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British Masters

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Walton Heath Golf Club
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Purse: £ 3.0 million

Notable players:

o- British & Irish: Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Eddie Pepperell, Matt Wallace, Ross Fisher, Chris Wood, Shane Lowry, Paul Dunne, Lee Westwood, Padraig Harrington.
o- Continental Europeans:, Francesco Molinari, Thorbjørn Olesen, Lucas Bjerregaard, Adrian Otaegui, Alexander Björk, Alexander Levy, Mike Lorenzo-vera, Mikko Korhonen, Andrea Pavan, Marcus Kinhult, Martin Kaymer, Nicolas Colsaerts.
o- North Americans: Julian Suri, Harold Varner Iii, David Lipsky, Chase Koepka, Daniel Im, Austin Connelly.
o- Aus & NZ: Scott Hend, Jason Scrivener, Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Andrew Dodt, Marcus Fraser, Brett Rumford, Sam Brazel, Jason Norris.
o- South Africans: Charl Schwartzel, Brandon Stone, Erik Van Rooyen, Dean Burmester, Darren Fichardt, George Coetzee, Haydn Porteous, Richard Sterne, Thomas Aiken, Zander Lombard, Trevor Immelman, Jaco Van Zyl.
o- Asians: Hideto Tanihara, Haotong Li, Gavin Green, Jeunghun Wang, Phachara Khongwatmai, Thongchai Jaidee, Soomin Lee.

Am going to the masters on Saturday a mate bought a hospitality package for 4 charity day

Openside wrote:Am going to the masters on Saturday a mate bought a hospitality package for 4 charity day

if you see Ryan Fox tell him the penalty his Dad kicked to beat the Lions in 1993 was a travesty !

Gareth1960 wrote:

Openside wrote:Am going to the masters on Saturday a mate bought a hospitality package for 4 charity day

if you see Ryan Fox tell him the penalty his Dad kicked to beat the Lions in 1993 was a travesty !

But not as bad as the penalty Owen Farrell kicked in 2017 to beat the All Blacks.

booji boy wrote:

Gareth1960 wrote:

Openside wrote:Am going to the masters on Saturday a mate bought a hospitality package for 4 charity day

if you see Ryan Fox tell him the penalty his Dad kicked to beat the Lions in 1993 was a travesty !

But not as bad as the penalty Owen Farrell kicked in 2017 to beat the All Blacks.

Didn't take long for you to leap onto the hook!!!

Gareth1960 wrote:

booji boy wrote:

Gareth1960 wrote:

Openside wrote:Am going to the masters on Saturday a mate bought a hospitality package for 4 charity day

if you see Ryan Fox tell him the penalty his Dad kicked to beat the Lions in 1993 was a travesty !

But not as bad as the penalty Owen Farrell kicked in 2017 to beat the All Blacks.

Didn't take long for you to leap onto the hook!!!

I remember both clearly. One was was a travesty, the other perfectly legit.

Had my best round ever yesterday. 77 off the stick and went 1 under for the front nine (par 72). Makes the back nine sound bad but I did have on line putts stop 10 cm or so from the hole on 4 holes in a row on that nine!! Not a remarkable round for a single figure handicapper but I was playing off 16 and so had 47 stableford points.

Brumbie_Steve wrote:Had my best round ever yesterday. 77 off the stick and went 1 under for the front nine (par 72). Makes the back nine sound bad but I did have on line putts stop 10 cm or so from the hole on 4 holes in a row on that nine!! Not a remarkable round for a single figure handicapper but I was playing off 16 and so had 47 stableford points.

Congrats man nice round. First time breaking 80?

First time I broke 80 was quite similar. I was having a good front nine until I tripled the ninth and made the turn six over.

But then I shot 1 under for the back nine for 77.

41 points and then 40 points!!

enough to secure our team second place in the Summer long " Grand Prix "

from 6th to second in a week

£4200 to be shared by 4 of us for a £150 per head auction cost


Downhill 10 footer on the last made all the difference !

Gareth1960 wrote:41 points and then 40 points!!

enough to secure our team second place in the Summer long " Grand Prix "

from 6th to second in a week

£4200 to be shared by 4 of us for a £150 per head auction cost


Downhill 10 footer on the last made all the difference !

Was that your drive?

Lorthern Nights wrote:

Gareth1960 wrote:41 points and then 40 points!!

enough to secure our team second place in the Summer long " Grand Prix "

from 6th to second in a week

£4200 to be shared by 4 of us for a £150 per head auction cost


Downhill 10 footer on the last made all the difference !

Was that your drive?

3 wood

A rare sight last Friday

Ex Irish Rugby International throwing up the best part of 5 pints of Guinness that he had tried to down in one from a very large " yard of ale" glass!
In front of 170 charity guests.

On his return from the bogs someone thoughtfully gave him a pint of Guinness

Gareth1960 wrote:A rare sight last Friday

Ex Irish Rugby International throwing up the best part of 5 pints of Guinness that he had tried to down in one from a very large " yard of ale" glass!
In front of 170 charity guests.

On his return from the bogs someone thoughtfully gave him a pint of Guinness

I play regularly with a member at my club who must be fairly unique in rugby terms.
Was a Lion without ever representing his country

I play regularly with a member at my club who must be fairly unique in rugby terms.
Was a Lion without ever representing his country [/quote]


initials AL ?

Very good Gareth correct!

Meanwhile in our club winter 4somes I am taking on the Richmond halfback pairing from the 1970s

I love it when old teammates play together: not globbying ; Wasps halfback pairing from 1954 still have a game every week at ours isn’t that great?

Gareth1960 wrote:I play regularly with a member at my club who must be fairly unique in rugby terms.
Was a Lion without ever representing his country

initials AL ?[/quote]

There's a webpage for everything! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_u ... on_players

He must be the only living example and surely the last of his kind?

Blimey certainly not unique!!! As you say only one or two can be still alive sadly.

Lorthern Nights wrote:

Gareth1960 wrote:41 points and then 40 points!!

enough to secure our team second place in the Summer long " Grand Prix "

from 6th to second in a week

£4200 to be shared by 4 of us for a £150 per head auction cost


Downhill 10 footer on the last made all the difference !

Was that your drive?

TBF it’s hard to diffentiate between a Gareth drive and and a putt.

Downhill 10 footer on the last made all the difference ! [/quote]

Was that your drive?[/quote]
TBF it’s hard to diffentiate between a Gareth drive and and a putt.[/quote]



recently more of the drives have gone in the hole !!!

Gareth1960 wrote:
recently more of the drives have gone in the hole !!!

You were fine when you weren't relying on the chief-choker, Henry, to miss a tiddler which is where it normally all went downhill on the greens...

Lorthern Nights wrote:

Gareth1960 wrote:
recently more of the drives have gone in the hole !!!

You were fine when you weren't relying on the chief-choker, Henry, to miss a tiddler which is where it normally all went downhill on the greens...

you cant say "choke" anymore
Jonny Miller has retired and Paul Azinger says its innappropiate

Pups V Hounds tomorrow morning

Under 35s against over 35s

loser buys lunch wine which is generally us - followed by massive piss up whilst watching rugby

Any dog related jokes gratefully received?

And ....

for the first time ever the hounds beat the pups !!
[ we lot our game though]

we then proceeded to get absolutely cxnted and I was home in bed by 9.30 pm

4 weeks of golf and then rugby now completed
Back to normal this weekend.


Who has one of those thick grips on their putter
?
Im considering it


what is the theory behind it?

Gareth1960 wrote:4 weeks of golf and then rugby now completed
Back to normal this weekend.


Who has one of those thick grips on their putter
?
Im considering it


what is the theory behind it?

I have thicker grips than standard but there are even thicker models available. Supposed to help take the wrists out of the stroke. I like them but not sure I'm putting any better.

Gareth1960 wrote:4 weeks of golf and then rugby now completed
Back to normal this weekend.


Who has one of those thick grips on their putter
?
Im considering it


what is the theory behind it?

I have a medium grip on my Odyssey 2Ball putter, and the idea is that it stops you breaking your wrists when putting. I find it more effective on slower greens for some reason, but on quicker greens in the middle of summer I rely on my venerable Ping Anser. I should point out that when I say more effective I actually mean less bad.

I have stumped up for a set of PXG Irons to try and reinvigorate my interest in Golf!! They really are a thing of beauty

Openside wrote:I have stumped up for a set of PXG Irons to try and reinvigorate my interest in Golf!! They really are a thing of beauty

Did you mortgage the house? Which model?

booji boy wrote:

Openside wrote:I have stumped up for a set of PXG Irons to try and reinvigorate my interest in Golf!! They really are a thing of beauty

Did you mortgage the house? Which model?

I got a blinding deal as a guy at the golf club had just been fitted for them but after one round decided he didn’t like the look of them and wanted the brand new pro model, so I had them fitted and loft & lie sorted new shafts (115g) and grips slightly thickened for £1115

Padraig Harrington just being introduced as team captain for the 2020 Ryder Cup.

Feel that the RC is very much going to just keep swapping hands to whichever team is at home given how the courses are set up.

Big Easy with a rare solid start at the Honda Classic yesterday. Tied for 2nd after round 1.
Freddie Jacobson on a comeback tour as well.

And Freddie having a solid start to day 2.

Anyone watching the Players?

Rory close to winning here.

Don't Jinx it ffs. He's forgotten how to win.

What a shot!!!!!!!!

This is a done deal Earl.

Just in time for the Masters in 3 weeks as well. He's in form

iarmhiman wrote:This is a done deal Earl.

Just in time for the Masters in 3 weeks as well. He's in form

Was he not in form this time last year also?