The Open

[KiwiPie]

Spare a thought for Aguri Iwasaki. Hovering around the cut line with 7 holes to play - goes double bogey, quintuple bogey, sextuple bogey (13 shots gone in 3 holes) and finishes with a triple bogey to shoot 91 and be officially last.

[nostrildamus]

@canefan said in The Open:

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[Smudge]

@JK said in The Open:

Dan Brown is your clubhouse leader after round 1 alone at -6

Impressive bogey free round

It's fair to say there's more Angels than Demons in Dan Brown's scorecard there.

[sparky]

Shane Lowry drops two shots in heavy rain on the iconic Postage Stamp hole. Opens it all up.

Horshal, Brown and Lowry tied for the lead on 6 under, Schauffle on 5 under, Rose on 4 under, Lawrence and Burns who posted 65 today in the club house on 3 under, Henley, Scheffler and Burmster are also on 3 under.

[sparky]

Horshal and Lowry sharing the lead on 6 under. Some battle this.

[sparky]

Dan Brown is now leading the Open.

[sparky]

Conditions bloody difficult.

[sparky]

Daniel Hillier not totally out of it on 2 over. An excellent 68 from him today.

[sparky]

Dan Brown has a shocker on the 18th after a tough round in rough conditions.

Horshal leads by one on 4 under. Anyone of 24 golfers within 6 of a lead will fancy this tomorrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/major-championships/leaderboard

[sparky]

Weather doesn't look too smart tomorrow. Paris will feel like birdies on the back 9 late tomorrow afternoon.

[sparky]

Not that it matters much, but Ryan Fox scored a final round 67.

[sparky]

Seven golfers within one shot of the lead on the Sunday afternoon.

[sparky]

Xander Schauffele's made his move. Will it be decisive or is there another twist in this?

[sparky]

Xander Schauffele three clear with three to play. Very much his to lose.

[sparky]

Xander Schauffele is going to get his hands on the claret jug. A brilliant last round 65.

[sparky]

Best Kiwi was Hillier in 19th.

[KiwiPie]

Schauffele really showed his class on that back 9 where most of the week players were trying to hang to the score they made on the front 9. Nobody really threw it away, they just couldn't go as low as he did

[JK]

He looked very confident when he strolled in to Royal Troon a couple of hours pre tee off. They showed him basically strutting in and his demeanour made it clear he was on for it. Was only paying $4.50 but I took it!

Hillier and Fox finished pretty well over all. Gee Foxy's 3rd round cost him. He tried to play some very attacking golf that just didnt pay off. Kept at it yesterday and it did, possibly due to the more favourable conditions.

[KiwiPie]

Quite enjoyed watching Lawrence play. -7 after 9 holes but couldn't find a birdie coming home. Still kept going for it - at the 18th, he drives into a steep fairway bunker, he stupidly still tries to reach the green, hits the bank and the ball pops behind him onto the fairway. But he then hits a great shot and makes his par.

Anyway quiz question, no cheating. When was the last year that all 4 majors were won by Americans?

[JK]

I heard the stat so won't answer the year but it was a bit longer than I thought (early 2000s when Tiger was dominating - lots of 3 US player years in there but no 4s)