2010 British Open Championship

[Ben Jefferson]

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edit by Don Wassall - title of thread changed for search purposes to include "2010"Edited by: Don Wassall

 

[Jack Lambert]

Well, after Day 1, we have Rory McElroy and John Daly in the lead.

 

[icsept]

I love Daly, but you know he'll fall off in the later rounds. There has been less Tiger hype even though he's on the leader board. I think the media has been burned the last few tournaments when he miserably failed. Windy conditions today should separate the men from the boys.

 

[bigunreal]

Funny how they decide to suspend play just as the Magical One is starting his round. As things stood, Woods would almost certainly have fallen back, along with everyone else playing in that wind. Stopping play for high winds is very rare in the British Open- I think the last time was in 1998. They play in awful weather there all the time- it's part of the package.

Kind of like when they took two majors away from Jack Nicklaus, just as Woods was turning pro, to make it easier for him to break the record.

 

[bigunreal]

Both Graeme McDowell and now even announcer Paul Azinger are stating the obvious; it is strikingly odd that play was suspended because of the winds. Of course, they aren't addressing the sole reason why; so that the Magical One will not have to brace these kinds of elements.

I suspect they will wait until Woods can play in better conditions.

 

[bigunreal]

Another major, and the same pattern we've seen countless times before; all the other golfers falter and give up strokes to par, while Woods somehow manages to stay even (or better). Once again, Woods gets every bounce, and his every lie turns out to be as good as possible.

If Woods had even an average amount of luck, he would have been fortunate to win more than a few major championships.

 

[Jack Lambert]

Yeah, both McElroy and Daly, along with most other white golfers fell back today. His royal highness is currently tied for 6th.

 

[bigunreal]

The more I watch Woods play, the less I can believe how lucky he is. It's really supernatural how his ball stops when he wants it to stop, rolls when he wants it to roll, avoids devastating lies no matter how off course his shot is and is virtually allergic to sand traps. One of the rarest sights in sports is Tiger Woods in a sand trap.

It's pathetic that we're relegated to rooting for anyone else to win.

 

[bigunreal]

If you're watching this tournament, you just saw a perfect example of Woods' unbelievably great luck. On the extremely hard 17th hole, Woods hit a second shot that was nearly identical to one Ernie Els (who is almost the yin to Woods' yang in terms of luck) hit shortly before him. Els' ball took a typically bad bounce and landed on the notorious road. Woods' magic ball somehow bounced the other way (as it always does) and stayed on the green. Then, shortly after Woods, Tom Watson hit a shot very similar to those by Els and Woods, and also got a bad bounce and landed in the high rough just short of the road.

No matter how great or average any player is, the bounces are supposed to even out. The lies should conform to the laws of average. In the Magic One's case, they don't. He continues to defy all the odds and have continuously wonderful luck.

 

[Deadlift]

I watched some of the golfing this morning, but when the "suspension" was announced - I turned the television off.

Bigunreal, I'm not exactly sure why you are sounding like a doom-and-gloomer/superstitious. With 2 days to go, to decide who wins this major, it's fair to say that Woods' - and several other golfers - are still in contention... and that shouldn't surprise anyone!

Young McIlroy's collapse SHOULD NOT have surprised anyone, either. I thought he might disappoint/falter on Day 2.

 

[Don Wassall]

This was likely Tom Watson's finale at St. Andrews. He stopped and saluted the crowd on the famous bridge at 18, but there wasn't that big of a crowd in the bad weather (I'm glad I don't live in Scotland, where fans were wearing coats and wool hats on a mid-July day).

Watson is an excellentrole model in addition to being the most prolific Open champion of the past 80 or so years (five of his eight majors are British Opens). ESPN of course played it down because their idol was playing in the group just ahead of Watson all day. After Woods finished 18 they focused on Watson's finish on the same hole -- where he came within 2 inches of sinking an eagle chip -- then showed brief clips of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus posing for the last time on 18, in 1995 and 2005 respectively, then cameras followed Watson as he shook hands, hugged his wife, and headed for the scorer's tent. And then as they were fading to commercial, Mike Tirico said, "When we return, we'll talk to Woods." In a sane society he would have said, "When we return, we'll talk to Watson."But it couldn't bethe great champion Tom Watson even after his touching and sentimental finale, it had to be Tiger Woods. Very fitting, very symbolic of how warped the Caste media is.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Ah yes, Mike Tirico. One more caste stooge who's head would make a very entertaining host for a micro-nuke.

 

[Jack Lambert]

Yeah, I always liked and admired Tom Watson. I was touched by his finale at St. Andrews on the 18th hole. Leave it to Tirico to screw it up.

 

[Jack Lambert]

If you're watching this tournament, you just saw a perfect example of Woods' unbelievably great luck. On the extremely hard 17th hole, Woods hit a second shot that was nearly identical to one Ernie Els (who is almost the yin to Woods' yang in terms of luck) hit shortly before him. Els' ball took a typically bad bounce and landed on the notorious road. Woods' magic ball somehow bounced the other way (as it always does) and stayed on the green. Then, shortly after Woods, Tom Watson hit a shot very similar to those by Els and Woods, and also got a bad bounce and landed in the high rough just short of the road.

I saw this sequence live. It is almost unbelievable how lucky this guy is. No matter where Mr. Woods hits his ball off the tee, his lie always sits up, even in the thickest rough. When white golfers hit the ball into the rough, good luck getting a good shot out of it; but when Woods hits it there, the ball magically sits up for him.

It's gonna be up to Louis Oosthuizen, Paul Casey, Sean O'Hair, Lee Westwood, Retief Goosen, Tom Lehman, Ricky Barnes, and others to keep Woods at bay through the weekend.

 

[Don Wassall]

I'mno fan of the oddly named Tirico, but in the case here of informing the BSPN audience that they will be interviewing Woods when they return from commercial breakrather thanWatson, he's merely relaying the instructions he's being given in his earpiece by the director or producer in the truck.

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Yeah, Tirico and his ilk are just talking heads. The really shameful decisions are made behind the scenes, and those people are the ones who I'd really like to see fall.

 

[sport historian]

If you're watching this tournament, you just saw a perfect example of Woods' unbelievably great luck. On the extremely hard 17th hole, Woods hit a second shot that was nearly identical to one Ernie Els (who is almost the yin to Woods' yang in terms of luck) hit shortly before him. Els' ball took a typically bad bounce and landed on the notorious road. Woods' magic ball somehow bounced the other way (as it always does) and stayed on the green. Then, shortly after Woods, Tom Watson hit a shot very similar to those by Els and Woods, and also got a bad bounce and landed in the high rough just short of the road.

No matter how great or average any player is, the bounces are supposed to even out. The lies should conform to the laws of average. In the Magic One's case, they don't. He continues to defy all the odds and have continuously wonderful luck.

Isn't part of being a good golfer making your own luck?

 

[Deadlift]

Woods' round is almost over, and he hasn't exactly dominated.

White Men CAN GOLF!!!

 

[Deadlift]

Things are looking pretty good, right now. No, I'm not claiming that the Tourny is over, but...

I think it's important to limit our paranoia, and not make Woods' out to be a Superhuman. After Woods' shot a 73 on Day 2, I felt damn good about our golfers.

With all of the competent Whites competing, McIlroy's collapse was irrelevant. It's good to see the tall Americans, Dustin Johnson and Ricky Barnes, doing well.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's not the most exciting leader board to be sure but Woods is hopelessly out of it. What's particularly good about that is that in late 2009, before his media-created and -protected shield of lies was pierced, Woods had been the overwhelming favorite to win the British Open and the U.S. Open in 2010. And even with his troubles on the course this year he remained the betting favorite for both (he was 5-1 to 11-2 to win this week). He had won both previousOpens he played at St. Andrews (2000 and 2005), and had crushed the field the last time the U.S. Open was played at Pebble Beach, in 2000. They were said by the pundits, and Woods probably agreed, to be the two best courses for him to win a major championship, so to lose on both back to back in the same year is doubly sweet. Edited by: Don Wassall

 

[Deadlift]

Crickets...


On "The Sports Reporters" - they were having "breakdowns" and their eyes were very watery, especially Mike Lupica. John Saunders, as usual, was boiling inside and he didn't seem to talk much. His eyes were watery...

I absolutely love it when BSPNs "SuperHeroes" aren't so super! Priceless.

 

[Poacher]

Oosthuizen wins going away. Great job by the South African.

 

[bigunreal]

It was indeed an impressive performance by the unknown with the hard to pronounce name, but... it kind of took the luster away when he wished Nelson Mandela happy birthday (actually, it was the first thing he said in his speech) and the announcers gleefully noted how much he had relied on his black caddy.

Still, when Woods loses, I always consider it a victory.

 

[Thrashen]

It was indeed an impressive performance by the unknown with the hard to pronounce name, but... it kind of took the luster away when he wished Nelson Mandela happy birthday (actually, it was the first thing he said in his speech) and the announcers gleefully noted how much he had relied on his black caddy.

Still, when Woods loses, I always consider it a victory.

Unfortunately, I also heard this insufferably dim-witted comment from Oosthuizen. A white man "celebrating"Â￾ the birth of a vicious black terrorist whose entire aura has been devoted to the vermin-like extermination (no, wait, rats certainly receive a less brutal sort of demise than what befalls the Boer) of whites in South Africa is now commonplace here in Oceania.

Nevertheless, the "Son of God"Â￾ has lost, yet again. This time, tied for 23rd place behind white men from South Africa, America, Sweden, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Spain. I bet that smarts.

I remember watching a particularly racist ESPN special (devoted to TiGIRL, naturally) in which an elderly white sell-out said something like "You had all better get used to the idea of a black man walking to the 18th green with a 10 stroke lead."Â￾

Comical "delusions of grandeur"Â￾ is too kind in describing such a statement. The days in which such candid favoritism and blatant bigotry were spewed with regard this Anti-Hero seem like an ever-evaporating oasis in the desert sun.

 

[Bart]

It was indeed an impressive performance by the unknown with the hard to pronounce name, but... it kind of took the luster away when he wished Nelson Mandela happy birthday (actually, it was the first thing he said in his speech) and the announcers gleefully noted how much he had relied on his black caddy.

Unfortunately, I also heard this insufferably dim-witted comment from Oosthuizen. A white man "celebrating"Â￾ the birth of a vicious black terrorist whose entire aura has been devoted to the vermin-like extermination (no, wait, rats certainly receive a less brutal sort of demise than what befalls the Boer) of whites in South Africa is now commonplace here in Oceania.

I despise White people who do that! Dear God! I didn't expect him to use the platform to raise the awareness of the world to the plight of his fellow countrymen. Hell no, never in a million years would I anticipate something like that. No, he is White, and as is the case with MOST Whites he would rather stab his kin in the back than risk being called a racist and losr favorable press. But to celebrate Mandella?! To hell with that SOB!