The Official Golf Thread

[laoislad]

Can't see what she did wrong myself. The other Golfer shouldn't have picked the ball up. It was her mistake.

[Tony Baloney]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Can't see what she did wrong myself. The other Golfer shouldn't have picked the ball up. It was her mistake.

Agreed you learn this at a very early age for inter-club matches or any match for that matter. Seems harsh but the other player was an idiot for what she did

[Orior]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

Getting rid, or has JP had enough?

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

About 7 yrs over due. Ironic that reports at the open suggested JP got Rory to wise up after 9 holes and turn it around. Too many times at important moments in the past Rory tries some dumb shot when the caddy needs to take the club off him and give him the sensible option

[laoislad]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

He'll probably go with a fellow Brit this time.
My money is on Orior.

[Tony Baloney]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

About 7 yrs over due. Ironic that reports at the open suggested JP got Rory to wise up after 9 holes and turn it around. Too many times at important moments in the past Rory tries some dumb shot when the caddy needs to take the club off him and give him the sensible option

I remember people questioning JP's usefulness after Rory's Masters collapse as he seemed to be too passive.

[Orior]

Rory finally getting rid of JP. Laoislad my tip as the new caddy.

He'll probably go with a fellow Brit this time.
My money is on Orior.

Be advised my passport's green
No glass of mine ever toasted the Queen

[Longshanks]

People criticising Rory here which I think is unfair, been plenty of years with that caddie and he hasn't said he is blaming him and if anything has praised him or defended him.
Plenty of golfers change caddie regular enough or until they find the right one and at some point Rory would have had to change anyway given the difference in age.
He has to give himself the best change to win at this stage and maybe this change will help.
By the way I'm not a massive Rory fan at the best of times but he seems to be getting a time of it regarding this decision if true.

[Orior]

First hole at the Bridgestone.

Spieth - second shot is 177 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 3 yards from the pin and sinks the putt.

McIlroy - second shot is 103 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 14 yards from the pin. Two putts for the par.

Hmmm, is the caddy the main problem for Rory?

[Franko]

First hole at the Bridgestone.

Spieth - second shot is 177 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 3 yards from the pin and sinks the putt.

McIlroy - second shot is 103 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 14 yards from the pin. Two putts for the par.

Hmmm, is the caddy the main problem for Rory?

Were they both pin high?

[Puckoon]

Pin high doesn't have any bearing. You could be 3 foot from the hole, pin high - and still have a nightmare putt


Orior it one hole - but yes there's no doubt Rory needs serious work on his short iron proximity to the hole work. Been abysmal recently.


Laura Davies 5 under at the women's British Open in a surprise story after qualifying her way in. Camera cuts to her and Peter Aliss says "Here we go, Big Laura".

[Hardy]

First hole at the Bridgestone.

Spieth - second shot is 177 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 3 yards from the pin and sinks the putt.

McIlroy - second shot is 103 yards to the hole, and he leaves it 14 yards from the pin. Two putts for the par.

Hmmm, is the caddy the main problem for Rory?

Tell you what, let's see how it goes over two holes.

[screenexile]

Pin high doesn't have any bearing. You could be 3 foot from the hole, pin high - and still have a nightmare putt


Orior it one hole - but yes there's no doubt Rory needs serious work on his short iron proximity to the hole work. Been abysmal recently.


Laura Davies 5 under at the women's British Open in a surprise story after qualifying her way in. Camera cuts to her and Peter Aliss says "Here we go, Big Laura".

It's something a lot of people seem to miss when looking at Rory because his putting is usually blamed but he's very very poor from 100-150 yards out compared to a Spieth or DJ (DJ used to be poor but put a lot of work in with it before he won his major).

Thought Rory handled the presser very well last night with regard to JP. There probably is a bit of a rift but sounds like they've managed to get it smoothed over to cause least resistance!

[Franko]

Pin high doesn't have any bearing. You could be 3 foot from the hole, pin high - and still have a nightmare putt


Orior it one hole - but yes there's no doubt Rory needs serious work on his short iron proximity to the hole work. Been abysmal recently.


Laura Davies 5 under at the women's British Open in a surprise story after qualifying her way in. Camera cuts to her and Peter Aliss says "Here we go, Big Laura".

I beg to differ... whether they were pin high or not would tell you whether the caddy had clubbed him correctly.  If Rory's 14yds short/long, he's probably got the wrong club in his hand.  If, after that, Rory had steered it wrong, it's nothing to do with the caddy (nearly!).