Gutted for Rory, really wanted him to win. He played so well, but a couple of short putts near the end, especially the one from only 2.5ft, sunk him.
DeChambeau rode his luck all day, hitting into the rough but generally getting a good lie. Still, the fella can play, and that 55yd sand shot on 18 was brilliant.
I’d say Rory got the lions share of luck down the stretch, just blew those two short putts.
Rory’s drives on 13 and 14 were headed for never-never land but a carom off the grandstand and a patron gave him perfect lies. Bryson, on the other hand, had his drive on 18 carom off the Marshall, and go straight left, under the tree.
I’ve played #2 a few times, and shots into the native areas are catch as catch can, but far more often playable than not.
Rory’s course management is suspect.
3 wood or driving iron at 18 to find the fairway would have given him a high probability of par, with an outside birdie chance.
He did the same in the Dubai Desert Classic 2 years ago, wrong club selection.
Agreed. He also took too much club on the par three (16?) going over the back, from where bogey was inevitable.
Rory had this in the bag, it seemed, but after playing so well and getting himself into the lead late on, he spewed it the last few holes. He has all the talent in the world but it hasn’t quite translated to the quantity of majors we expected, and a 10 year wait is way too long for his level. I think more than anything else, he needs to see some sort of sports psychologist and then he should get right back in there. He might yet win The Open at Royal Troon. It would be the perfect response.
DeChambeau played well, and the bunker shot on 18 was difficult, and executed really well. When he went in there I thought we were heading for a playoff, so well done that man, he won it fair and square.
New caddie and a psychologist will sort him out.
Bryson looked awful in his last round. Looked like he was the one bottling it. Brilliant clutch shot at the end, but ultimately Rory handed him the trophy
100% if Rory and Bryson were paired on Sunday, Rory would have destroyed him.
He did it to Scheffler 2 years ago in the Fed Ex Cup and against Schauffle a few weeks ago.
If my Gran had 10 legs, she’d be a track star!
How many does she have already… Are you coming out as a spider?
The new caddie shout has merit.
On the one hand, it’s Rory’s mate, so there’s a comfort and familiarity with that and it can be useful in helping a player be relaxed to do his thing.
On the other hand, it is Rory’s place of work, and at the very highest level there might come a shot, or two, that makes all the difference. For example, on the par three, the caddie should have said hit an 8 iron, heart of the green, get out of there with par. And the caddie should have been firm on that. But Rory hits a 7 iron, goes over the back, and bogeys.
On 18 the caddie should have said, strongly, fairway wood, or even a long iron, just get it in the fairway, wedge, two putts, and it is a par at worst. But Rory hits driver, and with all the tension of the occasion, he has to chop out from the rough and now he is under pressure to make par, and he bogeys again.
I’m not sure what a caddie would do to help the missed short putts. That’s just the occasion and the tension of the moment. With that said, had Rory not dropped 2 of those shots in the last few holes, he would have felt a lot less tension!
So on balance, yes, he needs a top caddie as it might be the difference between another major or two, and more heartbreak.
What’s Steve Williams doing these days? Phone him up.
First 2 weeks of my new job almost done, home tomorrow.
Old Course booked for 0840 Thursday.
Happy days
He did…but I was turned off by his schoolboy jumping about on successful holes. Tiger used to do this crap and finally grew up. And DeChambeau is no Tiger.
Seems to be the only LIV guy that’s actually got better by going there.
Rahm was like at the peak and now he looks dreadful.
Thought getting wasted at the 19th was what golf was about.
Works for us anyway!
Scottish links golf course kicking the top professional golfers arses big time.
When they’re laying up 60 yards short on a par 4 after hitting driver driver, you know its tough.
Shame to see Lowry drop so many after getting to -8. Double bogey on 18 for Brown was careless too!
It’s all bunched up now, and any one from about 10 of them could win it.
Glad he crashed.
Him, and Hatton, are a pair of wankers.
Really cool interview with Michelle Wie
US broadcasters and Sky Sports Golf could learn a lot from the Olympics golf coverage.
But they wont.
Going into the final day Europe are down 10-6 so need a big comeback in the singles. I see a headline on the BBC Sports page saying Hall and Hull keeping Europe in touch
“Oh, Europe must be on a roll today”, I assume. I click on the story and see this is current standing
So, to win they need to keep their 3 current leads, win all 5 of the matches that are all square (two of which havent started), and get 1 and half points out of the 5 currently red matches. Interesting definition of “in touch”
