Just curious, Geeza, is the security at the tourneys there anything like in the States? At the US Open at Shinnecock, we had to go thru metal detectors, our bags were searched, pockets emptied, and no cameras or phones allowed! Of course, there were some "muppets", mostly club members who entered thru other areas (their own backyards, for instance) who violated the camera/phone rules but other fans got on their cases quickly and I saw several escorted out.
Besides the obvious boorish behavior and lack of consideration for the players, I get tired of the 'Get in the Hole' yell I hear on TV, regardless of the accent.
There's bad eggs everywhere. Wasn't there an incident with a drunk spectator at the Western Open in Chicago a couple weeks ago? Seems like they showed a quick shot of him being escorted away.
Besides the obvious boorish behavior and lack of consideration for the players, I get tired of the 'Get in the Hole' yell I hear on TV, regardless of the accent.
Me too, I'm tired of 'get in the hole'.
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There's bad eggs everywhere. Wasn't there an incident with a drunk spectator at the Western Open in Chicago a couple weeks ago? Seems like they showed a quick shot of him being escorted away.
I don't think they escort them out soon enough . . .
Steve has mellowed a bit, he didn't confiscate any cameras today . . . way too many pints in the gallery though that's for sure.
I never understood paying big $$$ to go to a sporting event, and getting smashed and not remembering much of it. I can do that at home in my living room if I want to. Not saying don't have 'a' beer or two, but if I am going to spend money like that, I want to see the players in action and remember the experience - we (Indianapolis) are getting a Champions Tour event in '09 and the Western Open the following year, and I can't wait. Not to party, but to see the best golfers in the world just a few yards away...
Just curious, Geeza, is the security at the tourneys there anything like in the States? At the US Open at Shinnecock, we had to go thru metal detectors, our bags were searched, pockets emptied, and no cameras or phones allowed! Of course, there were some "muppets", mostly club members who entered thru other areas (their own backyards, for instance) who violated the camera/phone rules but other fans got on their cases quickly and I saw several escorted out.
im not so sure about nowdays, but i guess not, seeing as so many people had camera phones etc... and the paint on the 18th green before Sergio's and Tiger's approach. i have never been to a Major championship (ive been to tournaments but not an Open, but hopefully ive got plenty of years left to do that), but i would be expecting to get searched upon entering if i did and would abide by the rules and obviously show common sense (not just a Major but any tournament play) which these dopes lack obviously.
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Just listening to the Golf Channel wrap-up and they said camera phones are allowed by the R&A and perhaps they will be reconsidering that in the future since so many players were bothered by the ringing and clicking.
Just listening to the Golf Channel wrap-up and they said camera phones are allowed by the R&A and perhaps they will be reconsidering that in the future since so many players were bothered by the ringing and clicking.
i thought they was allowed, aslong as they are switched off or on silent, so no interuptions can happen, but after today/yesterday i think the rule needs changing and then its ruined for everyone by a select few.
It sure looked like more than "a select few" today.
if you think of the amount of people watching the golf and the amount that was playing up, it turns into a select few. it wasn't as if 1000s upon 1000s of people were all messing about, in that final group a lot of it was probably the same people trying it again aswell until they got kicked out (im assuming they got kicked out). it was probably more people than you usually see messing about though.
I can't vouch for tournaments on your side of the pond but over here it's impossible to get anywhere near consecutive tee boxes when Tiger is playing. That tells me it was likely different "fans" every time. Granted, you may still consider it a "select few" but now you know how we American golf fans feel when we get lumped into the same group as our "golf idiots."
My question is how could tournament officials could let it happen on every tee box? As bad as it gets here at times, that never would've been the case in America.
who lumps you American's into the same group as the ''golf idiots''?, i certainly don't, and know there will always be idiots about. a lot of it could (probably was) of been different fans, but im betting that some people done it more than once. anyway the problem isn't how many people repeated it or how many different people done it, the fact is, it was done and it should not of been. the officials couldn't do a lot about it except get strict (i dont know if they did or not) and throw people out and the others would soon learn.
Just listening to the Golf Channel wrap-up and they said camera phones are allowed by the R&A and perhaps they will be reconsidering that in the future since so many players were bothered by the ringing and clicking.
They can't do it fast enough.
BTW, thanks for clearing up the 'Purple Patch' thing, lwc. I was wondering what he was talking about as well. A bit of an uncomfortable moment for Nick.
When the crowds are so huge and the event is near a city behaviour tends to drop. It only takes twenty idiots out of 25,000 - 50,000 to produce the sort of behaviour seen on Sunday and at Brookline.
Funny thing about "get in da hole" and "you da man" - all the yelling was at Tiger and Chris di Marco's shots. To the extent that Renton Laidlaw observed that they "are obviously Americans." Judging by the accents, I thought so too but they could have been Liverpool Irish
A number of the Tees at Hoylake are next to Public Roads & Beach Area and a lot of the "noise" was coming from there. People who refuse to pay £50 ($90) to get into the Open but want a photo of Tiger will congregate there.
They are NOT golf fans but just want a Photo of Tiger.
The "Demo" on the 18th green included the throwing of a purple substance all over the back end of it. Mark James said that Tiger was going through a Purple Patch; literally; this made sense to the UK audience and was a funny statement like a lot of "Jessie's" comments.
July 23rd, 2006, 10:23 PM
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