This year is my first attending one in England. My first was 1977 at Turnberry and have been to heaps since. Going down to Lytham Monday through Saturday and really looking forward to it, on the greatest and toughest golf course I've ever played. I'm really enjoying the Scottish Open on the telly but having been at Le Golf National last week and away all next week, didn't go up to Castle Stuart.
Some of the golfers were saying that this week is good preparation for next week. Bollocks. Other than tight lies, they are chalk and cheese. Lytham asks all its questions from the tees. It is the most relentlessly demanding driving course on the planet. Paris was an excellent driving course too but Castle Stuart has fairways wider than the brick facade at Ibrox and at this level on this particular track, it's nothing to do with driving. One golfer hit 27 of 28 fairways and missed the cut. Noren, joint leader was 124th in the field for Driving Accuracy after 2 Rds.
The Open is my favourite sporting event on the planet and this year could be really special, I reckon. Memories of the greatest, Seve will be strong of course but who's your money on next week?
I'm going for Louis Oosthuizen (50/1) and Harris English (300/1).
Lawrie at 66's isn't good value at all in my opinion but Donald at 18/1 and Westwood at 16's is even worse. Donald's driving won't be strong enough round Lytham (length and accuracy) and the golfing gods ain't giving Westwood a major until he learns to putt properly.
Put your selections here for next week. This week at the Scottish is anybody's although Francesco was hugely impressive on the range last week with a swing that nothing much can go wrong with. Now that he has learned to putt, he's a threat anywhere any time.
This year is my first attending one in England. My first was 1977 at Turnberry and have been to heaps since. Going down to Lytham Monday through Saturday and really looking forward to it, on the greatest and toughest golf course I've ever played. I'm really enjoying the Scottish Open on the telly but having been at Le Golf National last week and away all next week, didn't go up to Castle Stuart.
Some of the golfers were saying that this week is good preparation for next week. Bollocks. Other than tight lies, they are chalk and cheese. Lytham asks all its questions from the tees. It is the most relentlessly demanding driving course on the planet. Paris was an excellent driving course too but Castle Stuart has fairways wider than the brick facade at Ibrox and at this level on this particular track, it's nothing to do with driving. One golfer hit 27 of 28 fairways and missed the cut. Noren, joint leader was 124th in the field for Driving Accuracy after 2 Rds.
The Open is my favourite sporting event on the planet and this year could be really special, I reckon. Memories of the greatest, Seve will be strong of course but who's your money on next week?
I'm going for Louis Oosthuizen (50/1) and Harris English (300/1).
Lawrie at 66's isn't good value at all in my opinion but Donald at 18/1 and Westwood at 16's is even worse. Donald's driving won't be strong enough round Lytham (length and accuracy) and the golfing gods ain't giving Westwood a major until he learns to putt properly.
Put your selections here for next week. This week at the Scottish is anybody's although Francesco was hugely impressive on the range last week with a swing that nothing much can go wrong with. Now that he has learned to putt, he's a threat anywhere any time.