2009 British Open (Turnberry)

[we are cured]

watch live here: http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2009/multimedia/video/live/default/player.html

i know nothing about this course so i'll be learning as it goes on

holy shit @ tom watson, nice first round 65

[jbaseball44]

Watching some of it now, seems like Tiger did the same thing here as he did at Bethpage (not the same way of course). Nice to see Watson's round and personally, i like Villegas so i am glad to see he had a good first round.

[SmokieB.High]

Tiger is choking again in the first round (+1) this cost him the us open and the masters

[jbaseball44]

I wouldn't say +1 is a complete choke, if the lead stays at -5 he is still very very much in it with a solid round tomorrow.

[SmokieB.High]

I wouldn't say +1 is a complete choke, if the lead stays at -5 he is still very very much in it with a solid round tomorrow.
Very true but watching him in the last two majors he doesnt have the swagger of old, but watching his tourny he was tearing it up. I dont wanna say under pressure but it just seems like he's pressured to win a major after his surgery

[preppyak]

I wouldn't say +1 is a complete choke, if the lead stays at -5 he is still very very much in it with a solid round tomorrow.
His big problem is that 75 players are ahead of him right now...if only 10% of players tomorrow play under par, that's still 7 or 8 guys that are already ahead of him going further ahead. Unless the course gets a lot harder (the winds pick up, etc), that's 6 shots that are gonna be tough to make up without shooting a few 66 or 67 rounds

[we are cured]

woods wins his tournaments on friday and saturday, he's historically been a mediocre to slow starter in the majors

[derekmoyer4]

woods wins his tournaments on friday and saturday, he's historically been a mediocre to slow starter in the majors
this is very true. he must go out and shoot a round of 68 tomorrow. if he does that he should be in good position heading into the weekend.

[jbaseball44]

Mike Weir doing his usual

[Drew Beringer]

woods wins his tournaments on friday and saturday, he's historically been a mediocre to slow starter in the majors
this.

I would love to see Watson sustain this and make a fun.

[we are cured]

my friend lives in kansas city and says they're going nuts over watson's round

[SmokieB.High]

As much as i would like to see Watson make a great run, I just cant see him going all the way...gonna have to get up early to check this out on the internet

[S/T]

Camilo had a nice first round, hopefully he can keep it together. His scorecards are usually pretty colorful.

AK on the otherhand would be right in it too if it weren't for that one hole. He was probably drunk today.

[splat out path]

I usually don't start watching until Saturday, but it's good to see Harrington under par for once in his life (aka this season).

[splat out path]

Jimenez is having a shocker.

[Chop[chop]]

Harrington will be a stayer. I reckon a top 5 finish from him. Jiminez will finish over par today.

[Thesleepingwell]

Currently following it on the BBC website...
The second day is proving to be tougher than yesterday.

But seeing Tom Watson ripping the course was awesome.
He won at Turnberry back in '77. Just shows you never too old.

And yes Harrington has a change, he plays well when the weather is awful
Not sure that Tiger Woods will make the cut, he'll not relish the conditions.
It's expect to get worse.

[jbaseball44]

Just woke up and turned it on, i am hoping Duval can get it down to even but it seems like he is all over the place today, very colorful scorecard.

[we are cured]

tiger will make the cut, and may even contend. the lead should remain at 5.

does anyone know if the weekend will be streamed live for US viewers?

[jbaseball44]

Yeah i think this day sets up nicely for tiger to shoot a solid round (2 or 3 under) and be right around the lead for the weekend and goddammit can Duval make a par

[preppyak]

jesus is it dark there

[preppyak]

Wow...Tiger needs to start driving with his 7 iron or something...its pretty awful how he is with his driver and woods

edit: hahaha...100 people looking for the ball, jesus

[we are cured]

yeah he's in some serious trouble now, has to get up and down for a 6 which would put him at +4. he was hitting the ball pretty decently up until he gave that bogey back at 8.

[jbaseball44]

yeah i don't know what happened, he looked pretty good through 7 and now seems like he has completely fallen apart

[preppyak]

that drive into the bunker isn't helping either

[jbaseball44]

How do you guys feel about tiger making the cut?

[StuGrimson]

He wont miss the cut because he will find a way to scramble for a birdie or two on the way in. I sure as hell hope he misses though.

[we are cured]

unfortunately for him i dont believe there's enough time to push the cut line back to where he'll likely finish. i don't see any birdies coming on his card without another bogey or two.

[StuGrimson]

after that last shot maybe ill change my vote

[jbaseball44]

wow, +7, i dont really see anyway he can make the cut

[we are cured]

two birds, no bogeys and hope it comes back to +5 (i think it will)

[jbaseball44]

I mean with the way he is playing, obviously he could birdie three holes and make the cut but it doesn't seem like he will

[preppyak]

two birds, no bogeys and hope it comes back to +5 (i think it will)
Yeah...but he bogeyed 15 and 16 yesterday with practically no wind...god knows what he'll do there today.

I bet all the PGA people and ABC are freaking out right now...they know their ratings are about to tank if he misses the cut. No Phil in there to draw other people...and unless Tom Watson is still up near the lead Sunday, it could be super low ratings

edit: haha, after that putt at 15 Tiger had a very Nixonian scowl on his face

[we are cured]

nah the british doesn't do fantastic ratings because of the hours its on, so i'm sure they're not panicking. if it was the masters or us open they would be.

[jbaseball44]

You see tiger chunk that tee shot

[preppyak]

I'm glad I won;'t be around this weekend to hear the analysis of Tiger missing the cut

[sokonfused]

ahh. i'm at work and can't watch. updates please? i'm dying here. leaderboard?

[Thesleepingwell]

Here it is: http://bbcscoring.opengolf.com/flash_console/scoring_console.sps?syndicator=bbc

It's awesome that Tom Watson is still leading. He's a legend still.
I still can't get my head round the fact he won at this same course 32 years ago.
There's a few Brits up there: Fisher, Wall and Westwood.

Harrington struggled but he's made it, by one shot.
The cut was +4.

I lol'd at Woods missing the cut, he was shockingly bad.

[sokonfused]

Here it is: http://bbcscoring.opengolf.com/flash_console/scoring_console.sps?syndicator=bbc

It's awesome that Tom Watson is still leading. He's a legend still.
I still can't get my head round the fact he won at this same course 32 years ago.
There's a few Brits up there: Fisher, Wall and Westwood.

Harrington struggled but he's made it, by one shot.
The cut was +4.

I lol'd at Woods missing the cut, he was shockingly bad.

haha. i'm tired of Tiger anyway. i don't mind that he didn't make it.

[jbaseball44]

Course is playing pretty tough today, Marino is all over the place, Goosen looks decent so far and Watson was playing well till he hit that last iron shot in the bunker.

[preppyak]

wow, and 30+ years later, Watson has another putt at Turnberry to win the British

edit: And Andy North going for the jinx early...not even close

[jbaseball44]

Cink and Watson in a playoff, routing for Watson

[Drew Beringer]

come on Watson, this whole round has been riveting.

[preppyak]

how bad do Chris Wood or Westwood feel...both were inches away from being in this too

[jbaseball44]

Was just thinking that myself, both missed makeable putts on 18

[preppyak]

why do they even go back for analysis from Andy North...he just said "he's made thousands of these putts before...he's gonna be able to hit this hard, he WILL make it" before Watson missed the putt.

[jbaseball44]

Great par save from Watson

[jbaseball44]

Looks like this is just about over

[Drew Beringer]

22 is a lot of holes for a 59 year old, tough break, but still a great weekend from Tom Watson.

[preppyak]

Watson crumbling...but still cool to see him get this close

[jbaseball44]

Sad to see him get this close and not win it

[Drew Beringer]

yeah, the 18th hole was a killer.

[jbaseball44]

yeah i felt really bad for him but he gave it a great shot and made it a wonderful tournament to watch

[KidRobot]

That annoyed me to no end. Fuck that.

[preppyak]

What annoyed me was Mike Tirico...normally I like him as an announcer, but it was clear he had seen the Jim Nantz "A tradition like none other" commercial a few too many times before calling this British Open, because he spent most of the round calling Watson's shots like each one would become legendary. It got annoying on the front 9, it became unlistenable by the back 9.

And Andy North finished it off nicely with the "Watson will make this" jinx

[jbaseball44]

The announcing was poor all 4 days

[preppyak]

haha, apparently Wikipedia fans were unhappy

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2009/07/Picture_2_06.png

[KidRobot]

What annoyed me was Mike Tirico...normally I like him as an announcer, but it was clear he had seen the Jim Nantz "A tradition like none other" commercial a few too many times before calling this British Open, because he spent most of the round calling Watson's shots like each one would become legendary. It got annoying on the front 9, it became unlistenable by the back 9.

And Andy North finished it off nicely with the "Watson will make this" jinx

The whole mother nature thing was really annoying as well.

Did anyone see how bad of a tan line Cink had after his round? holy fuck.

[jbaseball44]

haha, apparently Wikipedia fans were unhappy

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/deadspin/2009/07/Picture_2_06.png
Saw that, laughed.