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[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[iBanesto]

[rukahs]

On 1/1/2024 at 12:16 PM, JungleJimbo said:

 

 

 

 

Justin's 150 yard cut driver was the shot for me 💯 

[iBanesto]

[iBanesto]

The European Tour starts in Dubai for the 2024 season but not the tournament most people would be expecting. It is a new tournament.

• Dubai Invitational 2024
• Dubai Creek Resort, Dubai, UAE

 

Field:

 

- McIlroy

- F. Molinari

- Fleetwood

- N. Hojgaard

- Fox

- Meronk

- Donald

- Bjorn

[KennyP]

I assume Rory is getting a wodge of cash for teeing it up here?

[iBanesto]

McIlroy with Declan Rice.

 

 

[WorkItBothWays]

Fast start from Rory. Speculation that Keith Pelley is set to depart.

[iBanesto]

Great to see Yannik Paul playing well.

 

He just missed one of the PGA Tour cards on offer via the Race to Dubai rankings last year.

 

[ThaiGolfer2]

Looks like Rory has the new version of the Spider Tour X in the bag (and used it to good effect today)

[rukahs]

1 hour ago, ThaiGolfer2 said:

Looks like Rory has the new version of the Spider Tour X in the bag (and used it to good effect today)

 

 

Yeah this one:  

 

 

 

 

[Blade Junkie]

Why on earth is someone called Ken Weyand participating in a field limited to only 60 players for this event ?

 

A 54 year old American apparently ... shoots a smooth 87 in round 1 LOL

 

Seems a complete waste of spot in the field !

 

 

[mat562]

3 minutes ago, Blade Junkie said:

Why on earth is someone called Ken Weyand participating in a field limited to only 60 players for this event ?

 

A 54 year old American apparently ... shoots a smooth 87 in round 1 LOL

 

Seems a complete waste of spot in the field !

 

 

 

I wondered that.

 

My first instinct was that he must be injured.

 

Then I realised I'd never heard of him, and it was a limited field event; and then I wondered if he was off a 4-handicap and his father-in-law was the CEO of ExxonMobil or something.

[Maine Golfer]

Michael Jordan BFF is what I read

[Valtiel]

I'm so sick of Radar screaming at me

[cdnglf]

What is bigger?

 

a) Dubai Invitational total prize money

b) Rory's appearance fee

[iBanesto]

[WorkItBothWays]

12 hours ago, cdnglf said:

What is bigger?

 

a) Dubai Invitational total prize money

b) Rory's appearance fee

If you are a tournament director and Rory is willing to play then the fee is well spent. He's pretty much guaranteed to be in the mix in terms of winning the event.

[KennyP]

Nicolas Colsaerts is an excellent addition to the commentary team. Along with Ken Brown and Anthony Wall, he has a good command of the English Language and interesting things to say. Just need to ditch Coltart and Inci and I can turn the volume back on permanently.

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2024 by KennyP

[rukahs]

12 hours ago, cdnglf said:

What is bigger?

 

a) Dubai Invitational total prize money

b) Rory's appearance fee

 

 

I just see it as he gets paid to go on holiday numerous times a year and he gets to play golf at a world class golf course for the time he's there.

[WorkItBothWays]

16 minutes ago, KennyP said:

Nicolas Colsaerts is an excellent addition to the commentary team. Along with Ken Brown and Anthony Wall, he has a good command of the English Language and interesting things to say. Just need to ditch Coltart and Inci and I can turn the volume back on permanently.

 

 

 

I agree Colsaerts is great but I like Coltart and Inci (minus the interviews). I think her on-course input is actually very good. When Dougherty is in the comms box or Alison Whittaker its awful for me its like they are being paid by the word.

[iBanesto]

56 minutes ago, KennyP said:

Nicolas Colsaerts is an excellent addition to the commentary team. Along with Ken Brown and Anthony Wall, he has a good command of the English Language and interesting things to say. Just need to ditch Coltart and Inci and I can turn the volume back on permanently.

 

 

 

 

Colsaerts speaks 5 languages fluently too - French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.

 

🇧🇪

[iBanesto]

McIlory had a 7 on the par 3 8th.

 

2 in the water.

 

[KennyP]

Is Ken Weyand the 4 handicapper that WRXer's benchmark all pros against?

 

 

Edited January 12, 2024 by KennyP

[KennyP]

18 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

 

Colsaerts speaks 5 languages fluently too - French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Italian.

 

🇧🇪

 

You can tell he's a smart guy. Must have slipped through the net as Sky Sports dumb everything down, normally only employing people who speak exclusively using words with two syllables or less in their native tongue!

 

Watch Soccer Saturday if you don't believe me.

[JungleJimbo]

 

Declan Rice has surprisingly skinny legs for a professional footballer?

Presumably in Dubai for the pro-am, if featured on DPWT's twitter page?

 

 

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, WorkItBothWays said:

I agree Colsaerts is great but I like Coltart and Inci (minus the interviews). I think her on-course input is actually very good. When Dougherty is in the comms box or Alison Whittaker its awful for me its like they are being paid by the word.

 

Is Ali Whitaker on commentary today? (i think it's Ali W's voice on this McIlroy tweet today?)

 

 

[The Aspidistra in the Hall]

58 minutes ago, JungleJimbo said:

 

Is Ali Whitaker on commentary today? (i think it's Ali W's voice on this McIlroy tweet today?)

 

 

Ah, that will be the incoherent, word salad Aussie lady.

[KennyP]

Is it in the contract that Luke Donald has to be addressed as "The Ryder Cup Captain" at all times? 

 

If so, it's going to be a long two years.

[JungleJimbo]

3 hours ago, iBanesto said:

McIlory had a 7 on the par 3 8th.

 

2 in the water.