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It is the final day of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. The

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Claret jug is polished, the engraver is on stand-by, and many people

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think it is the name of Rory McIlroy that will be etched onto this

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beautiful trophy. The boy who was born to play golf has a six shot

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lead wing into this final round, one of the largest in the history of the

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Championship -- going into this final round. He practically has both

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hands on the trophy. It is hard to see him dropping it. Powerful,

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accurate genius. Can he do it? Of course he can do it.

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He is on a roll. He is dangerous. Fantastic shot. Absolutely brilliant

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shot. Top quality. Watch out, everyone else.

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Lovely indeed. Rory is the seventh player in history to have a six shot

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lead. All the previous went on to convert it into a victory. If there

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is to be a hot pursuit of the Northern Irishman, it is most likely

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to come from the likes of Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Sergio

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Garcia... The Abbey only other players within nine shots. The open

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has been one from ten behind but yesterday's display has not offered

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the others too much hope. The first two days were all about

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him, what about the three? It was wet and a little wild. The golf was

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not bad either. Three bogeys did not help, but the DJ might still be

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spinning. It was a day for umbrellas and these things. That is the most

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inappropriate shirt of the day. The clothes might be subdued but the

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golf is glorious. He is young, years popular, Rickie Fowler has a future.

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That is the walk of a former open champion. Do not discount Darren

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Clarke after the joint lowest round of the day.

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I do not believe you can do over 1000. 996... It is a rather strange

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day, waiting for the end of the world and it is not happening.

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We've seen something of a snarl. He is a latecomer to the party and is

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not the only one. The weekend could still end with a victorious person.

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If she ever works out they are the wrong way round she will see that

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Adam, just in and Jim Goodall still be -- and Jim could all be lifting

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the Cup. Sergio Garcia is a serious contender. The Spaniard is seven off

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the lead but always capable. What do the punters Bing? Good people of

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Hoylake, who do you want to win? -- what do the punters think? What a

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finish from Rory McIlroy, two eagles in his last three holes. Sometimes

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he is simply unstoppable. Rory is still the story. Prepare

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yourselves for a special Sunday. Blake got underway this morning, but

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we are looking ahead a good few hours. This is when Eduardo Molinari

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and Victor Dubuisson on will be teeing off. Then it will be Sergio

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Garcia, still very well-placed. You will be alongside Dustin Johnson,

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got within two of Rory's league yesterday. Then Rickie Fowler will

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set off with Rory McIlroy, attempting to win the total men's

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titles. There are no dark clouds on the horizon. We might get a shower

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but nothing like the downpours of yesterday. Light wind, 10-15 mph,

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ideal for the final day of the Open Championship. There is one man who

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is especially believed, the chief executive of the Royal and Ancient.

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You made a very big call yesterday with regards the tee times. You were

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vindicated. How relieved were you? Mightily. We were given the most

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dreadful weather forecast as to what it was like on Saturday, we had two

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men on site from The Met office keeping us up to date. It did look

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as if we might not complete play. We knew this would shorten the start,

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so for the first time in the history of the open we went for it, and the

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weather in the early hours was not nearly as bad as had been forecast,

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but it came down just after play finished. It was absolutely pouring.

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I was slightly pleased by that because it vindicated the decision.

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Our staff have had difficulty making sure the ground conditions were dry

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but it is fine this morning. Does it set a precedent? Nick Faldo said

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they never had it before. It is a matter for the Championship

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committee. We do believe the order in which roles are played in links

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golf can have a material bearing on the Championship, that has been our

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traditional position, but in the special circumstances of yesterday

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we managed to get it right. Rory McIlroy was very pleased, you said

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it was the second best decision that was made. He is very much in

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control. When you look at his scores, extraordinary stuff from

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this young man. Tremendous. When Rory is on a role he is almost

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unstoppable. It is his to win now. The only real danger out there is

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the rough, which having had the rain will be pretty juicy. Stay out of

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that and able have a job catching him. How significant for European

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golf is it that Rory could be on the brink of becoming the first European

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golfer to win three of the four Majors? It is significant, very few

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people in history have done that, he would be joining the legends of the

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game at such an early age. I have a feeling he has many Majors in him

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yet. He is a wonderful player, a delightful young man as well. A real

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role model for young people playing the game. He will have 7000 people

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for the last grouping in this amazing grandstand here. You were

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telling me early on there were 20,000 seats available. That is a

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huge increase in the infrastructure. Has that been justified by the

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numbers of spectators here? I think so. We did expect big crowds at

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Hoylake. It is within striking distance of some pretty large

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cities. We had a very large crowd after we came back here in 2006. We

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have ended up with just over 200,000 this year. That will be a tremendous

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boost. There are many golf fans but also sport and event fans. Speaking

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of spectators, you have invested a lot of faith in them this week,

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allowing them smartphones to help them enhance their experience, there

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have been one or two grumbles from the players about phones going off

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and people using them as cameras. How do you balance the requirements

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of the spectators with those of the players? It is a very difficult

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balance. People are much more used to having their phones with them,

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using them for a great variety of purposes, but golf is primarily a

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sport and the players must come first, and we really put our trust

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in the spectators, through education to behave properly in this regard.

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Social media as well. Much of the foot graffiti is not just taking

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pictures -- photography is not just taking pictures. There are ways of

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taking photographs without making noise. As Tiger said, keep them

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silent. Clearly this is the way forward. You have broken ground in

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this regard. What we have done with the wireless network is

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ground-breaking. It is wonderful to be a spectator at a major golf

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Championship, other drawback has always been you can only see what is

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in front of you. Nowadays people are more information hungry, we have

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delicate scoreboards, every green except the 18th. -- Alex on it

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scoreboards. We have the except the 18th. -- Alex on it

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application. -- electronic. It is a massive spectator enhancement. Stay

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with us, because I think this will interest you. This golf foundation,

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set up by one of the Britain's finest golfers. It recently gave an

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award to a man who has done so much over the years, the Claret jug

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winner from three years ago, Darren Clarke.

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Seen you having fun morning. How important is this initiative for

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kids? It is massive. There is no other sport quite late golf at

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teaching kids how to interact with adults -- quite like golf. The rules

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say a bit -- seem funny but the peach kids etiquette and honesty.

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There are so many good aspect of the game. We need more kids involved. We

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need to find the next Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy, Ian

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Poulter, Graeme McDowell. The two keep the talent growing. You look in

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great shape. Different regime? Yes, I saw myself on TV last October and

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I felt I looked a little bit too fat so I decided to do something about

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it. I have been on a programme, started working out, cut the sugar

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out of my diet. That was my big thing. Go to the gym a lot, feel

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much stronger. Saying that, unless the golf ball starts behaving I will

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be putting it back on... My ball striking is good but my scoring is

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not where it should be. Golf is a difficult game at times, it has just

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been a bit of a bad run, but keep practising and keep working. Darren

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played very well yesterday, 67. He is certainly in the mix. He is very

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pleased that is going back to Royal Portrush. One of the great things

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about the Open Championship is how truly global letters. -- global it

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is. I know that you have tweaked the qualifying system. Explain what you

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have done. We have done that. We remain committed to keeping this an

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international Championship, we reach out to players by stating qualifying

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events in Australia, South Africa, Europe and North America, and this

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year we went away from hours previous system. We went to having

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to events, that made it more rigorous because we had 72 hole

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events. It made it more convenient for the players and it gave it more

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publicity. We remain committed to the dream and the local qualifying

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in the UK through regional and final qualifying still remains, and we had

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a wonderful example this year. It will be harder to go back to his

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factory tomorrow morning. He has really inspired people. He had acres

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of newsprint about his progress and had to ask his boss for the time off

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to play here. It just shows it can be done and if you keep dreaming

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then you can get there. He was an example of it and a lovely fellow.

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Another feature is the presence of the armed forces here. We have had

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the Navy marshals and they are keeping is right on the course and

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also the Gurkhas who cardigans and take par in the closing ceremony.

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Golfers playing an important par in the rehabilitation of soldiers

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injured in conflict. These gentlemen are par of the

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encores foundation which is getting injured servicemen and women into

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the sport, some of them have not played before. Sam, you are holding

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the umbrella, we will come to you, tell us about it. For me, it has

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been a godsend. It has got me back socialising with the public.

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Competitive sport is back in my life which was a huge fan before I got

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injured. It is these things I thought I would never have again

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when I was injured. That is great to hear. Let me introduce you to Tom

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who lost his right arm and you are right handed. And you lost your

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right eye. This was in Afghanistan 2009 and you play of 20. How far can

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you have to ball with one finger? On a good day it is 240 yards. People

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watching can play with both hands but struggle with golf. He did not

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play before and you find your game with one arm and one finger. It is

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helped me to develop my game. Deja enjoy it? I love that. It gets me

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out and socialising with all the lads again. It brings it all back,

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you get that banter again. In the Simpsons the UK takes on the

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Americans. You have sunk the putt? That is true. We played the first

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Tour in America and the second one was at Royal Lytham St Annes. It

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was a great treatment and it was great vision to put it together.

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123012, America versus the UK. Very competitive. The Armed Forces

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gentlemen are very competitive and use that. -- 12 versus 12. That is

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really inspirational to talk to you. People back at home will be

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delighted to see how that golf is making a genuine difference. Www. On

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the website. -- www.oncoursefoundation.com. That is

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marvellous to see how golf can affect their lives and get them a

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purpose. They are getting all of the best venues and John Simpson has

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done a wonderful bit of work setting up the foundation and we are

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delighted to use The Open Championship to bring them here to

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meet the stars and sure of golf at its best. They are a delight. You

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continue to grow the game of golf. We saw the Olympics and the impact

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that golf will have the, successful World Cup in Brazil, you talk during

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the week about the readiness of the golf course in Rio de Janeiro. We

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are not quite the, how close are we? They have their work cut out, not

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just in golf, but in so many sports. They have a World Cup and in two

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years later the Olympics. Golf had slow beginnings but goodness, it is

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accelerating now. If we can get all the grass in and complete by

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November, by we I mean Rio de Janeiro 2016, it is not as of the

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International golf Federation, if we can get that done by November

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that'll give us two full seasons in South America in the climate which

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should be plenty to get to the course up to the required conditions

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for the top players. Before November and September. There is a vote in

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September, originally designed to be on the same day as another election

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in Scotland. We were joking to other women would be allowed to stay in

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Scotland but I am only teasing. This is an important -- an important

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moment for the golf club that is separate from the governing body.

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How significant is this? Very significant. The club and the

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governing body while separate are closely intertwined as you know. We

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are based in St Andrews, the clubhouse at the Royal and Ancient

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golf course is to many the headquarters of golf. It is

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important that the club 's reputation is maintained. I will not

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go into too much detail about this, there is no pressure for this. From

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the outside world point of view to have the governing body or a club

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closely associated with the governing body, practising what some

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people see as exclusionary membership policies does not sit

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very well. This is entirely a matter for the membership and it is no

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pressure here. The members will decide, either through a postal

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ballots, before September 18, or on the day. That is to be determined.

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You have a lot to do today. I am looking forward to next year. It

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will be the last for you as chief executive. You will at Saint Andrews

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which is appropriate for anybody in golf. We are delighted that you have

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extended another invitation to Tom Watson for the 40th anniversary of

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his first victory. What a competitor he has been in the open. Five-time

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winner and a lovely gentleman. We felt that St Andrews was the perfect

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place for him to call today. I think the codes would like to see that and

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it would be good for the game. He is so respected in Scotland. -- the

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audience. I think we have done the right thing you. There's also good

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news from the course because not only is he going to be completing

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the open next year, at the age of 64, he is the oldest man to make the

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cut and he has gone out in 33 this morning. This is a birdie at the

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7th. He is continuing to be the greatest links golfer of all time.

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It is a great tonic to see him out there and a great tonic to see you

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well. Enjoy the rest of your day. We are going to talk Gary Player now.

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It is 58 years since he played in the treatment right here at Hoylake.

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You never truly catch up with Gary at anything.

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Mr player, it is always a pleasure to talk to. Do you know that it is

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40 years since he last won the open? Sorry about that. You have to

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understand. You can be 80 years young or 20 years old. It is a

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number and the concept that humans devised. I will be 79 in a few

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months time. I feel like I am 30 or 40 years of age. I am blessed with

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that. I go to the gym and I give myself 70% for a direct. When you

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travel likely -- but like I do then it is not easy. Do you have a

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favourite? The first victory at Muirfield was the youngest man to

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win, that meant a lot. I had arrived in Britain with my wife with a young

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baby and I could not travel back to be pleasant. Then you win at

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Carnoustie, the toughest of all the venues and I was playing

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head-to-head with Jack Nicklaus and I hit that shot at the 14th hole

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with the feeding wood. -- with the three would. Just to play in this

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great Championship is an honour. You say that The Open Championship has

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lost -- lost some of its dazzle, you are concerned about the length that

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the players can hit the golf ball and the fact that hardly anybody is

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heading a driver today at Royal Liverpool. These great links golf

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course is well-designed and we have got no respect for that any more. I

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walked around a few holes and I have the gallery sequin of these players

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going to hit a driver, I have came here to see them hit a driver. They

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are old using a iron at the tee. This is a Mickey Mouse golf course

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compared to the Masters. Do you know that Bubba Watson hit a driver... He

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is no older than Jack Nicklaus but he had to hit an average of 85 to

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get off. The drive eight of 18 holes. At the 1st hole at St

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Andrews, you can drive over the green. We have to wake up. You have

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got the rough year but they are not taking a driver. Everybody said want

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the course to be hard and fast. Nonsense! Then you can hit a four

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iron off the tee. Jack Nicholson did -- Jack Nicklaus didn't even put a

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driver in his bag at Carnoustie. You have to make the courses longer so

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that they have to hit a driver. You do not see -- do not seem like a man

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obsessed with money, how much did you win for winning the opening

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Championship? ?1000. Prize money this year? Over ?1 million. I did

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not worry about money. I was pure as a man growing up and it was just an

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honour to play in the opening Championship and when it. -- in The

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Open Championship. The word that comes to my mind is gratitude. I see

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a player at least five times a day, thank you for the blessings that

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have been bestowed on me. One thing you always tell us about is exercise

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regime. Press ups, setups, how many can you do? I did 1000 300 strong

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crunchies. Back-to-back? I do different kinds. I do a lot of

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planks. I still pushed at least 250 with my legs. I set the treadmill

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almost at maximum because you have to get your subconscious to realise

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that you still have speed even though you are kidding yourself. Yet

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it is hard as you like, harbour. That is Mickey Mouse. I cannot punch

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any harder. This is what you have to do. I met a wonderful gentleman in

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India and he said, you have to be happy. You have got a choice.

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Secondly, you have to rest well. Not necessarily sleep a lot. Ford, it is

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imperative that you exercise and the most remarkable thing, the less you

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eat, the longer you live. Great contradictory to the Western world.

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-- very contradictory. The less you read the longer you

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love. That -- let that the lesson. Do not look at me. It is great

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value, isn't he? He is great fun. He makes some serious points about

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links golf and that technology is aiding and abetting of progress. We

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cannot squeeze any more out of these pieces of land. Royal Aberdeen last

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week, first time I went, it was frustrating when you walk off the

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cover Mac and you head jobs to get to get to the back teeth. It lost a

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couple of points from the on that one. Even if you great par-5 at 550,

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if it comes down the other way, it goes 100 yards shorter. We know all

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of this. I think they should ban the peg at the tee. When -- bring back

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ball striking. This technology perhaps coming to the fore, that you

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see on a links course compare to inland courses, we have seen Rory

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destroyed par fives with a driver. He has, I was doing some reading and

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half of the balls used to float, old balls. I remember reading about one

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ball that was terrible, and he said, finally, this is a new ball.

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But he was talking about the 1.68 inch ball. They could have one that

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weighs exactly the same and is slightly bigger, technically, that

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could be easier. It might remove around -- move around in the wind.

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It is just a thought. The other thing that Gary said before the Open

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Championship, if Tiger Woods had not had a lesson after 2000 he would

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have won 24 Majors. He feels wonderful golfers like Tiger have

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looked for too many and series from too many coaches. In some senses.

:31:15.:31:22.

When Tiger left Carnoustie, 2007, he was furious with the way he was

:31:23.:31:28.

playing golf, he did not fire Hank, he just said he needed a breather.

:31:29.:31:33.

He then came, we watched him play, it was a simple backswing

:31:34.:31:36.

follow-through and he won seven in a row. He knows how to play this game,

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and we all have watched him, he does not own his own golf swing. It is

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the coach that gives it. He has got to be one of the most talented, and

:31:50.:31:57.

presently, he is lost. For a man to stand up and make a dozen practice

:31:58.:32:02.

sowings because he still needs to find the feel, it just shows you he

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has not found how to put that club face onto the ball under pressure.

:32:10.:32:17.

Obviously there has been a lot of challenges for him. He had the back

:32:18.:32:21.

surgery in March. In terms of how he came back, how do you assess his

:32:22.:32:28.

progress? Good question. You cannot call it progress yet. I think he is

:32:29.:32:36.

going to unravel a bit, he kept saying if he swung that way he would

:32:37.:32:41.

have known left knee. You can see why he made the change. Most people

:32:42.:32:48.

did not like the way he was swinging, but he was prolific, that

:32:49.:32:53.

should have been the best period of his career. His body is beaten up

:32:54.:32:59.

all over the place. It is hard to make an honest, objective opinion

:33:00.:33:06.

about Tiger Woods. If you add in how his world has changed, divorce, a

:33:07.:33:11.

lot of things off the golf course, that should have nothing to do with

:33:12.:33:16.

golf, but people watching him today, these to be 99% just love to

:33:17.:33:25.

see him. -- they're used to be. When he came back, you got booed, and he

:33:26.:33:32.

never got booed before. I want to see him back again, because you

:33:33.:33:37.

imagine him playing the way he used to, with Rory and some of the

:33:38.:33:42.

younger guys, it would be fantastic. There was an aura around him. When

:33:43.:33:49.

he walked on the range it was like a freight train. Everything stopped.

:33:50.:33:56.

He was the centrepiece. And I agree. Now it is a 50-50 split. When you're

:33:57.:34:05.

on a good day, you think of the 50% who love you, on a bad, you think of

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the 50% that want you to miss. He has put himself through the ringer.

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He really has. It is difficult to unravel. Unbelievable. To rebuild, I

:34:16.:34:22.

find it frustrating, he says he wants to play and then he does not

:34:23.:34:30.

play. He should get out and play. We would love to see him do that, if he

:34:31.:34:35.

really wants to come back, but to come back and played two rounds then

:34:36.:34:42.

come here, he has for more rounds when he gets to Ohio in a couple of

:34:43.:34:50.

weeks. Then he's got the PGA. That could be his season. He may not make

:34:51.:35:00.

FedEx cup, which means he is out. Tom Watson said he would pick him,

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but there was some small print, if he is fit, performing well, got some

:35:07.:35:15.

results. He may not have that. If you go back to his last major

:35:16.:35:20.

Championship, he has 18 victories, including 2008, and that is a major

:35:21.:35:25.

and players Championship. Amongst all of that, he still managed to be

:35:26.:35:33.

better than the rest. That is the crazy thing about it. He is

:35:34.:35:38.

extraordinary. Our coverage has started on the red button for those

:35:39.:35:43.

who want to watch. We will be going to live golf in about 25 minutes on

:35:44.:35:50.

the channel. He is out there now with Jason Dufner. We are going to

:35:51.:35:55.

assess the possibilities for this closing day shortly. There is one

:35:56.:35:58.

man who has hardly had a lesson in his life, John Daly. It will be 20

:35:59.:36:04.

years next year, the anniversary of his amazing victory at St Andrews in

:36:05.:36:09.

1995. He did not play last year and it is lovely to see him back, albeit

:36:10.:36:10.

he did not make the cut. What did John say the three rules of

:36:11.:36:22.

caddying are? Show up, keep up, shut up. Can you recreate the round of

:36:23.:36:36.

applause? I know you've got a shot. These guys are slow. Do you enjoy

:36:37.:36:48.

having your wife and caddy with you? It is good, she started three weeks

:36:49.:36:49.

ago. How do you find it? I like it, it is

:36:50.:37:03.

fun. We don't always have good days. I just walk away. Basically you do

:37:04.:37:14.

this yourself. Do you really think I want to take that chance and club

:37:15.:37:19.

him and maybe give him the wrong club? You have a shot to hit. How

:37:20.:37:29.

far do you have it? What about the mentality of a major winner? What is

:37:30.:37:36.

it that allows you to get to that Sunday and pick up the Championship?

:37:37.:37:44.

I've always believed in any golf tournament, Majors especially, you

:37:45.:37:47.

will hit some good shots and get some bad days, then you will get

:37:48.:37:55.

some good breaks. The mentality is taking a bad day, rain and wind, and

:37:56.:38:00.

going out to survive. Do you try and connect to those old

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memories? It is difficult. Do you try and connect to those old

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Andrews was my favourite one to win and that dream came true. Can you

:38:17.:38:22.

remember every shot? I remember getting out of the bunker, that was

:38:23.:38:27.

important to winning it. Made a lot of putts to save par. People have

:38:28.:38:37.

always spoken about your long game and not giving you credit for the

:38:38.:38:42.

short game. Nobody has ever come up to me and asked if I can help them

:38:43.:38:50.

with chipping. All I get is people asking how to fit it further. One

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thing people have always enjoyed about you is the trousers. Have you

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ever got to the stage where you get up in the morning and you think,

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that is too much? I have not. I get up in the morning in the dark and I

:39:08.:39:14.

dress. The game of golf has changed a lot. Your life has changed

:39:15.:39:21.

immeasurably. It has been an up-and-down life. I think we have

:39:22.:39:25.

temptations in our lives that can get us into trouble and I have been

:39:26.:39:29.

there. Luckily, everything I have ever done is legal, the gambling,

:39:30.:39:35.

the drinking, you've only got to be nine in Europe to drink. It is

:39:36.:39:36.

perfect. Always good to talk to you. This week, he chose trousers that

:39:37.:39:59.

were certainly not dull. You know when they do the champions dinner at

:40:00.:40:03.

St Andrews, he came out in some flour jacket, he said he would make

:40:04.:40:09.

wee one. -- jacket with flowers on. They sent me a suit, it arrived in

:40:10.:40:17.

the post in a box this big. I said, maybe I will wear it for Halloween.

:40:18.:40:22.

Sorry, it did not even make the approval for three seconds. You both

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played in that in 1995. Did you enjoy that? I was hoping Michael

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Campbell was going to go the whole way, but any time you placing

:40:36.:40:41.

Andrews is special. John has an exemption to play until he is 60, so

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he will be entertaining us for a few years yet. Will 2014 B Rory's year?

:40:50.:40:58.

Here he comes. Rory McIlroy. His dad put a bet on ten years ago that by

:40:59.:41:10.

the age of 25 he would win the open. He is 25, is the bet still

:41:11.:41:15.

good? Big misjudgement from Rory McIlroy.

:41:16.:41:22.

He steadied things. First figure of the day goes to

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12-under. That is the shot of the day. Paying the price for missing

:41:40.:41:44.

the fairway with an eye on. Huge bonus. That would have been

:41:45.:42:01.

seen if that had gone in. -- obscene. I think it is good I have

:42:02.:42:09.

had this experience before. I was leading by four going into the

:42:10.:42:22.

Masters and I let that lead slip. Then I did not make the same mistake

:42:23.:42:42.

again. It is good to have that experience and hopefully some of

:42:43.:42:43.

that can be taken into tomorrow. The bet made by his father is still

:42:44.:42:44.

valid, they would stand to win ?50,000 each if it comes off today.

:42:45.:42:45.

It is a big day for the family. It shows you the faith they had in this

:42:46.:42:46.

young man for so long. He has been a star in the making and history in

:42:47.:42:53.

the making. I know that he played in the Junior series for so long. He

:42:54.:42:59.

has had this lead in all the Majors. He has the experience. The fashion

:43:00.:43:02.

in which he does it, we were talking about the sharks, -- how he does

:43:03.:43:19.

it, he had some shaky holes, but to find the extra gear and turn it into

:43:20.:43:26.

a six shot lead, I hope today is like that. But I hope Rickie Fowler

:43:27.:43:35.

plays well as well. Finding the extra gear is the important thing.

:43:36.:43:37.

It is the atmosphere, your personal intensity, you recognise that, to

:43:38.:43:43.

play 16 and 18, I would tell them 100% holes. For him to do that is

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the most wonderful feeling when you can but on the golf ball like that,

:43:57.:44:03.

you can hit it absolutely pure. Those will carry him on today.

:44:04.:44:07.

Speaking to a colleague at breakfast, he reckoned there is a

:44:08.:44:10.

consensus that he is perhaps one of the greatest drivers there has ever

:44:11.:44:13.

been. When he is on form. If you saw what he did, he attacked both of

:44:14.:44:22.

those golf balls with a driver. We nearly had an inch of rain last

:44:23.:44:26.

night, so in some respects we said he would need a softer, less wet

:44:27.:44:36.

Hoylake. My wish is he gets to seven. How many did you get, six?

:44:37.:44:46.

Yes. Tell us about protecting a lead. Everybody is human. There must

:44:47.:44:52.

be at some point a little negative vibe enters your head. How do you

:44:53.:44:56.

dismiss it? It is not negative, it is just that

:44:57.:44:57.

dismiss it? It is not negative, it is you're not sure. I was five shots

:44:58.:45:02.

at St Andrews. You go out and you face a putt. Do I go for it or do I

:45:03.:45:14.

not? It got to me, you start looking at it, where before you think you

:45:15.:45:18.

would get it. There was a second thought which is not great, I don't

:45:19.:45:23.

think this golf course is quite like that. St Andrews is like that. I

:45:24.:45:31.

think it is more about planning the round, you got to difficult holes,

:45:32.:45:44.

he will have two start solid, and then you get a little run, but the

:45:45.:45:47.

most important club is the driver. There is some scary shots. Seven

:45:48.:45:54.

yesterday, she just missed the rough. Momentum, we always talk

:45:55.:46:00.

about momentum. That was huge. It keeps you going. The way he finished

:46:01.:46:13.

was really stamping it. Rowley had a four shot lead at Agusta but he was

:46:14.:46:24.

overtaken. -- Rory. You are the example of this, Nick. What was you

:46:25.:46:30.

attitude going out when everybody was hanging on Greg 's shoulders # I

:46:31.:46:36.

had a game plan. We know they history of Agusta and if I can get

:46:37.:46:43.

within three, a three shot lead at Agusta is nothing. I have known Rory

:46:44.:46:56.

that since he was 12. We talk to him along the way. He came to California

:46:57.:47:03.

and to England for a couple of days. We played a practice round together.

:47:04.:47:13.

I always talk about the negative words in golf, you cannot see, do

:47:14.:47:19.

not do this. At the 1st hole at the Masters, he hated blessed. Suddenly

:47:20.:47:29.

everything went wrong and he was in meltdown for those nine holes. He

:47:30.:47:34.

has learned from that experience and he is very mature for 25. He has two

:47:35.:47:41.

Majors under his belt. He has inner strength now. Mental strength is

:47:42.:47:47.

something that he even said a few years ago was not his greatest

:47:48.:47:53.

asset. We touched on the history of this and said that he would be the

:47:54.:47:56.

only European to win three of the four Majors. These are very heady

:47:57.:48:08.

times. It could be a significant moment. If he goes on to win today,

:48:09.:48:16.

there are only two people who have won three. That is Jack Nicholson --

:48:17.:48:20.

Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods who were younger. This is where the code

:48:21.:48:27.

makes a difference. We always talk about the crowd noise at the

:48:28.:48:32.

Masters. When you can see the scoreboard changing, the deafening

:48:33.:48:38.

silence, and in the last Ryder Cup player looked like a foregone

:48:39.:48:42.

conclusion for America to win. Once the balance starts to go, there's

:48:43.:48:47.

one thing to consider, this is a home crowd for a Rory McIlroy. That

:48:48.:48:53.

is when the pressure of the people outside the ropes can make a

:48:54.:48:57.

difference. That is what happened in 1996 because this was unheard of.

:48:58.:49:07.

This is sport, many things can happen. You will discover goes very

:49:08.:49:19.

well. I have been speaking to the captain of this golf course. Dan

:49:20.:49:23.

Walker caught up with him. This is the skipper, the man who knows his

:49:24.:49:38.

way around the links at Hoylake. You will show as the hardest to find the

:49:39.:49:39.

bunkers around course. We will start here at six, par three. This is a

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201 yard par three. It is tough. You will hit a four or five iron in

:49:43.:49:52.

here. Anything not precisely struck ball gathered by this bunker. It is

:49:53.:50:00.

deep with a severe face. If we can get anything other than a perfect

:50:01.:50:03.

line then it is really nasty. Even the worlds best have complained.

:50:04.:50:10.

Absolutely. Adam Scott talked to his caddy about this in 2006. They both

:50:11.:50:16.

agreed this was not a good place to go because the Championship could

:50:17.:50:25.

endure. Off to home number ten. I think we can safely put this in the

:50:26.:50:34.

beast category. There is a flag up there somewhere. This is probably

:50:35.:50:40.

the deepest of all of the bunkers. Tiger Woods was imperious in 2006.

:50:41.:50:49.

He did not manage to evacuate himself from. He had two strikes you

:50:50.:51:03.

and still made par. This is a camera in the bunker. Front right of the

:51:04.:51:09.

par three 13th. One of the most severe faces in any bunker here. The

:51:10.:51:15.

view here is quite nice. You might be able to see the green but I

:51:16.:51:23.

cannot. This is not a bad view at the last hole. Your final trap.

:51:24.:51:30.

People will remember 2006, this was just one and you have made it into

:51:31.:51:39.

three. It is a par-5 finishing hole. Risk and reward. If you missed the

:51:40.:51:45.

green in two, you could find the corner of this bunker and

:51:46.:51:52.

potentially be an awkward spot. Thank you very much, top job,

:51:53.:51:54.

Alistair. Here is the Claret jug and that is

:51:55.:52:08.

what Alistair will be handing over later on. Rickie Fowler is

:52:09.:52:15.

challenging Rory McRoy. You will recognise him because he will be

:52:16.:52:26.

wearing bright orange, the colour of Oklahoma State University. Sergio

:52:27.:52:29.

Garcia would -- lovely start by Rickie Fowler. Good

:52:30.:52:51.

for distance. Birdie start for Rickie Fowler. What a start. He

:52:52.:52:56.

looks so comfortable with the bottle in his hand. 10-under par four

:52:57.:53:05.

Ricky. Second shot for Rickie Fowler. He has to catch this one and

:53:06.:53:11.

get it to stop quickly. Magic. He is producing. That has seemed to gone

:53:12.:53:25.

into some rough. That was awkward. He played it well. Very well.

:53:26.:53:32.

Magnificent shot from Rickie Fowler. 68, could have been 65.

:53:33.:53:41.

Indeed, it could've been 65. He has played beautifully this week.

:53:42.:53:44.

Successive major Championships going into the final pairing. Frank, what

:53:45.:53:51.

must they do early on? Establish his brother. In the final round of the

:53:52.:53:59.

US open, he became quick. -- establish his brother.

:54:00.:54:12.

All sorts of crazy things can happen. If he is at the same pace,

:54:13.:54:19.

get off to a similar start -- similar start like yesterday then it

:54:20.:54:25.

is game on. It could be game on because he had caught up and began

:54:26.:54:29.

to lose a little bit of the Stardust in the party and strokes. -- putting

:54:30.:54:44.

strokes. On the first, there's a big

:54:45.:54:56.

decision. A really good tee shot, it is daunting. There are of course

:54:57.:55:04.

Bush is on the left. You can roll off the side of the green. Two over

:55:05.:55:14.

to two under. Then it is a different ball game. He has done fabulous

:55:15.:55:23.

work. He has changed his swing. Very similar moves to what I did in the

:55:24.:55:29.

1980s. I learned about the rotation of changing the body. It is the

:55:30.:55:35.

Sunday of a major and it will still be a test. Temple is the glue that

:55:36.:55:42.

sticks together on the Sunday of a major, you to have that. -- Tempo.

:55:43.:55:59.

This is the Walker Cup in 2007, the period of them playing near. -- the

:56:00.:56:05.

peer of them. This is the 64th major Championship

:56:06.:56:21.

for Sergio Garcia and he has to put himself in the situations and hope

:56:22.:56:26.

it is his pardon. That is the problem. Three years ago he claimed

:56:27.:56:33.

he would never win a major. It was an interview and he must've wanted a

:56:34.:56:37.

bear hug but you do not say things like that. You just have to keep

:56:38.:56:48.

trying hard. You talk about Temple. -- tempo. He has had a few

:56:49.:56:57.

opportunities, for me. It is just a massive change of direction. There

:56:58.:57:03.

are some players who do not have it physically, some technically, some

:57:04.:57:07.

mentally. Surgical is the technical side. -- Sergio Garcia. 9-under par

:57:08.:57:19.

four Sergio Garcia and also Dustin Johnson. What sort of number, how

:57:20.:57:25.

far back, what sort of number do they have in mind? They have to sit

:57:26.:57:41.

sure -- they have to shoot around 65 the damage for Justin was done

:57:42.:57:52.

yesterday. -- Dustin. Once Rory McIlroy made some par putts, Dustin

:57:53.:57:56.

Johnson became a bystander which is so unusual. He has won every year

:57:57.:58:05.

since he has timed professional. He is still one round away and we have

:58:06.:58:09.

seen some freaky things happening. You post a score and do not know

:58:10.:58:17.

what will happen. The wind is blowing into the boundary coming up

:58:18.:58:25.

eating. You never know. Make an eagle, two three behind, it can time

:58:26.:58:37.

around. We have to go off air. We will shortly be coming back on BBC1.

:58:38.:58:42.

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:58:43.:58:52.

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