The Olympics

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Tee Times RD 3
7:30 a.m. -- Shingo Katayama, Julien Quesne, Wen-Tang Lin

7:41 a.m. -- Miguel Luis Tabuena, Jhonattan Vegas, Espen Kofstad

7:52 a.m. -- Brandon Stone, Anirban Lahiri, Roope Kakko

8:03 a.m. -- Thongchai Jaidee, Rickie Fowler, Gavin Green

8:14 a.m. -- Jaco Van Zyl, Wu Ashun, Siddikur Rahman

8:25 a.m. -- Hao Tong Li, Fabrizio Zanotti, Nino Bertasio

8:41 a.m. -- Ryan Fox, Adilson da Silva, Danny Chia

8:52 a.m. -- David Hearn, Yuta Ikeda, Scott Hend

9:03 a.m. -- Jeunghun Wang, Felipe Aguilar, Rodolfo Cazaubon

9:14 a.m. -- Joost Luiten, S.S.P. Chawrasia, Matteo Manassero

9:25 a.m. -- Danny Willett, Martin Kaymer, Mikko Ilonen

9:36 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Soren Kjeldsen, Bernd Wiesberger

9:47 a.m. -- Ricardo Gouveia, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed

10:03 a.m. -- Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Jose-Filipe Lima, Bubba Watson

10:14 a.m. -- David Lingmerth, Matt Kuchar, Byeong Hun An

10:25 a.m. -- Seamus Power, Emiliano Grillo, Nicolas Colsaerts

10:36 a.m. -- Cheng Tsung Pan, Thorbjorn Olesen, Alex Cejka

10:47 a.m. -- Graham DeLaet, Danny Lee, Fabian Gomez

10:58 a.m. -- Gregory Bourdy, Justin Rose, Rafa Cabrera Bello

11:09 a.m. -- Marcus Fraser, Thomas Pieters, Henrik Stenson

Just steer away from mentioning foodstuffs and clothing.

That is a short path to the dark side. I mean light side. Argh I mean different side with no implications, intended or unintended, as to the shade of the side either on, travelling to or via.

Wise words indeed.

Here are the Rio Olympics Women’s Golf Tee Times for round 1 and 2 in full (All times in BST):

11:30 Wednesday, 13:25 Thursday: Miriam Nagel (BRA), Leona Maguire (IRL), Kelly Tan (MAS)

11:41 Wednesday, 13:36 Thursday: Shiho Oyama (JPN), Catriona Matthew (GBR), Laetitia Beck (ISR)

11:52 Wednesday, 13:47 Thursday: Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN), In Gee Chun (KOR), Paula Reto (RSA)

12:03 Wednesday, 14:03 Thursday: Pornanong Phatlum (THA), Giulia Molinaro (ITA), Caroline Masson (GER)

12:14 Wednesday, 14:14 Thursday: Candie Kung (TPE), Gwladys Nocera (FRA), Mariajo Uribe (COL)

12:25 Wednesday, 14:25 Thursday: Maha Haddioui (MAR), Alejandra Llaneza (MEX), Ursula Wikstrom (FIN)

12:41 Wednesday, 14:36 Thursday: Tiffany Chan (HKG), Fabienne In-Albon (SUI), Victoria Lovelady (BRA)

12:52 Wednesday, 14:47 Thursday: Stephanie Meadow (IRL), Michelle Koh (MAS), Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN)

13:03 Wednesday, 14:58 Thursday: Gerina Piller (USA), Azahara Munoz (ESP), Inbee Park (KOR)

13:14 Wednesday, 15:09 Thursday: Brooke Henderson (CAN), Suzann Pettersen (NOR), Lexi Thompson (USA)

13:25 Wednesday, 11:30 Thursday: Teresa Lu (TPE), Albane Valenzuela (SUI), Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)

13:36 Wednesday, 11:41 Thursday: Carlotta Ciganda (ESP), Maria Verchenova (RUS), Aditi Ashok (IND)

13:47 Wednesday, 11:52 Thursday: Harukyo Nomura (JPN), Pernilla Lindberg (SWE), Ashley Simon (RSA)

14:03 Wednesday, 12:03 Thursday: Christie Wolf (AUT), Julieta Granada (PAR), Karine Icher (FRA)

14:14 Wednesday, 12:14 Thursday: Klara Spilkova (CZE), Su-Hyun Oh (AUS), Chloe Leurquin (BEL)

14:25 Wednesday, 12:25 Thursday: Gaby Lopez (MEX), Alena Sharp (CAN), Shanshan Feng (CHN)

14:36 Wednesday, 12:41 Thursday: Minjee Lee (AUS), Hee Young Yang (KOR), Sandra Gal (GER)

14:47 Wednesday, 12:52 Thursday: Giulia Sergas (ITA), Xiyu Lin (CHN), Noora Tamminen (FIN)

14:58 Wednesday, 13:03 Thursday: Stacy Lewis (USA), Ariya Jutanugarn (THA), Sei Young Kim (KOR)

15:09 Wednesday, 13:14 Thursday: Lydia Ko (NZL), Anna Nordqvist (SWE), Charley Hull (GBR)

Roller_Coaster wrote:Just steer away from mentioning foodstuffs and clothing.

That is a short path to the dark side. I mean light side. Argh I mean different side with no implications, intended or unintended, as to the shade of the side either on, travelling to or via.

Just don't say anything if there's a colored, Muslim, handicapped, gay or women involved. It might will offend somebody. Now Ellen DeGeneres (gay(!) ) is in trouble for making fun of Bolt.

Weird... Sounds like some of Ryan Lochte's story about he and some of his teammates getting robbed might not be adding up. Not sure if this is maybe Rio police trying to shift blame or maybe it's not quite like Lochte said... I dunno...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/17/us-swimmers-ryan-lochte-police-questioned-robbery/88887608/

robopz wrote:Weird...  Sounds like some of Ryan Lochte's story about he and some of his teammates getting robbed might not be adding up.

Does he have the same PR guy as Allenby?

Irish IOC Executive has been arrested for scalping tickets.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/17/ioc-executive-arrested-patrick-hickey/88887084/

GPB wrote:Irish IOC Executive has been arrested for scalping tickets.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/17/ioc-executive-arrested-patrick-hickey/88887084/

We need to wait for all the evidence

(wait for it)

to be sure

Super just shot his load.

Hope Solo is not the outspoken obtuse Olympian

An Irish Boxer is not Happy about his Olympic Sport

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/16/boxer-flips-off-judges-accuses-vladimir-putin/88873940/

“AIBA (International Boxing Association) are cheats,” he said. “They’re (expletive) cheats. I’ll never box (under) AIBA again. They’re cheating bastards. They’re paying everybody. I don’t give a (expletive) that I’m cursing on TV.

“My dream has been shattered now, but you know what, I have a big career ahead of me. They’re known for being cheats. They’ll always be cheats. Amateur boxing stinks from the core right to the top.”

McLaren wrote:Super just shot his load.

Where did that come from Mac?

The Women play so much slower than the Men (except for Stenson)

The groups are finishing in a 5 hr 15 min pace

GPB,
Say what you like about Conlan's outburst, but it seems to have worked - his judges have been withdrawn from future action. Sometimes it's healthy to criticise.
Unfortunately Solo does it all the time and was just plain wrong, even if Sweden's tactics were park-the-bus and make sure it's a double-decker.
I bet she's in the slammer within two years of her career finally ending.

GPB wrote:The Women play so much slower than the Men (except for Stenson)

The groups are finishing in a 5 hr 15 min pace

I've always noticed this when watching women's golf too. Many seem to be indecisive and are over-reliant on their (male) caddy to line them up and tell them what to do. I don't know if this is to do with the way they are coached, or because they start young and lack self belief, or if it's a cultural thing.

Which girl pulled the "Hale Irwin"?  I caught a quick glance of it but didn't see who it was

Grew a silly moustache?

raycastleunited wrote:Grew a silly moustache?

lol... but no. She whiffed a 6" putt

raycastleunited wrote:

GPB wrote:The Women play so much slower than the Men (except for Stenson)

The groups are finishing in a 5 hr 15 min pace

I've always noticed this when watching women's golf too. Many seem to be indecisive and are over-reliant on their (male) caddy to line them up and tell them what to do. I don't know if this is to do with the way they are coached, or because they start young and lack self belief, or if it's a cultural thing.

Ray being a bit sexist there. Beware of the PC police..

robopz wrote:Which girl pulled the "Hale Irwin"?  I caught a quick glance of it but didn't see who it was

Harukyo Nomura from Japan on the 11th hole.

Shot tracker (Yes the women have shot tracker this week) says it was a 17" putt. IMO, It was obviously a guy doing the surverying . It was much shorter than 17".

Despite the near whiffy, she still shot 69.

http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/scores/womens/

GPB... they had the same leaderboard with shot tracker for the men too. I posted about it here lad Fri morning (abt 8:30 on page 2)

And thanks for the name on the whiff. I know camera angles can be deceiving.... but that sure didn't look like 17". If it is... then I can tell wifey I'm a 9..

I wonder what Pornanong & Lovelady do in their spare time..

Disappointing crowds for the first round ladies Olympic golf. The men's first round gallery was surprisingly good I thought. Probably 10-20% of that crowd today.

Ariya was so solid today. Her 6-under looked like about the worst score she coulda shot. I hope it stays close... but this one has a lot more of the feel that one or two are gonna totally separate themselves

The final group of Ko, Nordqvist, Hull) finished in 5 hr 36 minutes.

I think this is about 36 minutes slower than the final group of the mens first round last week. And the women had perfect conditions today.

There are lot of "It is what it is" problems with Ladies golf. Domination by robotic Asians, unexciting play. But the LPGA and LET can do something about the snail's pace of player

Anyone know why the play is so slow? Is it just a case of overly long pre shot routines or what. 5.36 is really bad.

I see GPB is famous... from Geoff Shackelford's site...

http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2016/8/16/usga-prez-keeps-grand-slam-hopes-alive.html

Hated to see that American Judy Rankin couldn't make the Olympics for the NBC/GC broadcast team. She's been the stalwart for American LPGA coverage and a huge supporter of Golf in the Olympics. She was on tap to go, but had a respiratory illness that prevented her from going.

golfchannel.com one week, Shackleford the next, not to mention occasional love-ins with Rob Bolton. Gold Medal in September?

robopz wrote:I see GPB is famous... from Geoff Shackelford's site...

http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2016/8/16/usga-prez-keeps-grand-slam-hopes-alive.html

I am somebody now
...
Hey Harry, What's a matter with these cans?
...
He hates these cans

- Navin Johnson


For the Brits, a reference to a Steve Martin movie, THE JERK)

GPB

Nice work. I have given you a follow.

I also like Shaklefords blog and have one of his GCA books.

kwinigolfer wrote:golfchannel.com one week, Shackleford the next, not to mention occasional love-ins with Rob Bolton. Gold Medal in September?

Did Golf channel do something with one of my tweets?

I saw Will Gray retweet something you came up with, possibly a fortnight ago.

pedro wrote:

raycastleunited wrote:

GPB wrote:The Women play so much slower than the Men (except for Stenson)

The groups are finishing in a 5 hr 15 min pace

I've always noticed this when watching women's golf too. Many seem to be indecisive and are over-reliant on their (male) caddy to line them up and tell them what to do. I don't know if this is to do with the way they are coached, or because they start young and lack self belief, or if it's a cultural thing.

Ray being a bit sexist there. Beware of the PC police..

Lol, except I don't think that's sexist. If I wanted to be sexist I could have said the women are slow because they're too busy looking for a mirror to do their hair and make up, or struggling to park their trolley, etc. Which could also be true...

This Ryan Lochthe story is bizarre. Why cant people just admit that they fked something up, instead of some bonkers elaborate story.

You would think like Allenby that as someone with a public profile Lochte would know that Wee weeing the hooker of is a really bad idea.

Hate what Lochte did. If Hope Solo hadn't done enough to reinforce that "ugly American" thing... Lochte surely has. Sucks for us....

Stacy Lewis... 63... nice. Guess married life might be agreeing with her

Hadn't noticed before but given that this is a national tournament (ie representing their country) and every player, well all the men anyway, talks about how "we" played today how are the caddies allowed to be from a country other than the one they are also representing? Understand that coaches and back room staff are multi-national but the caddie, especially with the ladies, is integral to the play.
Appreciate they don't get a medal but imagine it would still go on their résumé.

robopz wrote:Hate what Lochte did.  If Hope Solo hadn't done enough to reinforce that "ugly American" thing... Lochte surely has.   Sucks for us....

You saw those leaked pictures of her aswell then? Talk about ugly american!

beninho wrote:

robopz wrote:Hate what Lochte did.  If Hope Solo hadn't done enough to reinforce that "ugly American" thing... Lochte surely has.   Sucks for us....

You saw those leaked pictures of her aswell then? Talk about ugly american!

They're locht up now

I actually think Solo is pretty hot, got that dirty thing about her.

Rotten Luck for Lochte.

Brazilian Police picked his armed robbery as the only armed robbery to investigate in 2016.

Guys a pr*ck. Shows the yanks travel about as well as the chinese. And about as welcome....

MontysMerkin wrote:Guys a pr*ck. Shows the yanks travel about as well as the chinese. And about as welcome....

Hard to imagine any group of people travels worse than the British? Whole swaths of Europe are ruined by the Brits every summer.

Yep, us Brits don't have too much to shout about in that regard do we?

What proportion of the Brits who act like tools abroad do you think voted #Brexit?

GPB wrote:Rotten Luck for Lochte.

he picked the wrong petrol station glory hole..

The brits, as we all know, are understated and moderate in their approach to travel. We have improved the lot of many places with our culture and symbiotic relationship with the host nation. One only has to travel the beautiful, unspoilt, truly authentic areas of Benidorm and the costas to see these incremental improvements to the locals life. I mean, what dusky Spanish maiden would not go weak at the knees for a pukka pie or all day breakfast, 12 pints and a knee trembler against a skip.

MontysMerkin wrote:The brits, as we all know, are understated and moderate in their approach to travel. We have improved the lot of many places with our culture and symbiotic relationship with the host nation. One only has to travel the beautiful, unspoilt, truly authentic areas of Benidorm and the costas to see these incremental improvements to the locals life. I mean, what dusky Spanish maiden would not go weak at the knees for a pukka pie or all day breakfast, 12 pints and a knee trembler against a skip.

Very true. I'd forgotten about the undoubted positives Brits abroad bring.