Now on the tee, from USA: The 2024 Open Championship thread

Favorite tournament to watch.
Too bad it’s with the morons at NBC.
When ESPN had it, it was very very good.

 

Played with one of our board members on Monday who worked the U.S. Senior Open earlier this year as a Rules official. He said Monty couldn't have been more of an ass to the people in scoring, etc., just bitching and moaning the entire time about course setup and things of that nature. He knows the USGA officials won't listen to him any more, so he went after some of the lower-level volunteers who were helping out. He's an ass.

 

A few early observations.
I love listening to Sam Torrance.
The brellys are out early.
The postage stamp is such a cool hole.

 

The fact that Jon Rahm is even par after 8 holes with the places he’s hit it is incredible.

 

I have the YouTubeTV quadbox on and every time I look at the screen, somebody is hitting into a greenside bunker.

 

Rory at +6. LOL

 

Is there time to take back my Aberg and Fleetwood picks?

 

This was better played than anything Tiger ever did on a course. Just flawlessly struck.

 

Taking Europe vs. the field seems like a strong bet so far. Not at all surprised Lowry is playing well. I have zero faith JT can sustain this for 72 holes.