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How does one say 'great job' in Italian? (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jul 2018 OP
Bravo? snowybirdie Jul 2018 #1
Bravo - Tiger too made todays golf viewing fun..congrats to Molinari..... asiliveandbreathe Jul 2018 #2
Congrats to him! n/t Different Drummer Jul 2018 #3
BTW, "great job" in Italian is "ottimo lavoro", per Google Translate. n/t Different Drummer Jul 2018 #4
More Likely, However,. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #6
Not to be stuffy and stuff... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #5
It's The British Open ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #7
Look it up again, OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #8
Sorry. You're Wrong ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #9
Actually no television partner calls it whatever you claim OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #10
ABC/CBS Called It The British Open for 30+ Years ProfessorGAC Jul 2018 #11
If anyone is clueless in this thread.. OneBlueDotBama Jul 2018 #12

ProfessorGAC

(64,951 posts)
6. More Likely, However,. . .
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 02:23 PM
Jul 2018

. . . italians would say "Fa bene". A much simpler way to say the same thing.

Most of my italian is from the far south and sicily, but i've spent some time in Milan and Florence and they say that there too.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,384 posts)
5. Not to be stuffy and stuff...
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 02:58 PM
Jul 2018

Officially, it's THE Open Championship, there are other open tournaments in many sports, then again there is only one, THE Open,

ProfessorGAC

(64,951 posts)
7. It's The British Open
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 02:25 PM
Jul 2018

I looked that up this weekend. It was called the Open Championship when it started. The R&A themselves changed it to the British Open 4 or 5 years after the best players in the world started going to the US to play in the US Open. (Think Vardon and Ray in the open won by Ouimet.)

The reversion to the name "The Open Championship" started only a few years.

It's pompous nonsense, as the "THE" Ohio State University.

The PGA tour still refers to it as the British Open in their official stats.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,384 posts)
8. Look it up again,
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 02:42 PM
Jul 2018

as the the Royal and Ancient Golf Club has always called it the Open.
It's called the Open in 2018. No one refers to it as the British Open, despite your claim.

ProfessorGAC

(64,951 posts)
9. Sorry. You're Wrong
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 03:09 PM
Jul 2018

The R&A started marketing in the US as "The Open Championship" in 2012.

They can call it what they want over there, but their television partners called it the British Open, and the radio and print folks, all the way back to Bobby Jones, referenced it as the British Open.

You do understand the the TV people are PARTNERS. They didn't object to any coverage carrier calling the British Open until they made a marketing change in 2012.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,384 posts)
10. Actually no television partner calls it whatever you claim
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jul 2018

In fact the are expressly forbidden from doing so. I mean it in the contractual obligation between the R&A & broadcasters.
It's trivial, I did post a wink after my original post, it seems no one really cares, well maybe you do and the members of the R&A.

ProfessorGAC

(64,951 posts)
11. ABC/CBS Called It The British Open for 30+ Years
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 11:38 AM
Jul 2018

You can continue this if you wish, but both of us know you don't have the slightest notion what you're talking about.

OneBlueDotBama

(1,384 posts)
12. If anyone is clueless in this thread..
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 11:47 AM
Jul 2018

It's certainly not I. Do you know what this means? , look it up one day, then review my original post.

Open Championship organizers don't want anybody calling it 'The British Open' anymore and it is causing more confusion than ever
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-open-or-british-open-correct-name-2017-7

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