The Open, 2017

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4 days of Live coverage of The Open, 2017 on Sky Sports.

Sky Sports will be transmitting live starting at 0630 on Thursday morning.

Tee-Times for Day One are;


https://www.theopen.com/TeeTimes#!/R1

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Augusta National it is not.

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Who have you backed?

Here's my nine, which will confirm my skills as the pre-eminent Golf Tipster on blonde.

Noren

Leishmann

Grace

Oosthuizen

Kuchar

Spieth

Rahm

Chappell

Fowler

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Filthy weather, exactly as it should be for The Open.

Mark O'Meara had the honour of teeing off in the first group, and promptly hoiked it out of bounds. Playing 3 off the tee he then plonked it in a pot bunker right against the face.

He ended with an 8, and the three ball at this par 4 ended an aggregate 6 over.

[Ironside]

Lets Go Sandy Lets Go

[TightEnd]

anyone listening to 5 live?

Poulter is going well and they have his son commentating on the round with the guys following the group (conor macnamara etc)

very nice stuff.

"go on,yes, he's made it!"

[tikay]

anyone listening to 5 live?

Poulter is going well and they have his son commentating on the round with the guys following the group (conor macnamara etc)

very nice stuff.

"go on,yes, he's made it!"

No, not a big fan of 5 Live, or golf on the wireless.

Pleased Poults is going well though. It's the Wenger effect.

[Marky147]

Jordan Spieth
Alex Noren
Marc Leishman
Branden Grace
Brian Harman

Rahm from ages ago, courtesy of Doobs.


Best of luck everyone!

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Jordan Spieth
Alex Noren
Marc Leishman
Branden Grace
Brian Harman

Rahm from ages ago, courtesy of Doobs.


Best of luck everyone!

You too Marky.

[Doobs]

19 years ago that Justin Rose finished 4th here as an amateur.  19.

I don't know about 5live, but The Open on Sky feels uncomfortable.  Like when one of your mates wears a basball cap the wrong way round, or when some crazy old fella puts on a bizarre multi-patterned jacket and asks how do I look?

There was a Spieth putt ealier where one of the commentators said "he doesn't miss from here", and I found myself celebrating when Spieth missed.  Next they'll be showing test matches on there.  bah humbug.  Maybe I'll get used to it by Sunday.

Anyone else put the BBC on this morning and took 5 minutes to work out why it wasn't on yet?  Just me then.

Tikay, my list is like yours, except missing Spieth, Kuchar and Grace, add in Poults.  Rahm is the best result.

Think we move in the same circles.

[Doobs]

Jordan Spieth
Alex Noren
Marc Leishman
Branden Grace
Brian Harman

Rahm from ages ago, courtesy of Doobs.


Best of luck everyone!

Rahm wasn't mine, it was Rinswun who picked him out.  I was an early fan of Spieth.  

[Marky147]

Jordan Spieth
Alex Noren
Marc Leishman
Branden Grace
Brian Harman

Rahm from ages ago, courtesy of Doobs.


Best of luck everyone!

Rahm wasn't mine, it was Rinswun who picked him out.  I was an early fan of Spieth.  

Oops!

Sorry rinswun.

[rinswun]

No worries, hopefully we'll all be eating the value had come Sunday. Speith is a scoring machine. Unconventional approach to getting the job done (only hit five fairways) but as my old cricket coach used to say, the scorebook doesn't know how you got 'em.

[engy]

Anywhere I can bet on the 3 balls in running?

[Longines]

Anywhere I can bet on the 3 balls in running?

Spreadex have some:

https://www.spreadex.com/sports/en-GB/spread-betting/Golf/c27