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Posted on 07/24/2017 12:19:30 PM PDT by Kaslin
As opposed to *cough* Tiger *cough*
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All kinds of men can win golf tournaments - John Daly, Robert Allenby, Vijay Singh. Nice guys don’t always finish last, but somewhat dubious sorts can also win every so often.
Does Rush need fact checkers ?
young tom morris was 17 years old when he won his first Open. He won 4 opens before he was 22. Died when he was 24
Seve was 22 years old
One of the few times in my life of following sports
, I wanted BOTH of them to WIN!
(maybe Im getting soft in my old age)
What a REMARKABLE finish! Spieth can do it 10 different ways from Sunday...sometimes he hits them straight, sometimes he the best Iron player in the game, sometimes he’s the best long putter I’ve ever seen. He played 13 lousy holes on Sunday and then BOOM! Gotta love this kid.
30 minutes was ridiculous and I’d have been ticked. If you lose your ball, you have 5 minutes to search for it. But if you find your ball, and that’s only because there are thousands of spotters, you get unlimited time to figure out the rules?
Seems stupid and unfair to me.
Yeah, I do kind of have a problem with it. It was obvious he was stalling for time to get his head together.
I don’t know what it is with him in final rounds, but he needs to get it figured out if he wants to try to catch Tiger or Jack.
Did you call into the network and explain the rules to them during the broadcast?
Rush said “He’s the youngest player, professional, to win the British Open.”
Presumably, Young Tom Morris wasn’t a professional when he won the British Open between the ages of 17 and 22—and were there even “professional” golfers back then? But you’re correct that Seve Ballesteros was 22, and had been a professional for several years already, when he won the British Open in 1979.
Could Rush have meant that Spieth was the youngest professional American to win? That wouldn’t excuse his misstatement, but it would explain it.
He is ahead of both Tiger and Jack in number of tournament wins for his age.
Speith played two rounds of golf yesterday - one, through twelve holes and his tee shot on 13, and the second absolutely phenomenal the rest of the course. A well-deserving champion! I hope he wins many more.
Speith played two rounds of golf yesterday - one, through twelve holes and his tee shot on 13, and the second absolutely phenomenal the rest of the course. A well-deserving champion! I hope he wins many more.
Congratulations to Spieth and kudos to Woods who was on track to be the greatest golfer of all time until beset with injuries...........
Virtually every news outlet announcing the win made the same claim..........ain't no big thang......
Rush: “He’s the first under 24 to win three majors.”
Uh, Rush....Jack Nicklaus:
Born 1940
Won 1962 US Open-Age 22
Won 1963 Masters-Age 23
Won 1963 PGA Championshipo-Age 23
Young Tom was a professional golfer.
The British Open started as the Professional Championship tournament at Prestwick in 1860.
The Professional Championship opened up to amateurs in 1861, starting the beginning of “The Open Championship”.
According to Morris’s Hall of Fame bio, he took money from an exhibition match when he was 13.
http://www.worldgolfhalloffame.org/tom-morris-jr/
He finished 4th in the 1867 Open and won 1 pound.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867_Open_Championship
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