# The Briti...err...The Open Championship 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 23, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948 "2017-07-23T15:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/21 "2017-07-23T17:44:58Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > If he just slew his mental demons today for good today, I’d be very worried if I were one of his top competitors. It’s golf. One never slays the demons. The best you do is keep them at bay for a time. I say that knowing I’ll be playing a round this afternoon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/22 "2017-07-23T17:55:02Z")
Kuchar and Spieth both look about 10 years older without their caps. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/23 "2017-07-23T23:26:24Z")
You have to admire athletes who respond to poor results by being challenged into producing excellent results. Most of us would have tanked after that tee shot on 13. Which, btw, produced a result I am quite familiar with. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/24 "2017-07-24T17:52:15Z")
That was an amazing stretch. And you can’t deny what Spieth’s accomplished so far. Will be fun to see if he can follow-up at the PGA. I never thought of Kuch as particularly long. He’s like a modern Tom Kite - always in the mix, but not a bunch of high profile wins. Course he always has that big old grin… I guess I was a little surprised to hear Kuch during interviews this weekend. Didn’t sound too terribly intelligent. Of course, I don’t know why I was expecting him to sound like anything other than an athlete. It would be hard not to like Spieth. Seems like a polite, respectful young man, from a solid family and a HS sweetheart. Haven’t heard a bad word about him. But for some reason, he doesn’t really excite me. Not sure why. But it is hard to think of anyone else as #1 player in the world right now. Check out the [rankings.](http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.186.html) Yeah, I know it is a complex calculation over time, but it is hard to imagine how DJ picked up more points than the guy who just won the Open! :smack: I’ve long been a fan of DJ, but he sure hasn’t done anything since tumbling down the steps at the Masters. Tons of other strong young players out there. Haven’t heard much from Day, McIlroy, etc. And Matsuyama has been playing tough, but no personality there for me to get excited about. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/25 "2017-07-24T20:46:06Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I never thought of Kuch as particularly long. He’s like a modern Tom Kite - always in the mix, but not a bunch of high profile wins. Uh, excuse me? He’s won the Honda Classic, The Barclays, The TPC, a World Match-Play Championship, The Heritage, and The Memorial. Indeed, his only win that WASN’T high-profile was the Turning Stone Resort Championship (a fall tour stop). And unlike Tom Kite, he doesn’t have a major to his name. Of course, Kite was 43 when he finally won his (I was there; that was a hell of a day to play golf!), so Kuch has time still. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/26 "2017-07-24T23:30:02Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > It would be hard not to like Spieth. Seems like a polite, respectful young man, from a solid family and a HS sweetheart. Haven’t heard a bad word about him. But for some reason, he doesn’t really excite me. Not sure why. But it is hard to think of anyone else as #1 player in the world right now. The thing about Speith is - OK he’s still young, but apart from that - is that he’s erratic. His game is all over the place off the tee. Beneath the calm exterior is all kinds of “FUUUUUUUUUU…”. But, he’s good enough to recover as amply demonstrated on Sunday. That’s box-office right there. He’s not as insanely talented an explorer of the outer reaches of the golf course as Seve was - who is? - but the way he played his second on the 13th and then the subsequent holes reminded me of the great man. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948/27 "2017-07-25T00:32:48Z")
And - thankfully, since he is the 2d youngest (after Jack) to 3 majors, so we can stop talking about that has-been Tiger. I mean, if Tiger was better than Jack as reflected by the higher quality of competition, just think how much better that Tiger Spieth must be! (Tongue firmly in cheek.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-briti-err-the-open-championship-2017/791948.md?page=1)