Ro Sham Bo Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 33 minutes ago, The Moonster said: I wish I'd bookmarked some wanks tweet earlier this week in which he was saying Bob shouldn't get a Ryder Cup shout because he "wasn't even in the top 30 European players". The big yin has been very good these last few weeks, I just hope the final day losses don't knock the wind out of him. So many more positives for him to take and his next win won't be far away. Good showing next week and he'll be in a strong position. I doubted how he'd cope mentally with last week but that's a resounding response this week. He was so close to basically ticking off most of his career goals in one go, but there's only positives to be taken from today. He seems to be hitting the ball superbly just now and long may it continue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I had serious doubts about Bob being anywhere near the Ryder Cup after how his season was panning out but the last few weeks he looks like a different guy. The changes he’s made have made a huge difference and he is playing some top notch stuff. There was a lot of “bottled it” type comments on social media after last weekend but he should’ve shut those folk up with his showing this week, especially how he played the 18th today. I just hope he takes some confidence into The Open now and he isn’t deflated after that ridiculous closing two holes from Rory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: Well you don't normally win the week before a Major, and then win the Major after, so Bob to win next week "Ahem"somebody's last major was 2014 you should check what happened the week before Fair play to Boab he never lost that Rory won it and is only one of the few players that could have done that all in all a superb Scottish open 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 5 minutes ago, doulikefish said: "Ahem"somebody's last major was 2014 you should check what happened the week before Oh, I'm aware, and he was the most recent to do it. But it's only ever happened 11 times, only Trevino has managed it before the Open, and nobody has ever done it twice... If he does it, then fair play. And you could get a job on Sky golf with that hype job Quote Rory McIlroy: Won WGC Bridgestone Invitational followed by the 2014 PGA Championship Tiger Woods: Won WGC Bridgestone Invitational followed by the 2007 PGA Championship Phil Mickelson: Won BellSouth Classic followed by the 2006 Masters Tournament Sandy Lyle: Won Greater Greensboro Open followed by the 1988 Masters Tournament Lee Trevino: Won the Canadian Open followed by the 1971 British Open Art Wall: Won the Azalea Open followed by the 1959 Masters Tournament *Sam Snead: Won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the 1949 Masters Tournament *Ben Hogan: Won the Winnipeg Open followed by the 1946 PGA Championship *Byron Nelson: Won the Chicago Victory Open followed by the 1945 PGA Championship Ralph Guldahl: Won the Greater Greensboro Open followed by the 1939 Masters Tournament *Henry Picard: Won the Scranton Open followed by the 1939 PGA Championship https://www.golfcompendium.com/2020/08/golfers-who-won-week-before-winning-major.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/66 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Did Mickleson not win at Castle Stuart in 2013 then at Muirfield the week after? I was at both and sure he won the Scottish Open then the Open 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 21 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: Did Mickleson not win at Castle Stuart in 2013 then at Muirfield the week after? I was at both and sure he won the Scottish Open then the Open He did 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Where's all our money and hopes being invested this week? I've gone for Fowler, Hatton, Fleetwood and Bob Mac. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Where's all our money and hopes being invested this week? I've gone for Fowler, Hatton, Fleetwood and Bob Mac. Fowler and Lowry will also dabble on Tom Kim Edited July 17, 2023 by doulikefish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Bob jumps just the 50 places up the world rankings after yesterday. Now 54th in the world. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 33 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Bob jumps just the 50 places up the world rankings after yesterday. Now 54th in the world. Sweden's Vincent Norrman made an ever bigger jump as he took full advantage of the weak field at the Barbasol to win after a playoff. He pocketed a handy €600k and jumped from 286 to 164. https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12921948/pga-tour-englands-nathan-kimsey-beaten-by-vincent-norrman-in-play-off-at-barbasol-championship 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Bob jumps just the 50 places up the world rankings after yesterday. Now 54th in the world. Delighted to see how big the rankings jump is. Huge cheque/points even for second even though the result ended up being so cruel. We'd all have loved Bob to win yesterday, and a PGA tour card would have been a career changer, but hopefully this is a big step back into the Top 50, getting into all the majors, and making the Ryder Cup team (which, on form and points, he was nowhere near 2 or 3 weeks ago before Denmark). A strong week at the Open would obviously be huge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, VictorOnopko said: Delighted to see how big the rankings jump is. Huge cheque/points even for second even though the result ended up being so cruel. We'd all have loved Bob to win yesterday, and a PGA tour card would have been a career changer, but hopefully this is a big step back into the Top 50, getting into all the majors, and making the Ryder Cup team (which, on form and points, he was nowhere near 2 or 3 weeks ago before Denmark). A strong week at the Open would obviously be huge. He does get a special temporary membership though. He got more points yesterday for second than he did when he won the Italian open last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Played Abama in Tenerife on Saturday and Sunday (wanted to play earlier in the week but I’m not built for 37 deg C!). Shot 89 and 79 - 85 would be to my handicap so very pleased with the latter. Stunning course and pretty challenging, would really recommend it. Can be quite slow though like all resort golf - on the second round I was on for a 2 hr 30 round but caught up the people in front on 14 and that really slowed me down. Good quality rental clubs too (TaylorMade Sim Max 2) but who on earth decided that a 9deg loft driver is what random hackers want on a resort course? Getting used to that was really the difference between my 2 rounds! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Sky wanking themselves into a fury over Rory and it's only Monday afternoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Disco Duck said: Good quality rental clubs too (TaylorMade Sim Max 2) but who on earth decided that a 9deg loft driver is what random hackers want on a resort course? Getting used to that was really the difference between my 2 rounds! Good for keeping it low off the tee as normally a pretty windy course but that's good scoring 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, doulikefish said: Good for keeping it low off the tee as normally a pretty windy course but that's good scoring I barely got it off the ground in the first round! Was a bit breezy but no more than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 11 hours ago, peasy23 said: Where's all our money and hopes being invested this week? I've gone for Fowler, Hatton, Fleetwood and Bob Mac. I noticed the William Hills along from my work are offering evens for Rory to finish t20 or better, which seems pretty much like free money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I've gone for Christiaan Bezuidenhout to be top South African at odds of 7/1. Also Adam Scott to be top 40 at 11/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 37 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: I noticed the William Hills along from my work are offering evens for Rory to finish t20 or better, which seems pretty much like free money. Online aswell I am in for some of that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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