((((( THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP )))))

Superhans getting excited...

I'll take that. Nice profit of 1st bet.
Now let the wind blow

1st round leader super nice well done...

How dull is Mel Reid on radio 5

oh leisch

Best behaviour 4 you Terry! This isn't the cricket fred

go tiger

im in the badlands here bob,look after me

your under my wing Terry

comfort blanket,nice

go wake the KING

wouldn't dare

flag on 18 barely moving,i cant believe the conditions

Oh my all the pros are on this thread and im wasting my time at the other one.

Terry is this TIGER TIME?

can he?hope so,is the GOAT coming back....i just realised there's another fred

looks like rory will go out in the worst conditions fri

rain/ windy 6am - 10am

Jul 19, 2018 -- 7:05PM, xmoneyx wrote:

looks like rory will go out in the worst conditions fri rain/ windy 6am - 10am

hardly any rain on the radar and the wind shouldn't be a factor. Less than 10 mph. I was hoping for a deluge

a bit more on the radar now, the rain from the west looks to be dissipating at it approaches.

starting to fill in , could be tricky early doors!

nae wind

does anybody have any stats on the distance of putts holed in total for Kisner in the first round? someone on 5 live suggested he had holed around 250ft, which is huge. Holing 90 or 100ft is considered very good by tour standards

I know he had 22 putts in total, but holed some long ones from what I've heard

The 2018 OPEN Qualifying Series begins in Australia.....


Congrats to 27yo Mexican ABRAHAM ANCER, and Aussies Dimitrios Papadatos (Central Coast NSW boy) and Jake McLeod on qualifying for the 'SOLD OUT' 148th OPEN at Royal Portrush (18th-21st July).

ANCER, a star at University of Oklahoma, did compete at Carnoustie this year – his maiden Major outing (after an impressive fourth-place at the Quickens Loan National secured him a spot), but missed the cut in Scotland.
"I’ve been on way too many flights to Europe and come home empty handed. This Open de Portugal trophy has well and truly made up for it!" after his maiden win on the European Challenge Tour last May, but Papadatos, a 3-time winner on the PGA Australasia Tour, was hit hard by disqualification in his pursuit of a 2019 European Tour card in recent weeks. 
It has been a week to remember for McLeod - he followed up a win in the NSW Open at Twin Creeks last Sunday with a third place finish to land the final qualifying place - Jake was also penalised for waiting too long for a birdie putt to drop on the fourth hole on Saturday – so McLeod had quite the week.

The next event in The OPEN Qualifying Series will be the South African Open hosted by The City of Joburg at Randpark from 6-9 December 2018.

Oliver Wilson, Romain Langasque and Masters Champ Charl Schwartzel all secured places in the field in Portrush after the latest Open Qualifying International Series event in South Africa.

26-year-old Shugo Imahira, winner of the Japan Golf Tour Official Money List also qualifies for The 148th Open. South African Shaun Norris, his nearest rival, also qualified courtesy of his second-place finish in the Official Money List race, ensuring he will complete a hat-trick of OPEN appearances at Royal Portrush.

Four places are up for grabs at the 2019 SMBC Singapore Open on 17th/20th January. The Serapong Course in Sentosa, Singapore will once again play host to a field headlined by 2017 Masters Champion and defending champion Sergio Garcia.

The Top 30 in the R2D are also exempt in The OPEN.

Jazz Janewattananond, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Doyeob Mun and Prom Meesawat secured their places at the SMBC Singapore Open, the third event in The Open Qualifying Series.

The 23-year-old from Thailand, Janewattananond posted a fantastic final round 65 that included seven birdies to triumph at the SMBC Singapore Open for the first time, his third and biggest ever win on the Asian Tour and he will now make his second appearance in The Open after Carnoustie last year.
Yoshinori Fujimoto (and Englishman Paul Casey who had already secured his starting berth at Royal Portrush) finished two shots behind Janewattananond in a tie for second place. The 29yo from Japan will also make his second appearance following his debut at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 2012.
Matthew Fitzpatrick finished in fourth place on a 14-under-par total of 270 and has already qualified for The Open meaning that Doyeob Mun (Major debut) and Prom Meesawat earned the two remaining qualifying places after completing the tournament in a tie for fifth place. Meesawat made a vital birdie putt on the 72nd hole to qualify for the Championship for the first time since 2011 at Royal St George’s.
The next event in The Open Qualifying Series will be the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill on 7-10 March.

THE ADDED BONUS this week at the 'API' - 3 PLACES available for PORTRUSH - all of the Top Ranked players will already be qualified, so that leaves valuable spots available to those who can fight out for a TOP 10 (and ties) position....worth fighting for !

A total of 46 places in The OPEN are available through 13 worldwide events in this the 5th year of the Qualifying Series, and with 130 DAYS TO GO, 93 players have currently qualified, with 63 places left to fill in the field.


https://www.theopen.com/latest/rory-mcilroy-8th-hole-royal-portrush

THE BUILD UP ! .....Oh man, I bet he thinks about nothing else (some pressure on him to preform).

Keith Mitchell nabbed one of three tickets to Royal Portrush along with fellow Open first-timer Sungjae Im at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Another South Korean, Sung Kang will also be making his third straight OPEN appearance. This is the first year that the 'API' has been part of The OPEN Qualifying Series. The next event is the Japan Tour's Mizuno Open (2nd June), where four exemptions will be up for grabs to finishers in the Top 12 who are not already exempt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIT8NK8V8iQ

No.2. is good for Tiger fans

Add Shaun Norris and Shugo Imahira to the qualifying field - by finishing in the Top 2 of the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour.

Just 31 DAYS TO GO until The OPEN in Royal Portrush (18th-21st July).

Huge congratulations to Ireland’s James Sugrue of Mallow GC, Co. Cork - The 2019 Amateur Champion at Portmarnock.

James will now play The Open at Portrush, the 2020 US Open and can expect an invitation to The Masters in the post.

UP CORK boy !

ON Japan Tour's Mizuno Open on June 2 Yuta Ikeda qualified for next month's OPEN. The Royal Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture north of Tokyo played to a distance of 8,016 yards in the third round, which is believed to be a record length for a sea level course on any recognized tour. HE finish at seven-under-par 281 for his 21st Japan Tour victory.

The top four finishers qualified which Ikeda will play for the eighth time, and his fifth in a row. American Chan Kim finished second, one shot behind Ikeda, and also punched his ticket to Royal Portrush. South Korean Sang-Hyun Park and Thai Gunn Charoenkul tied for third and also qualified. It will be Charoenkul's first major appearance.

Adam Hadwin and Graeme McDowell secured their places in The 148th OPEN after qualifying at the RBC Canadian Open played at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club

The sixth event in The Open Qualifying Series and the first time that the PGA TOUR event has featured in the Series - three places were available to the leading players who finished in the top 10 and ties who were not already exempt. The Championship was won by 2014 Champion Golfer Rory McIlroy who posted a 22-under-par total of 258 to lift the trophy for the first time. He was already exempt for The Open alongside seven other golfers who finished in the top 10 places, including Shane Lowry, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Matt Kuchar, Sungjae Im, Danny Willett and 2016 Champion Golfer Henrik Stenson.

Canada's Hadwin claimed the first available qualifying place after finishing alone in sixth place (ten shots back from McIlroy on a 12-under-par total of 268) and will now take his place in The Open for the third year running after previously qualifying to play at Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie.
GMAC, the Portrush-born 39-year-old, put himself into contention after back-to-back birdies on the 12th and 13th holes and sank a 30ft putt for par and clinch the second available qualifying place after finishing in a tie for eighth place on a 10-under-par total of 270.

No golfer was able to claim the third available qualifying place with Sebastian Munoz, Wes Roach and Cameron Tringale narrowly missing out after finishing in a tie for 11th place on a nine-under-par total of 271.

The next event was earlier today - the KOLON Korea Open played at Woo Jeong Hills.
Rising star Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand held his nerves to claim his fourth Asian Tour victory and a second one this season at the 62nd Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship. He will be heading to Royal Portrush with compatriot Dongkyu Jang, who closed with a 72 to finish tied-fourth in the event, which offered two spots to The Open to the leading two players (not otherwise exempt) finishing in the top-eight and ties as part of The Open Qualifying Series.

American Chan Kim, who played on a sponsor’s invitation, marked his best efforts of the week with a closing 68 to settle two shots back of Jazz in third place while Korea’s Minjoon Kim matched his final round efforts to grab a share of fourth on 281. The second qualifying spot went to Jang as he is ranked higher than Kim on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).

Regional Qualifying begins tomorrow.....while over 100 spots in the starting field have been filled - Francesco Molinari will hope to defend the title he so brilliantly claimed at Carnoustie a year ago. Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and Gary Woodland – the three Major winners from this year – will have eyes on the Claret Jug, along with the usual suspects, headed up by 2014 Champion Golfer of the Year and home hero Rory McIlroy.

TOMORROW, 24th June, more than 1,000 players will battle it out for a spot at Final Qualifying across 13 venues. The field is littered with interesting storylines to keep an eye on, including a former Test cricketer and a world snooker champion. Professionals and amateurs with a handicap of scratch or better will play one round of golf in hope of advancing to the next stage. It's expected that 140 players will progress to July’s Final Qualifying, where four venues across the UK determine the 12 places – three from each venue – in the field for Royal Portrush.


County Louth, is the only Irish course to host RQ this year - as expected, the number of applications from Ireland has gone through the roof as the nation's clamour to compete at Royal Portrush - heading south to County Louth is Gary McNeill, the Club Pro at Royal Portrush. McNeill, who watched his friend Darren Clarke win The 140th Open at Royal St George’s, could play at Royal Portrush regardless of whether he qualifies. If an odd number of players make the cut, then a marker will be required to play alongside the early starter and the Dunluce Course specialist is excited at the prospect. “I haven’t played at Louth in quite a while, but we used to play the East of Ireland Championship there in the amateur days, so I do know the venue quite well,” he said. “I’m going to go there and hopefully give a reasonable account of myself. I’m ready to play if called on. “I’ve never qualified to play in the tournament itself before, but I have played in qualifying events in the past, without any success.”
Shaun Murphy – who has won more than £3m in prize money from snooker – is used to potting balls with a cue rather than hitting them with a club but his natural hand-eye coordination will serve him well at County Louth.

In the north of England, competitors will tackle Alwoodley, in Leeds, as well as West Lancashire – the county's oldest golf club – Goswick, set on the Northumberland coastline, and Fairhaven, which was first designed by five-time Champion Golfer of the Year James Braid.

In the Midlands, hopefuls will play in the shadow of Kedleston Hall as they take on Kedleston Park in Derbyshire while Northamptonshire County hosts a Regional Qualifying event for the first time since 2002. Eddie Pepperell – who finished in a tie for sixth at Carnoustie last summer – is hoping to make The 148th Open a family affair, with his brother Joe set to play at Northamptonshire County.

The south of England will see five events take place, with another historic clubhouse awaiting competitors at Burhill, in Surrey.
Wildernesse, in Kent, offers a similarly rich history, as does Sandy Lodge in Middlesex.
Southern-based golfers will face Frilford Heath, designed by JH Taylor, a former Champion Golfer of the Year who also helped lay out Royal Birkdale, and Sean Ervine, a former Zimbabwe cricket international with a healthy first-class batting average of 36.15, is playing at Frilford Heath, along with 2017 Amateur Champion Harry Ellis and Pelle Edberg – who has played in three previous Opens and finished tied 12th in 2007.
Minchinhampton in the heart of the Cotswolds, which was also a Regional Qualifying venue in 2018. A lot of attention will be on John E Morgan, the Sky Sports presenter and commentator who is set to tee it up at Minchinhampton.
OTHERS incl European Tour players Simon Khan, Richard Finch, Pablo Martin Benavides and Robert Dinwiddie will also compete, along with the marker from Carnoustie last summer in Keir McNicoll.

And, in Scotland and just a stone’s throw from Carnoustie, is Panmure, the 16th-oldest golf club in the world.

THE VENUES

https://www.theopen.com/regional-qualifying

Robert MacIntyre’s rookie season on the European Tour just keeps getting better and better. Already assured of keeping his card after a series of strong results – not least back-to-back finishes in the British Masters and Made In Denmark – the Oban youngster has now punched his ticket for next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush. The 22-year-old secured one of the five places for players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2019 Race to Dubai at the end of today’s BMW International Open in Germany.
After rallying to make the cut on Friday, MacIntyre finished in a tie for 49th at Golfclub Munchen Eichenreid in Munich. He’s now 15th on the Race To Dubai – good enough to make his major debut in Northern in just over three weeks’ time.
"I'm over the moon," MacIntyre told europeantour.com. "I thought the chance might never come up to get into The Open or a major after losing the British Amateur final but here we are.
"If I was ever to win one Major, it would be The Open Championship, I'm just going to learn from it. I played Royal Portrush for Scotland, it's an unbelievable golf course and a course I know reasonably well for an Open, it couldn't have been a better one for me."
MacIntyre brings the number of Scots qualified for this year’s championship to three, taking his place in the field alongside 1999 champion Paul Lawrie and Russell Knox.

David Lipsky, Kurt Kitayama, Richard Sterne and Erik van Rooyen also all qualified thanks to strong starts to the season.

Shaun Murphy, world snooker champion, scratch golfer, is playing in the qualifying at Co Louth (near Drogheda, Ireland).

8 under par 64 at Wildernesse from amateur Stephen Shephard (USA)

too qualify you have to attack every hole & hope you get lucky

not a pleasant day for those qualifying at Goswick today wet and windy playing it myself wednesday when weather looks more clement,good luck to all.

Shaun Murphy shot 84 at County Louth.
I played it once as a teenager, hadn't played in about a year ,and shot in the 120s, visiting every sandhill.

Confirmed spots allocation to progress to Final Qualifying:
Alwoodley 10 Berwick 7 Burhill 13 County Louth 13 Fairhaven 13 Frilford 13 Kedleston 11 Minchinhampton 13 Northamptonshire 10 Panmure 10 Sandy Lodge 13 West Lancashire 11 Wildernesse 13

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Sam Broadhurst (son of Paul) leading qualifier at Northants County.

NATE LASHLEY & DOC REDMAN are in from Detroit, while Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Adri Arnaus qualified, for The 148th OPEN, at the Andalucía Masters.

12 spots will be filled in the FINAL local qualify series on 2nd July (today) at the four regional venues.

The OPEN WINNER's cheque is $1,935,000.

"The Open will have a three hole play-off at The Open. If needed, that will be the first of its kind. We will play the 1st, 13th and 18th."

The announcement was on twitter but shortly after it went up, however, the post was deleted.
Since 1986, the R&A has employed a four-hole aggregate playoff to decide the Open winner if there was a tie after 72 holes, followed by sudden death if things remain deadlocked after four holes. It was first used in 1989 when Mark Calcavecchia defeated Greg Norman and Wayne Grady at Royal Troon for the claret jug. Prior to that, the Open playoff was 18 holes from 1964 to 1985, with a 36-hole showdown before that.
The PGA Championship uses a three-hole aggregate playoff, while the U.S. Open ditched its 18-hole playoff for a two-hole aggregate in 2018. The Masters is the only major that uses a sudden-death format...

THE OPEN visits Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951, with Molinari defending.

ANOTHER 12 PLAYERS have kept their Claret Jug dream alive.....from the 4 local qualifiers.....

American amateur Brandon WU continued his upward trajectory by finishing top of the standings at Fairmont St Andrews after shooting nine under to secure his ticket to Portrush.
The 22-year-old finished T35 at Pebble Beach in the US Open last month and followed up that performance by attempting to secure his place at the final major of the year.
Rounds of 64 and 67 ensured he finished three shots better off than Scotland’s Connor SYME (will play in his second Open having missed the cut in 2017 at Royal Birkdale) and five clear of pro Sam LOCKE (won the Silver Medal for leading amateur at Carnoustie last year), with all three qualifying for The Open.

Andrew WILSON led the way at Notts while former English Amateur champion Thomas THURLOWAY, part of the Walker Cup squad, will also be at Portrush after finishing one shot behind Wilson. Ashton TURNER saw off Dave Coupland in a play-off that concluded at 9.30pm - he will contest for the Claret Jug for a second year in a row.

The youngest qualifier – and the third amateur to make the cut – came at Prince’s in the shape of 18yo Curtis KNIPES, who beat a field paced with European Tour winners.
Two-time Ryder Cup star David Howell missed out on the play-off by a shot on seven under, while Matthew Southgate and former Silver Medal winner Alfie Plant also came up short.
Curtis is joined by Callum SHINKWIN, who will look to better his previous two Open performances in 2016 and 2017 when he missed the cut. Canadian Austin CONNELLY completed the successful trio from the course in Sandwich, having come through a play-off at Cinque Ports en route to finishing 14th at Royal Birkdale in 2017.

A trio of English golfers prevailed at St Annes Old Links, with Jack SENIOR and former Amateur Championship winner Garrick PORTEOUS finishing tops. It is the second year in a row, 30-year-old Senior has been successful at the Lytham course, coming through Final Qualifying last year to play his second Open at Carnoustie. Matt BALDWIN was the third and final qualifier.

Meanwhile, it was not to be for Dylan Keating – the teenage nephew of Boyzone star Ronan Keating – after the 16-year-old came through Regional Qualifying at County Louth.
He shot rounds of 73 and 76 to finish five over, with fellow Regional Qualifier (and Dooks GC Pro) Daniel Sugrue’s Claret Jug dream also ending despite being a shot better off at four over.

j daly pulled out of the open, after the r&a would not let him use a buggy to get around.
k streelman now in.
reserves in order,
r sabbatini
b harman
m kaymer

sky extends it's coverage of the open until 2024.

a 5 year delay on pics rather than 5 minutes ?

Any idea when the tee times will be published?

^
They’re out now.

2019 The Open Championship :-

R McIlroy @10
J Rahm @18
A Scott @34
H Stenson @36
B Snedeker @250

Enjoy all...............

Rahm 20s
W.Simpson 100s
Schauffele 28s
Finau 80s
Poulter 80s(purely sentyimental).
Reavie 150s
Kisner 150s.

  good luck all.

Jon Rahm e/w
Henrik Stenson e/w
Rafeal Cabrero  e/w

Ash,
American OWGR #34 Kevin Na has withdrawn from The Open because of injury (neck problem) with Slovakian Rory Sabbatini coming in as his replacement at Royal Portrush.
Charles Howell III has also withdrawn so next alternate Brian Harman is in to his spot. Howell III has played just two OPEN's since 2013 and both were missed cuts.
Former world number one Martin Kaymer is now first reserve, followed by American Kevin Tway.

OPEN NEWS

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EXCELLENT WIND forecast...…… atm it looks like early / late may be a tad better

https://www.windfinder.com/forecast/portrush

BEEF Johnston was one of three players to punch their tickets to Royal Portrush along with runner-up Benjamin Hebert and Nino Bertasio, who all finished T-4 in the SCOTTISH Open.
DYLAN Frittelli won the John Deere Classic on Sunday at TPC Deere Run and thereby booked his ticket to Portrush, claiming the last spot into this week's OPEN, where he'll make his third straight appearance (MC,MC).

THANK GOD it's going to be a windy one !.....gets stronger thurs afternoon.....prefer early/late tee time please....... (LEISHMAN 13.26pm )

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RORY - OB - from Hall of Fame to Walk of Shame.....

Anyone remember that Ian Baker-Finch moment on the first hole of the OPEN in St Andrews.

https://www.instagram.com/theopen/?utm_source=ig_embed

All the best pictures

Best thing about watching this.....is knowing 16 of the holes very well....(7&8 newbies in lieu of the old 17/18th)

Looking like a weekend without those lads from Jupiter, Florida

THE CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR is surely out early tomorrow, before it lashes down in the afternoon!!!

DAY1 might have been overshadowed by RORY’s +8

.....but a glance at the scoreboard near him shows Aussies SCOTT and LEISHMAN & another Jupiter resident TIGER WOODS all at +7

71 players at +1 or better

76 Players at +1 or better atm.........defending Champ MOLI at +3 out later

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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will miss the cut at the same tournament for the fourth time in their PGA TOUR careers and first time at a major.

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Heres Rory's birdie putt!! I think you could probably hear that wherever you are, comes back late and drops in and the crowd erupt, his chances are still alive!!

Some big players missing the cut today, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley, Gary Woodland, Bryson DeChambeau, Tiger Woods, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickleson and Marc Leishman are all going home early

Open in N Ir without Rory -- it's Hamlet without the Prince innit ? A shock and a shame.

THE R&A should really be more progressive/proactive - If it was at the Masters and Tiger was one off the mark what would happen (TV rights, advertising, etc)

Fatal four-way match now at the top of the leaderboard on -10thru7 in Rd3.

Westwood vs Holmes vs Lowry vs Fleetwood.......with a 3-shot-gap back to Willett, Fowler & KING KOEPKA

SHANE LOWRY goes into the lead!..... -11thru9.... that's Awefally GOOD NEWS... (for those that understand where's he's from)

Matched: EUR 11,047,624

LOWRY 1.87 to back

A 63 for Shane....the 13th round of 63 or less in a Major.  Well done laddie.
The largest 54-hole deficit overcome by a yank to win The Open is 5 shots (Justin Leonard in 1997 and Phil Mickelson in 2013)......
No Yank closer than 6 (JB)...Brooks 7 behind, Fowler 8 behind...Finau & Spieth 9.

Shane sure shone today.

Koepka could become the first player in the modern era to finish Top3 in all 4 Majors in a season.

Matched: EUR 13,027,738

LOWRY 1.63 to back

Jerry Barber, age 45 (1961 PGA) is currently the oldest 1st time Major winner.....stat is safe again this year.

NO winner of the Silver Medal this year, with Takumi Kanaya (a) and James Sugrue (a) just missing the cut by a shot.

LOWRY 1.61
FLEET 5.4
BROOKS 15.5

Max Faulkner won 300 squid for his Open in 1951

1st: $1.935 million
2nd: $1.120 million
3rd: $718,000
4th: $558,000
5th: $449,000
6th: $389,000
7th: $334,000
8th: $282,000
9th: $247,000
10th: $223,000

Lowry ole!

In 1953 the winner of the Open got £330 I think .  The winner of the Irish Open that year at our club got £750 --Eric Brown .  Crazy ( the £330) .

Since Padraig Harrington's first Open win in 2007, Irish players have won 10 majors....bar the USA, we are miles ahead. Next is South Africa on four.

Golf Channel - "There hasn’t been a Major in some time that’s let the air out of the room the way the 148th Open did".

On this Day, July 22 2007: Pádraig Harrington won the Open at Carnoustie

Matt Jones (again), Aaron Pike and World #1 Amateur Takumi Kanaya have secured their places in The 149th Open at Royal St. George after qualifying at the Australian Open.

The Sydney tournament marked the first leg of the 2020 Open Qualifying Series, which will see 46 players qualify across 16 worldwide events.

THESE 3 QUALIFIERS punch their tickets to St GEORGE's at the SA Open in Joburg...

1 GRACE, Branden -21 64 70 67 62 263 OWGR #335 €175,296.40 with a final-round 62 books a spot in The OPEN.
2 OOSTHUIZEN, Louis -18 65 69 64 68 266    OWGR #222 €121,656.80
3 ARMITAGE, Marcus -16 65 72 62 69 268 OWGR #1398 €82,063.05 birdies 18th to book his spot at The OPEN.
T4 AHLERS, Jaco -15 66 66 68 69 269 €49,989.89 OWGR #217 earns the 3rd spot in The OPEN with higher OWGR.

This week, the OPEN QS is set to reward four golfers at the ((((((SMBC SINGAPORE OPEN)))))).