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Jarro
14th July 2004, 02:06 PM
who's gonna win it folks :?:

here's the field, and their tee-times for the opening round, so do your best :wink:

my moneys on Ernie.. but of all the major Tournaments in the world, this one has to the most open of all....any bugger could win this :!:

Time Players
1:30 Peter O'Malley Gary Evans Brad Faxon
1:41 Andrew Buckle Mark Calcavecchia Barry Lane
1:52 Tom Weiskopf Craig Parry Sandy Lyle
2:03 Rich Beem Brendan Jones Paul McGinley
2:14 Shaun Micheel Nick Price Nick Flanagan
2:25 Davis Love Paul Lawrie K. J. Choi
2:36 David Duval Carl Pettersson Craig Perks
2:47 Chris DiMarco Scott Drummond Rodney Pampling
2:58 Ernie Els Justin Leonard Luke Donald
3:09 Mathias Gronberg James Kingston Skip Kendall
3:20 Richard Green Jonathan Kaye Andrew Oldcorn
3:31 Phil Mickelson Shigeki Maruyama Paul Casey
3:42 Chris Riley Hidemasa Hoshino Paul Sheehan
3:58 Colin Montgomerie Thomas Bjorn Frank Lickliter
4:09 Scott Verplank Takashi Kamiyama Neil Evans
4:20 Mathew Goggin Graeme McDowell Thomas Levet
4:31 Sergio Garcia Trevor Immelman Charles Howell
4:42 Dinesh Chand Euan Little Kim Felton
4:53 Bob Tway Paul Broadhurst Ignacio Garrido
5:04 Padraig Harrington Stuart Appleby Bob Estes
5:15 Jimmy Green Jyoti Randhawa Steven Tiley
5:26 Stewart Cink Hennie Otto Paul Wesselingh
5:37 Kenneth Ferrie Andre Stolz Martin Erlandsson
5:48 Joakim Haeggman Bo Van Pelt Sean Whiffin
5:59 Glen Day Darren Fichardt Paul Bradshaw
6:10 Christian Cevaer Klas Eriksson Barry Hume
6:41 Simon Dyson Ian Poulter S. K. Ho
6:52 Peter Lonard Gary Emerson John Huston
7:03 John Daly Rory Sabbatini Eduardo Romero
7:14 Jerry Kelly Phillip Price Arjun Atwal
7:25 David Howell Aaron Baddeley Mike Weir
7:36 Darren Clarke Adam Scott Kenny Perry
7:47 Chad Campbell Stephen Leaney Miles Tunnicliff
7:58 Mark O'Meara Stuart Wilson Michael Campbell
8:09 Retief Goosen Robert Allenby Jay Haas
8:20 Tim Herron Brian Davis Tim Clark
8:31 Tetsuji Hiratsuka Steve Flesch Peter Hedblom
8:42 Tiger Woods Lee Westwood Greg Norman
8:53 Scott Barr Spike McRoy Keiichiro ***abori
9:09 Vijay Singh David Toms Ian Spencer
9:20 Mark Foster Marten Olander Jonathan Cheetham
9:31 Yoshinobu Tsukada Steve Lowery Matthew Hazelden
9:42 Ben Curtis Nick Faldo Jean Francois Remesy
9:53 Anders Hansen Adam Le Vesconte Sven Struever
10:04 Cameron Beckman Miguel Angel Jimenez Todd Hamilton
10:15 Jim Furyk Brian McElhinney Fredrik Jacobson
10:26 Zach Johnson Louis Oosthuizen Daniel Sugrue
10:37 Tom Lehman Stephen Ames Andrew Willey
10:48 Raphael Jacquelin Simon Wakefield Ben Willman
10:59 Maarten Lafeber Tjaart van der Walt Lloyd Campbell
11:10 Alastair Forsyth Hunter Mahan Lewis Atkinson
11:21 Nicolas Colsaerts Grant Muller Anthony Millar

McMw
14th July 2004, 02:21 PM
probably gonna be another yank... :roll:

either harrington or gracia

gazgolf1
14th July 2004, 03:38 PM
The Goose. 8)

I'll probably watch it until the BBC telecast sh!ts me to tears. :wink:

AndyP
14th July 2004, 03:45 PM
Why don't you have another one of your little wagers?

Or are you still waiting for people to pay up for the last one? :wink:

jaster
14th July 2004, 03:51 PM
1. Lonard
2. Tiger
3. Lee Westwood

Iain
14th July 2004, 04:59 PM
1. Ernie
2. Mickelson
3. Tiger

Highest Aussie A. Scott....

jaster
14th July 2004, 05:58 PM
WOW you are really taking a risk with you picks Iain ;)

Eag's
14th July 2004, 06:04 PM
Robert Allenby
Joakim Haeggman
Padraig Harrington

:)

Iain
14th July 2004, 07:03 PM
WOW you are really taking a risk with you picks Iain ;)
Is there some sort of rule that you have to pick roughies?? I just thought Phil's confidence would be sky high after the US Open and he has all of the shot needed, Tiger has been getting better and Ernie was in good form last week?

Got a problem with that!!!! :twisted:

BrisVegas
14th July 2004, 07:44 PM
Els
Bjorn
Faldo

Top Aussie..... Apples.

jaster
14th July 2004, 08:14 PM
WOW you are really taking a risk with you picks Iain ;)
Is there some sort of rule that you have to pick roughies?? I just thought Phil's confidence would be sky high after the US Open and he has all of the shot needed, Tiger has been getting better and Ernie was in good form last week?

Got a problem with that!!!! :twisted:

Not at all......gambler :wink:

Fishman Dan
14th July 2004, 09:09 PM
1 - A. Scott
2 - V. Singh
3 - S. Garcia

Onewood
14th July 2004, 10:05 PM
Appleby
Singh
Harrington

burger
15th July 2004, 08:44 AM
1. Ernie Els
2. Sergio Garcia
3. Peter Lonard

Jarro
15th July 2004, 11:03 AM
1/ Els

2/Clarke

3/Lonard

Jarro
15th July 2004, 11:44 AM
Leonard.. he's no chance :roll:

Lonards looking good at this stage 8)

damoocow
15th July 2004, 12:16 PM
1st - Payne Stewart
2nd - Chi Chi Rodriguez
3rd - Winnie Palmer

damoocow

markTHEblake
15th July 2004, 05:31 PM
Stupidest names trio

Miles Tunnicliff
Paul Wesselingh
Brian McElhinney

jaster
15th July 2004, 06:10 PM
LOL you guys :roll:

Els just had a HOLE IN ONE!! 8)

gazgolf1
15th July 2004, 06:12 PM
Nice hole in one Ernie. 8)

The BBC telecast never ceases to amaze me. :?
Shots of the ocean,planes,Luke Donald picking his nose while his playing partner plays his ball totally out of shot and the ever present scoreboard. :x

McMw
15th July 2004, 07:51 PM
Poulter just teed off, and if you guys think Badds.Com is bad...poulter is a !@#$ing knob!!! :shock:

and I'm not talking abt playing ability - check out the pants!!! :roll:

Jarro
15th July 2004, 07:54 PM
what about Ian Poulters pants :o :smt107

terrible coverage though, sometimes not even seeing an approach shot hitting the green .....

.. very ordinary :smt019

McMw
15th July 2004, 08:00 PM
who's your commentator???

I've had Grads, Torrance, VanDeVelde so far...

Jarro
15th July 2004, 08:16 PM
.. throw in Laura Davies as well :?

Hows Ernies bunker shot on the 17th #-o

makes me feel a little better knowing the big boys can stuff 'em up as well :roll:

McMw
15th July 2004, 08:23 PM
didn't see that one (as I'm downstairs atm)...
what did he do???
I saw him hit one earlier and the ball kept on running 15 ft by...

BrisVegas
16th July 2004, 06:21 AM
.. throw in Laura Davies as well :?

Hows Ernies bunker shot on the 17th #-o

makes me feel a little better knowing the big boys can stuff 'em up as well :roll:

I've been in a couple of those pot bunkers and I can totally understand how Ernie failed to get out the first time. They are often only 10-15 feet across and VERY steep. His ball was on the downslope, against the edge, which wouldn't have helped his cause.

Did you notice how many times the camera crews lost the ball in the air?? They'd simply cut back to a view of the fairway..... no ball to be seen. I had to laugh when they started carrying on about Paul Casey and how strong he is. They must have talked about it for 5 minutes. They even said he had "cane-cutters" arms! Wonder how these people would describe Parry or Goosen then??? :shock:

Jarro
16th July 2004, 06:36 AM
I agree Brisvegas, i lost count of the times they couldn't track the ball in the air :roll: even when it did find the greens the cameraman took a while to find the ball ..... very ordinary :x

I didn't envy Ernie that bunker shot at all .... it's just that you get used to seeing him hit amazing recovery shots 99.9% of the time 8)

Flowergirl
17th July 2004, 08:33 AM
Poulter just teed off, and if you guys think Badds.Com is bad...poulter is a !@#$ing knob!!! :shock:

and I'm not talking abt playing ability - check out the pants!!! :roll:

And I think Friday effort was pretty cool too! Love those whit plus fours.
I think he looks fantastic!!! I love a man with style and class.

Flowergirl
17th July 2004, 08:36 AM
I am so enjoying watching the Open. I love the fact that even the top players struggle with the course. To see them stuff up shots makes me feel better about my own game.
We had friends over for dinner last night - all golfers - and we had a lovely little evening drinking red wine in fron of the open fire watching golf. Ah sheer bliss. :wink:

McMw
17th July 2004, 11:41 AM
so far, I've been really bored with the coverage...

it's a fantastic course - abs love the holes and how the players are hitting all kinds of shots in...abs love it!!!

but my biggest pet peeve with BOpen coverage is the tracking of the ball...it's an abs disgrace!!! :roll:

Jarro
17th July 2004, 11:45 AM
couldn't agree more Mau.

if it had of been anyone other than Tiger and the Shark in the main group on last nights coverage ...

... i would've turned it off :x

Flowergirl
17th July 2004, 11:51 AM
couldn't agree more Mau.

if it had of been anyone other than Tiger and the Shark in the main group on last nights coverage ...

... i would've turned it off :x

Mmmmmmmmmmm.....maybe the red wine was better than I thought. :o

Jarro
17th July 2004, 02:08 PM
looks like the Goose is using the R7 with the stock speeder :?

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/XTRN116071608_lower.jpg

goughy
17th July 2004, 02:42 PM
looks like the Goose is using the R7 with the stock speeder :?



Likely I'm sure :roll: :wink:

nick
17th July 2004, 03:16 PM
I think the goose is using a Mitsubishi shaft of some sort with the Taylor graphics.

Nick

McMw
18th July 2004, 09:37 AM
GREAT Looking LEADERBOARD!!!

can't wait for tonight!!!

gazgolf1
18th July 2004, 09:41 AM
Still liking The Goose. 8)

Jarro
18th July 2004, 09:49 AM
Ernie is looking the goods to me ......
.. he looks like he's just cruising 8)

then again, he always looks like that :roll:

markTHEblake
18th July 2004, 11:20 AM
Mickelson is looking good, and he is just happy being out there.
He hasnt dropped any shots since the first round.

Jarro
19th July 2004, 12:14 AM
just heard 'em say that Phil hasn't had a bogey in 46 holes :shock:

he's really playing well at the moment ...... just watched him roll in a 20 foot putt for par on the 9th :o

My man Ernie is still there at the top though :)

Jarro
19th July 2004, 12:46 AM
DAMN :!: :!:

Ernie just took a double on the 10th :shock: got a shocking lie when his ball came to rest on the side of a slope that was covered in really thick grass :(

Now he's cut his tee-shot on the 11th into the "heather" ........ the man looks like he's starting to fade badly :x

man that 11th hole is a monster :shock:

Jarro
19th July 2004, 02:46 AM
Oh great :!:

just when i thought i could finally go to bed, we now have a play-off :shock:

Els and Hamilton to play 4 holes (1,2,17,18)

GO ERNIE :!: :!: *yawwwwwwwnnnn* :wink:

AndyP
19th July 2004, 07:44 AM
You seem to be enjoying your own company anyway, jarro. :P

So is someone going to tell me what happened? I rely on this site for golfing news, the leaderboard, etc. Couldn't be bothered looking for it elsewhere. :wink:

Kee
19th July 2004, 08:10 AM
The 10 ten were:

x-won four-hole playoff
x-Todd Hamilton, United States, $1,348,272 71-67-67-69-274
Ernie Els, South Africa, $805,218 69-69-68-68-274
Phil Mickelson, United States, $514,965 73-66-68-68-275
Lee Westwood, England, $393,246 72-71-68-67-278
Davis Love III, United States, $298,680 72-69-71-67-279
Thomas Levet, France, $298,680 66-70-71-72-279
Scott Verplank, United States, $220,031 69-70-70-71-280
Retief Goosen, South Africa, $220,031 69-70-68-73-280
Mike Weir, Canada, $167,598 71-68-71-71-281
Tiger Woods, United States, $167,598 70-71-68-72-281

Ernie has come 2nd twice this year in majors.

drunken
19th July 2004, 08:16 AM
Ernie has come 2nd twice this year in majors.

And Phil has Won, 2nd, 3rd.

What odds for 4th in the PGA???? :lol:

AndyP
19th July 2004, 08:57 AM
And how did the Aussies go?

McMw
19th July 2004, 09:02 AM
watched most of the coverage last night...very interesting!!!
I would never have picked Els to choke first!!!
He's defn not swinging it was smoothly as he was when he was making his charge at the Masters... :?

Anyway, kudos to Todd WHO for being boring thruout the round and playoff - he did what he had to do!!! :D


Interesting points noted during the telecast, Todd was 500-1 before the Open, and he's forth on WorldWideWins (5) since January 2003 behind Els, Vj and Woods... :shock:

And not bad for someone who bought a Ping BeCu B60 putter from a secondhand barrel 12 years ago, and been using it ever since!!!

Scotty??? :wink:

Kee
19th July 2004, 09:13 AM
The Aussie finished:

T27 Rodney Pampling, Australia, $54,305 72-68-74-73-287
T36 Stuart Appleby, Australia, $35,111 71-70-73-75-289
T36 Kim Felton, Australia, $35,111 73-67-72-77-289
T42 Adam Scott, Australia, $27,714 73-68-74-75-290

jaster
19th July 2004, 09:15 AM
Hamilton wins with a B60, Purdy misses 4fter on the last to come second with a B60 but otherwise putted very well (he also used it in the playoff loss to Cink) looks like I know what I'll be buying soon :lol: 8) :wink:

McMw
19th July 2004, 09:17 AM
Hamilton wins with a B60, Purdy misses 4fter on the last to come second with a B60 but otherwise putted very well (he also used it in the playoff loss to Cink) looks like I know what I'll be buying soon :lol: 8) :wink:

after watching the telecast last night, and when that fact came out abt the second hand barrel, I somehow started to wonder if YOU were gonna get one!!!

You're too predictable!!! :shock: :roll: :lol: :lol:

jaster
19th July 2004, 09:19 AM
I knew I would get a bite :roll: It's the B90 for me mate..... :wink:

AndyP
19th July 2004, 09:44 AM
There's something to be said about 2nd hand barrels. Isn't that right, g69? Glad you guys are starting to see the light. :wink:

Jarro
19th July 2004, 10:33 AM
man that Todd Hamilton has nerves of steel :o

kept his cool really well while the Big Easy put him under the pump.

Like Mau said earlier, i was surprised to see Ernie crack first, particularly as it was on a par 3 that he had played so well in regulation play.

One pulled 4 iron cost him the Open for sure. But he also had that putt on 18 in regulation play for the win also...but couldn't do it :(

great finish, glad i stayed up to watch the whole thing ... even though i'm knackered now :smt015

nick
19th July 2004, 10:39 AM
WHY ERNIE WHY?!?!?!?!?!? :( :smt089

Nick

Fishman Dan
19th July 2004, 10:41 AM
....But he also had that putt on 18 in regulation play for the win also...but couldn't do it :(


He should try using a belly-putter... ;) [-(

Jarro
19th July 2004, 10:49 AM
....But he also had that putt on 18 in regulation play for the win also...but couldn't do it :(


He should try using a belly-putter... ;) [-(

mate he was rolling them in from all over the place during the final round 8)

but standing over that putt on 18 .... for the win .... he looked 1000/1 to nail it :x

Iain
19th July 2004, 10:50 AM
I think we will see more of Todd Hamilton, Ernie gave it his best shot, but I think the up and down round just got to him too much... :?

He's contended at every major this year, and done well (Except with his 80 at the US, but that was just the course more than anything) he will get a lot more chances to win another, probably in about a months time at the PGA? 8)

McMw
19th July 2004, 12:10 PM
actually, I thought Ernie didn't putt particularly well this Open...

he missed a lot in R3 which would have given him a huge lead, and he did miss a few earlier on at the start of R4...

if anything, his putting let him down this week...
okay - he did make the bomb on 16 and the nice one on 17, but a little too late I thought...

but can't really say much about his BOMBs off the tee!!! :shock:
he only put it into the crapper twice????

Eag's
19th July 2004, 03:48 PM
All credit to Todd Hamilton =D>
The bloke was solid as a rock, you have to admire that in a player, especially under that kind of pressure :shock:

How bloody good would that walk up the 18th feel :smt045

McMw
19th July 2004, 04:09 PM
How bloody good would that walk up the 18th feel :smt045

not bloody good I would have thought...considering that Els had a 10-15footer for a birdie, and he was 15-20 yds off the green, with the pin cut back another 30 paces... :wink:

Eag's
19th July 2004, 07:48 PM
What I meant was for any of us to experience that walk 8)
Sends shivers down your spine just watching it, imagine what it must feel like.

markTHEblake
19th July 2004, 10:59 PM
I hate watching delayed replays. I stayed awake last night till 1pm just after the chip in madness.
Then i got home about 8pm tonight to catch the last hour of the replay. Started with the aweseome walk up the 18th so of course it was obvious there was going to be a playoff, and then I knew it would end at the 4th.

Same thing happend in 99 at Carnoustie, with VdV on the 18th tee with 2 hrs left in the delayed telecast. I just knew something bad was gunna happen so again the suspense and entertainment is not there.

Sod it. next time i am gunna stay awake all night and enjoy it.