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

Published 22:22 20 Oct 2015 BST

Updated 09:26 21 Oct 2015 BST

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

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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. 1 tweets 2. It will get called sh*te 2 tweet 3. It will be placed on a pedestal 3 tweet 4. It brings out the 'My Sport Is Better Than Yours' brigade Insert threat to your sport here... 4 tweet 5. Others use it as a chance to promote their sport 5 tweet 6. The future of the sport will come into question The rain is having an effect on play. 6 tweet 7 tweet 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. 8 tweet 8. Someone will be offended by something 9 tweet 9. A couple of journalists decide to live tweet 10 tweet 10. The buzz soon catches on though 11 11. But bandwagon debunkers are at the ready BOD tweet 12. The Aussies have too much in the end And the post-mortems aren't long in starting. 12 tweet 13. But sure they're still heroes anyway 13 tweet 13 e

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