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Offline Comrade Blitz

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Golf 2016
« on: April 25, 2016, 03:47:14 AM »
Michelle Wie stealing a page from the ATP/Djokovic book of how to deal with poor play:
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Michelle Wie withdrew from the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on Sunday because of neck spasms after playing the first 15 holes in 11 over. Wie was 16 over at Lake Merced after opening with rounds of 73, 73 and 75.She is winless since the 2014 U.S. Women's Open and hasn't had a top-10 finish in 33 events.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2016, 11:27:07 AM »
Just like Gabbys "vertigo" excuse

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2016, 07:33:58 PM »
Fairplay to Muirfield; they are still not allowing birds to be members.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2016, 08:52:49 PM »
Fairplay to Muirfield; they are still not allowing birds to be members.

Rightly stripped of their chance of hosting The Open

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2016, 10:24:53 PM »
I don't see the story.

Muirfield is a private club, they can chose their own membership rules.

By the same token, the Royal & Ancient can choose which clubs it allows to host the Open.

Seems like entirely the right result all round.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2016, 11:01:22 PM »
Of course Muirfield can choose their own rules.

Just as the rest of us can choose to regard them as bigoted, outdated tossers for maintaining said rules.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2016, 12:19:31 AM »
I don't see the story.

Muirfield is a private club, they can chose their own membership rules.

By the same token, the Royal & Ancient can choose which clubs it allows to host the Open.

Seems like entirely the right result all round.

Would you have the same opinion if they voted against allowing black people to be members, or Jewish people?

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2016, 12:40:10 AM »
I bet they'd hate Whoopi Goldberg.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2016, 09:23:02 AM »
I don't see the story.

Muirfield is a private club, they can chose their own membership rules.

By the same token, the Royal & Ancient can choose which clubs it allows to host the Open.

Seems like entirely the right result all round.

You do realise we are in the 21st Century now?

Offline peter w

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2016, 10:11:31 AM »
But the point is its a private members club. They may have outdated mindsets and that needs to be worked on but the committee recommended they voted in favour. The members didn't so the club are in a difficult position. It would be impossible to legislate against all male clubs because there are all female golf clubs (usually council run I think). 

I think the vast majority of people do recognise that they're stuck in a time warp but it is up to the members. That they have voted no is nonsensical and shows them up for what they are, and hopefully the negative publicity will help them change their minds. No more tournaments and sponsorship dropping off will make them think again. 

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2016, 10:30:37 AM »
I don't see the story.

Muirfield is a private club, they can chose their own membership rules.

By the same token, the Royal & Ancient can choose which clubs it allows to host the Open.

Seems like entirely the right result all round.

Would you have the same opinion if they voted against allowing black people to be members, or Jewish people?

Yes. It's a private club, they can vote to exclude girls, blacks, Jews, fatties, gingers, UKIP members and marmite eaters if they want.

And we have the right to disapprove and not let them play with the rest of us civilised types. Which is exactly what is happening with them being stripped of the Open.

If you want to dictate to private organisations, then you have to start looking at things like the Women's Institute, women only swimming sessions and Sharia courts, and it all starts to get a bit more idealogically difficult than beating up on a few doddery old blokes in Scotland.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2016, 09:57:27 AM »
Lee Westwood in contention to win the US Open. Sadly I think he will fail once again to win a major. When the pressure's really on, his putting has always let him down.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2016, 12:14:21 PM »
Lee Westwood in contention to win the US Open. Sadly I think he will fail once again to win a major. When the pressure's really on, his putting has always let him down.

Rd 1: 67
Rd 2: 72
Rd 3: 69
Rd 4: 80

Ouch.

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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2016, 04:48:23 PM »
Sky are already going massive on the Open, expecting as they usually do, a superb coverage.








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Re: Golf 2016
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2016, 12:45:04 PM »
Sky are already going massive on the Open, expecting as they usually do, a superb coverage.

Great for those who can afford it, not so much for those who can't.

 


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