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Apropos of nothing, Joel Sjoholm has Rory McIlroy's ex caddie on the bag. #WalesOpen 16 minutes ago via web
@Kstupples No but give it time....It can rain all it wants. I'm back in blighty.... 22 minutes ago via web in reply to Kstupples
Cold & windy in Wales! Who would have thought? #WalesOpen 31 minutes ago via web
Great character Joel Sjoholm. Tells great story about time he got kicked out of US gov'ment building after dropping an F -bomb! #WalesOpen 32 minutes ago via web
The_Open At #TheOpen in July, spectators are likely to consume over 86,000 pints of beer! More interesting facts here: bit.ly/KSwpBk 38 minutes ago via web Retweeted by GolfweekTait and 12 others
Just watching Bradley Dredge at Wales Open, or as Barry Hearn once called him, Bradley Wedge! Honest. #WalesOpen 38 minutes ago via web
Not sure about the black elbow patches on Jose Maria Olazabal's sweater. WOnder if a pipe and slipper came with it. #WalesOpen 40 minutes ago via web
I like to think Lee Slattery's 67 is down to the chat he had with me yesterday. Obviously he was inspired... #WalesOpen about 1 hour ago via web
Alex Noren said everything about game was good. Maybe not. He's 9-over-par thru 16. Ouchy #WalesOpen about 1 hour ago via web
@bucksgolfer not yet....with the emphasis on "yet".... about 23 hours ago via web in reply to bucksgolfer
@shanky4putt That's odd. I know Monday is maintenance day in US, but there's golf Monday after Masters & I played Sahalee day after 98 PGA 4:53 AM May 30th via web in reply to shanky4putt
Just spoke to Alex Noren, he couldn't believe Oklahoma State never made NCAA Championship. Never happened in his day. #Oklahomastategolf 4:45 AM May 30th via web
Practice on putting green at the Wales Open came to a grinding halt...when a pretty girl started chipping nearby. #somethingsneverchange 4:09 AM May 30th via web
@latourthethird Well they just have a new sponsor in IPSA, so presumably its got a few years left... 3:12 AM May 30th via web in reply to latourthethird
@Kstupples Why are you up so early? Go back to bed..... 2:55 AM May 30th via web in reply to Kstupples
@BunkeredOnline Yes you can. You know what amateur golf is like.... 2:55 AM May 30th via web in reply to BunkeredOnline
Good luck to @lauren_taylor94 who plays in this week's Deloitte Ladies Open on the LET Tour..... 2:06 AM May 30th via web
After watching Premier League golf last week at Wentworth, there is a feeling that I'm at a Championship game this week in the #WalesOpen. 1:56 AM May 30th via web
@shanky4putt Usually the sponsors play the day afterwards, or the members..... 1:54 AM May 30th via web in reply to shanky4putt
@Stuball79 I can help out with retweets if that will help the cause... 8:57 AM May 29th via web in reply to Stuball79

Name Alistair Tait
Location Trowley Bottom, England
Web http://www.golfwe...
Bio Golfweek senior writer covering European Tour and British Amateur golf. Eight handicap at Woburn Golf Club who prefers to walk rather than ride in carts.