Jamie Kennedy
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Director of Digital Content, Golf Digest. All views and takes are my own 🏴
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2009
Pretty lucky to work on stuff like this and call it "work". A deep dive into the most copied hole in golf. (Watch on the link below)
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Links golf. The word "links" comes via the Scots language from the Old English word hlinc: meaning "rising ground, ridge" and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes. Example, Royal Portrush.
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The 460-yard 3rd hole at Corballis. One of the best holes in all of Ireland. Green fee? $35.
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Does wind affect stimp readings?. Answer, not at Portrush.
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The range this week. It's actually the 4th and 5th holes of the Valley course at Portrush. Gives pros a chance to hit drives to actual fairways with bunkers, slopes, rough etc. Interestingly plays down the prevailing wind.
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RT @jamierkennedy: By now you've heard @McIlroyRory once shot a 61 at Royal Portrush as an amateur. Possibly one of the greatest rounds e….
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35 years ago. Darren Clarke, and his mullet, beat Paul McGinley at the North of Ireland Amateur at Royal Portush with this birdie on the final hole. Photos via @RoyalPortrush
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Note…. The same day Rory shot 61 at Royal Portrush, his caddie Harry Diamond shot 72.
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Consecutive weeks in the top 20 in the world. 812: Rory (since Sep 2009).353: Xander.315: Cantlay (currently No. 20).240: Viktor.191: Scheffler (148 at No. 1).101: Morikawa.101: Fleetwood.76: Aberg .74: Hideki.67: Henley.57: Bryson.26: JT.26: Straka.24: Lowry.22: McNealy.8: Bob.
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The course has since changed and Shane Lowry now holds the "new" course record with his 63 at the 2019 Open. However, Rory's 61 is still beloved here. Many believe it to be one greatest rounds of golf ever played. What do you think?. Thanks for reading. - END -
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As for the tournament, Rory won the qualifying by five shots but would later lose in the knock-out stages to Andrew Pitcher 3&1. However, the week would always be remembered for the second round Rory played.
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Even Rory's coach, Michael Bannon, was impressed. “I was driving home from work and the golf club phoned me but I thought it was a joke. I honestly did not think anyone could shoot a 61 around Royal Portrush”
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Graeme McDowell remembers the day too. “You hear about the next great thing. ‘We’ve got this kid, he’s playing at plus-4 and blah, blah, blah" he said. "Then he shot 61 at the North of Ireland and I’m like, ‘Really? OK. Hold on. Now I have to pay a little more attention.". “That
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That week, @TheOpen was going on at St Andrews. When Darren Clarke finished his practice round, media circled him and asked him about Rory's round. “We said, ‘Did you hear what Rory did in the North?’” recalled Irish journ Brian Keogh. “He was taken aback and we were all amazed
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He had just played his final 10 holes at Royal Portush in 9 under par. He carded nine birdies and an eagle, and beat the course record by three!. Rory would tell the media it was his first ever bogey-free round.
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The 18th played in the opposite direction, back to the house and a gallery of fans and members waiting by the green. Yet another perfect drive left an 8-iron to the green. He hit it to 20 feet. "I just wanted to two-putt it" he said later. "I didn't care what the score was, I
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