The Open 2004

[woodie]

GO ON POULTS

I reckon Mickelson, Els, Garcia, Clarke and Goosen will all be right up there at the end.

Couple to llok out for, Scott Drummond and Lee Westwood.

Not in the top 100 betting:

Eriksson 300/1
Oosthuizen 300/1
Hamilton 300/1
Olander 300/1
Hiratsuka 300/1
Day 300/1
Oldcorn 300/1
Dyson 300/1
Mahan 300/1
McRoy 300/1
Foster 300/1
Goggin 300/1
Garrido 300/1
Paul Lawrie 300/1
Otto 300/1
Perks 300/1
Duval 300/1
S.Drummond 500/1
Wakefield 500/1
J.Green 500/1
E.Little 500/1
Buckle 500/1
Tsukada 500/1
Flanagan 500/1
Atwal 500/1
Erlandsson 500/1
Hoshino 500/1
Kamiyama 500/1
Stolz 500/1
Van Der Walt 500/1
f***abori 500/1
Paul Sheehan 500/1
Le Vesconte 750/1
Emerson 750/1
Felton 750/1
Muller 750/1
Chand 750/1
Barr 1000/1
Struver 1000/1
Hazelden 1000/1
Cheetham 1000/1
Lyle 1000/1
Millar 2000/1
Willey 2000/1
Wesselingh 2000/1
McElhinney 2000/1
Bradshaw 2000/1
Tiley 2000/1
Whiffin 2000/1
Willman 2000/1
L.Campbell 2000/1
Atkinson 2000/1
Spencer 2000/1
Hume 2000/1
Sugrue 2000/1
Weiskopf 5000/1
Wilson 5000/1

 

[Geoff]

I agree with your picks to be right up there, but hope that one of the two Canadians can have a good few days. Weir has never done very well at the British Open, but with the way that our new Canadian, Stephen Ames, has been playing lately I would pick him as a darkhorse.

 

[An Tarbh]

Is this the same Stephen Ames who used to play for Trinidad and Tobago?

Woods doesn't seem to be under as much pressure as in previous majors so he may come good. Wouldn't dismiss Harrington either.

 

[woodie]

Lots of good British AND IRISH players. Harrington, Clarke, Casey, Price, Poulter, Evans, Monty, Westwood, Donald...time for one of them to win a major.

Michael Cambell is a good bet. He is on good form at the moment.

NB. Check out Poults' trousers!

 

[woodie]

LEGEND!

 

[Geoff]

Originally posted by An Tarbh@Jul 14 2004, 10:30 PM
Is this the same Stephen Ames who used to play for Trinidad and Tobago?

Ya, he has been living in Canada, married to a Canadian for the past 5-6 years and got his Canadian citizenship a couple of months ago. The sportscasts in Canada had been referring to him as "Calgary resident, Stephen Ames", but now he is called "Canadian, Stephan Ames"

 

[An Tarbh]

Originally posted by woodie@Jul 15 2004, 11:01 AM
Lots of good British players. Harrington, Clarke,

British???

Pretty shite start for Harrington +5 with a 76, Clarke's just finished -2 with a 69. Not a bad few weeks for Levet, winning the Scottish open to qualify and shooting 66 in the first round.

 

[woodie]

DAY ONE LEADERBOARD
(Top 13 + Selected others)

T1 CASEY, Paul ENG 66 -5
T1 LEVET, Thomas FRA 66 -5
3 CAMPBELL, Michael NZL 67 -4
T4 CHOI, K. J. KOR 68 -3
T4 EVANS, Gary ENG 68 -3
T4 FERRIE, Kenneth ENG 68 -3
T4 FORSYTH, Alastair SCO 68 -3
T4 GOGGIN, Mathew AUS 68 -3
T4 OLANDER, Mårten SWE 68 -3
T4 PETTERSSON, Carl SWE 68 -3
T4 SINGH, Vijay FJI 68 -3
T4 WILSON, Stuart (am) SCO 68 -3
T13 BEEM, Rich USA 69 -2
T13 CLARKE, Darren NIR 69 -2
T13 ELS, Ernie RSA 69 -2
T13 GOOSEN, Retief RSA 69 -2
T13 McGINLEY, Paul IRL 69 -2
T13 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SCO 69 -2
T26 DALY, John USA 70 -1
T26 WOODS, Tiger USA 70 -1
T40 POULTER, Ian ENG 71 Par
T40 WEIR, Mike CAN 71 Par
T57 LOVE III, Davis USA 72
T57 WESTWOOD, Lee ENG 72 1
T73 CLARK, Tim RSA 73 2
T73 DRUMMOND, Scott SCO 73 2
T73 MICKELSON, Phil USA 73 2
T95 AMES, Stephen CAN 74 3
T95 BADDELEY, Aaron AUS 74 3
T114 CURTIS, Ben USA 75 4
T114 DONALD, Luke ENG 75 4
T114 GARCIA, Sergio ESP 75 4
T114 JACOBSON, Fredrik SWE 75 4
T128 FALDO, Nick ENG 76 5
T128 HARRINGTON, Padraig IRL 76 5
T142 LAWRIE, Paul SCO 78 7

 

[THE CHIROPRACTOR101]

go micheal campbell...does he do a haka before he plays?...that would put everyplayer off there game

 

[umosay]

Originally posted by THE CHIROPRACTOR101@Jul 16 2004, 01:58 PM
go micheal campbell...does he do a haka before he plays?...that would put everyplayer off there game

Rofl, yeah he does it to his playing partners...

hope he doesn't faulter like poulter

 

[woodie]

"Faulter like Poulter" pfft.

+1 at the halfway stage. 72 in very tough conditions today. He's poised to make a move. Looking forward to his weekend wardrobe

 

[woodie]

Those who made the cut...


COME ON POULTS [/b][/u]

 

[woodie]

DAY THREE LEADERBOARD

1 HAMILTON, Todd USA 205 -8
2 ELS, Ernie RSA 206 -7
T3 GOOSEN, Retief RSA 207 -6
T3 LEVET, Thomas FRA 207 -6
T3 MICKELSON, Phil USA 207 -6
6 LANE, Barry ENG 208 -5
T7 VERPLANK, Scott USA 209 -4
T7 WOODS, Tiger USA 209 -4
T9 KENDALL, Skip USA 210 -3
T9 MONTGOMERIE, Colin SCO 210 -3
T9 WEIR, Mike CAN 210 -3
COME ON POULTS</span></span>[/u][/b]

I'm thinking Red/White +4s tomorrow with a strong hint of Arsenal.

 

[An Tarbh]

Looking like Els tournament if he holds it together. Monty seems fairly bullish about his chances, trying to draw parallels with Justin Leonard who won from 5 shots back. Clutching at straws methinks.