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20th Oct 2015

13 things you can definitely expect to be annoyed with when The Open comes to Portrush

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Conan Doherty

The Open is coming.

After the success of the Irish Open at Portrush, a golf major is coming back to the shores of Ireland but we already know how it’s going to go down in 2019.

Something like this.

1. It will get called a bandwagon

A sporting event cannot be enjoyed by sports fans unless they have dedicated their lives to that sport.

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2. It will get called sh*te

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3. It will be placed on a pedestal

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4. It brings out the ‘My Sport Is Better Than Yours’ brigade

Insert threat to your sport here…

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5. Others use it as a chance to promote their sport

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6. The future of the sport will come into question

The rain is having an effect on play.

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7. The culture will get criticised

Players are working too hard, we’re breeding too many athletes and we’re one more column away from a winter training ban.

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8. Someone will be offended by something

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9. A couple of journalists decide to live tweet

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10. The buzz soon catches on though

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11. But bandwagon debunkers are at the ready

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12. The Aussies have too much in the end

And the post-mortems aren’t long in starting.

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13. But sure they’re still heroes anyway

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