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Title: Norman V Couples
Post by: Chris Haspell on March 08, 2010, 02:08:13 AM

Just a heads up, Norman V Couples played a Match at Skibo some years back, its on Sky sports 2 this evening at 9

Happy watching!



Regards
Chris

Title: Re: Norman V Couples
Post by: Martin Toal on March 08, 2010, 02:27:55 AM

Already set to record. Looks like a good one.

Title: Re: Norman V Couples
Post by: Chris Haspell on March 08, 2010, 04:21:57 AM

Martin , the course has changed a great deal for the better over the last 4-5 years, i was lucky enough to walk it with the super last year, he is doing a great job thinning roughs, reshaping holes etc and generally making the course more enjoyable.

but i will be watching too!

Title: Re: Norman V Couples
Post by: David_Tepper on March 08, 2010, 08:44:26 AM

That was a very windy day!

Title: Re: Norman V Couples
Post by: Peter Ferlicca on March 08, 2010, 10:31:09 AM

If you watch the whole match, on one hole during the back nine Norman and Couple were about 210 yards out into a 30 mph wind.  They both hits 2 irons that didn't get higher than 6 feet off the ground.  They both ended up about 15 feet from the pin, you could tell how hard of a shot it was considering the gratification on Couples and Normans face after they pulled it off.  I love watching shots like that being played.

Title: Re: Norman V Couples
Post by: Alister Matheson on March 08, 2010, 12:17:01 PM

Cheers Chris , I was working there at the time and it was blowing some that day ! Will be interesting to see how she looked on the box i mind we had to move ahead and dampen the greens down and shift tee s forward on the holes that played into the teeth ! Seems like a life time ago now .