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Wait, You Mean Those Interviews Weren't From a Real Locker Room?!

Only because I tend to notice the subtle, I couldn't help but see that the interviews that Jim Huber and Tom Rinaldi were conducting from the Open were done from some kind of special R&A locker room - equipped with R&A branded lockers. 


Yeah, that locker room wasn't real.  The Irish Times confirmed my suspicions.

[TNT and ABC]’s post-round interview area has the look of an upmarket locker-room, with rich, mahogany- like lockers and the R&A logo visible on each of the locker doors.

We’ve since found out the supposed locker-room is a set in a port-a-cabin just beyond the mixed zone behind the 18th grandstand.

Is anything real anymore?  Is the Claret Jug just a big chocolate candy?

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yeah yeah yeah – next thing you’ll be telling us is that there is no Santa Clause, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy !

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jul 20, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was going to save that post for around Christmas – or after some other schlepp breaks our hearts at the PGA Championship.

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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 12:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol – we REALLY have to work on your perspective….“poor schlepp” ? Cabrera, G Lover, and Cink ? All with wins on Tour and Cabrera with an earlier major ? Maybe Glover – but he has a lot of game and a lot of respect on Tour. He’s not exactly an unknown.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jul 20, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think you’re following my line of logic :) Don’t get me wrong – I have nothing against the guys who have won majors this year. I just would’ve liked them more if someone else would’ve won them.

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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok – I’m trying to follow the – and you’re certainly welcome to your opinions, naturally – but when does reality set in ? I don’t understand belittling the guys who actually DO win a tournament.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jul 20, 2009 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven’t belittled them at all. They all won the tournament – they beat who they had in front of them. My disappointment comes more in the guys who didn’t win than they guys who did.

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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

“schlepp” isn’t exactly an “attaboy”

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jul 20, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fine, then retract “schlepp” and replace with “capable golfer who beat the overwhelming fan favorite” :)

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by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe this is why they give trophies...

…so the players who actually WIN the tournament – the player who has to put up with public criticism because they didn’t let the fan favorite win – can go home after the abuse, see the trophy, and say to themselves – “oh yeah – I WON that tournament – it doesn’t matter what those %&##@’s in the media said about it.”

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Jul 20, 2009 2:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Like I said – I don’t lament who won. I lament who didn’t. I’m not going to direct any anger or belittlement to who did win.

Email me any comments or questions at ryan@thegolfnewsnet.com.

by Ryan Ballengee on Jul 20, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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