Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 1st October 2023, 4:20 PMDoesn't change the tune, which you said "Personally I think "Land of Hope and Glory" is a rotten tune"
Indeed.
Give me Nimrod any day of the week.
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Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 1st October 2023, 10:57 AMThen he refused to wear the team cap while playing.
The crowd cottoned on though and waved their caps at him while chanting a ditty about no cap.But at the 18th when Mclroy needed a putt to tie, his caddy waved his cap in his eye-line.
He'll hopefully fit in a visit to Ilkley Moor next time he's over here.
The Masters start today, so there will be a few late nights for me.
I've taken a punt on Rory Mclroy to win.
If he is as good as his 5 year old daughter, it's a cinch.
She putted a 20ft putt yesterday in front of a large crowd.
In the "betting without Scheffler & McIlroy" market I've put a few speculative pounds on each of Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau & Xander Schaufelle. The latter two because they both won money for me in the US Open & the Open Championship respectively last year so they owe me nothing. The former is a new name for my golf betting portfolio though.
I say that about Jordan Spieth and Bubba Watson. They both owe me nothing, especially Bubba.
I forget which open it was but I had backed Bubba before it started, then again after the cut and again on the final day.
It was midnight and Bubba was in a two player play-off. I was happy enough as I had backed him E/W but if he actually won - it was big bucks.
He knocked his first shot miles off the fairway into the rough with trees in front of him. Game over.
But, he faded (almost certainly a slice) his shot from there onto the green and putted to win.
I woke the family up with my cheering.
Bubba, Speith and Mcllroy are still in the running. I have all three to finish in the top 8
You can have McIlroy. As long as DeChambeau finishes 2nd to him. Then we'll both be happy.
I just put a few quid on Che Rambo
Just because Rory's Nerves may get the better of him and it will be a consolation if he doesn't get it done
in what could well be his best ever chance, time waits for no Golfer
Looks to be set up for a cracker though
although may have to channel flip a bit as we need to watch a Back Mirror episode and the finale of MAFS Australia as well
busy night.
I've probably said this before, but I lived in a crappy apartment right across the street from Augusta National while I was in school in the Army. I moved in on the final day of the 1986 tournament, and we had dinner with my family and grandmother on the night that Jack Nicklaus won his final title. My daughter crumbled up a few dozen crackers and made a huge mess on the floor.
Rory toyed with my emotions and sleep.
He was leading, then level, then behind, then level again.
Fantastic golf.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 14th April 2025, 9:14 AMRory toyed with my emotions and sleep.
He was leading, then level, then behind, then level again.
Fantastic golf.
I'm very pleased for you🤬.
Off to Newmarket now for 3 days to get my money back.
He does have his wobbles don't he. But that course is ridiculous, I've played on slower snooker tables than those greens, and seen flatter hills. It's more like crazy golf, but then the Americans do like to overdo things.
It's one of those sports I've never quite gelled with, at the top level it's very self regarding and exclusive, and I find the hyped up apotheosis of players as some kind of Gods also quite ridiculous. 🤔
Iv'e played golf for 40 years at hundreds of clubs and some of the strange rules at the snobby clubs would amaze you.
Been told to park my car behind the clubhouse because it was too old.
Blackballed on my application because I was just an electrician - but wanted me to repair the kitchen fans.
And the most ironic one. I turned up in an expensive Nike tee shirt that was sold to play golf in(the nike logo was a man holding the 'tick as a golf club). They objected because it didn't have a collar. They pointed me to the 'strict dress code notice.
In my car, I had a soiled work shirt (polo shirt) It was smeared with oil and dirt from a job I'd done.
They allowed me to play in that.
Yes I've heard similar stories from others in the past, and clubs run by toffs running their own mini class system with their pompous rules has often been a target of fun in sitcoms.
But it's the game itself I find too awkward to play, a bit like snooker, it seems you need years of practice just to be able to get in any sort of flow, because there's so much careful technique needed in just hitting the ball. I like watching the pros play, especially snooker, but you can forget getting me to play.