I won’t be able to watch much this year, but I love this event!

As of today, the weather forecast is calling for un-Open-like conditions. Under 10mph winds, and only 10 to 15% chance of rain each day. They may have to put the pins in the rough to keep the scores down 😆

    Stu1961 As of today, the weather forecast is calling for un-Open-like conditions. Under 10mph winds, and only 10 to 15% chance of rain each day. They may have to put the pins in the rough to keep the scores down

    That won't bother the R&A - they've never worried about how low the winning score is, but set up the course to be a good test of golf and let the weather do as it will.

      garyt1957 I guess I'd have to dig around and read up as to why, but I never understood the reason for the name change. I can rattle off almost every country that has a "XXXX Open" golf tournament.

      What if every other country also decided to change their tourney to "The Open"? See how much sense that does not make?

          Par4QC I guess I'd have to dig around and read up as to why, but I never understood the reason for the name change. I can rattle off almost every country that has a "XXXX Open" golf tournament.

          What if every other country also decided to change their tourney to "The Open"? See how much sense that does not make?

          As I posted, pretentious.

            Par4QC What if every other country also decided to change their tourney to "The Open"? See how much sense that does not make?

            It's the grand daddy the oldest is why it's named that way. I am old enough to remember when we used to call it The British. But yeah it's kinda a bit over the top. Just me but I could care less what they call it just don't call me Shirley! 😜

            The Masters is always The Masters but there are plenty of countries that have their Masters and they call them (insert country name) + Masters

                scotts33 Exactly that, it was the first (in 1860), and the only one at the time so didn't need to be anything other than The Open. And yes, The Masters is and always will be The Masters, never The US Masters.

                It's not pretentious, it's just a fact. It's not, and never has been, the British Open. Look at the flags, and the billboards around the course. I'll change my opinion when they print "British Open" on them.

                And if you want to attend the 150th, at St Andrew's next year, the ballot registration is open now and likely to be your only chance of a ticket https://www.theopen.com/150th-ticket-ballot

                    The Rose Bowl is the grand daddy of all US college football bowl games but we don't call it The Bowl. 😂

                    It's the Stanley Cup not The Cup. LOL

                      scotts33 It's the Stanley Cup not The Cup.

                      We're not simpleton enough up here to make that mistake, given the equipment used by a hockey player.
                      😉

                          golf_bhoy We(I anyway) have always heard it as The British Open, and I guess we(I) just never gave it another thought, until 'The Open' phrase had been made an issue of in recent years. I'll still most likely say British Open, just to distinguish what event I'm talking about.

                          I'd hate to be corrected that I was 2 weeks late, when I tell people I'm going to 'The Open', in my hometown in 2 weeks. (The Casey, IL Open, that is) 😉

                            sdandrea1 oh wow, you really have hit GeezerFossilCripple, you're having a hard time remembering things aren't you...🤣

                                Walterjn oh wow, you really have hit GeezerFossilCripple, you're having a hard time remembering things aren't you...🤣

                                Have we met? 🤣

                                  We didn't consult anyone when we named the 'World Series' - its a bit much to call out another country for naming theirs before anyone else was doing it.

                                  I'm cool with The Open name. If they tell me what tea I have to drink, then I'll call them pretentious. 😛

                                    hobbit We didn't consult anyone when we named the 'World Series'

                                    maybe because it was the name of the company (Press?) that started it?

                                      hobbit Don't think there's been a calling out, just a different perspective based on location. I'm just happy we can have that disagreement having missed it last year.

                                        Interesting $$ stat: 40 years ago the winner at St George, Bill Rogers, made $25,000. This year the winner will pocket 1,935,000.

                                        At first I thought it outrageous that the current purse would be 77.4 times larger ... but then I saw that just 32 years before that, in 1949, Bobby Locke, only made $300 for winning (when the average annual salary was about $1,900).

                                          I'd bet you can find tape of Jack or Arnie calling it the British Open and no one took offense. It's just recently that there seems to be a fuss that it be called "The Open". Ask someone in June who's going to win the Open and the answer will be geared to the US Open. Hell, someone may start talking tennis. We all know it was the first.

                                            garyt1957

                                            You’re right, our media (US) had called it British Open. It’s only been in the last 15 years (maybe?) it’s been called The Open over here.

                                              Sarnella I can't stop now, I've too much invested in the argument ... 😂

                                              Google Open Championship and results are 95% that, Open Championship. Google British Open Championship and the only references you'll get is American media. Even the PGA Tour website calls it the Open Championship.

                                              Yours was the first PGA Championship and is always just that, even here, the PGA, rarely (if ever) USPGA.

                                              Other countries have their PGA Championships, for example there are English, Scottish and British PGA Championships (Bristish started in 1955) but they're called exactly that (although the current incarnation is the BMW PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons).

                                                  golf_bhoy Google Open Championship and results are 95% that, Open Championship. Google British Open Championship and the only references you'll get is American media. Even the PGA Tour website calls it the Open Championship.

                                                  Pre-internet 1990 US fans always called it The British Open. That case has been made. Hence your internet search is quasi. We older Buzzer's are speaking before 1990. I'll give you today but not back way when....it was and still is in older golfers minds The British Open. That's my/our point.

                                                    Bryson just called it the "British Open" in a TV Interview. Must be American old school..... 🙄

                                                      Well whatever we call it won't make a difference to how it plays out, and I hope it's as entertaining as the rest of this year's Majors. Weather forecast is decent but RSG doesn't need a load of wind to "protect" scoring as much as some Open venues do (going by reviews I've read and preview shows on TV).

                                                      There really is no argument as to what it is called. It's merely a discussion about how Americans were brought up with the name, not knowing that is was NEVER The British Open. We know now, but old habits die hard sometimes. More than likely, it was the actual 1st Open of any, in golf, so they want to distinguish the fact from others.

                                                      How I will explain this to my hometown crowd is beyond me. Most in that little burg probably do not even know there is another golf tourney in the world. 🤣 Damn hillbillies. How'd they ever learn the game to begin with?

                                                      Stu1961 Winning amount in 2021 exceeds $2M--$2,070,000 to be precise. Not sure how much this change with exchange rates changes

                                                          Bravopilot
                                                          I keep doing the math: if in 1949 the winner's prize was less than 1/6 of the average annual salary ... then I should be making over 12 million annually now! 🤑

                                                              Stu1961 Interesting reading on the history of the prize 'fund' of this tournament, or as they used to call it, contest. In 1871 there was no 'contest' held because there was no prize to be given to the winner..........a belt!

                                                              How many belts do you have? 🤣

                                                                garyt1957 You still haven't got it right. It's not 'The Open.' It's 'The Open Championship,' and the winner is known as 'the champion golfer of the year.'
                                                                I agree that if you just say 'The Open,' it could get confusing. But 'The Open Championship' is The Open Championship, and everybody knows exactly what you are talking about.