The Open
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2024 Edition of The Open starting Thursday evening our time. Four Kiwis in the field, Ryan Fox, Daniel Hillier, Michael Hendry & Kazuma Kabori. Watching On the Range coverage this evening live on Youtube and Kabori practicing alongside Schaffele & Justin Thomas.
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I'm absolutely fizzzzing!
My favourite major (yep ahead of the Masters...although I prob said the opposite when the masters was about to start)
So good to have 4 up there representing NZ. They had a good praccy round together on Tuesday and then Foxy looked to have a fun one today/overnight with Min Woo, Rory and another northern hemisphere player.
Interesting course in that the scoring will likely fluctuate massively front 9 vs 9. Front 9 has two of the courses three par 5s yet the back 9 is actually 300 yards longer due to some beast par4s which average about 80 yards longer on the back, than those on the front. Add to this, the back 9 is mainly played in to the prevailing wind! Conditions could be fairly tough too, and not overly warm.
Viewing times aren't too bad in NZ and starts from about 5pm tonight and tomorrow on sky going right through to brekky. I wont be watching all but will probably watch Hillier and Hendry tee off (either side of 6pm tonight) and then follow until Fox tees off just after 11pm.
Would be nice to see all 4 make the cut but could be a challenge. All of them are proven links players though with 3 of them winners of the Muriwai Open (right up there with The Open right, right?) and Hillier having been a runner up there.
Overall winner or top performers for me - Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre and I think Scheffler will continue to show some class despite it not being his ideal conditions
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Can't wait, my tip is Collin Morikawa. Been putting up good results lately and has the class to prevail.
I'd love to see Scheffler win and cap off an exceptional year, I'd also like to see Rory break through.
Will be very interesting to watch Rahm and Koepka, who won majors last year but haven't been sighted since.
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@barbarian said in The Open:
Can't wait, my tip is Collin Morikawa. Been putting up good results lately and has the class to prevail.
I'd love to see Scheffler win and cap off an exceptional year, I'd also like to see Rory break through.
Will be very interesting to watch Rahm and Koepka, who won majors last year but haven't been sighted since.
I would have been rooting for Rory but he really put me off the other day when he threw his toys after choking at the US open and then didn't wait a couple mins to congratulate Bryson. I wouldn't mind seeing Scottie get another W, I'm also a big fan of Tommy Fleetwood but he tends to fall off in the majors. Wouldn't mind if Morikawa got up either.
Also, go the Kiwis.
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Hole by hole guide to Royal Troon: https://www.theopen.com/royal-troon-152nd-open/course-guide
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Whoever wins better like playing in the rain:
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@sparky wouldnt be true Links without wind and rain
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@taniwharugby said in The Open:
@sparky wouldnt be true Links without wind and rain
100%!
A true test of golf awaits
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as always, would love for Adam Scott to take it, but dont think he has it in him anymore.
This could be the type of course that suits Foxy too, although I still question his fitness given how often he 'appears' to fade late in his rounds.
I'd still love Rory to win, cos like Scott, I love watching him play when he is playing well.
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@taniwharugby said in The Open:
as always, would love for Adam Scott to take it, but dont think he has it in him anymore.
Adam Scott just two shots off the lead at the moment.
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Some pretty tough conditions in parts out there today and reflected in the scoring with the likes of Cam Smith (+9), Fowler (+8) and Rory (+7) down the ass end of the leaderboard, along with Tiger at +8
Kiwis did ok on reflection
Hillier +5 (had some bunker troubles early)
Hendry +3
Fox +2
Kazuma currently also +2 after 14Only 17 players currently under par with Lowry leading at -5. Dan Brown currently -4 with 4 or so holes to play. Thomas -3 then a swag at -2 and -1 (including Adam Scott, Brooks, Fitzpatrick and Scheffler)
