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The Open 2015 at St. Andrews

Mon, Jul 20 2015 8:34 PM (370 replies)

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LOLserver

3,522 Posts

Fri, Jul 17 2015 1:54 AM

Last silly question, are all players starting at hole 1 or also at hole 10?..sry my naive question : )))

Eric

donsprintr

2,063 Posts

Fri, Jul 17 2015 1:58 AM

On another note ... Ivor Robson, the starter of the Open Championship for 41 years with the distinctive high pitched voice, is due to retire after this event ... thank you Ivor for all those years of service !!!

oilyrag

875 Posts

Fri, Jul 17 2015 2:02 AM

LOLserver:

Last silly question, are all players starting at hole 1 or also at hole 10?..sry my naive question : )))

Eric

again, down to the tournament committee.

most likely the groups will be 3 ball - not 2 ball - in the 3rd round, if they need to catch up time

Stobsbee

4,784 Posts

Fri, Jul 17 2015 2:03 AM

LOLserver:
are all players starting at hole 1

They said on the BBC earlier that all players would start at hole 1 but that could change depending on the weather. They also said that one option they have for tomorrow to make up time if needed would be to have the 3rd round groups be 3 players instead of the traditional 2.

oneeyedjohn

9,581 Posts

Fri, Jul 17 2015 2:41 AM

In all the years of watching the Open, it is very rare indeed that the tournament does not finish on a Sunday. They always somehow manage to get around weather delays.

Of course years ago a tie meant an 18 hole playoff on the Monday, the most famous being Doug Sanders missing a short putt on 18 and then losing the playoff to Jack Nicklaus the following day.

John Daly won his Open in '95 after an abbreviated 5 hole playoff on Sunday against Constantino Rocca.