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Alone in the Lead, Norman Looks to Make Golf History
New York Times ^
| July 20 ,2008
| LARRY DORMAN
Posted on 07/19/2008 9:44:14 PM PDT by Jan Hus
SOUTHPORT, England The last time a golfer did what Greg Norman has a chance to do in the British Open, this name was Old Tom and the American Civil War had recently ended. So it is fitting that here in the land where 100-year-old golf courses are regarded as new, Norman is one step from rewriting his own history, and one of golfs oldest records.
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TOPICS: History; Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: 53; britishopen; golf; greatwhiteshark; norman
Just married Chris Evert. Oldest winner of a major tournement previously was Julius Boros (48) in 1968 PGA Championship.
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posted on
07/19/2008 9:44:15 PM PDT
by
Jan Hus
To: Jan Hus
And the Shark need not fear the Tiger.
The Norman Conquest?
To: Charles Henrickson; NormsRevenge
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:19:52 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: Jan Hus
Wasn’t it Norman who crumbled in the final round of the British Open years ago .... or was that the Masters?
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posted on
07/19/2008 10:40:25 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(H2OLY: The chemical formula for holy water.)
To: Jan Hus
I still like Harrington. Would be nice to see an Irishman win the Brit Open.
To: Charles Henrickson
Tiger is out until he can figure out the new drug testing rules...broken leg my backside.
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posted on
07/19/2008 11:07:50 PM PDT
by
Archie Bunker on steroids
(The Cold War; trillions of dollars over 45 years to protect our country from what we have become)
To: Jan Hus
Tee-off times for the fourth round of the 137th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport:(GB & Ire unless stated, all times BST)
0710 Lam Chih-bing (Sin)
0720 Brendan Jones (Aus), Justin Rose
0730 Thomas Aiken (SA), Sean O'Hair (US)
0740 Martin Wiegele (Aut), Lee Westwood
0750 Phillip Archer, Martin Kaymer (Ger)
0800 Richard Finch, Lucas Glover (US)
0810 David Duval (US), Anthony Wall
0820 Nick Dougherty, Tom Gillis (US)
0830 Kevin Stadler (US), David Howell
0845 Liang Wen-chong (Chi), John Rollins (US)
0855 Ariel Canete (Arg), Jean Van de Velde (Fra)
0905 Craig Parry (Aus), Jonathan Lomas
0915 Richard Green (Aus), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por)
0925 David Horsey, Gregory Havret (Fra)
0935 Paul Waring, Phil Mickeslon (US)
0945 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Gregory Bourdy (Fra)
0955 Michael Campbell (NZ), Ernie Els (SA)
1010 Andres Romero (Arg), Nick O'Hern (Aus)
1020 Heath Slocum (US), Graeme McDowell
1030 Frederik Jacobson (Swe), Stuart Appleby (Aus)
1040 Scott Verplank (US), Jay Williamson (US)
1050 Thomas Sherreard, Jeff Overton (US)
1100 Woody Austin (US), Bart Bryant (US)
1110 Doug Labelle (US), Colin Montgomerie
1120 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Paul Casey
1135 Stephen Ames (Can), Peter Hanson (Swe)
1145 Adam Scott (Aus), Soren Hansen (Den)
1155 Zach Johnson (US), Mike Weir (Can)
1205 Trevor Immelman (SA), David Frost (SA)
1215 Camilo Villegas (Col), Anders Hansen (Den)
1225 Tom Lehman (US), Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra)
1235 Justin Leonard (US), Todd Hamilton (US)
1245 Simon Khan, Jim Furyk (US)
1255 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Retief Goosen (SA)
1310 Steve Stricker (US), Davis Love III (US)
1320 Rocco Mediate (US), Robert Allenby (Aus)
1340 Graeme Storm, Henrik Stenson (Swe)
1350 Alexander Noren (Swe), Anthony Kim (US)
1400 Ross Fisher, Ben Curtis (US)
1410 Simon Wakefield, KJ Choi (Kor)
1420 Padraig Harrington, Greg Norman (Aus)
[Subtract 5 Hours for East Coast, 8 Hours for West Coast times.]
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posted on
07/19/2008 11:42:33 PM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: InvisibleChurch
'96 Masters. It was a sad sight to see.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/mastshrk.htm
But, British Open is a whole different thing. Who knows what he will do.....he has won two British Opens, but also had some incredibly bad luck in US Majors, aside from the collapse.
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posted on
07/20/2008 3:21:02 AM PDT
by
FlyVet
(Reid makes us sick. Pelosi makes us sick.)
To: Jan Hus
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
07/20/2008 3:35:02 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: cleveland gop
Here we go! Sunday afternoon (morning) at the OPEN!
With no Tiger in it, I’d love to see Greg pull this one out of the wind!
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posted on
07/20/2008 6:15:22 AM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
To: GRRRRR
Greg's falling back, behind Harrington by one.
Love the Brit sense of understatement:
1737: That's massive from Poulter at 18 - he rams home his 20-footer to save par and finish with a 69. He's seven over for the tournament, and one off leader Padraig Harrington. Poulter punches the air and screams like a man who has just rolled over to discover he spent the night with Jessica Alba.
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:54:18 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: brityank
Norman better get his stiff shafts ready, cuz he’s gonna be history with any more bogies...
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:58:23 AM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
To: GRRRRR
3 back with 3 to play. A win would be historic, all right. More likely he’s adding to his history of Sunday chokes.
To: GRRRRR
Here's the top 20, 8 still playing:
ROUND 4 Leaderboard
Leading Players
Sunday, 20 July 2008
|
|
COUNTRY |
ROUND 4 |
SCORE |
AFTER |
1 |
Harrington |
IRL |
|
+5 |
15 |
2 |
Poulter |
ENG |
69 |
+7 |
18 |
3 |
Norman |
AUS |
|
+8 |
15 |
4 |
Stenson |
SWE |
71 |
+9 |
18 |
5 |
Wood |
ENG |
72 |
+10 |
18 |
5 |
Furyk |
USA |
71 |
+10 |
18 |
5 |
Choi |
KOR |
|
+10 |
16 |
8 |
Kim |
USA |
|
+11 |
17 |
8 |
Curtis |
USA |
|
+11 |
17 |
8 |
Wakefield |
ENG |
|
+11 |
16 |
11 |
Allenby |
AUS |
74 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Casey |
ENG |
70 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Els |
RSA |
69 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Howell |
ENG |
67 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Karlsson |
SWE |
69 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Stricker |
USA |
73 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Ames |
CAN |
71 |
+12 |
18 |
11 |
Noren |
SWE |
|
+12 |
17 |
11 |
Fisher |
ENG |
|
+12 |
17 |
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:08:26 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: dighton
bummer,, shark beached by gusty winds
30 to 40 mph winds can mess a game up pretty good..
the sun was shining but it was still a cool day
not that that course is ever easy to play.
Good job, Padraig!
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:30:58 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Looks as if Harrington's got it; good job:
ROUND 4 Leaderboard
Leading Players
Sunday, 20 July 2008
|
|
COUNTRY |
ROUND 4 |
SCORE |
AFTER |
1 |
Harrington |
IRL |
|
+3 |
17 |
2 |
Poulter |
ENG |
69 |
+7 |
18 |
3 |
Norman |
AUS |
|
+8 |
17 |
4 |
Stenson |
SWE |
71 |
+9 |
18 |
5 |
Wood |
ENG |
72 |
+10 |
18 |
5 |
Furyk |
USA |
71 |
+10 |
18 |
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:36:31 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: brityank
I'm glad I recorded the last round. Haven't watched it yet, but looking at the scores, conditions must have been miserable.
Sometimes Love is a great foul-weather player ("Birdie, birdie, birdie....what course is he playing?"), but I see he finished +14.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:27:59 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
(Reid makes us sick. Pelosi makes us sick.)
To: Jan Hus
I watch just to see that poor excuse of a man crumble, and he did not disappoint!
There is not many people I despise more that Greg Norman.
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posted on
07/20/2008 7:33:47 PM PDT
by
Afronaut
(It's 1984)
To: FlyVet
Typical weather, cool (50’s) and windy (35mph).
As someone once sad: “A guid walk spoilt!”
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posted on
07/21/2008 9:47:32 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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