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It is that time again. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is game

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number one. From the USA, Gerry APPLAUSE.

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Welcome to Royal St George's for the 140 at Open Championship. --

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Through the gates, and just been on the right of. If all England were a

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golf course, this would be the first tee, and the 18th green. 13

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times, the great and the good have strode out from this quirky corner.

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A southern softie? Not this one. Peril can show its face at the very

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first turn. All the very last. -- A reminder of the end during the

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truth of sport. It is not how you start, but how you finished --

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Endings and beginnings. This golfing gear -- year, the Open

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Welcome to the Kent coast and the luscious links of Royal Saint

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George's. Here we are on the first p, play has been under way since

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6:30am. -- the first tee. We have over one had done 40 hours of live

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golf before you in this golf Open Championship. 156 golfers are

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hoping to be the man to claim the claret jug here. Most of the

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attention has been on a Rory McIlroy. He is on the practice

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putting green at the moment. In a few minutes, he will make the short

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walk off 100 yards off Stoke to the first tee. His tee off time is

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9:09am. Usually reserved for Tiger Woods. But the man at the centre of

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attention, the US Open champion of three weeks ago, Rory McIlroy. He

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tees off at 9:09am, you will see that on BBC Two. If you are going

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to be open champion, and of Rory McIlroy, certainly wants to do it,

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the first thing you have to conquer Sandwich is famed for the humps and

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hollows on the fairways. A little bit of long rough about as well,

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not too bad, half a chance of playing on to the green. The

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bunkers are the usual deep chasms. Bloody sand but to be avoided at

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all cost. -- love the sand. It is the challenging conditions that

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will be at the forefront. A scudding breeze across the course

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and some rain. This is links golf. It is going to be a real battle

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over the next four days, and know Tiger Woods, as we mentioned, but

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plenty of big cats in a strong I always go back to what the great

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Jack Nicklaus said, he had half the field beaten at the start of the

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week because they didn't believe they could win the Championship. We

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have a host of players trying to win the first Major. Who believe

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they can? Mental strength will be critical, as it always is. Whoever

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wins this week will be following in Sometimes the claret jug of falls

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into unexpected Hants, and other times it goes to the greats of the

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game. Sometimes it goes to those who the home crowd are willing on

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to success. Whoever has there moment on the final green on Sunday

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night, it will be a moment that they and others will always

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remember. They will be clenching their fist on the 18th green on

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Sunday? Will it be Rory McIlroy? A fantastic reception for him. Lots

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of people talking about him this week. He said yesterday, he has

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only won three tournaments, but it is the man at in which he won the

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US Open three weeks ago by eight shots that has got everybody so

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excited -- the manner in which. Let's have a look at some of the

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tee-off times. Just ahead of of Rory McIlroy's Group, we have Paul

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Casey. He is alongside Ben Curtis, the champion of at 2003. And Aaron

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Just to let you know, the afternoon golf, some great games coming up.

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Lee Westwood at 2:10pm and also the reigning Open champion lily is

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1,000 goes off at 221 -- Lewis's 1,000. We will concentrate on Rory

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Rory McIlroy is playing -- was playing golf with his dad on Monday

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in Ireland, this will be very different as he tees off in the

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Open Championship. This is the 14th we have had at royal St Georges. We

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will hand over to the commentary rather blustery day. Play started

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at 6:30am, an ungodly hour, but the course so far has not been mastered

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by anybody. Now we have some pretty this three ball gets ready to smack

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them a wave. Benny Els, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler -- Ernie

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brilliantly. But the next four days will tell us something. Let's have

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a look down this first hole. They have flattened a bit of a down. A

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Three huge bunkers at the front. And often, the greens are slightly

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raised and the ball so easily wanders off. A lot of these greens

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around 6am. Fancy starting a round of golf at 6 am! And only a bowl of

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cereal to keep you going. Maureen Madill will be strolling out, how

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it is it? It is tremendously exciting. The atmosphere is

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building with huge crowds already. Rory McIlroy is looking limber and

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Lewis, as part -- as are his playing companions. This is game

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number 15. From South Africa, Ernie Els.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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is much more downwind. Not the at Rory McIlroy.

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does. Since the Masters, he has done so well to just get on with

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his game. Beautiful to watch. On the tee, from the USA, Rickie

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What a good shot back tears. -- what a good shot at that is. An

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extra 30 or 40 yards. And off they grandad in that group, with a

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couple of 22 year-olds. -- Ernie Els. He looks like a giant

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We have got Matt Taylor, Al weatherman. We have mentioned the

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course and looked at the field, and talked about the probabilities, but

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the weather always comes into an Open Championship. What can we

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expect today? Luke Donald said it could be the weather that dictates

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this Open Championship. Today, we have probably seen the worst. It

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should be dry, but there is still a blustery wind. It is probably

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favouring those who will tee off later on. All the rest of the

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weekend, tomorrow will be the best day, the driest and the sunniest

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with light winds, but into the weekend it gets interesting. A lot

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of rain around on Saturday with strong winds and they will continue

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into Sunday. So it will get very interesting as we get towards the

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weekend. I am sure you will keep this up to date to let the next few

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days. Thank you for joining us. days. Thank you for joining us.

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Let's bring you up to date with the gold and show you the leaderboard

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1989. He was in the second group wrong for him in 2003 here at 16.

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The group of at 9:09am, McIlroy, Danielle's and Rickie Fowler. --

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Ernie Els. We will hand back to the commentary team and we should give

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them the big build-up. A Mark James and Peter Alliss, who is

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commentating -- has been commentating -- has been

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commentating for 50 years now. There is no need to tell everyone I

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have been doing this for 50 years, but I remember it very well, it was

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at Birkdale. Cliff Mitchell ball was Alla Hazel Irvine. He is a

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little bit different. -- our Hazel Irvine. John Jacobs was there and

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all in all, it was the start of a wonderful journey for me. I have

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kept fooling everyone 4-over 50 years and it looks as though I

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might be looking everyone -- might be able to continue to doing that.

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The game fascinates me, all of the new preparations with the golf

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course, they equipment and all the bits of pieces that go with setting

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up this Championship. The infrastructure is colossal and the

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way it is organised by everybody from the Royal and Ancient to all

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the volunteers, it is absolutely stunning. When you think of the

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stunning. When you think of the effort that goes into it, and it is

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so disappointing if the weather plays a Major part in proceedings.

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I said earlier, the greens are difficult to find here, they are

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slightly raised. A lot of them are. There is a lot of forelocks. --

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fall off. They are angle across the player. I was talking to Tom Watson

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who said that finding the greens here is one of the most difficult

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Championship courses. So there will be mistakes made. Some of them will

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be unforced. It is a par 70, which players. Rory McIlroy pointed

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across to Rickie Fowler on the left-hand side of the fairway. This

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hole goes down wind. The challenge will be to get a grip on the ball

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and not go bouncing through. Trying to lift it up, but it might be

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difficult to spin it out of the rough. He did pretty well. It went

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trickling to the back. That is the problem with the first hole. You do

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to stop. The flag on the front and that will go down at the back. And

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then you are faced with a chip and run. Everybody will be in the same

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boat. And the first tee a for Luke Donald, the world number one. What

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a delight for player he is to watch. But first, Ernie Els. He should get

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a little more spin. And he cut that very fine. It was a good shot.

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There is a bunker at 350 from the tee, so we will see a lot today. He

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has a chance for a birdie. You get an idea of how large the exhibition

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tent is on the right-hand side. The television compound is on the left.

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And our friends from the United States I here with the golf

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channels. -- are here. It takes a done. It looked as if it was going

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to come out. That was a good hole memories he has of years ago. Three

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shots ahead with three or four holes left. But he took many shots

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to get out of the bunker and his not want to start with a three from

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the edge of the first green. This can be very slow into the wind.

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This is a feature of links course golf. Years ago it would be a

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perfect chip and run with an 8-iron at most. Some of the greats a few

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years ago would have used a 5-iron touching. Rickie Fowler has a rise

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in front of him. It will sweep from the right-hand side. I am not

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surprised to see Rory McIlroy watching this very closely.

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decided to putt it. How about this? A I think he did. Now, there is no

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excuse for Rory McIlroy it to miss off. And that puts it up to Rory

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McIlroy. The pace of the opening putt is crucial to the whole day.

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It is fascinating how the ball move playing it cagey with a 3-wood.

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Avoiding the bunker on the right and leaving a shot into get

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kick. He was in the rough and now group. What do you reckon? They

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could not have a much easier tee shot. As tee shots go at the Open

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Championship, it is downwind, to the left. I'm sure there are still

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a few nerves. But this is Garcia!

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APPLAUSE A crowd favourite, Garcia. He has been in the doldrums the

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last two or three years. He has struggled with his putting and lost

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his game for a while. There have been signs this years he is putting

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better. There are not many players who have more shots than Sergio

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Garcia. And a links golf course his even with that, for some of these

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guys, they will get close to the official with every match. There is

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some body volunteering as bunker back down there and it did not take

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year-old. We are joined by Ken Brown. You will be commentating

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later. You have looked at the greens. Tom Watson has won this

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tournament five times and says that the greens are harder than any

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other on the open rota. They have some of the biggest slopes and run-

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offs. There are many breaks and Burroughs. They are very tough to

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putt. It will be tricky to get iron shot within ten feet. Rickie Fowler

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made a mockery of that this morning. He got a putt from 30 odd feet.

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stand at the first was deserted. His tee shot drifted. He could not

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spin his iron shot. A lot of players will go to the back of the

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first green. Not an ideal start, but the support is unbelievable.

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This will give you an idea of the breeze. It is straight down the

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first. Not an easy pin on that first corner. I will have a go.

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Let's get back on with the golf. We can go to Rickie Fowler on the

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first green. After that monster putt from off the green, about 25

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yards, maybe, it will be Rickie Fowler with the honour. He sneaked

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in and drove before we were looking. It looks like a 3-wood, which --

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which is an aggressive player. a Rickie Fowler hitter good one?

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am quite a long way down the fairway. I think he took his driver.

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I am not able to see it but I think it is on the left-hand side. I am

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getting a signal that it looks OK. You are certainly not over the

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hill! Ernie Els is chopping and changing. He is out with the big

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furniture, I think. The 7th hole. Alvaro Quiros. This is for eagle.

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This would be sweet. Well done! think the wind power to go over. --

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took over. It has taken a while to make a decision. Let's hope it is

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the right one. It is the timber. think he is going for the green

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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with that. 415 yards downwind. It Ishikawa, and it is a difficult

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shot. -- only 78 yards. If he went for the chip and run and he was

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Quiros. This is for birdie which would put him 2-under. It is a big

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hole on this green. They are both a is how they stand at the moment.

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Play has been going on for three hours. 6:30am. Poor old Jerry Kelly.

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He started the first ball. He had a miserable time when he was here

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years ago and he has not made much progress since then. He is well

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over-par, but he still has a cheery smile on his face. The par here is

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70, which is brutal. The yellow numbers tell us how many holes they

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have played. The young Italian prodigy, Matteo Manassero. And this

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championships and tournaments. A very talented player. We have some

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good young talent. Sergio chipped At the last six or seven feet, it

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turns left. It was plain to see when Rickie Fowler holed that long

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Lovely start. Just got him as an alternative as well, so he is

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making the most of it. Maureen is lurking down that on the second

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somewhere. Where are they all? is very interesting, they have all

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elected for a different strategy. McIlroy leaving himself 126 yards

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back and it is a bit of an evil back row pin position. It is just a

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teetering on the top of the bank. The ball is swept away down into

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authorities, but if they knew the wind was going to be this strong

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and a following wind on the first and second, to put the flags where

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they have done, it is testing once can see it gathering eventually

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from that side, it is in a little cut, back back row pin. MAUREEN

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MADILL: Rickie Fowler has come down the same way he did at the first.

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Just a quarter turn in this hole. It is sweeping slightly from left

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to right. He is going to take a bead well left of this flag. The

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wind and the ter rain will sweep it down the right-hand side. -- the

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rain. It is a question of just trying to get the ball in the

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middle of the green, irrespective gnashing of teeth if this wind

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started this. -- tippy tappy. They MAUREEN MADILL: Ernie Els must have

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breathed a sigh of relief, when he saw it had fell short, but this is

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difficult. It is difficult, of course. We have only been going

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three and a half hours and already I think the direction is reasonably

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friendly overall for the course. But I don't fancy the first two

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more difficult because of the hole position. Sergio has had problems

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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the last year or two but that was drive and a little chip. This wind

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is accelerated and the ball down the fairway. You get some idea of

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the running of the green. The back left where the flag is, there is a

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hump in front of it. You can see it, even though these are two

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dimensional cameras. Can Rickie putts whether more he gave it the

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more it would have borrowed, trying to get bad combination of distance

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and line. -- that combination. He needs to put a good stroke on this

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one, just to settle him down if kept the second. He is just trying

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to find his touch bash too strong, at 6:41am with Mark Calcavecchia.

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And on by Chidi. -- and Thongchai up the slope here. If he gives it

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more pace, he can come straight at wind sweeping across. He has to be

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for Rory, this will be just left of centre, I fancy. A little bit of

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short there it was. Ken Brown has made his way back into the box. He

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is wiping his glasses. He has a look of keen anticipation on his

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face. Any minute now, you will hear from the mighty brand. But before

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that, we will look at Mark comfortable club house, but it is

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quite the distance from the 18th green and the first tee. You can't

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sit in the window watching old Fred bashing one off. Or should I say

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the lieutenant Colonel bashing one KEN BROWN: This third hole plays

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the directly down breeze, which doesn't make it any easier. A

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narrow putting surface, and the tee today cut up on a little tearful

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them up a little bit from the back off the tee. I have not seen this

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wind here. Usually you are contending with crosswinds on this

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hole, and at the moment it is funnelling straight down. A 4-iron

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these balls all gather up at the been for the bank, it would have

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been 50 yards over. Pitched the ball right on the very front of the

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buzz out of playing with these two youngsters. He turned professional

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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Danielle's. -- a very nicely judged the former US PGA Championship.

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is great to be back at the Open Championship. Ernie Els, I played

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with him back in 1993, he was a 25- year-old up-and-coming young

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practice ground. The wind right behind it. A strong wind. In the

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practice rounds, it was hard left at the top of the pile is Thomas

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DAN WALKER: We are out on the third tee and we have one Northern Irish

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legend on the golf course and one here, Barry McGuigan has joined us.

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You are a good friend of person -- Bob McIlroy. Howard you think he

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has started off? -- how do you think. Not ideal, but he is used to

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playing links courses. He is able to cope with that type of situation,

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but there is a long way to go and he seemed to have got it together

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after the first hole. It is just about holding good. In these sort

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of conditions, anything can happen and the game can change with two or

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three good shot. You know what it is like around here, you have

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played it many times and you know how tough it is even for

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professionals. It is incredibly hard. The Americans must be

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heartbroken, it is one thing play with the wind is then but when the

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wind is up, it makes it so difficult. There are not meant to

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be high scores, low scores. It is going to be pretty ordinary,

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because the wind takes the ball everywhere. It is about keeping

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your patience, and the greens are bumpy and fast. It is all up in the

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air. It will be interesting to see who will hold their nerve up and

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keep it together. The short game is so important. I saw you having a

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long chat with McIlroy on the practise green. What sort of mood

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is he in? He is a very mellow and humble kid, he keeps things very

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simple. He has a great family around him. I don't think anything

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has changed. He has had a bit of a break since the US Open and taken a

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bit of time to settle down and allow the euphoria and hysteria to

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die down. He is a level-headed kid and does things right, keeps things

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nice and calm. He has a bright future ahead of him. Thank you. You

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throw Levin punch and hit a mean golf ball. Let's go back to the

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It was a wonderful shot. It was difficult to control out of the

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this. He had a lot of grass between the ball and the club and that was

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the danger, he got a little bit too much. A very difficult combination

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coming downhill, but into the wind. Not an easy start for Rory.

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definitely could not have been more different conditions from the US

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Open. It was hot, the greens were soft. The course played quite long.

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plays mostly in the United States. His caddy is Alan Bond. We call him

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the links at Sandwich. It will be a test of patience and the ability to

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control trajectory. Judging the breeze. Ernie Els facing a

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switchback putt. Swinging from right to left. It will gather pace

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as it comes towards the hole. He has to be careful because the

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the win in 2002 at Muirfield. 41 years old. I wonder if there is

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another Major left in him. He would join just a few players to make

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Majors once they have reached the age of 40. I think most of the

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break has been taken out of this rough with this move, this week. Do

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not get cross with yourself and the week. Vijay Singh withdrew and

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he got in. He will be delighted. Twice has been a runner up in the

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Open Championship. They were both with his patients and touch around

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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third for a bogey. Not the ideal start for Rory McIlroy. As he makes

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his way to the 4th tee, this is the 4th hole. Very famous. You can see

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something to be worried about. Ken Brown has been investigating.

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4th tee shot into the breeze is spooky. On the right-hand side

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there is a bunker, and it is a big bunker. Look at the size of that. I

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will drop a couple of balls in. Into the breeze, look at it. I dare

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not drop in there. Unbelievable. So, a scary tee shot. On the left side

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of the fairway, there is something else. If you endeavour to miss the

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right hand bunkers, you trickled down the left side. And, what you

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cannot see from the tee, a greedy bunker. If you miss the fairway,

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you are in trouble. Right, terrible. On the left, a sneaky one. What a

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right. Not him play unless you completely miss it. Ernie Els using

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into the bunker in the first round in 2003. Or 1993. He took a triple

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bogey. Today, no problem playing down wind off the tee. 495 yards

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par four. They will drive it up to the narrow neck here and turn

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slightly left. It is not a big green. Not a big target. They will

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there is another one. It is hard to hit something that far off line

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you can get the club on the back of youngsters want to look at it, they

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can see it on the internet. It was would be a big birthday present for

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the Brit if he were to win this Donald. Absolutely magic. There

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will not be many better than that today. Playing alongside Sergio

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Sergio Garcia. He has been finding form in the past six months.

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Ishikawa going with the five-iron. 240 yards down wind. The same club

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as Luke Donald hit. Just a little bit quick, that swing. He got the

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club behind him and left it out to the right. He has not have the best

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year when you consider how well he has played. He has had a couple of

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seconds or a third. And he has winner on the PGA Tour. He had a

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Sometimes, when it is breezy, not spinning the ball is an advantage.

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This is Garcia. He has a big shoulder turn. He drops the club

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inside. Through the ball. Looking at the target. It is breathtaking.

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He was trying to hit that one a little bit higher so he could land

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There is a strict par of 70. Anybody scoring under 70 will be

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he had at the back of the last. It is very difficult to get the blade

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on the golf ball. Coming from the left is really a tough shot. That

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was brilliant. That was a fantastic shot. This is such a different test

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from the US Open, where it was a mat the pin. On this course, you

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are not even aiming at the pin. Where do I miss if I can get down

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in two. And making bogeys from know where in conditions like this, but

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you have to be patient. You have to roll with the punches. It is not

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easy to do, sometimes. He will be feeling more settled now that he

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has one of those Major championships under his belt. That

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was a second shot for Rickie Fowler. A good example of how you have to

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laugh land the ball. That was not bad. Not a difficult up and down

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from there. Nickel Roy and Rickie Fowler played together at the

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Masters. -- Rory McIlroy. I am excited about Jason Day. He has

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finished second in the past two Majors. We have a few good players

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tee, the easier it is to come into the green. Still having to contend

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with this slope one to the green. He can see what he's aiming at.

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not quite a carry that far enough. A little further right and it would

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have gone off the green. Phil Parkin, the breeze out there today,

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as strong as recent days? It is very close. Maybe not quite. 20 mph

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the last couple of days. Probably about 18. Still at testing golf

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course. -- eight testing golf course. Garcia looking a little bit

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more comfortable with himself. has not really gone for crazy shot.

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He has played it safe. He is using his head. Which you need to do.

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does ride the emotional roller- coaster at times. He is very hard

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on himself. He has a pretty impressive Major record without

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Especially after missing the short one on nine. The game does that to

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you. Ishikawa what a birdie putt on three. -- with a birdie putt. This

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young man is donating all of his prize money in 2011 per the

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earthquake fond in Japan. -- to the earthquake in Japan. What a great

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gesture. A saw him during his practice. He had a very loud green

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jacket on. He looked every bit her superstar. Almost a film star. He

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is the only golfer in the world who brings the crowd with him.

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Japanese have always been like that. The media that followed the players

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around the word is quite incredible. has had a great season. John Daly

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on the first. Yes! He has got his rain hands on today. -- rain

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trousers. You cannot tell what kind of trousers he has got on. I think

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it is amazing that McIlroy has managed to turn this 4th hole into

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it birdie opportunity after where went out. He has taken a fairway

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see a lot of players put him things -- it easier to get out of the

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heavy rough and carry the ball through the air. They put in the

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driving irons. Rory McIlroy is one -- is the only member of this group

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carrying a 2-iron. Jamming that Potter into his tummy. Well done

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Ernie. He has had some trials and tribulations on the greens lately.

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It has been a frustrating time. Maybe these links can bring that

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outfits as the week progresses. Unless it stays as cold as it is

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17th attempt at winning the Open. That is a good look at the 5th hole.

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We will have a look at it. In the practice rounds it was almost

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straight off the tee hard left to right. It will be more difficult

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getting into the fairway to avoid the bunkers. If you're not in the

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perfect position, he will not get a view of the flag. When you get

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through there, it is quite open. Not a lot of problems around the

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fairway. He has to try to get the ball on that little ledge. Very

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difficult. Especially in this that swing. Consequently he has let

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it right on the wind and missed the people are or celebrated. Rickie

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Fowler has still not won on the American Tour yet. He played the

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American Tour last year as a rookie. Very quick to put them in the

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superstar status. This guy has reached that status now. He is the

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future. Links golf! You never say good shot until you see the ball

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almost stopped. -- stop. Certainly third. The world number one golfer.

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When her last week at the Barclays Scottish Open. He is in a rich vein

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of form. You might think we're in a peculiar spot. We have found

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ourselves in a blowing garden. It is a beautiful house. Beautiful

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garden. It belongs to these two. If we turn-around, you can see the

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fourth green. They have just had a great view of Rory McIlroy. The

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world number one is approaching. If you do not mind, I might join you

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for a few minutes. Lovely. Back to Donald is well back. In perfect

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position. Missed the cut in 2003. So did the Westwood. It will be

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interesting to see how they go this pin is obviously in as little

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awkward position. A few short putts missed. Yes, it is a very busy

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green, the 9th. He is a big surface. -- it is a big surface. Birdie

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chance for Mark Calcavecchia. going well, the old fellow. He has

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bowled playing quite nicely on the Champions Tour in America. -- he

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has been playing. Very competitive. He would have to landed short of

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the green. Or into the upslope. How about that? Almost landed it into a

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perfect spot on the third. And now of shots. It is by far the best way

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of playing golf. Next to play his Ishikawa. He has had some awkward

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shot on the second from it G8 yards -- 88. He is certainly finding out

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what links golf is all about. This is from 155 yards. It looked like

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he hit that thinly. He got lucky. It hit the stand for the camera and

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came back. His swing is so quick. So different from a look at Donald.

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under. After a huge tee shot from Garcia. Just 144 yards remains. He

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does not want to get too much spin has no sight of the green what so

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where there. He has been up the hill to try to get his line. He has

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been fortunate. He has a good live out here. The rough can sit down,

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but it is not too bad here -- he has a good lie. You get a feeling

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of a little more space. And from almost the first time, a bit of

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room to work with. The flag is decent shot, but it landed softly.

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Still, a straightforward shot up the green. 208 yards for Rory

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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these players on just about every shot. The first four holes are

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generally down wind, and usually you would think that would help,

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but it has been testing. Garcia thought he had hit a great shot.

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Just a fraction of rain overnight has put a little bit of doubt in a

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couple of players minds about how it will release. That quarter out

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Garcia. He still has this for a ball going, rolling past the hole.

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One of those putts we have seen Sergio Garcia struggling with for

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quite a while. Although, the new grip he uses has improved things a

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green, this is the spot to miss it on. Basically chipping up and

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that is how you swing a golf club. His body was a little bit on top of

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it, trying to keep the ball a downslope because we have seen a

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few putts well out. They look as if they will stop near the hole and

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of Ernie Els. He pitched up from the front of the green short on the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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Garcia. He got a perfect tee shot. I believe you were out there

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earlier in the week, Ken Brown. The 5th tee shot is a positional

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shot unless there it is a breeze. You are trying to hit up to 260

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yards off the tee from this little plateau, which is 20 yards wide. If

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you go to the left you will find the bunker. Down the right, it is

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easy to topple off the right side. From there, you go out of position.

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If you get in the ideal spot, you can see between the mounds and the

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flag behind the TV tower. It helps to judge the distance. This tee

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shot, a long iron, trying to find a plateau, and if you miss it, you

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sun was shining. How things have birdie away so far. Can Luke Donald

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too bad down there. You have to rely on the TV tower to pick your

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Whatever you do, the camera follows few swings we have seen from Ryo

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Ishikawa, it is very quick. second shot on the last hole was

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very quick. And the tee shot on the three was one of the worst shots I

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first and the arms and club get stuck behind and it is difficult to

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shot that did not release a bit more towards the edge of the green.

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What is going on? A wood. A an aggressive shot. It is a long

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second shot. Garcia decided to get aggressive off the tee. How good is

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cracking up and down and that will settle him. Just moving into his

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stride. That will make him breathe up the other side and back into a

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been over a couple of weeks. One of the Japanese players asked why they

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did not play the Open Championship in the summer! A beautiful tap in

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there from Thomas. 4-under par. I remember his demise on the 16th in

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a fraction. That is slightly helping Rickie Fowler who has a 7-

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iron to. It is a greedy bunker to The greens are -- the green is at

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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an angle to the players. Rory using 8th. Played it perfectly. A few

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grains of sand in the eyes. Difficult bunker to get up and down

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to be avoided at all costs. Three cracking shot. -- shot. We have

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found another nice spot on the course. Many people have come up

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here to watch a few holes. The 6th green is down here behind these

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hordes of supporters. This is McIlroy, Ernie Els and Rickie

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Fowler. Some good tee shot on six. Let's bring you up to date with the

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leaderboard as it stands at the moment. Thomas Bjorn his top of the

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tree at the moment. It unravelled for him in 2003. He is a shot clear

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of Mark Calcavecchia. Former Open champion. Nine players currently on

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1-under. Including Stewart Cink, of the 2009 champion. Four English men

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first hole has taken him to 1-under. Only 11 players under-par. It is

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interactive coverage. You can watch the 14th, 15th and 16th holes on

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the red button. Mark Calcavecchia is currently on the 16th. Let's

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Calcavecchia is rolling along nicely. Mark James is back in the

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box. Yes, making good progress, all of these groups. A lot have not

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played too many holes. I didn't think there will be more than a

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handful of players under-par at the that he start to get an official

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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not hit it. Apparently card. Just the one dropped shot on the 5th. --

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par on the card. Luke Donald needed a 3-iron to give himself this

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about keeping yourself in there. Level par today would be a good

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the 5th green. Wonderful amphitheatre. You can see the

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spectators on the banks and the hills. Good viewing position.

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sand dunes on this course are perfect for reviewing. -- viewing.

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Pretty good stroke. You always hold your breath when he is over that

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distance. He has been a bit dodgy for a while. I think he is finding

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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misjudgment. Jimenez on nine for a There is a links swing. Rattled in

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there. Might be off the edge. Good to see him back here after his drop

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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files in 2003 when the lead. -- rhythm. Not too bad. A little chip

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and run. That should be relatively The wind is coming from right to

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left. It is a funny little green with some belt-tightening in the

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middle. The pin just on the back level. This is the first time these

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players have sheet -- have hit a shot from the right to the left

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today. Most of the banks of these bunkers are not too bad. The sand

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is not flattened right into the bank's. -- banks. The wind is

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blowing hard and the contours on the sand can change. Still giving

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all of his earnings this year to the Japanese earthquake relief fund.

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Wonderful gesture. He is winning quite a lot of money as well.

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Rickie Fowler is looking pretty looks pleased. A long way to get

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even to the start of the fairway in this practice round. -- the

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get a good as far as his playing partners. -- not getting it as far.

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Early turn. Simple position at the top. Late move first, drive, opera

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body is always just a fraction McIlroy pushing up above 300.

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McIlroy is very long. Fire, too. -- replacement in the field. That was

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the 6th. He needed to hit that hard enough to reach the hole and that

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was always going to be the difficult part. Pretty good from

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there, hitting it that hard and they have somebody to rake the

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bunker. It is usually the caddy's job. And generally, they are very

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poor at it. That was sitting down a little bit for Luke Donald. I think

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the lie had something to do with that. I expected the best chipper

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in the world to get it a little sound here. I saw the guys

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practising yesterday and they were doing what they wanted with the

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ball and getting the right amount of spin and the right strike. The

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quality of sand is second to none. the last two holes and he has to do

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money for the Japanese disaster for a new hat! Are you suggesting it

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looks a little bit worn! It is the style. I am told. Bogey for him. 3-

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over. He has won about $600,000 this year and it is going to that

:47:21.:47:31.
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great cause. Thomas Bjorn tidying birdie opportunities today. He

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missed that little putt at four. are absolutely perfect. They say

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that on the record, but they have been saying it off the record, as

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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well. That is a big one, going into shot. It should not be too much of

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a problem unless he has got unlucky with the line. Back to Donald.

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dear. He does not get up and down. Back to level par. Birdie at three

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and bogey at six. But still in this green and acting as if he

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pushed it a little. There might be a route between the bunkers, but it

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It is called Theodore. That is Ernie Els' real name. We saw the

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ball of Ernie Els going in there. It might be near the steps going

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down into the sand and Ken has been looking at the Features.

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What fabulous bunkers they have here at Royal St George's. They are

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nice to play out of. A feature of them his steps to get into. They

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can be a problem, sometimes. What do you do from there? Well, David,

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I do not want to play that. I think you cannot play that. This step

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itself cannot be moved. It is a obstruction that means you are

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entitled to free relief. But you are having to stay in the bunker

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and you are not allowed to go nearer to the hole. There is

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nowhere for you to go because of where we are in relation to the

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flag stick. That option does not exist. If I did have that option,

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would it be a free drop? Because I can't, what is much option? Rule 24

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gives you an additional option to keep the point where the ball lies

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directly in line with the flag, we drop it outside the bunker.

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unusually, you could take a penalty drop and take the ball out of the

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bunker. That is what you do if you get up against the steps in an

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is lying in there. We will find out. Not the most unkind bunker shot. He

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might have a passage between the bunkers. You can see Rickie Fowler

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on the right. He has to come over up for Rickie Fowler and he is very

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good at keeping the golf ball down below the wind. That was an

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exquisite touch from the American. What sort of lie do we have for

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Ernie Els? Does Rory McIlroy have a route through between the bunkers?

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He had his choice. And that had a look in on the way past. Ernie Els

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is not lying too badly. I love the way you said it would not be too

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difficult. The real thing in his favour is that he is into the wind.

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He can therefore be more aggressive. He has to decide whether to land it

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on the green and try to get the spin, or land it short and let the

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a lot for the wind and the slope, so it cannot be that

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very good. Very quick down that out of the sand. Gary Player was a

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Open Championship. He has played in down the middle. He needs a good

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pitch it in there. A lot can go wrong. He has a late replacement

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birdie. This is one of the flatter greens on the course. He has had a

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couple of putt this length and he has not managed yet to hit the hole.

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He is using a different routine. When he uses the short putter, he

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is moving his feet into position first. He used to put the club head

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behind the ball and then the feet. I think it is to keep the club head

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attached to his stomach. That will make it harder to line up the

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putter. We will see how that goes on. Talking about routines, Rory

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McIlroy changing his routine. They quicker routine after the Masters.

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Know practise strokes. -- no practise strokes. He played cricket

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at the Masters. Since then he has taken away some of his practice

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strokes -- he played quickly. without a three putt. Did he have

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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first part of the fairway, then the ribbons of pathways that route

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people through the least environmentally sensitive areas,

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areas that often need trampling down to encourage different species

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of grass. And those that need a long way to go. There is a long

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way back to the tee on the 8. The wind today crosses from the right-

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from the sea. Two bunkers on the right-hand side. 281 and 289 to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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those. 330 to the end of the Bjorn. He is playing beautifully.

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has he got her rescue club? He has, Maureen. I was wondering about the

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sense of carrying these rescues. But this boy can hit the ball low.

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I wonder if Rory McIlroy will hit his little 19 degree driver. You

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just want to get it on to the top level of the fervour. -- fairway.

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This will be the 5-wood. They all look quite small clubs in his hands.

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Quite difficult to tell. He will just caress it. He has failed to

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cut it. Nearly got Maureen! He is not going to like wet that has gone.

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It has bounced into some juicy stuff. Thick pockets of rough

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around St George's. You can get some spindly stuff or deeper stuff.

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This is the little driving iron. hit it first second on the last. He

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was never going to make the green for -- with it. That is a perfect

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position. He has hit at that a long way. -- he has hit that. Luke

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Donald's third shot on the 7th. Right over the flag. Garcia in some

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trouble on the 7th. A long bunker shot. What a shot that was.

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Absolutely beautiful. Unlucky to Fitzgerald was getting a lot of

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criticism after the Masters. Danny Willett. In the first group out. A

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good round of golf for the man from Sheffield. Thomas Bjorn and 14 with

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Calcavecchia, brilliant performance. Danny where it will be in his digs

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and a couple of hours. -- Danny the end of the day, that is for

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certain. A lot of good golf today so far. The field is spreading out.

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Anybody not playing well is Donald. Yes! He rattles it home.

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That was going some distance. Bogey cup. Calcavecchia at 18. Not an

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to play the second shot into a -- into eight. He has got 195 yards.

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25 yards of hidden ground between him and the start of the green. He

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cannot see any of it. Wonderful bunkers around this green. That

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roar of Luke Donald hole in the putt at the last was the first we

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have heard of this Championship. The graphics not representative of

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not to hook a little more when it landed. A tricky putt of that mound.

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-- over that mound. Any has not got a great lie. He has got 50 to 60

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yards of rough between him and the green. I think it is a case of

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putting himself in position for an easy angle for his third. An

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expensive per week off the tee here for him potentially. -- tweak.

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feet further down the rough. rough here is very patchy. You can

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very lucky just Mac you can be like this. -- or you can be like this.

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Yes, for all the talk of the thin the rough here at St George's,

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there is still some nasty stuff. The wind may have dropped on him a

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little. A huge amount of effect on the ball. Back to cut it back here.

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-- Calcavecchia. Very nearly a great shot. Just crept over the

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bunker. Ernie still trying to get the ball out. That was not one

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thing or another. He has hit it into that broken ground between the

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fairway and the green. He will need to rely on the life. -- lie.

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Perfect place, centre of the fairway. He is 170 yards from the

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green. The wind gusting up the club and he has just gone down the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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McIlroy, second round so not so. Finished third last year. Back to

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Thomas Bjorn. Gary Evans is out there. He knows about the Open

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Championship from Muirfield in 2002. Thomas Bjorn going very well?

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he has obviously found a little bit of form. Putting well. Loads of

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This is wonderful. Thomas Bjorn doing very nicely. Another birdie

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chance for him on 15. Currently the leader on 4-under par. Bjorn

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currently on 50, which is about -- 15. Here is the 16th green. There

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used to be a bunker here. It was taken away. The one you can see to

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the left is known as Bjorn's bunker. That is probably at the back of his

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mind. This is the first time he has played here maxims this happened in

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2003. -- since this happened. He was leading the Open with three

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holes remaining. Three shots in the bunker. He eventually finished with

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that double bogey five. It left him one shot behind the leader, Ben

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Curtis, who went on to win. Fantastic third shot, but if too

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little, too late. He has not been too keen to talk about what

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happened at 16 in the build up. A par here would keep his golf round

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going along very nicely indeed. perhaps. -- Mark Calcavecchia. A

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dropped shot at the last. Still, a round of 69 is very impressive. A

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couple of blemishes. We look down at this vast piece of golfing

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terrain. They could stretch this course out to 10,000 yards if they

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wanted to. I'm sure the afternoon players are saying, well said

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Andrew Cotter, let's make it longer and tougher! The late starters may

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get the best of it. The reeled switchback of a port facing Rickie

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Fowler. -- a real switchback of a putt. The higher you go, there were

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a speed it will gather of the slope. -- the more speed. Certainly the

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getting any easier. Stewart Cink is going along very nicely. Almost the

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forgotten man of Chaabi chip golf. He will not be forgotten if he

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keeps doing that. -- Championship example of have shots can disappear

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this that some frustration might creep then. That is more like it.

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He needed a little boost. So far, he is keeping quite calm, which he

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looks as though he does a bit of painting and decorating in his

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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spare time. Probably a very putt at the 9th, but since then,

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extremely sound on the green. Looking down the 9th hole here at

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Royal St George's, Ken Brown had a To the 9th tee, an uphill climb.

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And a long extent of the fairway. A new 9th tee, slightly altered from

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the last time we were here. The old tee was down on the right, an

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unusual shape, and you played the hole from a slightly different

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angle. The tee has gone back 37 yards and the hole is playing a

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little straighter. You used to play across the fairway and now you are

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going down almost the whole length of it. 412 yards, so a good bit

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longer and it will need add bit more club off the tee and a

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slightly different angle of attack to the hole. Whenever I think of

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John Betjeman, I think of the seaside and the Golf, and it really

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at this fairway and there are a lot of uneven lies down there. Not a

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very wide target, but he has found while there and I don't think I

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beautifully. It certainly is a thinking golfer's day. You cannot

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attack attack today. You have to metal chimney in the distance. He

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cameraman, this blue and white and race five. Difficult to pick up the

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fellow. A very unusual swing. We saw him at the Walker Cup, we

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admired how he struck the ball but it is an unusual action. Miguel

:21:15.:21:25.
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Angel Jimenez, going along very dropped Ashoka -- stroke, a

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remarkable round he is putting up for all the pain of those three

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shots out of the bunker. That is a them today. Did you know there are

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people who have been playing this game for years? Jimmy Moyes from

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Sundridge golf club, 100 years old. Still enjoying it. You can't play

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much would be when you are 100. It He is going along very nicely.

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EVANS: He is indeed, wonderful shot, managed to avoid the bunker on the

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some very good round. Not quite as consistent as it would appear he

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can be, but he is a which jumpy, When it comes to the weather and

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enough with his irons and to give himself a chance, but some good

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left of this tricky 8th green. The pin is tucked adjacent to it. A

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slightly uphill, but there is not its huge amount of break on this

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one. Looks to have the ball under Two in the last three holes. That

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was extraordinary, it looked as though it would miss one way, then

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it swung another, then it up like it would going. Then at the end of

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it all, it missed. -- then it mockery of the course. Amazing back

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on Monday, he didn't know if he was playing, because he was a first

:26:23.:26:29.

reserve and got in when Vijay Singh pulled out. Such is life, the luck

:26:29.:26:36.

of the draw. At moment of good fortune can change your life. -- a

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moment. Ernie Els needs a bit to change his life at the moment. He

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has been a bit wayward. MAUREEN MADILL: he is not getting the rub

:26:46.:26:51.

of the green. He has a dusty lie here. Coming in from the right hand

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side, he doesn't have any vision of what is facing him. This green can

:26:56.:27:06.
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is not too bad. Big bunker on the left and the pin is tucked behind a

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bank, so awkward to get at. Another flag stuck on the front. There is a

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sadistic streak in whoever said the somewhere on the 9th. Playing into

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the wind, almost directly. Probably kick out. About an inch down the

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shaft, a little three quarter poked forward. I have noticed a few of

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them doing that. Rory McIlroy of was doing that. Laura Davies used

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to play every shot well down the difficult to hole but the club. He

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keeps the club above the ground -- hover at the club. But that is

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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And the course has dropped par. Simon Dyson and 17. -- on 17.

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Beautiful tee shot. Had a lot of trouble in the previous Open

:30:31.:30:37.

finding this fairway. This has probably been modelled more than

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the edge. It will be OK as long as he puts that one in. Three players

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from Northern Ireland playing this week. Rory Macca right, Darren

:31:14.:31:20.

Clarke and Graeme McDowell. -- Rory McIlroy. First such a small country

:31:20.:31:25.

it is producing wonderful players. Jimenez is playing a tremendous

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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of 18 inches. -- has to come up a Number nine currently is the second

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hardest hole. It has just given away three birdies so far. Very

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for him to hole. Nothing has really gone for him so far. It is very

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tricky. Slippery left to right. very good. -- very good. There is

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the score card. Not the best of starts. Three from the back edge of

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playing of the Open Championship. - - 140th. Ricky fiery and Rory

:33:53.:33:57.

McIlroy old adversaries, having played each what are in the Walker

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Cup. -- other. The featured group just finished the front nine. Lot

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of top before his tee off this morning about Rory McIlroy. We have

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repositioned ourselves just beside the practise green here. Just

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behind us, the famous hots. The first man to tee off this morning

:34:26.:34:31.

was Jerry Kelly. It has been tough out there but with a little form a

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leaderboard. Thomas Bjorn going along nicely. Currently three shots

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clear. Four birdies in his last five holes. A birdie on 16 were it

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all unravelled here in 2003. -- green is the BBC studio were a

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lovely Hazel will be joining us through till 8pm tonight. Just

:35:46.:35:50.

getting a little bit of the boys doing their practice putting before

:35:50.:35:56.

they head out. I have just seen at Darren Clarke. Of lot of attention

:35:56.:36:02.

this morning on Rory McIlroy. cracking four balls to look forward

:36:02.:36:10.

to this afternoon? Yes indeed. Graeme McDowell playing alongside

:36:10.:36:18.

Jason day and Bubba Watson. Lee Westwood, Steve Stricker and Charl

:36:18.:36:26.

Schwartzel. 11 minutes later, the defending champion, Louis

:36:26.:36:30.

Oosthuizen is out there with Martin Kaymer and Phil Mickelson. A lot to

:36:30.:36:38.

look forward to. Maybe we could join them! Graeme McDonald at --

:36:38.:36:41.

Graeme McDowell has been tweaking this morning. He played a few holes

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with John Daly yesterday. He is off shortly. So if you are still there

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blowing quite stiffly. It is OK. Just. Puzzled Bjorn. You do not get

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green. Garcia. But first, Jimenez. Drifting away. That is OK. He is

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putting a beautiful round together. If he makes par from here on, he

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will be a very happy Spaniard. green and Thomas Bjorn. This is

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some round of golf. On an extremely testing day. There will not be many

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people who believe it if he finishes with a 64. Quite

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remarkable. I remember Gary Player same years ago they did you cover

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the course with lumps of coal, somebody would find a way of

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getting around with a 64 or 65. That drifted on the wind.

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awkward one left from there. Nice forget the power of this course. 70

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is quite brutal. I am still counting in old money. I think 72

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would be a very good score. All the more remarkable if Thomas Bjorn can

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finish on 64. Looking down the 9th hole. Ken will tell us about this.

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Down wind? Let us have a look. Bunker down the left side. At

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generous fairway. -- very generous there were. You drive down the

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right. The breeze behind, you have the fairway, Rickie Fowler and

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Ernie Els. The flag is on the left today. McEnroe will have two very

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stout bunkers acting as a defence. -- McIlroy. This has a lot of knew

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once as that make it very difficult. Even when you are on the green.

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They are not flat greens. Very subtle. Such a lot to take into

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account. Every shot. How well the wind effect you? Where would

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bounce? Word why not want to go? -- where do I not want to go! This is

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a difficult putt. Slopes away on the last 15 feet. Uphill at the

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beginning. How about at that for judgment? Magical putt. It would

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have been so easy to Chamakh on the hill and come up 6 ft short. -- to

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jam it. Just what you expect from the world number one, neat and tidy.

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You do not have to be a crash, bang, wallop merchant to put some very

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good scores together. Going along nicely. Since last year, he has

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played 24 events and finished in the top 1018 times. That is

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consistency. -- he as finished in certainly is not. Just waiting down

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the fairway for this group to move away. Ben Curtis, who won here. He

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was a surprise when or nine years ago. He has played some decent golf

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at times since then but has not really taken the golfing world by

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storm. He is still a champion. You're going the wrong way!

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Hopefully Garcia will be going the correct way if he putt this one. A

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wonderful seven-iron to here. Controlled it to perfection.

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Superb! One of the very rare birdies at the 9th. A satisfied

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Sergio Garcia. Good score. 35. Those little badges are the

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alarm bells should be ringing back here in this three ball, because

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they have just stood and watched, looking up at the skyline green,

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the group ahead, every one of them have missed short putts. Els with

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95 yards to go. The flag captain on the left-hand side, plenty of room

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on the right for -- tucked in. Where do they have demanded, do you

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think? I'm below the level of the green, I couldn't get into position.

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It has got to be right half of galloping on. Look at the pace on

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He has done just that. -- is a result of. He appears to have had a

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lifetime's education since the mistakes at Augusta. That is the

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name of the game with golf. It is this hole the last of the

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Championship was played here. They have probably spent more time on

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this than anywhere, just widened it putts for birdies inside 15 feet

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here, you are always 25, 30 feet here. And it is so easy to three

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putt when it is windy and the I think he has got away with that,

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played well for a couple of years now. -- Peter Hanson. He just up to

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his putting standards. He was always a very sound striker, but he

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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has recently started to hole a few had a couple of practice rounds

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with his dad. Didn't arrive until players are coming in the early. It

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is such a tiring week, you cannot marshal with the red flag. A huge

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exposed green, the 10th. At the top the back of the first green from

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played some good golf since the dropped shots in the first three

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area. One to the south, and won just up and across a bit. All of

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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them have staged Open championships some great stuff. Nice to see him

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finished on the top in the middle waiting for five minutes and it has

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just started raining. Stay up. Almost down in Sandy Lyle country.

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Not too bad, though. I get seasick just looking up that. And -- there

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miss the greens here, don't have to do much wrong. There is a bunker on

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the right and the wind is wafting you that way. Simon always looks

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busy. He is like the wee brown dog, always in a hurry. Led by his nose.

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"there must be something better are not that long in length for all

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of the players, but so much thought has to go in two even how to play -

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- in two Howard to play it. Her -- so much thought has to go into how

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to play it. You have to somehow how he plays this. All sorts of

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spots he can land it in. He has to bring it in a little from this side

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because the ball will kick to the left. He always plays these very

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playing with your chums, you could take a six-iron and bump it up the

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hill. Six-times out of 10, you would get it within six or seven

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it has worked out beautifully. He says he practices a lot. It

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certainly pays dividends. Just magical. He decided to carry it a

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bit further because he didn't want a shot... I speak too soon. He has

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escaped again. He has not dropped a stroke yet. That will be a par five

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that the dreaded 14th hole. -- At. Runs right alongside Princes Golf

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rain, if you do try and go with a low spinning shot, the first bounce

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can severely skid, so you have to be careful of that. He will have to

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do the same landing into the upslope and release just a little.

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12 feet past the pin, the green runs away from you, so you have to

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fraction too hard. And the way it Garcia from 70 or 80 yards, but he

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it looks like it is snowing. Watch how still he keeps everything.

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Minimal half action, cock of the wrist. Holding the angle and just

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dropping the club on the back of the ball. Just superb. It was the

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perfect contact. Beautiful. Notice he was using and interlocking grip.

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That is becoming more fashionable, over the last few years. Very few

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players use do interlock their fingers. -- used to. Tony Jacklin

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started doing it and a number of players over the years have started.

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Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. take my hat off to them. All kept

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under control by a bit of string down the side of the fairway.

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