Thomas Parsons

Granddad and golfer

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

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@eighteenholes18 Replace the ball approximately where it was first pecked!

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@ShaneLowryGolf @IrishOpen_ Best of luck tomorrow Shane! Enjoy the challenge and embrace the day !

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[Jamie Kennedy @jamierkennedy]

Observations from Sunday at Lahinch 🇮🇪

1. Wow. Stunning. Sport at its finest and what an amazing setting for it. I've covered over 200 golf events but that is right up there with the most thrilling week I've experienced. For the entire week to come down to one putt. Unreal.

2. I got up from my seat after it all finished and went to get some air outside the media center. Who was there, Josh Hill. Beer in hand, still with a stunned look on his face. I shook his hand and told him how impressed I was. Going to write up his story tonight and what he told me, but what a moment for the lowest ranked player in the event.

3. Shout out to the caddies. All longtime Lahinch loopers, randomly drawn with their players at the start of the week. Four of them from the same family, some with 40+ years experience, all with love for the place and the game. Got to meet a couple and they were delightful. They’ll have a few new stories to tell after this week. Great nugget from @IrishGolfDesk that Hill's caddie knew there was less sand in the bunkers on 18 than on the practice area. Stuff only a true caddie would know.

4. I was shocked by how many putts were left short all week, but especially today. Important, match-changing putts. I wonder if there was an element of foursomes mentality in the morning, not wanting to race putts when your partner has the comebacker but it was undeniable how many putts, from both sides, were coming up short.

5. Surveyed a few media members that know amateur golf to ask which of the players they think will go on to have the best careers on Tour. The top three picks were Russell, Weaver and Poulter. Interesting that Stout, world number one, didn’t get as much love.

6. I think Ethan Fang was probably my favourite player this week. Really sharp game, especially off the greens, and a very chilled, funny character of the course. Will definitely keep an eye on him.

7. Lahinch remains one of the world’s great golf towns. The proximity of the beach, town and course. Every pub full to the rafters of fans eager to discuss holes, shots, courses and of course, the best pint of Guinness in town. Laughed when I heard the clubhouse sold 1,200 pints of Guinness to their members on Friday. Had a local tell me “I played a few amateur tournaments in Lahinch and staying sober was more difficult than the golf course itself.” I can attest that, covering the Walker Cup too.

8. Regardless of result, the format of the event needs to change. I don’t think that’s a negative take, it’s a positive one. We need more of this. It should be three days, it should have fourballs. Going to write more on that for tomorrow.

9. Interesting to see the Walker Cup going to Bandon Dunes next in 2028. Not a traditional US style course. Will likely feel and play pretty similar to this week. And I thoroughly enjoyed this week.

What a week.

[Steve Scott @sscottpga]

Until 72 hours ago, I had never in my life stepped foot on Irish soil. Little did I know what I would witness and what emotions I would feel in such a short time.

I witnessed the greatest Walker Cup comeback in history. Although the team I was pulling for didn’t come out on top, it felt like the greatest outcome for The Walker Cup to heighten its intensity for years to come.

I felt an unmatched sense of community amongst the Irish town of Lahinch. I met people I instantly felt a kinship with, even though they saw how my cherry red American pullover adorned with a Team USA logo stuck out like a pink straw in a pint of Guinness.

I celebrated with a @GatorsGolf star who just last year felt the agony of a loss at Cypress Point, only heightening the euphoria of this victory. Truly happy for him and all of team GB & I and their amazing perseverance to pull a historic victory from the jaws of a certain defeat.

I walked the grounds with a good friend who always helped us be in the right place at the right time, both on and off the course.

I took a picture with a real goat. 😂

I felt the chilling wetness of an Irish rainstorm whipping through the opening ceremony just as Captain Nathan Smith was introducing his team.

Maybe most importantly, I witnessed an American squad come out to the town at night and show grace through a gutting defeat and share a moment with the locals and Team GB& I. The greatness and true meaning of The Walker Cup was on full display. The game of golf won, no doubt.

This moment, this feeling of connection to a town and community may be unmatched in my lifetime and I was so blessed I got to experience this unreal moment in time for the game of golf.

This was an all-timer; one that generations of people will talk about forever and will inspire the next crop of young ones to chase that little white ball in search of Walker Cup glory like local Irish star Stuart Grehan or 18th hole hero Josh Hill.

I will be coming back, and very soon, to play all the great courses here and become enthralled with these wonderful people and this heaving linksland once again.

Can’t wait.

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

@sscottpga Well said young man! This is what sport is all about!

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Sailors and families press Navy leaders over long deployments like USS Lincoln’s https://t.co/6aDD7FFw09

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Not his first red card @piersmorgan

Great player but no excuses please !

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

@piersmorgan @Cristiano Please give it a rest ! Ireland were 2:0 up at this stage and Ronaldo was frustrated. This happens in every premier game at corners pulling and dragging and if someone elbows someone then they risk being sent off. Ronaldo only has himself to blame.

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

@piersmorgan No it wasn’t! See the Portuguese press !

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@OlenaRohoza Yes Democracy for Ukraine 🇺🇦

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@PGATUOR I use a 4 hybrid instead and hit it from 160 to 180 depending on conditions.
Not bad for a 76 year old!
My 4 iron still has the plastic cover and parked in my shed.

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

@NUCLRGOLF If Cantlay goes out last you will require the following items. A flask of tea , sandwiches, a torch and a sleeping bag !

[Thomas Parsons @tommysnr]

@NUCLRGOLF Yes taking to long to line up putts !

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@NUCLRGOLF Correct 👍

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@NUCLRGOLF 8 iron hard !!

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@TommyFleetwood1 Keep up the great work Tommy !
You did brilliant!

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@ShaneLowryGolf @RBCCanadianOpen @RBC Well done Shane ! What a start !
Great to see the tricolour on the leaderboard! Keep up the good work!

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@PGA Sand wedge !