the story.

[rabsss]

oh, oh, pornpong is 3 over after 6....
heez takeing spots from young ozzie golferz who shood be playing11!!11!!!

3 over through 17, maybe we should go and hassle one of the people below him instead this week, shame none of them have a memorable name

[sms316]

SMS’s Australian PGA Championship Diary

Day One – Thursday 9/12/10

Tee time for today is 6.40am. Due to the fact that I haven’t actually met my new boss Daniel yet, I haven’t received my accreditation. Because of this, we decide that I should pick him up from his motel, rather than him take a courtesy car. As a result of this, the alarm goes off this morning at 4am. Faark me dead it is early. A quick shower, coffee and toast and I am out the door at 4.30am so I can pick Daniel up at 5.00am. He hands me my accreditation which includes a $10 voucher for food. I find out later that this voucher only just covers the $9 charged for a ham and cheese sandwich.

We dither about for a little while before hitting the range at 5.30am. We find a bay between Craig Parry and Andrew Buckle (who goes on to take the day one lead at 8 under). Two chicks are surveying every bag to see what type of equipment everyone is using (one has the biggest rack seen on a golf course driving range in some time). All is quite casual with a few jokes being shared amongst competitors. As far as I can tell, Daniel is well known and well liked amongst his peers. I find out one of the contributing reasons about an hour later.

We go to the chipping green for a while, and then about 10 minutes on the putting green. Warm up concludes with about a dozen bunker shots.

We get to the first which is a bit of a weird par 5 in that there is no real reason to hit driver unless you intend on risking an abortion of a start for the sake of chasing an improbable eagle. Daniel hits 3 wood into the right rough before laying up short of the water. Whilst we are walking down the fairway, out of the blue he starts discussing porn. Sweet. My kind of guy.

He then goes on to birdie the first and remarks that he is on track for 72 under. Another birdie at number two and I remark that most of the hard work is done. My remark may have been slightly premature as he made double on the third after having a brain implosion around the green.

Birdies follow at 5 and 6 and we turn 2 under. Daniel is getting himself into position off the tee quite a lot but is hitting some very average wedges which are going nowhere near the target.

We get around to the 14th hole still at a couple under. He then hits a filthy pull which lands in the water, and almost takes out the VW on the pontoon. Steam is coming out of his ears as he never committed to the shot and he knows it. We head to the drop zone and he hits another shitty wedge which was so bad it also goes wet. He takes a drop and hole and holes a 15 foot putt for triple. Nice save.

Pars follow without really threatening birdie until the 18th. 18 is a moll of a par 4 around water to a green guarded by, well, more water. After hitting the fairway we settle on a 8 iron starting at a sponsors sign with the slight breeze assisting his draw which might feed down the slope. A rank pull follows to 15 feet left of the pin. Very masculine line indeed. He calmly holes the putt for an even par round.

Anything under par should see us being there on the weekend. Hopefully it isn’t as humid tomorrow. It was frikkin hot out there today. I think Daniel and I drank at least 8 bottles of water and a couple of Powerades each. Thank Christ he had a carry bag.

I had no idea just what was expected of a caddy nor or the procedures. Thankfully I had the good sense to ask Daniel in the car what he wanted me to do, and perhaps more importantly what would piss him off. Things like which caddy needed to hold the flag, how the bunkers are raked, and cleaning balls for fellow-competitors when their caddy is busy where things I had not considered.

All up a very interesting experience. Hopefully one which is only a quarter of the way through.

[PeteyD]

Sounds good Shamus. Hope he can play a little better today.

[BayBum]

Good read mate :) Are you on his bag just for this tourney ? (ie:when hes at home).

[MegaWatty]

And what were the answers to those questions you asked?

[AdamsPop]

Great insight - thanks

[PeteyD]

2 under thru 4. Hopefully no hooksey issues!

[Eag's]

Shaun will drop about 4kg out there today, keep the fluids up and stay away from the pies ;)

[AndyP]

It's ****ing humid up here.

[virge666]

practises with, simmsy....persimmon and old, heavy blades. Tees up with "normal" clubs in tournament play, though...

get him on the show !!!

:)

[Rod Morri]

get him on the show !!!

:)


On the agenda, Virge. Had his "coach" John Erickson on recently (Lagpressure from the "other site" who also has his own website these days) and he talked a bit about the theory of practising with the old gear. Interesting stuff if you wanted to have a listen....

http://www.talkingolf.com/Nov-2010.html

Link is about halfway down the page, November 3 episode....

[Ferrins]

Dave and I got to the golf today at 8:30am and didn't see a birdie till after 1pm. We watched an outstanding display of golf on the par 3, 14th with the first grouping having a bogie. double bogie and a quad bogie.

[Eag's]

Shaun still has a job for the weekend with Daniel Fox finishing -1
Pity about his last few holes though, what happened Shaun?

[Sydney Hacker]

Shaun still has a job for the weekend with Daniel Fox finishing -1
Pity about his last few holes though, what happened Shaun?

I think he played the back 9 first, so he actually rallied pretty well.

[Eag's]

Ah yes, so he did.

[sms316]

SMS’s Australian PGA Championship Diary

Day Two – Friday 10/12/10

Back nine first. Much more respecatble time today (11.40am).

Daniel played ok on the back nine but not great. Pulled his tee shot on 18 and was about a metre short of carrying the water. After the drop he had 230m left into the wind and made double.

I'd like to say that I was the catalyst to him shooting 3 under on the front nine was me talking him back to earth but that would just be bullshit. My contribution would be talking him out of hitting driver off the tee on the first (par 5). He hit hybrid which forced a lay up and then got up and down for birdie so that vindicated that call I guess. Pars followed at 2 and 3. Whilst walking down 4 the marshall told me that the cut was likely to be 1 under, perhaps even.

This left me in a dilemma, given that despite us working well for a day and a half, I had no idea whether he wanted to know or not. Until then we only discussed the cut on the first when we said 2 under would do it. I figured say nothing until he got back to even par. Didn't have long to wait as he holed a 20ft putt on the 4th for birdie to get back to even. Told him and to be honest I'm not sure I should have. He ended up suggesting that getting in on the number wasn't what he was looking for anyway.

What followed after that was very very impressive. Not exactly quality golf, but more a show of character as he ground it out. He wasn't hitting it great but still hitting greens. The problem at Coolum is if you hit it to 40ft all day you are in for so awful putts and that is what happened. He holed a 6ft par putt of 5. Same again on 6. Simple 2 putt par on 7. 10 ft par putt on 8. Still one behind the projected cut line.

We got to 9 and Daniel was about to pull driver. I couldn't see the sense and said so. Daniel saw things my way. To be honest he was probably tossing between the two. Straight up the guts and 9 iron remaining which he hit to 20ft. We both looked at the putt and didn't see the same thing so I shut up very quickly after that. Daniel backed himself and thank Christ he did. Nothing but net!

Apart from making the cut and earning some coin, it also means that he will probably earn his OneAsia status for next year. 1 putt may well have changed his life.

It was awesome to be a part of. Even if it was only a tiny part.

[WBennett]

Nice work Shorn!

[Jarro]

Nice work Lumpy.

How many pies you had so far this week ?

[Eag's]

Nice write up Shaun, sounds like a fun experience.

[Daves]

Nice work Lumpy.

How many pies you had so far this week ?

The Ferret tells me that they were selling Four and Twenty's as "Gourmet Pies" for $7 each!, so not many!

The Ferret bought a "Gourmet Hamburger" and a can of JB and Coke for $21 I think he said. Gourmet on the Hamburger seemed to mean lots of lettuce! Loved their food and drink prices list, all in round dollars, no cents!

[sms316]

Good read mate :) Are you on his bag just for this tourney ? (ie:when hes at home).
Just this week. If that becomes semi-recurring then great. We have a simiar sense of humour and get along great. What has been really surprising is that we have very much become a team so quickly and most shots/strategy are discussed beforehand.


And what were the answers to those questions you asked?
Nothing major. Just more like quirks. He wanted me to stand on the ball side when he plays each shot. Put his clubs in certain spots.

I just didn't want anything I did to fester inside him.


Shaun will drop about 4kg out there today, keep the fluids up and stay away from the pies ;)
To hell with pies. The $9 chicken sandwiches are pretty good. I reckon I've drunk 20 bottles of water/Powerade so far.


It's ****ing humid up here.
Yesterday was worse.


Dave and I got to the golf today at 8:30am and didn't see a birdie till after 1pm. We watched an outstanding display of golf on the par 3, 14th with the first grouping having a bogie. double bogie and a quad bogie.
You saw Daniel birdie the 10th (his first of the day) at about 11.55am.

[AndyP]

Is sledging of caddies allowed?

[MegaWatty]

This is awesome reading. Good on ya mate!

[Eag's]

So Shaun, has Daniel been added to the list?

[MegaWatty]

Which caddy pulls the flag? I'm guessing the bloke who's player is furthest from the pin.

What about raking the bunkers and helping out other players while their caddies are pre-occupied?

[sms316]

So Shaun, has Daniel been added to the list?

Not yet....

On another note, perhaps the most satisfying aspect of the week so far is not contracting caddie's ring/jock rot/chaffing.

[MegaWatty]

Not yet....

On another note, perhaps the most satisfying aspect of the week so far is not contracting caddie's ring/jock rot/chaffing.

3B cream! You'll never get the chaff again....EVER!

You're welcome. ;)

[Ferrins]

You saw Daniel birdie the 10th (his first of the day) at about 11.55am.[/QUOTE]

Nah, had already walked to the 9th by then.

[timah!]

You getting him to join OzGolf?

Good work SMS. Gotto be some credit to you for any positive work you've done over the last two days. Good luck for the next two!


I supergoaled Tapatalk.

[Daves]

Pornpong made the cut this time! Shame on you doubters!;);

http://championship.pga.org.au/individual-leader-page/77668/631

[Ferrins]

The only caddie that looked better than Shaun was the young bird with the mosquito bites on the back of her legs.

[ddasey]

Just looked at Daniel Fox's stats for the last 2 days.

Holy S#*t - 21 putts today.

[Daves]

Wow, Senden is yet to make a Bogey!

All the good scores were in the morning round. The wind kicked up about 10.30ish and it got a lot tougher after that. Ogilvy seemed to be hitting the ball well, but the putter wouldn't co-operate! Same story for Richard Green and Leishman.

[Eag's]

Daves, are you heading up again on Sun?

[BrettM]

I hope you raked the bunkers properly.

[Daves]

Daves, are you heading up again on Sun?

No Rich, today was it for me.

[Eag's]

No worries.

[Dotty]

Great to read Shaun.

It's a relief to see that a golfer with your talent and experience has the same doubts as us choppers, when we get a chance to caddy for our club's pennant players.

btw. I caddied for your skinny Canberra mate in Eric Appley a couple of weeks ago. That really was a case of the blind leading the blond.

[Daves]

Oh Shit! moment for me today!

Getting back to the car and jumping in to get the windows down, the air con cranked up etc, to get the heat out of the hot (black) car. I looked over to see The Ferret "emptying his balls" on the passenger floor!:roll:;)

Several times during the day The Ferret disappeared into the Boonda, only to reappear 15 to 20mins later covered in cobwebs etc with pockets full of lost balls he had scavenged! The" Emptying his balls" was the end of day stock-take on his ill-gotten gains!

Oh and he also found an abandoned iron head (Cobra FP 4i), the shaft had snapped off at the hosel. We reckon it could make a good trophy for the Champs!

[Ferrins]

What stays on tour Dave.

I wasn't the one distracting the players on the difficult 14th hole with the illegal use of my camera, and possibly getting us expelled from the venue.

[Daves]

What stays on tour Dave.

I wasn't the one distracting the players on the difficult 14th hole with the illegal use of my camera, and possibly getting us expelled from the venue.

Oh please! 210 metres from the players on the tee and the stupid woman says no cameras please! Bloody Hitler volunteers! spare me!

[MegaWatty]

Find any good balls F?

[moree golfer]

You guys make me laugh, Ferret and Dave. You sound like the original odd couple.

[AndyP]

Are cameras allowed at all? What's the mobile phone rule?

[Daves]

Are cameras allowed at all? What's the mobile phone rule?

Apparently, there were plenty around, and the Security guard didn't blink when he saw mine. No flash photography of course, and the Quiet paddles have no Camera or Phone icons on them.

[Daves]

Oh please! 210 metres from the players on the tee and the stupid woman says no cameras please! Bloody Hitler volunteers! spare me!

I should add that 99% of the volunteers were great, and there are plenty of them. Had good chats with a number during the day. But a couple on the 14th were just looking for excuses to use their power it seemed!

[Ferrins]

Find any good balls F?
Penta, 3 x Prov1, B330, 5 balls that dad would use and 6 to hit at jet skiers.

[Eag's]

Yeah some of those marshals give me the shits, last year this clown was trying to stop us from crossing a fairway so we could view some of the other holes.
The bloke was being a right prick until quite a few punters told him to stick it up his arse :lol:
There was not a group within sight of the hole at the time :roll:

[u8ergolfer]

and 6 to hit at jet skiers.
You should bag these ones up and sell em on the 'bay

[Dcanto]

Fantastic read Shaun. Looking forward to reading about day 3 & 4.

[u8ergolfer]

for all you doubters about the One Asia entries " taking up aussie space" dont belittle these guys, they can really play in their conditions..hot, humid and greens as grainy as F^&k and they come into their own. goes to show what a global sport golf is..

I made a call to a few mates a long while ago, and they all scoffed, but I see no reason to change... We will see an Asian player atop the official WGR within a generation as no1. and he will probably be Chinese..

And I don't include T. Woods, despite the common knowledge that he is half Thai.

[sms316]

Just looked at Daniel Fox's stats for the last 2 days.

Holy S#*t - 21 putts today.
A little misleading. He must have hit 6 putts from a foot off the fringe.

[sms316]

SMS’s Australian PGA Championship Diary

Day Three – Saturday 11/12/10

Back nine first. 10.00am start.

Bit of a disappointing round today in a two over par 74. What is probably the most disappointing part is that today was Daniel's best ball striking round by some margin. His putting today was pretty ordinary. He missed a couple of makable putts early and was carrying self-doubt from there on in regards to his alignment.

1 birdie (on the 1st for the 3rd straight day) versus 3 bogeys (18th, 5th & 9th). A 3 stab on 18 after doing all the hard work was very disappointing. The bogey on 5 came when he had a crack at the green in two and lost it right into the hazard (his only real bad swing all day).

Hopefully he can put a score on the board which reflects what he should be shooting tomorrow. Don't be surprised if he goes low.

Still no jock rot!

edit - according to the PGA website, Daniel hit 144.44% of the greens in regulation. Told you he struck it well!

[Ferrins]

You started up your little red book yet Shaun.

[MAZA68]

Going to be interesting tomorrow to see the "old guys" go head to head with the young ones. Would be great to see Pete Senior have a win.

[AndyP]

The course may be a little heavy. Lots of rain.

I'm undecided as to whether I will go and have a look. We'll see how the skies and I feel.

[Ferrins]

You should bag these ones up and sell em on the 'bay

How much do jet skiers go for?

[Jarro]

Going to be interesting tomorrow to see the "old guys" go head to head with the young ones. Would be great to see Pete Senior have a win.

Yes it would, he's been a favourite of mine for a long time .... seems like a really nice bloke :)

[AndyP]

It hasn't stopped raining since I last posted.

[dean0820]

sms316; really enjoyed reading about your experience, thanks for sharing and good on ya.
everyone; did some-one hit the hole in one vw car with a wild pull/hook? any info?

[Jarro]

sms316; really enjoyed reading about your experience, thanks for sharing and good on ya.
everyone; did some-one hit the hole in one vw car with a wild pull/hook? any info?

The guys at work were watching it on TV and said that some young asian guy hit the car out on the pontoon

[Cosmopolite]

thanks for the updates SMS - Daniel is from my club and it is good to see him playing in these comps. Glad he made the cut on this one so we can follow his progress for the 4 days.

[u8ergolfer]

Jets skiers should be the equivalent of 20 stableford points IMHO!

And, speaking of snipes, would have loved to have seen video from the tee side of the snipe that took out the back window out of the hole in one prize on 14..That must've looked FAN***CINGUGLY from the tee.

[AndyP]

Still raining. I don't know if the course can handle it.

[Rod Morri]

Still raining. I don't know if the course can handle it.

Course seesm to be playing all right Andy....Lyle 6 under through 9, Rumford 6 under through 12 and Richard Lee 5 under through 12. Hope the course does hold up and allow the whole day's play to be finished...

[Daves]

A couple of groups already finished, they must have sent them out extra early.

Soft greens is going make for some hot scoring, particularly if the wind doesn't up like previous days.

[Eag's]

I doubt they will finish today if this rain gets any heavier.
The greens are still playable, but just about every where else in under water.

[Daves]

There goes the horn. The water is starting to collect on the greens now.

[MegaWatty]

That's an amazing amount of rain!

Wouldn't mind some over here.

[AndyP]

Relentless rain.

I thought it was great watching them in those conditions (on TV, bugger standing around in that). It was also interesting to see that only the Japanese player was wearing wet weather gear. So much for the tour posers on this forum with wet weather gear .

[haysey]

Wimps. That's just your average Saturday at cairns.


Get back out there ya sooks!

[Ferrins]

http://www.boomclips.com/videos.aspx/video~jackass_golf_horn/Jackass_Golf_Horn/Funny_videos/

Think they got Peter Senior.

[Ferrins]

Relentless rain.

I thought it was great watching them in those conditions (on TV, bugger standing around in that). It was also interesting to see that only the Japanese player was wearing wet weather gear. So much for the tour posers on this forum with wet weather gear .

Have you been buggered in the shower when you were young? It's alright to look pretty in the wet, we won't touch you.

[AndyP]

I think getting wet provides a sexier glistened look.

[MegaWatty]

What time did SMS make it back in? Surely there's Jock Rot today!

[AndyP]

I think he told me that Fox was hitting off at 7:50a. It would have rained the whole time regardless.

[Jarro]

Can't see them getting back on course anytime soon

Tapatalking on the Galaxy

[Courty]

Wimps. That's just your average Saturday at cairns.

Yeah, Tour Pros obviously aren't hard as f**k! :lol:

[Ferrins]

Can't see them getting back on course anytime soon

Tapatalking on the Galaxy

Looks like Nudgee aftrer a light shower.

[sms316]

SMS’s Australian PGA Championship Diary

Final Day – Sunday 12/12/10

7.41am start.

I reckon it started pissing down at about 5.00pm yesterday and didn't really slow down until 6.00am today. Fkn rain! I guess today gave me one final lesson in how much caddies actually do, rather than just carry a bag around.

Thankfully it was only really a drizzle while we were at warm up, so that part of the day wasn't really affected. The range was a bit of a slop, but nothing too bad. Simon Yates from the UK wore white trousers. Well, they were white until he started hitting balls. :lol:

Wearing the usual caddy attire of runners and anklets, and they were a write off about 200m down the first fairway. The ground was saturated, but bearable. At least we didn't really have to conted with surface water. Of the top of my head I think Daniel and Tatsui only took casual water relief 2 or 3 times between them. The signs of what was to come showed on the 15th when puddles started to show.

After making birdie on the first three days straight, Daniel copped one back. After missing his target slightly, his third shot was about 145 yards (yes, everything is in yards - it took me 3 days to get used to it) from light rough, but no grass behind the ball. His shot looked pure in flight but the moist air took a bit off it and his ball landed on top of the rock retaining wall. It could have went anywhere but it bounced backwards to about 5m off the front edge. No up and down and a bogey to start.

On the 4th the friggin rain started to get heavy. I pulled out the umbrella and Daniel was more concerned about keeping me dry. I suggested that it was my job to keep him dry and not the other way around. I got saturated, but having said that I was probably no wetter at the end of the round than the other 3 days. I might have smelled a bit better though.

What followed was much the same as yesterday. Hit it quite good but had alignment issues with the putter and made nothing.

We got to 18 and he tugged his drive and it oly just carried the soup, but sat in the rough in a shocking lie. He hit a LW out and then hit onto the green to about 8ft and rolled the putt in for a really good par. A final round of 73 for a +2 total.

I've had an absolute ball this week. I'll be doing it again at Coolum next year and probably in Sydney as well. I can't believe I got paid to do this. It should have been the other way around.

4 days into my caddy career and no jock rot!

[Lucasto23]

Nice, Glad to hear you had a ball

[Ferrins]

Get Tigers bag and sort him out.

[Minor_Threat]

The wankers took way too long to suspend play today, there were plenty of areas that became unplayable and no proper relief could be taken. Typical PGA!

[damoocow]

Nice caddy reviews - very interesting.

Anyone know if ONE are going to show any footage tomorrow?

[Daves]

Ogilvy looks like he might steal this down the home straight! Great final round.

[Daves]

Superb!, play off between Ogilvy and Senior. How good would that have been to watch!

[Ferrins]

Fking clutch bird by the old codger.

[Ferrins]

Superb!, play off between Ogilvy and Senior. How good would that have been to watch!
What's the play off format.

[Daves]

What's the play off format.

I am presuming back down the 18th for a sudden death play off. However, there was a shared title award a few years ago (Lonard and Moseley)

[Sydney Hacker]

SEN has radio coverage at the moment.

1st play off hole halved.

http://www.sen.com.au/

[Daves]

I am presuming back down the 18th for a sudden death play off. However, there was a shared title award a few years ago (Lonard and Moseley)

Just saw a report that they are on the fairway on the 18th, having played their tee shots.

[Daves]

Senior wins!

[PeteyD]

Way to go old man!!

[Ferrins]

Take note, Stolz.

That's how you win.

[PerryGroves]

Take note, Stolz.

That's how you win.

Gather Stolz bogied the last Ferrins, did he lay up or something?

[chappy1970]

Great win by Senior, Ogilvy (despite getting knocked off in teh play off) is in some fine form

[simmsy]

Well done to Pete Senior great effort by the old boy. Shame One didn't think it worthy to telecast.

[Jarro]

Well done to Pete Senior great effort by the old boy. Shame One didn't think it worthy to telecast.

Great work by Senior :)

Poor form from One ... :smt011

[TheTrueReview]

I'm sure there were some locals up there that had a great view of the remainder of R 4 + play off (without final day crowds).

[LowTee]

4 days into my caddy career and no jock rot![/QUOTE]

Great stuff SMS thanks for the update have enjoyed them

[Toolish]

Does anyone else think it is slightly ironic that Brad Hughes is practicing with persimmon, has a coach who hates everything to do with golf technology in the last 20-30 years but then uses a broom stick putter...or does he practise with a standard length then use the broom stick on course :)

[PerryGroves]

Does anyone else think it is slightly ironic that Brad Hughes is practicing with persimmon, has a coach who hates everything to do with golf technology in the last 20-30 years but then uses a broom stick putter...or does he practise with a standard length then use the broom stick on course :)

Yeah Toolish it did cross my mind, maybe if he keeps out of the leading groups Lag doesn't see the sin being committed on the live streaming. Thought a Wilson 8802 might be the go.

[Bruce]

Does anyone have any more detail on an alleged altercation between Allenby and Daly?

I heard that Rob took him to task for phoning it in during the second round.

[Eag's]

Great to hear Senior won the playoff, he can still get it around alright for an old coot (sorry Daves :razz:)
He is an all round nice bloke as well, I have had the pleasure of playing with him twice before :)

[Yossarian]

I've got no idea who this senior bloke is.

[Daves]

Great to hear Senior won the playoff, he can still get it around alright for an old coot (sorry Daves :razz:)
He is an all round nice bloke as well, I have had the pleasure of playing with him twice before :)

Actually we are the same age, as is Peter Fowler (not that Luke Elvey could get their age right!), so there is hope for me yet!;)

The Ferret and I followed Fowler and Rodger the Dodger for a while on Friday, Rodger was hacking it but Chook was swing pretty sweet.

[sms316]

Does anyone have any more detail on an alleged altercation between Allenby and Daly?

I heard that Rob took him to task for phoning it in during the second round.

First I've heard of it. None of the WA lads mentioned it.

[Bruce]

I think it was Andy Maher on SEN Sunday night that I heard it.

[sms316]

In Daniel's bag (just for mackjackass)

TM Tour Burner TP x flex (dunno what type of shaft)
Nike Sumo 3 wood x flex Diamana
Adams 18 deg, 22 deg hybrids (22 deg replaced by 4 iron in rd4)
5 iron to PW Callaway Diablo KBS Tour x flex
50, 58, 60 Callaway wedges rusty
Some weird Paul Hurrington??? putter. Never seen it before.

[Grunt]

Might be a little harsh but does Peter Senior winning show him as being good or how poor our tour is in terms of talent?

[sms316]

Bit of both. It shows how thin the depth is to a degree. Having said that, Senior is probably not far behind the golfer he was 10 years ago.

[macjackass]

In Daniel's bag (just for mackjackass)

TM Tour Burner TP x flex (dunno what type of shaft)
Nike Sumo 3 wood x flex Diamana
Adams 18 deg, 22 deg hybrids (22 deg replaced by 4 iron in rd4)
5 iron to PW Callaway Diablo KBS Tour x flex
50, 58, 60 Callaway wedges rusty
Some weird Paul Hurrington??? putter. Never seen it before.

Cheers.

Does he not have a club contract?

[Grunt]

Yeah I thought as much but I remember the posts in the open thread bagging the imports. If we did not have them would we have 2 distinct tournaments the leaders and the also run with a couple of guys in between. Sorry if it is harsh as the TV coverage is highlighting it as well as if you are not a big name then unless you are in the final 2 groups on the weekend you will not be seen or mentioned.

[sms316]

Cheers.

Does he not have a club contract?

Not as such, although he gets looked after.

[PeteyD]

Peter Senior won the Q School for the old farts tour last year (i think). He came 20th on the Seniors Tour this year. Still a reasonably talented golfer.

[Jarro]

Senior thoroughly deserved his win and is still a very good player (IMO)

[Moe Norman]

the bloke he beat in the playoff can play a bit, so it's not like it was just some dud field

[PeteyD]

the bloke he beat in the playoff can play a bit, so it's not like it was just some dud field

Nah that guy is a choppa who wastes his time making mildly amusing TV commercials.

[u8ergolfer]

SEnior has go to be alm,ost unbackably good on the Euro senior tour, i dont think he finished worse than 4th in the few he played this yearf. As for his US results, i think he is showing them that his game simply hasn't aged at all.

[dean0820]

one's monday highlights were shocking. rudimentary handheld camera coverage, no onscreen graphics, no look at first play off hole at all, terrible editing of old fluff material with monday's shoot, cursory commentary...very ordinary.

with regard to allenby vs daly, apparently daly had spat the dummy coz he couldn't buy a putt.
might have something to do with the fact that;


Daly's putter appeared to be part of the issue — he forgot his new putter in his hotel room at the resort. His girlfriend failed to arrive with it from their room before Daly teed off.


Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/golf/2010/12/gates-take-2nd-round-lead-australian-pga-0?category=69#ixzz184ATSKWq

[AndyP]

I assumed that everyone knew about the putter issue. He had the wrong one in his bag, and sent the woman back to the room to get it. She didn't return in time.

I wondered why he didn't leave the putter out of his bag when he hit off and receive it mid hole ,or worst case, putt with his 3 wood on the first then get the putter.

He was supposedly backhanding putts in too.

[MegaWatty]

On One's (Australia's only free to air sports channel) coverage, and at the risk of abuse because I'm defending them....

There is a chance that their crew and equipment would have needed to be packed and sent to a different location straight away for another sporting event.

I don't understand why they cop so much grief on here. We're lucky we get any FTA golf in Aus now. Channel Nine obviously think it's a waste of time and money!

[TheTrueReview]

On One's (Australia's only free to air sports channel) coverage, and at the risk of abuse because I'm defending them....

There is a chance that their crew and equipment would have needed to be packed and sent to a different location straight away for another sporting event.

I don't understand why they cop so much grief on here. We're lucky we get any FTA golf in Aus now. ..;

No abuse here. All good points.

It was obvious the crew would need to return to their home base & their other commitments.
Any golf coverage is good iMO.

[raidrboy]

It was properly correct that they had to get their equipment and staff to another location but why did the have listed in the Monday morning papers as being telecasted.

[MegaWatty]

It was properly correct that they had to get their equipment and staff to another location but why did the have listed in the Monday morning papers as being telecasted.

That is an excellent question that I can't answer. :)