148th Open Championship Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/148th-open-championship/ Golf Instruction, Equipment, Courses, Travel, News Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:11:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/gd-favicon.ico 148th Open Championship Archives - Golf Digest Middle East https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/tag/148th-open-championship/ 32 32 Justin Thomas shares video showing just how bad the weather was on Sunday at the Open (SPOILER ALERT: It was bad) https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/justin-thomas-shares-video-showing-just-how-bad-the-weather-was-on-sunday-at-the-open-spoiler-alert-it-was-bad/ https://mot-backup.golfdigestme.com/justin-thomas-shares-video-showing-just-how-bad-the-weather-was-on-sunday-at-the-open-spoiler-alert-it-was-bad/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:11:14 +0000 https://golfdigestme.com/?p=28056 The R&A decided to move tee times up for Sunday’s final round of the 148th Open Championship because of a bad forecast, but that didn’t save golfers from playing in extremely difficult conditions at times.

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The R&A decided to move tee times up for Sunday’s final round of the 148th Open Championship because of a bad forecast, but that didn’t save golfers from playing in extremely difficult conditions at times. And Justin Thomas wants fans to know it was even worse than it looked on TV.

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On Monday, Thomas shared a short video taken by his dad while he neared the end of his round. And while you still won’t actually get wet watching it, you’ll get a better feel for what JT and others played through at Royal Portrush.

Looks fun, huh?

To Thomas’ credit, he handled the elements better than most, shooting a one-over-par 72 and winding up T-11 for the week, the best Open finish of his young career. NBC’s cameras caught him having to back off a chip shot on No. 16, but he regrouped, hit one close and made par.

The weather got Thomas good moments later when he made a triple bogey on No. 17. After watching this, though, are you going to knock him for that? Didn’t think so.

 

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Martin Kaymer acknowledges the gallery on the 18th green during Friday’s second round of the 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch Golf Club.

By Ryan Herrington
Often in golf, one player’s good fortune is another player’s heartache. So it was on Sunday at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. With a final-round 65 at Lahinch Golf Club, two-time major winner Martin Kaymer appeared to have the third and final spot into the Open Championship at Royal Portrush for those not already qualified locked up as he sat in a tie for eighth at 11-under 269. However, England’s Paul Waring had other things to say about it.

On the par-5 18th, Waring made a birdie—his fourth over his final six holes—that gave the 34-year-old a closing 66 and pushed him past Kaymer on the leader board into a tie for seventh at 12 under. That meant Waring would receive the remaining spot being awarded to players who hadn’t already qualified for the final major of the year.

“I am absolutely gobsmacked to be honest, I thought I had to go one more but to birdie the last to get in is absolutely fantastic,” Waring said.

Gobsmacked might be how Kaymer felt as well upon seeing the result.

“I’ve been thinking about the Open for the last few weeks, it’s a big goal of mine,” Kaymer said after his round on Sunday. “[The Open] is the tournament I really, really would like to win one day.”

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Unfortunately for the 34-year-old German, time is running out to get into the field at Portrush. There are only four more qualifying spots still open. The top three players not otherwise exempt that finish in the top 10 (and ties) at next week’s Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open on the European Tour will get into the field. The European Tour’s website lists Kaymer in the field at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. Additionally, the top finisher not exempt among the top five and ties at the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic will get into the Open.

Should Kaymer fail to qualify for the Open, it will be the end of an impressive streak. He has been eligible to play in every major championship since the 2008 Masters, and has missed just one start, the 2017 PGA, due to injury.

 

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