The Official Golf Thread

[thewobbler]

DJ has to be up there as one of the biggest chokers out there for a man of his ability who has held so many leads in majors to have only won one is crazy!

Morikawa looks fearless he could be one of the big names in golf for a long time!!

I don’t get this. In every major for the past decade you could make a strong case for a dozen players to be favourite. And there’s always a chance that anyone in the field can shoot their lights out (like Lowry and Woodland last year). Hence 14 different winners of the past 17 majors - with only Koepka a multiple winner.

But rather than acknowledge DJ’s brilliance at being so consistent in the most competitive era of golfing history, you feel the need to call him out as a choker.

I don’t get where these standards come from.

But

[screenexile]

It's called the McIlroy rule . . . I mean McIlroy has won 4 majors and is one of the biggest chokers out there apparently so why should DJ get off with it when he's only got one??



https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/rory-mcilroy-may-prove-great-just-not-one-of-the-greats-39436066.html


"Another major, another Rory McIlroy no-show. It seems like a mental block at this stage"

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Just noticed. Some round from Lowry

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Irish Open in Ballymena now at Galgorm Castle

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

proper us open style tonight

[Gabriel_Hurl]

I wonder if we'll see the usual suspects tut tut this news

https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/54111504

[Boycey]

Major week.

It sounds like a brutal setup at Winged Foot. Straight driving a huge plus.

[dec]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

[JimStynes]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

An 18 handicapper would be raging with that start. The course looks ridiculously hard to be fair.

[Kidder81]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

An 18 handicapper would be raging with that start. The course looks ridiculously hard to be fair.

Yeah the course difficulty has a big part to play, not as if everyone else is going well

[thebigfella]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

An 18 handicapper would be raging with that start. The course looks ridiculously hard to be fair.

An it 18 handicapper would be net par for their round 

[HiMucker]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

An 18 handicapper would be raging with that start. The course looks ridiculously hard to be fair.

An it 18 handicapper would be net par for their round 

Would he not actually be one under?

[Gabriel_Hurl]

he would

[thebigfella]

Actually I read 2 doubles 

One under, so should be delighted actually

[JimStynes]

Rory birdie,bogey,bogey,double bogey,bogey

An 18 handicapper would be raging with that start. The course looks ridiculously hard to be fair.

An it 18 handicapper would be net par for their round 

Haha maybe should have said an 8 handicapper

The course looks to be getting very tough. Poulter was saying he hates playing in US Opens. McIlroy gives off about courses being too easy so I wonder will he say this is too hard. 

With regards to local golf. Are there any of the big courses offering good deals at the minute. I see Portmarnock had an open on there. £400 off for a 4 ball. Still crazy green fees but well reduced, I still wouldn’t pay it though. Seriously expensive day out after you factor in the diesel money, food etc. They’ll all be missing the money from the rich Americans coming over. Was meant to play a scratch cup at Baltray but the weather was atrocious so I cancelled it. €60 for 18 holes is decent for that sort of course.