Rory McIlroy with the 50th Silver Snoopy at the Masters 2025

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Rory McIlroy, a long time Omega ambassador, was wearing the 50th Anniversary Silver Snoopy Speedmaster at the Masters today. I guess his OB was able to get him one. 😀

I like it when athletes wear "normal" watches and not some blinged out gold piece.

 
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Rory joins an exclusive club of golfers who've won all four majors in their career. Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. Congratulations to Rory!!
 
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This is pretty cool! If you had asked me to guess 25 watches, I don’t think the Silvery Snoopy would have been one of my guesses.
 
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Since the Masters has been something of a ‘monkey on his back’ for some time now, I think we can guess which watch will be his lucky watch from now on….
 
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This is pretty cool! If you had asked me to guess 25 watches, I don’t think the Silvery Snoopy would have been one of my guesses.
You know I'm an Omega degenerate when I'm watching Rory at the Masters wondering what Omega he'll wear if he wins. I would not have guessed Silver Snoopy either.

In the past he's worn an all gold Speedmaster '57 special made for him. He's also worn a gold De Ville tourbillion.
 
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Yes but could the guys mowing the greens at Augusta wear it.
 
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My OH, who knows nothing of Rory or golf, just showed me a video on the news where he potted a great putt, and the audience, held totally silent up to that point, erupted into applause.

The unusual thing?
No morons with phones videoing it all for TikTok and other shit!

It was pleasing to see, there should be more phone bans on all sort of events.

Signed,

Grumpy Old Man.
 
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there should be more phone bans on all sort of events.
Melbourne should be an easy place to implement that policy.
Jim for Premier.
[Now that I've endorsed you, please don't try and sneak a watch through on expenses.]
 
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Jim for Premier.
Haha.
Only just now talking to the OH about political positions and I mentioned that I declined four promotions in my last job as they would have lifted me from the "worksphere" to the "politicalbullshitsphere".

My manager couldn't understand why I was knocking back a "title" and more money.

He was a hungry climber though.
 
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No morons with phones videoing it all for TikTok and other shit!

It was pleasing to see, there should be more phone bans on all sort of events.
 
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The unusual thing?
No morons with phones videoing it all for TikTok and other shit!

It was pleasing to see, there should be more phone bans on all sort of events.

Signed,

Grumpy Old Man.
Augusta is very, very strict on phones and cameras. During the rounds of play both are banned, if you are caught with either, they take your entry pass.

This is very effective, because you must return your pass to be eligible to buy next years tickets. If you have a ticket in your name and turn it in, you get to buy next years tickets. (You haven’t been able to buy a ticket without the trade-in for 20+ years) So if you loose your pass, you have lost it for the future forever. Ticket agency’s usually have penalties of $100,000 and more for loosing the pass. Doesn’t matter if it’s physically lost or taken for breaking the rules.

That’s why the practice rounds are great to attend, cameras are allowed. I went in 2009.
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This is pretty cool! If you had asked me to guess 25 watches, I don’t think the Silvery Snoopy would have been one of my guesses
Agreed, that one came out of nowhere. This suggests he really likes the watch.
 
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My OH, who knows nothing of Rory or golf, just showed me a video on the news where he potted a great putt, and the audience, held totally silent up to that point, erupted into applause.

The unusual thing?
No morons with phones videoing it all for TikTok and other shit!

It was pleasing to see, there should be more phone bans on all sort of events.

Signed,

Grumpy Old Man.

I'm astounded at the number of people at different sporting events, or a concert, who spend all their time looking at their phone recording the action. Rather than living the life right in front of them they're still looking at a screen. It's like they're living in the Matrix.
 
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I'm astounded at the number of people at different sporting events, or a concert, who spend all their time looking at their phone recording the action. Rather than living the life right in front of them they're still looking at a screen. It's like they're living in the Matrix.
I used to go to the USGP at CoTA every year from 2015-2021 minus covid. I spent the last 4 races in the main grandstand. The first time I was in the MG, I had my phone out recording the start. After that, I stopped recording the start and just enjoyed watching the race up the hill for turn 1. Basically the whole MG had the phone out recording except for me.
 
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Augusta is very, very strict on phones and cameras. During the rounds of play both are banned, if you are caught with either, they take your entry pass.

This is very effective, because you must return your pass to be eligible to buy next years tickets. If you have a ticket in your name and turn it in, you get to buy next years tickets. (You haven’t been able to buy a ticket without the trade-in for 20+ years) So if you loose your pass, you have lost it for the future forever. Ticket agency’s usually have penalties of $100,000 and more for loosing the pass. Doesn’t matter if it’s physically lost or taken for breaking the rules.

That’s why the practice rounds are great to attend, cameras are allowed. I went in 2009.
I went in 1976. No cell phone issue at all....
 
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McIlroy's wife sports a rose gold PP Nautilus, maybe Omega couldn't interest her to wear an Omega like her husband, but there isn't much in Omega's catalogue to top an 18k gold Nautilus. A few years ago I was on a tram in Melbourne and there was a young Asian woman wearing a rose gold Nautilus, it was real and it was spectacular.
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McIlroy's wife sports a rose gold PP Nautilus, maybe Omega couldn't interest her to wear an Omega like her husband, but there isn't much in Omega's catalogue to top an 18k gold Nautilus. A few years ago I was on a tram in Melbourne and there was a young Asian woman wearing a rose gold Nautilus, it was real and it was spectacular.
Its' about Mcllroy.