Comments on: The 2008 Open http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2008/07/20/the-open/ G.WRX News Crew Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:02:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: tadieb69 http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2008/07/20/the-open/#comment-2585 tadieb69 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:40 +0000 http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/?p=469#comment-2585 Questions like yours were already asked in the past by golf journalists so "golf analysts" can have long, boring and pointless discussions. There is no solution to weather problem. It's part of life and part of golf game. Unless you have an answer to all this I think we should drop it right now. BTW sprinters and other athletes have preliminary rounds which are happening in different weather conditions that affects the ones who rely on "best time" qualifying. Cheers Questions like yours were already asked in the past by golf journalists so “golf analysts” can have long, boring and pointless discussions.
There is no solution to weather problem. It’s part of life and part of golf game.
Unless you have an answer to all this I think we should drop it right now.
BTW sprinters and other athletes have preliminary rounds which are happening in different weather conditions that affects the ones who rely on “best time” qualifying.
Cheers

]]> By: bobsuruncle http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/2008/07/20/the-open/#comment-2578 bobsuruncle Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:37:56 +0000 http://www.golfwrx.com/BagChatter/?p=469#comment-2578 Kudos to Paddy for a great win. This championship aside, I'd like to start a debate about the fairness of Open Championships in general. The weather plays such an important role in determining the winner. Let's say Golfer A wins by 1 shot from Golfer B. But on one of the 4 days, Golfer B played during one of the worst storms (which accounted for say a 2-3 shot swing between the average of a morning round vs an afternoon round). While we acknowledge that luck does play a part in golf e.g. a hole in one, lucky bounce away from OB, hitting a flagstick with an approach which goes into the hole vs deflecting 30 feet away. But should the luck of the draw of your tee time on Day 1 or 2 determine the winner of a major championship? As an analogy. Let's assume we are running the Olympic 100m sprint finals. But rather than all runners facing the same wind conditions, let's assume wind conditions vary by individual lanes. Let's say lane 2 has a tail wind of 2 mph, while lane 4 has a head wind of 2 mph. The runner in lane 2 wins from lane 4 by 0.1 seconds. The difference between the tail and head wind accounts for 0.2 seconds. My question is - who really won the race? What are your thoughts? Kudos to Paddy for a great win.

This championship aside, I’d like to start a debate about the fairness of Open Championships in general.

The weather plays such an important role in determining the winner.

Let’s say Golfer A wins by 1 shot from Golfer B. But on one of the 4 days, Golfer B played during one of the worst storms (which accounted for say a 2-3 shot swing between the average of a morning round vs an afternoon round).

While we acknowledge that luck does play a part in golf e.g. a hole in one, lucky bounce away from OB, hitting a flagstick with an approach which goes into the hole vs deflecting 30 feet away. But should the luck of the draw of your tee time on Day 1 or 2 determine the winner of a major championship?

As an analogy. Let’s assume we are running the Olympic 100m sprint finals. But rather than all runners facing the same wind conditions, let’s assume wind conditions vary by individual lanes. Let’s say lane 2 has a tail wind of 2 mph, while lane 4 has a head wind of 2 mph. The runner in lane 2 wins from lane 4 by 0.1 seconds. The difference between the tail and head wind accounts for 0.2 seconds. My question is - who really won the race?

What are your thoughts?

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