Robert Lusetich
@RobertLusetich
Journalist, Raconteur, ex golf @foxsports + foreign correspondent, @Arsenal @PAFC Democracy enthusiast, author Tiger Woods bio UNPLAYABLE. [email protected]
The Irish should pitch this to the R&A as a way of stopping Americans from calling @theopen "The British".
Could The Open be hosted in the Republic of Ireland? Golf's oldest major has never been played outside of the U.K.—but newfound success in Northern Ireland has the tournament's organizers considering a future edition at Portmarnock Golf Club just outside Dublin. Details ⬇️
With big signings like #Gyokeres come bigger expectations. Arteta now has the squad depth at every position he has lacked. The time is nigh for #Arsenal
Viktor Gyokeres has arrived 👋 One of Europe’s most clinical forwards has signed for Arsenal 🔴
My idea of great golf commentary is Peter Alliss describing how the rain in Scotland becomes scotch, so you're preaching to the choir. But I suspect the future will be more young social media influencer types than middle-aged Commonwealth accents.
Golf is best when there's either an English or Australian/Kiwi accent describing the action.. hope he comes back
To disintegrate on the tee like Ian Baker Finch did would've broken any of us. But Finchy refused bitterness; he stayed in love with golf, even when it didn't love him back. As you heard him on tv is as he is in life: upbeat, genuine, good bloke. He'll be missed. Cheers, mate 🍻
Ian Baker Finch was a truly great Australian golfer but he’s best known for his game collapsing . Tennis great Todd Woodbridge saw it happen. Proof golf is a mind game: omny.fm/shows/neil-mit…
Tiger was an intracardiac shot of adrenaline to a quaint sport. He sold both the steak & the sizzle & we couldn't get enough. The camera loved his majesty, his dramatics. Scottie wins with the theatrics of a tax preparer. Golf is what he does, not who he is, & that's ok #TheOpen
Only chance the field has now is if Haotong Li's glacial pace of play causes Scottie Scheffler to lose the will to live. #TheOpenChampionship
Rory does it to himself. He grew up here, set the course record (61) as a teenager. That's just an awful three putt bogey on a 519 yard par 5. #OpenChampionship
Justin Leonard is 53, 28 years removed from his #OpenChampionship. He's played just 2 majors in a decade, both MCs. Currently -2 thru 9 at Portrush, t-12th. A reminder that links golf is not so much about length, strength and TrackMan numbers as guile, experience and imagination.
One of my first gigs was covering Australia v #WindiesCricket Test in Adelaide. Clive Lloyd's Calypso Kings were so dominant. West Indies just now bowled out for 27 - 26 is the lowest of all time - and set a record for 7 ducks (0 runs) in one inning. Collapse-Oh Kings. #AUSvsWI
A reminder that in golf, as in life, you can get up&down from anywhere. Does this remarkable redemption story happen without coach @rsmithpga (@Minwoo27Lee @minjeegolf @hannahgreengolf @ElvisSmylie) caring enough to go to prison to see the promising junior he coached? Maybe not.
Ryan Peake’s story is one of searching, losing, accepting and finding himself again. From joining a biker club, to serving years in prison, his journey to playing in #TheOpen has been one unbelievable ride. WATCH: nbcsports.com/watch/golf/ran…
ChatGPT is to literacy what Ozempic is to weight loss.
Part Dominick Dunne, part Bob Woodward, @MichaelWolffNYC has written 4 insider books on Trump & says #Epstein showed him photos before the FBI raided his homes in 2019. #Bondi said she got a "truckload" of evidence from FBI's SDNY office, but won't release it. #EpsteinFiles
One solution to slow play in golf! How drunk do you need to be to slow play then shoot your mouth off to ex-NHL enforcer Nick Tarnasky? Gotta love Tarnasky's BANG! 😂
⛳️💧🥊 #WATCH — The full video of the slow play fight that sees one of the slow golfers getting thrown into a pond has emerged 🤣 “You guys can’t even stand & tee your ball up” (Via: @Hoonos_Sports)
Secretariat with a Swoosh. Charles Howell was the Next Big Thing. Estimates he lost 75 straight times at Isleworth to Tiger. "Getting beat by him so many times, you're just waiting for it. It's kind of like a whipped dog; you know it's coming." The pros know best how great he was
The only thing I compare Tiger to is Secretariat. At his best everyone's playing for 2nd. Fwiw: I've always been a Phil guy.
"Tiger wouldn't dominate today". As if peak Tiger couldn't handle Cantlay? Rory? Rahm? Scottie obviously would get his licks in but here's who finished 2nd most to TW: Els (5), Phil, Vijay, Furyk, DL3 (4). 200+ combined wins worldwide. Add Monty, DD, Retief ... Hall of Famers
Could Scheffler Be Dominating a Deeper Field Than Tiger Once Did? Norman and Faldo were fading. Maybe only Duval and Els his only real competitors. Today’s top 20 is stacked! Ditto Jack?
Asked by @SklarBrothers on @jimrome if Scheffler is Tiger-level dominant? In his 144 #PGATour starts, Scottie has 16 wins; historically amazing. (Jack won 16 in 101 starts). Tiger? First 144 starts: 46 wins. Forty-six! 🤯 To compare any golfer to Tiger Woods, not a fair fight.
Eugenio Chacarra is the first #LIVGolf winner to tee it up in a #PGATour event at #ScottishOpen "On LIV, nothing changes, there is only money. It doesn’t matter if you finish 30th or first ... I’m not a guy who wants more money." Easier to say when you took the money.
How different #Iran narrative would have been if the UK/US did not depose its first elected leader in 1953 (for nationalizing oil). Mosaddegh was replaced by the puppet shah, so despised that Iranians preferred the feral mullahs in 1979, exchanging one corrupt mafia for another.
It's the Open because it's meritocratic. Anyone can win, even a kid weaned on a 9 hole par 3 muni, who had to walk-on at San Diego State, who had to put up his own cash to play the mini tours, and who was never sure he was quite good enough until he showed himself he was #USOpen