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Hopefully Jordan Spieth will as with an increasingly depleted field absent of most of the top players, he surely must have a good shot of winning Gold.
Any reason why golfers are withdrawing because of the Zika virus but Tennis players aren't? |
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Hopefully Jordan Spieth will as with an increasingly depleted field absent of most of the top players, he surely must have a good shot of winning Gold.
Any reason why golfers are withdrawing because of the Zika virus but Tennis players aren't? |
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Do think the Scottish open is going to have to move dates since Wimbledon moved a couple of years ago.
When I was there Friday more folk seemed concerned with the tennis. Maybe go Scottish, Irish in consecutive weeks or even Irish, open, then Scottish |
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Well thought I had a chance with coelsarts for a bit
My open tips are Lee Westwood 50/1 Marc leishman 80/1 Niklaus coelsarts 150/1 |
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Watching the us women's open playoff the rules in golf are stupid ana nordqvist grazed her club in the sand and she got a 2 shot pen I thought it was harsh
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Watching the us women's open playoff the rules in golf are stupid ana nordqvist grazed her club in the sand and she got a 2 shot pen I thought it was harsh
saying she "only grazed" it would lead to all sorts of ambiguity around how much contact is allowed before you have been considered to have grounded your club, and thats unworkable |
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Looking forward to thursday. This the main one I watch every year and it seems we nearly getting it from first to last shot. Hope Sky do the coverage well
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Looking forward to thursday. This the main one I watch every year and it seems we nearly getting it from first to last shot. Hope Sky do the coverage well
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Disaster for the sport. Hope we get a better showing in 2020, if its still around.
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Golf should not have been brought into the Olympics anyway. It certainly shouldn't stay in for 2020.
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Well thought I had a chance with coelsarts for a bit
My open tips are Lee Westwood 50/1 Marc leishman 80/1 Niklaus coelsarts 150/1 |
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Disaster for the sport. Hope we get a better showing in 2020, if its still around.
There are plenty of other sports, all going to the same place yet Golf is the only one having these so called professionals doing this, and as for Mcilroy's comments today about watching other sports rather than golf, why do you play then Rory? go and do something else you ungrateful sod. I am a massive golffan have been for years but i have to say they should be well and truly ashamed of themselves, probably bitching and leaving because nobody will pay them enough. |
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Hopefully Jordan Spieth will as with an increasingly depleted field absent of most of the top players, he surely must have a good shot of winning Gold.
Any reason why golfers are withdrawing because of the Zika virus but Tennis players aren't? |
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Do you mean in age?
Spieth is only 22 for example and McIlroy not a lot older though. |
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Did anyone watch Sky's preview show last night?
It was so much better than what the BBC used to do, which seems very staid lo King back in comparison Really looking forward to sky's coverage now |
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Rory Mcilroy says that winning championships and majors is more important than the Olympics
So why say that you wanted to compete at the Olympics in the first place then |
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Hopefully Jordan Spieth will as with an increasingly depleted field absent of most of the top players, he surely must have a good shot of winning Gold.
Any reason why golfers are withdrawing because of the Zika virus but Tennis players aren't? |
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Rory Mcilroy says that winning championships and majors is more important than the Olympics
So why say that you wanted to compete at the Olympics in the first place then He's right to consider the athletics and such like as "proper" Olympic events IMO. I was impressed by his attitude and honesty. Better than the usual bland stuff from sportspersons. |
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After everything they did to get it into the olympics (don't agree it should be there anyway, the olympics should be for amatuers not proffesional sportsmen/women) they should be ashamed of themselves.
There are plenty of other sports, all going to the same place yet Golf is the only one having these so called professionals doing this, and as for Mcilroy's comments today about watching other sports rather than golf, why do you play then Rory? go and do something else you ungrateful sod. I am a massive golffan have been for years but i have to say they should be well and truly ashamed of themselves, probably bitching and leaving because nobody will pay them enough. I don't know that the top professional sportspeople were ever that bothered about being included in the Olympics, it was in the IOC's interest to add high profile and heavily sponsored (ie RICH) sports. |
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Not sure if I have missed it, but have any women withdrawn from the Olympics tournament ?
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Of course the majors are more important. The Olympics are probably 6th or 7th ranked at best to any golfer, and only then because of the rarity of it being every 4 years. So they'd still want to do it, but it's just a run of the mill tournament to them, never the top one. I think he was very honest and open today, and put the value of the Olympics into perspective.
He's right to consider the athletics and such like as "proper" Olympic events IMO. I was impressed by his attitude and honesty. Better than the usual bland stuff from sportspersons. |
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Not sure if I have missed it, but have any women withdrawn from the Olympics tournament ?
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Golf should not have been brought into the Olympics anyway. It certainly shouldn't stay in for 2020.
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Hopefully Jordan Spieth will as with an increasingly depleted field absent of most of the top players, he surely must have a good shot of winning Gold.
Any reason why golfers are withdrawing because of the Zika virus but Tennis players aren't? I couldn't help but think that when Rory withdrew, he was influenced a bit by the fact that his ex-fiancee is due to carry the flag for Denmark, which is all a bit awkward, and he probably is of the age where might be thinking of having his own family soon, and there was already a bit of conflict regarding his choice of Ireland or Great Britain, so add that together and it was probably a relief for him to get out of it. Once you've made a decision like that, it is human nature to convince yourself that you never wanted to go anyway, but his comments about it were pretty graceless and he's come down in my estimation. He could simply have said that he's comfortable with his decision, and will enjoy the opportunity to follow other sports. There's no such thing as amateur sport these days, and you either have the best taking part, or you don't bother. Boxing is a slight exception, because Olympic boxing is held in very high regard and the idea of one fight every few months just isn't viable at the Games. Once one or two players quit, the others can follow suit, and will worry that there must be something in the health concerns. However, I can't help but think the world of golf is more about chasing the money than the pursuit of brilliance and high achievement. The very top tennis players have talked all year about prioritising the Olympics, and despite no prize money or ranking points, they still want the glory of being Olympic champion, or at the very least, to be able to call themselves an Olympian. It could be argued that they are less money orientated, but perhaps it's more that tennis is a "proper sport". The Olympics is the biggest event in sport, and tennis players have more in common with the other participants, and are more likely to admire and respect what it's all about. It is fair to say that when tennis was first re-introduced, it was as an exhibition, and some were less enthusiastic, but it didn't take long for it to become a top priority. As soon as Andre Agassi won the "Golden Slam", Olympic Gold became highly desirable to the glory hunters. If one of the top golfers wins gold this summer, I think some of the no-shows will be a bit jealous. |
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