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day. You cannot win it today but the 17th. He might just see the top | :00:18. | :00:28. | |
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of the flag. Many moons ago David Thomas had the chance to win the | :00:30. | :00:39. | |
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Championship here, but let just short of the green. -- left. It | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
wanted one more points. You can see that don't win the is definitely | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
moving up now. The afternoon runners might have a much more | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
difficult test. Like God, that is the first time we have seen his | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
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teeth today! How not a lot of choices of the 18th tee today. | :01:15. | :01:21. | |
Interesting situation here, the 18th tee going one way, and the | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
16th tee going another. There can be a bit of confusion here while | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
people drive off. I always think this is a great driving hole. | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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You're always delighted to find a side, but he has just cut it. Ha ha | :02:03. | :02:10. | |
I have seen some hopes lost on this last hole over the years. Eric | :02:10. | :02:20. | |
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Brown. Christy O'Connor, God bless 37 bunkers on the last two holes. | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
What is Dustin Johnson going for? Down the road at fair hidden, there | :02:56. | :03:06. | |
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are 365 bunkers -- Fair Haven. I think he used a three-wood. He has | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
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pushed it. I don't think those fellows were expecting anybody to | :03:28. | :03:38. | |
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Go on! Terrific! Couldn't he do with a bit of good fortune? He has | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
had a miserable couple of years. Some of it self-inflicted. He did | :03:53. | :04:03. | |
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his shoulder in snowboarding. Shoulders, me, back. -- and me. As | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
you move into the afternoon, let's look at the leaderboard. I don't | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
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think anybody will move Adam Scott highway from top position. It is a | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
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par 70 course. If Graeme McDowell is in the bunker, he would be doing | :04:35. | :04:45. | |
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well to get a par. Tom Lehman, 1- side again. He has hit so many | :05:04. | :05:10. | |
shots to the left. This is an awkward distance. Look at that | :05:10. | :05:18. | |
shot! That was a bit special! To get it up so high and for it to go | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
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so far. He has had five bogeys the day and only one birdie, that was | :05:29. | :05:39. | |
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well back. He would be much better just to hit it out. It looks like | :06:04. | :06:10. | |
he might have a 9-iron. If you really hate it, he could get it | :06:10. | :06:20. | |
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fairly well down. It is a bit greedy. He hit it well. It didn't | :06:24. | :06:33. | |
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reach the spot where Tony Jacklin drove it in 1969. It has been a | :06:35. | :06:44. | |
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really long time since Tiger Woods A huge crowd. He has missed a few | :07:00. | :07:10. | |
opportunities, but he has not missed many from close range. | :07:10. | :07:19. | |
Defending champion, Darren Clarke. Perhaps he is going over to the | :07:19. | :07:27. | |
club manufacturers looking for a new set of tools. No, he is on the | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
O de cologne! He has got one of those small watches, too. Those | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
watches are funny. Somebody has probably just told him that he is | :07:42. | :07:51. | |
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ago. He was out there very early doors this morning. 7:25am, when | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
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Chad Campbell and Michael Hoey. hasn't he? Kick the ball nicely. | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
was trying to work that one a little bit from right to left. Any | :09:05. | :09:14. | |
scores under 70 today are excellent. I think with the wind freshening, | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
those scores will look better and better as the day goes on. | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
score under 70 today, this afternoon, will be good. I slightly | :09:25. | :09:35. | |
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disagree in that the players this It has crept further and further | :09:57. | :10:07. | |
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back over the years. 413 yards. Not much different from when Tony | :10:08. | :10:18. | |
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Jacklin won the Open. 241 to clear the bunkers on the right. If you | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
can drive down the right side, it gives you a better view of the pin. | :10:23. | :10:30. | |
One of the deeper greens on the golf course. 20 bunkers on the 17th, | :10:30. | :10:40. | |
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17 on the 18th. Just one more tee- shot. Let's make it a good one. | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
is one of those ones that there are so many different ways of playing | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
it, that is the beauty of a well designed whole. Tiger Woods is | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
studying his yardage book. It will be interesting to see if he hits an | :10:59. | :11:09. | |
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74 for him. Tiger is still thinking think he thought he was going into | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
the sand on the right, but he missed it. Tom Watson is still | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
level par with a couple of holes to play. He continues to play so | :11:53. | :12:03. | |
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beautifully. Once again, this will gives many options. Players have to | :12:10. | :12:16. | |
play chess to try to decide which bunkers to avoids and which wants | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
to take on. The wind is definitely getting up, so this tee-shot will | :12:21. | :12:31. | |
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not be as easy as it was an hour day. On the front nine, we thought | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
he was going to shoot something incredible. He has stayed patient, | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
been avoiding the bunkers, it is just the parts that have not been | :13:13. | :13:23. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :13:23. | :14:38. | |
dropping. He hasn't used the driver the final hole. -- and his | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
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ago, not long ago, and it was a good one. I thought something | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
exciting was going to happen there. That old house, that is a good | :15:25. | :15:35. | |
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place to stay if you can get in the opening day of this | :15:40. | :15:43. | |
Championship but a mugs those finishing, there is Tiger Woods, a | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
man who has just completing his opening round, Bubba Watson, | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
Masters champion, 67 for him today and he thrilled a lot of the fans | :15:53. | :16:03. | |
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out there, I am sure. Let's get his Well-played on your opening 67. Was | :16:05. | :16:12. | |
that a more conservative Bubba Watson? Yes, it was. The key was | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
due just hit my long irons really well. I hit it really is solid | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
today, only had two bad shots. was in San Francisco for the US | :16:24. | :16:27. | |
Open and I watched some of the opening round with Tiger Woods and | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
Phil Mickelson and you are playing a bit like it was the Masters, | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
still, attacking. But you seem to have changed your game plan in | :16:36. | :16:40. | |
Major Championships since. Yes, we looked at that and figured out | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
where we went wrong. We have to plan on bad swings sometimes and I | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
did not do that at the US Open, I just went for my shots that I | :16:49. | :16:57. | |
wanted to hit, so it here I developed a game plan. EU have got | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
to hit the long irons good, too. A lot of long iron practice the last | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
few weeks. But you are playing very well considering how little golf | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
you have played since the Masters, playing baseball and bringing up | :17:10. | :17:16. | |
your adopted son. Yes. I missed the cut for the US Open and then | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
followed it up next week with his second place. I was missing putts. | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
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Now I am back here trying to number two, Rory McIlroy. The -- | :17:35. | :17:44. | |
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there is at the world number two, The you ask anyone, they will tell | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
you that I was a dream or and I always and for the big things. The | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
down I always believed I would get there one day. You have to have | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
patience. Only par is going to be a good score out there. The game | :18:04. | :18:13. | |
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feels good, swing feels good. It would definitely mean more to meet | :18:16. | :18:19. | |
winning at second Major and winning the first, to prove to yourself | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
that you are not just a one-hit wonder. I cannot wait for that | :18:24. | :18:34. | |
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green. That is not links golf, golf shoes, facing so lightweight, | :18:59. | :19:09. | |
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He could see it in his mind, this is what I am going to do, and the | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
crowd is going to go wild. And he's hit it about a quarter of an inch | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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McIlroy! strategy Rory McIlroy takes out | :20:07. | :20:17. | |
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there today. Will he play it like a bounce forward. Note more than 12ft | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
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have rather forgotten the two South Africans. He has got a lovely swing | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
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if he just gets into the rhythm and was one of the great players on the | :21:35. | :21:44. | |
US women's Tour. He takes his time, this one. He's trying to hurry up | :21:44. | :21:54. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :21:54. | :22:50. | |
back down the 18th comes Tiger Woods. Who, for at least 12 years, | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
dominated the world of professional men's golf, like perhaps no one has | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
ever done before. Amazing, really. Endless expectation. Pressure to | :22:59. | :23:05. | |
achieve. The media scrutiny has been... An amazing man. 14 times, | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
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a very different golf course this afternoon. Particularly on the | :23:23. | :23:33. | |
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proceedings. He's hit some good shots, Kenny. He has played in a | :23:40. | :23:49. | |
very sombre fashion today, hasn't he? Yes. Controlled golf. On the | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
back nine he has just missed one or two opportunities. A wonderful | :23:54. | :24:04. | |
display. Yes, Ken, I would say it was Conservative with a capital | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
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the pace. He's seen all the Lions but does not have the pace of the | :24:22. | :24:29. | |
greens. If he had hit two feet harder, one or two would have gone | :24:29. | :24:37. | |
in. But he will not be dissatisfied with that. A beautiful score for | :24:37. | :24:47. | |
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your first round. He was never would think 72 was not a bad score | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
but the par here was 70, so psychologically you can feel | :25:08. | :25:16. | |
yourself miles out of it. Nothing that 867 went put right to get you | :25:16. | :25:26. | |
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back into contention tomorrow. -- Just the one lone birdie at the | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :25:45. | :27:05. | |
press conference this week. He's at the Masters last year in Augusta. | :27:06. | :27:15. | |
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He was closing holes. He's driving What a wonderful shot back grip. A | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
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marvellous tee shot on the first. talking! That is a nice, easy par. | :28:05. | :28:15. | |
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producer has been a bit not tea and see if the sufferers. -- has been | :28:33. | :28:43. | |
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edits not see and kept these back the driving iron. It seems to be | :28:55. | :29:05. | |
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left. A lot left! I hope it didn't Great women's player Pat Bradley. | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :29:36. | :30:28. | |
Rory McIlroy has 260 yards to carry off the tee. We mentioned them this | :30:28. | :30:35. | |
tee has been stretched back since 2001, it is where Ian Woosnam came | :30:35. | :30:44. | |
unstuck. How this is a quiet corner of the course. | :30:44. | :30:52. | |
You can see how close the train line is to the action. We have | :30:52. | :30:59. | |
spoken about the difficulty of the course, the fact there are 206 | :31:00. | :31:05. | |
bunkers, seven on the first green. Still, even if you avoid them, | :31:05. | :31:12. | |
things can go wrong. You cannot have more than 14 clubs in the bank. | :31:12. | :31:17. | |
You can have less than that, but you can't have more than 14. It was | :31:17. | :31:23. | |
back on 2001 on this very tea but it did go horribly wrong for Ian | :31:23. | :31:33. | |
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the lead, the crowds have been mooring and I'm trying to please | :31:36. | :31:46. | |
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way to start. All the drama now a of the first hole, but we have | :32:07. | :32:13. | |
discovered that Ian Woosnam has too many clubs in his bag. I give you a | :32:13. | :32:20. | |
job to do, and you can't do it. Very, very disappointed. It took me | :32:20. | :32:30. | |
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five holes to recover, really. Very disappointed. It was a different | :32:31. | :32:41. | |
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looking golf course back then, too. Open champion. 2007 and 2008. What | :33:09. | :33:19. | |
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about his chances this year? He was he will give every ounce of his | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
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Manuel Trappel, the amateur champion from Austria. I wonder if | :34:12. | :34:17. | |
he is far enough left to get down on to the ground that has been | :34:17. | :34:27. | |
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trampled down. Three Major women -- winners in this group. What is | :34:34. | :34:43. | |
that? It is a Euro fighter. Isn't that gorgeous? That is the only | :34:43. | :34:53. | |
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other thing that away I would have loved to have done. It is a | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
typhoon? There you go. Up you go. I would have loved to have flown | :34:59. | :35:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :35:09. | :36:02. | |
enough to be on the trampled down She has. -- she has. -- he has. The | :36:02. | :36:06. | |
problem was trying to get the right line over the hill, it was | :36:06. | :36:16. | |
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joined us in the studio. Very good playing this morning. Three shots | :36:27. | :36:32. | |
off the lead. Adam Scott described it as a walk in the Park this | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
morning. In relative terms to how we have practised, there has been | :36:38. | :36:44. | |
so much chat about how bad the weather is going to be. How | :36:44. | :36:49. | |
unplayable it is. It was weird to be out there this morning in short | :36:49. | :36:57. | |
sleeves. Very mild conditions. It was nice to get out there and take | :36:57. | :37:01. | |
advantage. The conditions were a lot easier than we have been | :37:01. | :37:09. | |
practising in. You and Rory McIlroy came and practised here last week. | :37:09. | :37:16. | |
What benefit do you feel that has given you? I like coming here early | :37:16. | :37:23. | |
and getting my homework done. There are so many people here in the week | :37:23. | :37:30. | |
of the Championship, and it can be quite distracting. Maybe quality | :37:30. | :37:36. | |
practice is harder to accomplish than playing the the week before | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
the Championship. I walked away here and there's tonight feeling | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
like a new my way around a golf course, I had all my homework done | :37:45. | :37:52. | |
and that was able to come here on Monday afternoon and play 18 holes, | :37:52. | :38:01. | |
conserve energy. It got you going, certainly. Three birdies on the | :38:01. | :38:08. | |
trot. The adrenalin was clearly flowing. It is always nice to get | :38:08. | :38:16. | |
your name on the board early in the week. I made a bogey on six, | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
probably one of the toughest par fours. It was nice to hit straight | :38:21. | :38:29. | |
back with a couple of birdies. I felt like I have my away in well. I | :38:29. | :38:36. | |
had been working hard and my putting. It wasn't maybe my | :38:36. | :38:45. | |
greatest ball-striking round of all time, but this wasn't too bad! I | :38:45. | :38:55. | |
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thought I had got it in, for a second. That was fun! That is a | :38:55. | :39:04. | |
very tough par three. Big bunkers at the front. The real feature here | :39:04. | :39:11. | |
is the bunkers. It is hard to get round without hitting it in the | :39:11. | :39:16. | |
bunkers. I was disappointed with a bogey at the last. You have got to | :39:16. | :39:19. | |
accept that you are not going to hit it in the perfect position | :39:19. | :39:24. | |
every time and just try to get on with your game. The common thinking | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
here is that you make your score on the way out, and from 14 you start | :39:29. | :39:38. | |
to protect it. How significant was the wind starting to pick up? | :39:38. | :39:44. | |
typically say, what ever you are on when you're on the 13th hole of | :39:44. | :39:52. | |
this golf course, that is what you should stay on. The last four holes | :39:52. | :39:55. | |
at this golf course a very difficult. You are trying to hold | :39:55. | :40:00. | |
on to what ever you have managed to get in the bank and hang on for | :40:00. | :40:06. | |
dear life. The wind was starting to waken up over the last five holes. | :40:06. | :40:15. | |
15 is a really hard tee-shot into the wind. The 18th is deceptively | :40:15. | :40:22. | |
difficult, with all the bunkers. There are a couple of little jigsaw | :40:22. | :40:26. | |
pieces in the fairway, and you have got to try and place it in one or | :40:26. | :40:35. | |
the other of those. I try to headed down the left-hand bunker and hit | :40:35. | :40:45. | |
it 240 yards off the tee. I came out of it a little bit early and | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
headed into the third bunker. That is the great thing about this golf | :40:50. | :40:56. | |
course, there are always different ways to play each hole. You always | :40:56. | :41:02. | |
have to take at least some of the bunkers on at all time. Rory | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
McIlroy is just going to leave that one short. You had a stellar | :41:06. | :41:14. | |
performance at the US Open, calling it a roller-coaster. What is the | :41:14. | :41:20. | |
main positive that you left it with coming into this Major? Just the | :41:20. | :41:26. | |
way I conducted myself under pressure at the weekend. It is a | :41:26. | :41:29. | |
roller-coaster that scares you at that time, but afterwards you | :41:29. | :41:35. | |
realise how much fun it was. My attitude on the weekend, I was | :41:35. | :41:41. | |
pleased with that. That is what I'm trying to apply to this week, and | :41:41. | :41:45. | |
all the big events going forward. Hopefully I can have some fun this | :41:45. | :41:54. | |
weekend. This golf course is a sleeping giant. Thank you so much | :41:54. | :42:02. | |
for coming in to talk to us. The applause for Luke Donald on the | :42:02. | :42:10. | |
first tee. The sun is out. Here is the world No. 1. I like that | :42:10. | :42:17. | |
sleeping giant comments from Graeme McDowell, that is a great way to | :42:17. | :42:27. | |
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Mickelson? Bones is close at hand, as always. She has got that Rory | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :43:09. | :44:04. | |
green. Luke Donald in a bit of bother but he's looking forward to | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
this test. On Thursday I have got to go out there and to do it and | :44:10. | :44:15. | |
that is where the mental part comes in, to go out there, relax, play | :44:15. | :44:19. | |
like you are a child, having fun, playing with your friend and trying | :44:19. | :44:24. | |
to prove to him, look, watch the shot. That has got to be the | :44:25. | :44:30. | |
mindset. It is a great golf course. The bunkers are in just the perfect | :44:30. | :44:37. | |
positions to make you really think around the golf course and even if | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
Seve Ballesteros winning here, he's one of my idols, just the way he | :44:41. | :44:45. | |
played the game, I loved and admired his short game and I have | :44:45. | :44:51. | |
tried to copy some of these techniques as well. But also Tony | :44:51. | :44:57. | |
winning here in 1969, and hopefully that is a good omen. No one is | :44:57. | :45:03. | |
going to break 72 holes perfectly. It does not give you a lot of | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
opportunity if you are off. Anywhere, short game is vital but | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
in Majors, if your short game is better than everyone else's, it | :45:12. | :45:19. | |
gives you a big advantage. COMMENTATOR: His first shot, though, | :45:19. | :45:26. | |
finds the sand. He has been away and come back but over a year as | :45:26. | :45:36. | |
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world number one. If you add it all there at act 16. And a birdie. 3- | :45:51. | :46:01. | |
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under. Having fun. the right. A good par for Bradley. | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
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A good save from where he was, down get inside one of those things, and | :46:34. | :46:41. | |
run around, have a ball. I have never tried it. A genetically | :46:41. | :46:51. | |
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Just a little unlucky the way the ball rolled into the corner of the | :46:57. | :47:07. | |
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bunker and he struggled with the earlier, but scarcely a breeze. You | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
can see how close we are to the water. None of those houses on the | :47:20. | :47:24. | |
left-hand side were there when the golf course was built, so you would | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
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have seen the sea. You can see the edge of the green. 3 but to get his | :47:40. | :47:46. | |
Open Championship under way. -- threeft. Does it look as if the | :47:46. | :47:53. | |
wind is getting up? It is absolutely beautiful. Short sleeves | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
in order for most of the guys. It is a wind that is really helping on | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
this front nine. It is coming from the West now and only making the | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
front nine easier. It is the sort of wind you can use to your | :48:09. | :48:18. | |
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advantage, hold the ball up against Open was starting to slip away, | :48:27. | :48:33. | |
getting fairly wretched... This man has a terrible Open Championship | :48:33. | :48:43. | |
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season, Geoff Ogilvy. He has made a lot of cuts but has not been up in | :48:52. | :49:00. | |
the top 20 too often. He has missed the cut in his last five Open | :49:00. | :49:06. | |
Championships. Some of the statistics of some players do not | :49:06. | :49:11. | |
make a lot of sense. Aaron medley has never make a cut in the Open | :49:11. | :49:21. | |
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Luke. What are his strengths? a constant professional. Very | :49:24. | :49:34. | |
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He really gets the most of weight - - out of his game. He is a very | :49:40. | :49:45. | |
worthy number one in the world at the moment. A good save from that | :49:45. | :49:50. | |
bunker at the back. So all three with pars in this group, Mickelson, | :49:51. | :50:00. | |
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the railway. A tough hole, the third. Rory McIlroy and the gang | :50:10. | :50:19. | |
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generous, all around 30 yards in lost in the play-off earlier this | :51:29. | :51:38. | |
season. Just finding the surface. A skinny little bloke and he looks | :51:38. | :51:48. | |
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like he has got the coat hanger Tiger well-played on your 67 and | :52:29. | :52:36. | |
that was a fabulous start. Yes, I was after a quick start today. It | :52:36. | :52:41. | |
was a nice start but I was very pleased with the way I played today. | :52:41. | :52:48. | |
I hit the ball very well. I was just lacking a bit of pace. Some of | :52:48. | :52:56. | |
my putts were just dying off. They were all right online apart from | :52:56. | :53:00. | |
the 12th there. Were you surprised by the conditions, wondering where | :53:00. | :53:04. | |
the rain and wind were? forecast had not been right all | :53:04. | :53:10. | |
week! So it that was probably standard. Whatever we hear on | :53:10. | :53:15. | |
television, do not expected. had one tangle with the infamous | :53:15. | :53:23. | |
Lytham rough, although Alton at leap, a bogey was a good result. -- | :53:23. | :53:31. | |
ultimately. Yes, I gave myself a chance. A new seemed to me as if | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
you have that glint in your eye a game in a Major Championship that | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
you believe totally that you are ready to win one again? I have | :53:38. | :53:45. | |
proven I can hit the ball well and I can putt. I have won a few turns | :53:45. | :53:54. | |
this year so far. We have a long way to go but I am right there. | :53:54. | :54:04. | |
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she goes. 79 in the first round at St Andrews | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
a couple of years ago and then turned it round with 67 in the wind | :54:39. | :54:44. | |
and he knew then he was going to enjoy links golf and last year it | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
was very special, in dreadful conditions. He wants the wind to | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
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is it going to keep on going? He opening round. 11th time the | :55:37. | :55:45. | |
Championship has been played at Royal Lytham & St Annes. It would | :55:45. | :55:51. | |
be a little too much to ask, surely, to ask Bradley to continue his | :55:51. | :55:59. | |
first putt success of the first and second holes. This green will throw | :55:59. | :56:09. | |
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the balls -- balls from his right has only made the two cuts, as you | :56:47. | :56:54. | |
are needed to be four. That is a good way to start. -- as you | :56:54. | :57:04. | |
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right in the you'll of the club. -- iron shot. Some wind out there. | :57:59. | :58:09. | |
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Yesterday they would have found been struggling. He says he is fit | :59:09. | :59:13. | |
for the first time in a couple of years. | :59:14. | :59:23. | |
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It is hard enough without being go too far left because that will | :59:35. | :59:42. | |
completely block out your vision for a second shot. The players can | :59:42. | :59:48. | |
take a bead on the grandstand. That will indicate to them where the | :59:48. | :59:53. | |
centre of the fairway is. Proudly with the long iron and going for | :59:53. | :00:03. | |
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- over it. Not good. He needs to last week and doing his preparation | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
early. Interesting to hear that is what Graeme McDowell did as well. | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
Trying to keep the energy reserves up for the days that matter, | :00:51. | :01:00. | |
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well. In danger of dropping two. lot of the greens are don't. -- | :03:35. | :03:45. | |
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have a dome. It is a wonderful golf it out side, drops it in. A | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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wonderful ball striker. Hang on! It wider and the bunkers become | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
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smaller because they do not running earlier, working hard, getting | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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right now, at long last. Some great scoring from Adam Scott. He has | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
cousins of his dad not far from here, he has an English side of his | :05:41. | :05:48. | |
fan club cheering him on. Further down, Lee Slattery is playing and | :05:48. | :05:58. | |
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he played in the US Open. Charl Schwartzel with 69, 1-under. The | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
man who fell off his moped last year and missed his chance to play | :06:08. | :06:17. | |
at the Open started with an eagle in the first couple of holes. Tom | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
Lehman, some fantastic form. He won here in 1996. Luke Donald just | :06:23. | :06:32. | |
started, Ricky Donald. Tom Watson, the hole in one at Royal Saint | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
George's last year and the wonderful round on Saturday was a | :06:36. | :06:46. | |
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How are you feeling about this first round, you are an open a | :06:51. | :06:58. | |
legend. It was a disappointing finish. It was disappointing but I | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
played some good golf today to get under-par. On this course I was | :07:04. | :07:14. | |
reminded by the press I have only broken par once on this course. It | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
was a good round. I was pretty happy. I made three terrible swings, | :07:20. | :07:28. | |
they were not marginal swings, it awful! But other than at I have a | :07:28. | :07:35. | |
good deal with the putter. I'm driving the ball well. That is what | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
you have to do. You Aaron man of experience. When you have a | :07:41. | :07:47. | |
situation like that, what you do about it? I go and have lunch! | :07:47. | :07:57. | |
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civilised. I have an idea what I'm putting green the side studio here. | :08:44. | :08:54. | |
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He is there somewhere, believe me! He is excited about following this | :09:13. | :09:23. | |
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group today. He watched Rickie being tested to the limit. 50 yards. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
The flag is on a finger of the green, he has to go ever so | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
slightly left. As with so many of these greens, the green it tends to | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
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throw the ball away from the flag. A beautiful touch. You get the | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
feeling he struggled a little bit since the PGA Championship last | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
year and won his first Major Championship. What comes with that, | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
the expectation of playing that well again and winning more and the | :10:42. | :10:50. | |
time that it takes and everyone pulling actual personal time. | :10:50. | :11:00. | |
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having one of three Major championships been a very short | :11:02. | :11:12. | |
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the putter with his right hand only. It is a great way of gauging touch, | :11:31. | :11:41. | |
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His coach used to be based in Northern Ireland, he is out with | :12:13. | :12:23. | |
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him full-time. He says that has It might come from his left to | :12:30. | :12:40. | |
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What you make of it? It is interesting looking at these two... | :13:04. | :13:14. | |
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hundred ways into the hole. That player like Bradley would do if | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
they took a way being allowed to anchor the putter against your body | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
because he is sort of so young, he has probably never even putted any | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
other way. He was the first player to use a longer than standard | :14:26. | :14:35. | |
putter at an Open. But Rory McIlroy with a shorter putter at the moment. | :14:35. | :14:45. | |
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Just keeping the momentum, Rory Bo cheery, chatty Chapa. -- chap. | :15:03. | :15:10. | |
lot of people under-par, already, isn't there? I counted 30, anyway. | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
So, the cut is going to be a fairly low one for the weekend, I would | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
have thought. Yes, there's going to be a low cutter unless the wind | :15:20. | :15:30. | |
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gets up. McDonnell in the perfect hole with the most bogeys on today. | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
Most people were pulling on the left-hand side to the hollow. | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
Phil Mickelson here. His third shot. He pulled his three-wood into the | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
right rough and got a horrible lie. All he can do is take his medicine, | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
which he will do nicely. This is a wedge shot down breeze and he still | :16:07. | :16:16. | |
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second and third, all of which have absolutely covered the flag. The | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
breeze is freshening, Tony. Yes, a definitive of breeze now. It's | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
helping them on the way out which, of course, makes that a back nine | :16:34. | :16:44. | |
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tee for safety and Hawick did way left into a horrible lie. Couldn't | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
it chip it out. Not quite what a Geoff Ogilvy was after on this | :17:36. | :17:44. | |
downwind par four, third, and he will do well to get away with a six. | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
A bit of blue sky about. Conditions are changing. First thing this | :17:49. | :17:53. | |
morning I was speaking to Barry Lane who said it was a bit cold, | :17:53. | :17:59. | |
with the odd spot of rain, but things are brightening up. As the | :17:59. | :18:07. | |
sky clears, the breeze gets progressively a little bit stronger. | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
A looking from high, you can just see the bunkers. I think there are | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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205. Some people say 206, but it bit below his feet, a slightly | :18:55. | :19:05. | |
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showing a bit of form of late. Back over in America. I'm sure he is | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
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excited to be back playing some under-par. But now a challenging | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
shot into the wind, his second on a four. Certainly no where near what | :19:46. | :19:54. | |
he was trying to do. That will test his short game out, Tony, over that | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
bunker with the green at ticking away from him. Yes, that was not | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
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good. Paddy, Paddy, Paddy! 8th in the Masters this year. 4th in the | :20:11. | :20:21. | |
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putt on the third. It's about 40 feet. Straight down the middle on | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
the green. He has played the hole the correct way but can he get the | :20:31. | :20:35. | |
bonus of a long birdie putt? It would be a nice one on this par | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
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Luke Donald. I was just about to say he will be desperate to get | :20:52. | :20:58. | |
offered -- off to a good start this week. And there we are. That's what | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
exactly might ignite him. Getting under-par, there's nothing quite | :21:02. | :21:11. | |
like it. You used to hold them like that, Tony, I remember. It's funny, | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
I can't remember things like that! Certainly when it comes to putting, | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
anyway. Cheers filled -- here is Phil for his par after that errant | :21:26. | :21:36. | |
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different putter from last week. He he picks the right line and hits it | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
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hard enough... Oh, it would have to know when is the time to just play | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
a little bit more aggressively or holding back and you always feel | :22:39. | :22:49. | |
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Rory or it is ready to let loose Oh, goodness me! He it two or three | :22:59. | :23:09. | |
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inches behind the ball on that one of. -- hit. These bunkers are like | :23:10. | :23:14. | |
playing out of there smart car. If you don't get the right spot, it's | :23:14. | :23:20. | |
not too bad on the bottom. don't want to be under this sort of | :23:20. | :23:30. | |
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pressure, this early, do you? love the way this guy swings his | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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club. He minimises and necessary movements. That's a good run for | :23:59. | :24:07. | |
him there. A very nice start to the week, 60 it. Andy Karlsson, a | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
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winner on the European Tour once, a very steady. -- 68. Padraig | :24:18. | :24:28. | |
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Harrington would like to get this players tend to tap the sand from | :24:40. | :24:50. | |
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their shoes before they walk on to niggling back problems. He told me | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
he's having an MRI scan next week. He's not 100%, but he looks pretty | :25:42. | :25:52. | |
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conditions, still. You know, the breeze is blowing. Compared to this | :26:02. | :26:07. | |
morning, where Tiger Woods didn't have any breeze for at least 12 | :26:07. | :26:10. | |
holes balls there and now we have a breeze but it's not impossible and | :26:10. | :26:16. | |
it is not a wind. These afternoon, these players are very fortunate to | :26:16. | :26:26. | |
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getting up even a little bit, though, means that again, the | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
players really do have to make their score on the front nine. It's | :26:46. | :26:52. | |
even more important to have a good, solid under-par front nine, because | :26:52. | :26:59. | |
the back nine into the breeze, always the last four holes | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
especially, give you nothing. So all these holes are very important | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
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here in Lancashire, this is the situation. It's going to take some | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
doing to beat Adam Scott's total of 64 today. An absolutely superb | :28:01. | :28:08. | |
round of from the Australian. Paul Lawrie and Zach Johnson are tied at | :28:08. | :28:13. | |
minus five. Isn't it great, too, to see Paul Casey up there? Three | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
under, a man who has missed nine out of 12 cards this season because | :28:18. | :28:22. | |
of his shoulder injury, dislocated when he was snowboarding. Lovely to | :28:22. | :28:28. | |
see him back. If you are just joining us, at 3:30pm, you have | :28:28. | :28:38. | |
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missed a lot, but here is a mini He is Australian, moved to | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
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and Donald. They found the fourth fairway it safely. Donald has 158 | :29:51. | :29:58. | |
yards into the breeze. That will be a 6-iron. There is a series. It has | :29:58. | :30:08. | |
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Mickelson. A left-hander, getting more distance into it. He kept it | :30:31. | :30:41. | |
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than Louis Oosthuizen. Louis Oosthuizen has that beautiful | :31:38. | :31:48. | |
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motion, not much moves that doesn't not run aground on the sand. There | :32:33. | :32:43. | |
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out. Perhaps he knew it would not in California. He did have a spell | :33:33. | :33:43. | |
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on the Tour. They have a new way of assessing who is the best putter, | :34:13. | :34:21. | |
it is not just how many you have around. Whatever the method, this | :34:21. | :34:26. | |
man is right at the top of the list all the time. Another wonderful | :34:26. | :34:36. | |
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effort. He will get a lot of Charles. A very simplistic | :34:42. | :34:52. | |
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technique. He does the same thing Left edge, may be out side if he | :35:01. | :35:10. | |
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players that have been an inspiration at home golf. You and | :36:12. | :36:15. | |
Seve Ballesteros came along and Harrington did the same winning a | :36:15. | :36:19. | |
Major Championship. They gave a real boost to the youngsters coming | :36:19. | :36:29. | |
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he was holding those putts, Padraig Harrington, he was so immersed in | :36:38. | :36:48. | |
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this distance. The man upstairs always seems to keep testing you. | :36:54. | :37:04. | |
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It never ends. He will not be holes, to settle a player. And | :37:16. | :37:20. | |
introducing himself into the mix, as it were. And if he can get | :37:20. | :37:28. | |
under-par early, I do know, it gets you attention, relaxes you and | :37:28. | :37:38. | |
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the back of the green and did not have the best of chip shots all | :37:45. | :37:55. | |
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lies. He now has this to save par gentleman and Dunbar. British | :38:13. | :38:23. | |
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made the hole bigger for the easy as it possibly could. 205 | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
yards today but it is directly downwind. A 7-iron for Phil | :38:54. | :39:01. | |
Mickelson. No reason... He has to judge how much the ball will give | :39:01. | :39:11. | |
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on the flag so far. Not a bad iron by his caddy. John's wife, | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
Helen, is due to have their first child yesterday. There is a man | :39:43. | :39:53. | |
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praying he plays well and the for look. -- Luke. An almost | :40:05. | :40:15. | |
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identical shot to Mickelson's nicely positioned to aim at. He | :40:30. | :40:35. | |
could do with a good shot. A terrible double bogey on the third. | :40:35. | :40:45. | |
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He needs to get his round under way a trampled down. At the end of the | :41:54. | :42:00. | |
week, there is not much left. You are right. It might suit Phil | :42:00. | :42:07. | |
Mickelson. He normally misses big, when he misses. Him and Luke Donald | :42:07. | :42:13. | |
are on identical lines. They have to come over the middle of the par- | :42:13. | :42:20. | |
three green. It is a good chance. It is no more than 83 out of 10 | :42:20. | :42:30. | |
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not an easy green to hit out of the happen anytime, anywhere, to | :43:09. | :43:19. | |
:43:19. | :43:21. | ||
anybody around here. I was not expecting that! May be that was not | :43:21. | :43:26. | |
a bad alternative but he could have splashed out backwards. I suspect | :43:26. | :43:34. | |
he felt with a proper chance out of the bunker he was more capable of | :43:34. | :43:44. | |
:43:44. | :43:45. | ||
getting it out of the sand and the grass. -- than the grass. I suppose | :43:45. | :43:49. | |
yesterday afternoon was a reasonable afternoon, the sun came | :43:49. | :43:59. | |
:43:59. | :44:17. | ||
anyway. Sometimes they do. The us, just coming straight down the part | :44:17. | :44:27. | |
:44:27. | :44:40. | ||
of the 5th green, up and over the I saw him a couple of weeks ago in | :44:40. | :44:46. | |
Switzerland. He is 76 years of age on the senior tour and he shot 66. | :44:46. | :44:53. | |
I saw that. Isn't that impressive? It is. He's extraordinary fellow. | :44:53. | :45:03. | |
:45:03. | :45:13. | ||
has just seen it. Has he got a good feeling for the greens? We will | :45:13. | :45:19. | |
find out in a second or two. It's the kind of hole he could get | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
:45:29. | :45:34. | ||
having such a great read from Luke little bit, Tony? Yes, it was | :45:34. | :45:41. | |
surprising not to see those two shots released, in the same way | :45:41. | :45:51. | |
:45:51. | :46:04. | ||
Geoff Ogilvy's did. Bradley at the of breeze. The forecast says the | :46:04. | :46:08. | |
same tomorrow. Calm in the morning and then picking up a little bit. | :46:08. | :46:18. | |
:46:18. | :46:24. | ||
sporting a handlebar version for a long time and said his wife was | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
fond of it. We will draw a veil over that, but his moustache, he | :46:28. | :46:35. | |
has got rid of it. I had one for a few years. You did. In the | :46:35. | :46:45. | |
:46:45. | :46:56. | ||
the rough, that's a good effort. He had the right idea there but we'll | :46:56. | :47:06. | |
:47:06. | :47:16. | ||
This hole is round the easiest, but that was when it was a par five. | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
:47:26. | :47:30. | ||
Now it is 4.6. Phil Mickelson. was a good putt. Sometimes, it's a | :47:30. | :47:35. | |
suspect on those hits normally, but that one was a nice pace. He's very | :47:35. | :47:42. | |
comfortable. Played nicely last week. That was at the Scottish Open. | :47:42. | :47:52. | |
:47:52. | :48:23. | ||
Luke Donald now with this three- four. As I say, it's been shortened | :48:23. | :48:33. | |
:48:33. | :49:04. | ||
by a couple of yards, since the bogey for Bradley after his birdie. | :49:04. | :49:14. | |
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Bingo! Well done. My, my. That hole it looks a mile along from the tee, | :49:26. | :49:33. | |
I can tell you. Ricki Fowler at the 6th, in deeper stuff. He has a | :49:33. | :49:42. | |
fairly long club on it, though. A bit of a grown as he hit it. That's | :49:42. | :49:51. | |
why, going off there, a bit of a downslope heading over that bunker. | :49:51. | :50:01. | |
:50:01. | :50:06. | ||
look of the course when the sun comes out and you can see all the | :50:06. | :50:10. | |
different colours of the rough and the wind starts to blow a little | :50:10. | :50:20. | |
:50:20. | :50:26. | ||
fantastic compared to what Padraig Harrington has got to try to do | :50:26. | :50:31. | |
from here. No where near as good. He has just got to try his best. | :50:31. | :50:35. | |
Sometimes the club goes through the rough just right and you can make | :50:35. | :50:42. | |
good contact. Obviously, other times it grabs it. And then you | :50:42. | :50:52. | |
:50:52. | :50:58. | ||
with his cross bunkers that come in, and they are deep cross bunkers, it | :50:58. | :51:07. | |
could be in a bunker there and, if it is, he will be in real trouble. | :51:07. | :51:12. | |
There is no more difficult a shot than the long bunker shot with the | :51:12. | :51:22. | |
:51:22. | :51:24. | ||
lips on these bunkers. We shall see. Nicholas Coltart has already eagle | :51:24. | :51:28. | |
on the second and this is for eagle on the par five, 7th. Prodigious | :51:28. | :51:33. | |
hitter, the Belgian. Taps that in for a birdie. Having a very, very | :51:33. | :51:38. | |
good season and could well be a Ryder Cup player. When he taps that | :51:38. | :51:48. | |
:51:48. | :51:58. | ||
a fairly kind wind on this par four hole. He can play with a slight | :51:58. | :52:04. | |
fade. A right to left shot for the left-hander and feed it around this | :52:04. | :52:14. | |
:52:14. | :52:36. | ||
Intimidating looking from the tee. Certainly don't want to be going | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
:52:46. | :53:10. | ||
left, if you can help it. There are marshals standing at 303 yards. | :53:10. | :53:15. | |
Geoff Ogilvy, two, with a fairway wood to make sure he doesn't miss | :53:15. | :53:25. | |
:53:25. | :53:31. | ||
stuff down there. I think he got underneath that a little bit. | :53:31. | :53:41. | |
he needs to look out. He's already at couple over. We talk about these | :53:41. | :53:46. | |
bunkers on the right, new bunkers, but they will keep you honest as | :53:46. | :53:50. | |
well. To cut the corner, it's too far, unless the wind is howling | :53:50. | :53:56. | |
behind you. On a good line, you're looking for a 300 yard shots and | :53:56. | :53:59. | |
because it is historically a par five, it's a very, very difficult | :53:59. | :54:09. | |
:54:09. | :54:18. | ||
is fairly fortunate he has got plenty of green to work with coming | :54:18. | :54:22. | |
out of this rough. A slight downwind. That's exactly what he | :54:22. | :54:29. | |
does need. He needs time for the ball to stop. Of course, he has got | :54:29. | :54:33. | |
to fly it on to the green because he has got a big bunker to carry. | :54:33. | :54:37. | |
Mind you, he has been a lot more aggressive than what I was | :54:37. | :54:44. | |
expecting. Some huge swings going on here. He is removing most of the | :54:45. | :54:54. | |
:54:55. | :55:13. | ||
rough from Lytham. He has got a there. So difficult to control the | :55:13. | :55:23. | |
:55:23. | :55:38. | ||
golf course from that angle. He's scythe. The back nine, playing 187 | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
today. With this bit of breeze coming into the equation, this hole | :55:44. | :55:47. | |
becomes a bit different than it was earlier on it. It's an excellent | :55:47. | :55:57. | |
:55:57. | :56:13. | ||
it's beautiful to be wandering around there. The weather we have | :56:13. | :56:18. | |
had in the UK so far this summer, just to be dry as a blessing. Louis | :56:19. | :56:22. | |
Oosthuizen on the 7th. This hole has changed now with the green back | :56:22. | :56:29. | |
there. Yes, a really long hole, close to 600 yards now. That was an | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
iron from Louis Oosthuizen. Good shot, right on line. Expecting it | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
to run a bit further than it did and I can understand that. This is | :56:37. | :56:47. | |
:56:47. | :56:56. | ||
My, my. A tough start for him. He's already over-par. Now he's | :56:56. | :57:01. | |
struggling here, dropped just one shot. Keegan Bradley chatting away | :57:02. | :57:11. | |
:57:12. | :57:14. | ||
to his can the -- caddy. Stephen Hales is his name. He steered him | :57:15. | :57:22. | |
to the US PGAs. A fair bit of discussion here. Probably doing the | :57:22. | :57:26. | |
same as Louis Oosthuizen and going with a three iron. Other hoping to | :57:26. | :57:31. | |
run it up the green. It's really hard to believe only two years ago, | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
this man was playing on the second here of the US Tour events, on the | :57:36. | :57:46. | |
:57:46. | :57:55. | ||
shot from Bradley. Oh, this could be very special. So close. It will | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
be a tap in. Not quite the biggest bird of all but the next best thing. | :58:05. | :58:12. | |
You are allowed to smile now, Keegan. There you go. Follow that, | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
Rory Bo Van Pelt, going with a four iron. He has got a little uphill | :58:17. | :58:27. | |
:58:27. | :58:37. | ||
Amazing power these guys have got, I have to save. A whole of this | :58:37. | :58:41. | |
long, going in with a four iron, I just can't get my head around it, I | :58:42. | :58:49. | |
must say. It's all very foreign to me. In your prime, with the same | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
equipment, you would have been exactly the same. Fowler, going | :58:52. | :59:02. | |
:59:02. | :59:02. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :59:02. | :00:22. | |
back into the bunker here. So that They are all smiling, these lads, | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
:00:32. | :00:37. | ||
bunkers either side of this fairway and they have all done extremely | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
:00:47. | :00:50. | ||
well. An eagle putt tapping for Bradley. That helps, big time. | :00:50. | :01:00. | |
:01:00. | :01:13. | ||
From a double bogey to eagle as the couple of years, he was good in | :01:13. | :01:23. | |
2009. He is finding form again. Louis Oosthuizen with his third. | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
:01:33. | :01:46. | ||
Come on, come on! A big swing on yards. If he was a par five he | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
would be feeling quite good us -- good about things but not since the | :01:50. | :01:59. | |
shortened the par here. Long long iron. And way way left of the green | :01:59. | :02:04. | |
for Geoff Ogilvy. Things not going well for the Australian. | :02:04. | :02:09. | |
It is that a thin band of rough between the semi rough and the | :02:09. | :02:19. | |
:02:19. | :02:28. | ||
trampled down stuff. McIlroy for think he would have learnt from | :02:28. | :02:36. | |
Louis Oosthuizen's shot. Around here, birdies are good. All day | :02:36. | :02:46. | |
:02:46. | :02:59. | ||
a bit frustrated. He will be frustrated only to have a birdie. | :02:59. | :03:09. | |
:03:09. | :03:18. | ||
My goodness, what there is stunning this. A bogey on the 6th, bogey on | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
the 7th. Louis Oosthuizen back to level par. A long walk back to the | :03:28. | :03:38. | |
:03:38. | :04:15. | ||
Never pleased with that from the about his day so far bearing in | :04:15. | :04:25. | |
:04:25. | :04:27. | ||
mind where he has been for the last demands. -- last few months. Adam | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
Scott, his 64 will remain untouched with the wind picking up. Lee | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
Slattery and Paul Casey, the best of the afternoon play is so far. A | :04:42. | :04:51. | |
:04:52. | :05:01. | ||
we feel he belongs with his talent. Scott pink a, a teenage friend of | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
Rory McIlroy. They played junior events together. They spent time | :05:06. | :05:16. | |
:05:16. | :05:31. | ||
towards the end of the Scottish Open last week but back in form | :05:31. | :05:41. | |
:05:41. | :05:41. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :05:41. | :07:06. | |
this season. Charl Schwartzel, and Mickelson around the green. He had | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
a green in his garden as a young boy and spend thousands of hours | :07:10. | :07:17. | |
around it. It shows. There is hardly anywhere you can put this | :07:17. | :07:27. | |
:07:27. | :07:40. | ||
man on the green and he can't from last week. It has something | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
more on the back. But it is different. He had one weighted down | :07:45. | :07:55. | |
:07:55. | :08:03. | ||
shot to this tough par four. It is slightly downhill over a slight | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
reach. It will hold the ball. He has not got to think about the pace | :08:09. | :08:16. | |
too much. Like many greens there is not much in it at all. Look at his | :08:16. | :08:22. | |
record. Only five cuts made out of 11. It is not good enough for him. | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
That is why he will want to remedy that this week. And I know... I | :08:28. | :08:38. | |
:08:38. | :08:40. | ||
have talked to him about it. It is all right. But the next hole birdie | :08:40. | :08:50. | |
:08:50. | :09:00. | ||
opportunity with a good tee shot. bounces one in off the cushion on | :09:00. | :09:10. | |
:09:10. | :09:10. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :09:10. | :10:20. | |
the 7th. It is yielding a few right. Right down in the cave. It | :10:20. | :10:30. | |
:10:30. | :10:44. | ||
is lying OK up and down for a a blind shot from the middle of the | :10:44. | :10:53. | |
fairway for these fellows. It looks a lot easier on the TV screens than | :10:53. | :11:03. | |
:11:03. | :11:13. | ||
where they are standing. Plenty of the numbers they have been hitting. | :11:13. | :11:23. | |
:11:23. | :11:42. | ||
It almost looks like a runway. Did heading down the left. That is OK... | :11:42. | :11:52. | |
:11:52. | :11:52. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :11:52. | :12:39. | |
It don't in a little bit but could familiar balanced finish. It has | :12:39. | :12:49. | |
:12:49. | :13:01. | ||
off at 6:30am this morning. Representing 28 different nations. | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
This is the last man to tee off. The 38-year-old, the first trip to | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
:13:17. | :13:18. | ||
a Major. So, all 156 are under way. It has taken 9.5 hours plus to get | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
an under way. It really is a huge Championship. It was the man who | :13:22. | :13:31. | |
went out at 8:42am, Adam Scott, another Australian. He has the one- | :13:31. | :13:41. | |
:13:41. | :13:51. | ||
the fairway with the cut. They have to be careful. It must not come up | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
short. It is right on the cusp. A little further to the right gives | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
:14:10. | :14:14. | ||
was watching guys play this hole, and they were hitting five irons in. | :14:14. | :14:24. | |
:14:24. | :14:57. | ||
This is only a wedge for Rory looks so green and lush. The driest | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
one in my memory was 1976. The course was catching fire. | :15:02. | :15:08. | |
Everything was burnt out. Johnny Miller one there, head-to-head with | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
:15:18. | :15:27. | ||
Seve Ballesteros. This one is it goes all the way out. Mostly in | :15:27. | :15:37. | |
:15:37. | :15:55. | ||
one direction. The 9th hole turns a is his belt and issues. He's put a | :15:55. | :16:02. | |
lot of effort in to get interest these days. It's not the old Simon | :16:03. | :16:12. | |
:16:13. | :16:26. | ||
not to pitch a ball if you can chip it, and don't chip a ball if you | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
can putt it, and I think you're oust house and has been reading | :16:30. | :16:37. | |
that book. A very steep slope just in front of him. He's quite | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
fortunate to finish where he did -- Louis Oosthuizen. All sorts of | :16:41. | :16:51. | |
:16:51. | :17:09. | ||
ghastly things further wrong. -- crazy with that little bunker shot | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
Padraig Harrington played to get this close, so now he has got this | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
:17:23. | :17:35. | ||
championships from that range, that was almost a dead cert. A nice | :17:36. | :17:45. | |
:17:46. | :17:52. | ||
the first seven greens. He does give the hole with every putt, | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
:18:02. | :18:07. | ||
in Perth a couple of years ago. Just before Keegan got out, she | :18:07. | :18:16. | |
used to talk about how good he was. And what he was going to do. To | :18:16. | :18:26. | |
:18:26. | :18:29. | ||
everyone's surprise, he won his interesting because the feel of it, | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
I thought I felt frustration from him early on, because the course is | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
easy. By open standards. Let's not beat about the bush. He just seems | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
to be easing into his game up, shots getting a little crisper. | :18:44. | :18:53. | |
This one, down the hill. Yes, yes, yes for Rory. He's a very much a | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
conference player when he is on. He's breathtakingly good. -- | :18:58. | :19:07. | |
confidence player. I suppose, they can take this field by the scruff | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
:19:17. | :19:43. | ||
of the neck, him and Tiger. Louis smacks it in. Right into the back | :19:43. | :19:51. | |
of the hole. One-over through seven, though. It only gets tougher from | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
:20:01. | :20:33. | ||
there. Luke Donald with an iron on seriously steep face on it, if he | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
:20:43. | :21:13. | ||
was going to stand on the through line. He was a local qualifier with | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
:21:23. | :21:33. | ||
green is the 7th fairway and to the right of that is the 8th and then | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
the short 9th around the corner. Zooming into the 9th, the par three. | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
A very narrow portion of golf course here. Nine and 10 in | :21:43. | :21:48. | |
different directions. Nine it going away from us, 10 coming back. | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
do they fit and two holes in a little bit of area there? | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
wouldn't be allowed to know because of health and safety going into | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
people's gardens. But it's been here for a while. We saw Graeme | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
McDowell earlier today pleaded about an inch short here. An eight | :22:06. | :22:14. | |
iron. -- leave it about an inch short here. A nice elevated tee | :22:14. | :22:19. | |
here on nine, looking down at this green, surrounded by a necklace of | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
nine bunkers. Maybe depending on how you feel on Sunday, you might | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
describe them as a choker, but today it's a necklace, and it is a | :22:27. | :22:37. | |
:22:37. | :22:37. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :22:37. | :23:24. | |
Florida. His first try at the Open Championship. Quite an angled | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
posture for Bradley. Quite low. Stands up through the ball. Nine- | :23:27. | :23:37. | |
:23:37. | :23:48. | ||
nine-iron. Good shot there from Bradley. There is at Old fellow | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
who's on TV every year, that guy with the hat. Who is that? Always | :23:51. | :24:01. | |
:24:01. | :24:07. | ||
down with his game in the last couple of months, but has been | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
:24:17. | :24:29. | ||
working hard -- Louis Oosthuizen. But Phil Mickelson had to lay up | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
from the left of the fairway which he did not do very well, into a lie | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
what was almost unplayable. He then shot across the fairway into some | :24:38. | :24:41. | |
more heavy rough and now has managed to get it just short of the | :24:41. | :24:47. | |
green. From an innocuous situation, he's made a right pig's ear of it, | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
to be honest. His tee shot, when it landed, it disappeared into a | :24:52. | :25:02. | |
:25:02. | :25:09. | ||
little hollow. It was bad fortune. Caci for par on 13. -- Paul Casey. | :25:09. | :25:19. | |
:25:19. | :25:40. | ||
come out sort of sideways for Luke Donald. He was right up against it. | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
Both he and Phil Mickelson struggling on this hole. It's been | :25:45. | :25:54. | |
the easiest of the day. Yes, guys, Luke Donald hit a very, very | :25:54. | :25:59. | |
straight second shot. A bit of a strategic error, I must say. It was | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
well within the green. He took a long iron. I can only imagine where | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
his third shot will end up but he is just about found the deepest | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
bunker on the hole and was never going to be able to reach the green | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
from there, so he's also struggling to make par on this very birdie | :26:16. | :26:24. | |
able par 7th. How many has he had so far? He has had four. He did not | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
take a drop in the end and he was amazed he could move his ball 40 | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
yards from one side of the fairway to another. He has got one of his | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
four wedges out here and we all know what Phil Mickelson is like. | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
You wouldn't bet him popping this in for the most miraculous par you | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
have ever seen. This looks maybe a little softer than the others. I'm | :26:46. | :26:56. | |
:26:56. | :27:30. | ||
today. 4.75. So, to make a bogey here, would be a crime. 2011, over | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
:27:40. | :27:51. | ||
5 million euros. That's quite shot there from Donald. When Peter | :27:51. | :27:58. | |
Ellis tied in 1950 aid he won �1,000. His first four-figure | :27:58. | :28:08. | |
:28:08. | :28:10. | ||
cheque. -- in 1958. Just looking a little bit frustrated, and had to | :28:10. | :28:20. | |
:28:20. | :28:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :28:20. | :29:15. | |
looks mustard on the greens. He has a sound all round game. | :29:15. | :29:25. | |
:29:25. | :29:34. | ||
He was about to take a step towards another one in the bank before he | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
goes home. The breeze is freshening. I felt some rain drops. Anything | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
these players can tuck away in the back pocket on the back nine could | :29:45. | :29:55. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :29:55. | :30:48. | |
right. It was curving in per fully. body to putt for me, I would not | :30:48. | :30:55. | |
look past Bradley too often. He is unusual in his style, there is more | :30:55. | :31:01. | |
angle on his putter for a guy with a belly putter. The shafts are more | :31:01. | :31:11. | |
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vertical. He has the ball way out in front of his eyes. These guys | :31:11. | :31:21. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :31:21. | :32:29. | |
like to get their eyes on top of that so much more complicated than | :32:29. | :32:36. | |
it needed to be. His practice swing suggested he was | :32:36. | :32:46. | |
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The right half of the fairway. There are slopes to the left. Keeps | :33:05. | :33:15. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :33:15. | :34:13. | |
the ball down. That is exactly what OK. A little below the level of the | :34:13. | :34:23. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :34:23. | :35:38. | |
the rough off the tee. And his and six from the edge, they look | :35:38. | :35:43. | |
generous but on the course they are in strategically test deep | :35:43. | :35:53. | |
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positions. There is nothing simple get into the back nine of this | :36:05. | :36:10. | |
first day on the Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Adam | :36:10. | :36:14. | |
Scott set the pace, Paul Lawrie, Zach Johnson in the second place | :36:14. | :36:21. | |
tight for two. Some real at stellar names in the golfing world up there. | :36:21. | :36:27. | |
Many Major winners, Ernie Els, Bubba Watson and others as well. | :36:27. | :36:34. | |
James Morrison, could see him play well after a torrid time at the PGA | :36:34. | :36:39. | |
a few months back. He is on the verge to becoming a father to young | :36:39. | :36:49. | |
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Luke Donald plotting his way around. There is a lot of people fascinated | :37:00. | :37:10. | |
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by what is going on. Dan has been scanning the hospitality for | :37:12. | :37:21. | |
someone famous. Harry Redknapp is here. Enjoying some lunch. I am | :37:21. | :37:27. | |
here to watch the golf. Who have you seen? I saw Tiger and been | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
watching all the boys come round. Some fantastic players. It's | :37:32. | :37:36. | |
amazing the way they strike the ball. I love golf anyway. To watch | :37:36. | :37:42. | |
the top players in the top tournament is top class. A you get | :37:42. | :37:46. | |
the privilege to play with some of the big names yourself. What is | :37:46. | :37:52. | |
your golf like? I love it. I play every opportunity I get. I have | :37:52. | :37:58. | |
plenty of time at the moment! I played with a Padraig Harrington. | :37:58. | :38:06. | |
It is great. I played with Ian Woosnam. I he were bandit of 14. | :38:06. | :38:14. | |
Sometimes, I can have good days. A I have my good and bad days. This | :38:14. | :38:18. | |
is a tough course even for the best in the world. Is there anyone you | :38:18. | :38:24. | |
fancy? I would like to see it Luke Donald in it. I would like to see | :38:24. | :38:28. | |
him win a Major. He has been world number one but needs to win the | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
Major it for the icing on the cake. I am a big fan of Lee Westwood. So | :38:33. | :38:41. | |
many good players. Ernie Els will not be far away. Ernie has been | :38:41. | :38:47. | |
practising hitting the ball so well. He is right in the mix. There will | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
be football fans wondering when you're back in the game. I don't | :38:51. | :38:57. | |
know, no idea at the moment. The season hasn't started yet. It is a | :38:57. | :39:02. | |
case of sitting back and leaving it a couple of months and that is when | :39:02. | :39:05. | |
things happen, around Christmas. The chairman start to panic and one | :39:05. | :39:14. | |
thing and another. Lovely to see. Thank you. I am sure Harry will be | :39:14. | :39:21. | |
wishing on at Stuart Pearce next week at the Olympic games. The | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
men's and women's team is in action. You can see the warm-up games | :39:25. | :39:32. | |
tomorrow. The Great Britain women playing at 3:45pm and than men and | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
the Ryan Giggs against Brazil, 7:30pm. It should be two excellent | :39:37. | :39:43. | |
matches or you could stay with the golf all day for 9 o'clock until 8. | :39:43. | :39:53. | |
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Molinari. He is carried 2-under par. -- currently. He led for a long | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
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time in Scotland. Mickelson, oh no! appear to be looking in the right | :41:01. | :41:08. | |
spot. What about now, if he was to set -- | :41:08. | :41:14. | |
touch the ball, him or his caddy, what happens? If he touches the | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
ball there is a one-stroke penalty. And then they would replace the | :41:18. | :41:25. | |
ball where it was before. Often what you see is the fellow | :41:25. | :41:30. | |
competitor is doing more vigorous searching because they would been a | :41:30. | :41:40. | |
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for an end bedded ball but we play the straight rules of golf and | :41:46. | :41:50. | |
therefore he would not be entitled to lift and drop the ball if it is | :41:51. | :42:00. | |
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sits with us the Iraq Championship. He keeps that spot in line with the | :42:21. | :42:31. | |
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was unlucky. He got a teaser off the line in the back of the fairway | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
trap and wondered if he can reach the green. I think he was laying up. | :42:45. | :42:51. | |
He got it clean as he needed to but the ball did not get the trajectory | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
it needed. It ploughed into the bank and from good while it was a | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
frantic search. The ball had only moved seven yards. Lo and behold, | :43:01. | :43:08. | |
he nearly lost it. The ball has been found. Dropped back on line | :43:08. | :43:12. | |
with the pin. A penalty of one shot so he will play his fourth from | :43:12. | :43:19. | |
here. And coming off the double bogey the Championship is | :43:19. | :43:26. | |
unravelling a little. You are forced to take the pin away and | :43:26. | :43:36. | |
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play has been excellent today. He has hit a lot of good shots | :43:53. | :44:03. | |
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straight at the flag and is over- or three inches outside the left, | :44:08. | :44:18. | |
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And there is out of bounds at way right if you hit it into the | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
compound but other than that, I can't see where you could lose the | :44:46. | :44:56. | |
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ball. Louis Oosthuizen. At 10. stays at year, playing his 4th now. | :44:59. | :45:04. | |
He made a bit of a Horlicks of his chip shot. He is a bit annoyed with | :45:04. | :45:14. | |
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McDowell said it was a sleeping giant but it's just dozing now. | :45:32. | :45:42. | |
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that from Rory and he was very aggressive with his appeal birdie | :45:57. | :46:04. | |
putt. He was just off the green, didn't take the flag out and he and | :46:04. | :46:08. | |
Louis Oosthuizen will both be kicking themselves, both walking | :46:08. | :46:18. | |
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this angle, what an unusual style he has got. This is for the honour | :46:31. | :46:38. | |
on the next tee. He holds it almost like he is hitting an iron shot, it | :46:38. | :46:48. | |
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He's like Peter Fowler through the shoulders. His shoulders are bigger | :46:56. | :47:06. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :47:06. | :47:53. | |
Scottish Open, so his game is just on the European Tour. Nicholas | :47:53. | :48:02. | |
Coltart from Belgium is our longest. They both range about 317. I was on | :48:02. | :48:09. | |
the range the other day, and his caddy want to show him off so he | :48:09. | :48:14. | |
called him over to hit a few shots for me. It was incredible. Paul | :48:14. | :48:24. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :48:24. | :49:12. | |
Casey hit it out of bounds here. back double bogeys. A lot to come | :49:12. | :49:18. | |
back from. He's after a good tee shot here on nine, after the even | :49:18. | :49:28. | |
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downwind. It is downhill, 167 yards, a smooth nine-iron at most. He can | :50:02. | :50:12. | |
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get there with a wedge if he needs all been re done recently. | :50:45. | :50:53. | |
Perfectly riveted. It really looks neat and tidy. Better to look at | :50:53. | :51:03. | |
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the fluffy stuff. That will be awkward. It just depends on his lie. | :51:21. | :51:26. | |
A little tricky shot coming up for Geoff Ogilvy but much more | :51:26. | :51:30. | |
difficult because of that light rough and it will probably be | :51:30. | :51:38. | |
growing back into him, as well. Billy Cranston there, from ESPN, a | :51:38. | :51:44. | |
former player on the tour. Amazing, the entourage out there following | :51:44. | :51:54. | |
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par five. His 4th. Looks like he's going to make five. -- Francesco | :52:01. | :52:11. | |
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also can hit it so high because they generate so much club head | :52:35. | :52:45. | |
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speed and then they can get the wonderful ball striker. Not the | :52:49. | :52:52. | |
greatest putter in the world but week-in, week-out, tee to green, | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
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all his golf on the PGA Tour in America. I was looking at his media | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
guide and the last six seasons he has quietly gone about his business | :53:20. | :53:29. | |
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at the breakfast Creek Hotel. A lovely rhythm. Oh, he has hung | :53:36. | :53:43. | |
about right. That was unfortunate. Good on you, John, after the big | :53:43. | :53:53. | |
build-up about how good you're striking. Unusual. Yes, Phil | :53:53. | :53:56. | |
Mickelson has just gone through the 9th green. I always think it's a | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
bit like watching a soap opera. Everything seems to be filled with | :54:00. | :54:04. | |
drama. And nice shot here but it's gone into an awkward spot. Fluffy | :54:04. | :54:10. | |
grass. By the way he really has had a good look at this, it's not the | :54:10. | :54:18. | |
easiest of shots. Up and over a little bank. Phil can produce | :54:18. | :54:26. | |
miracles, can't he? Played it well. It was nearly a miracle. An awkward | :54:26. | :54:36. | |
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spot right off the back foot. birdie on 11 to get four under-par. | :54:46. | :54:54. | |
Yes! Four under! This is his third Open Championship. He qualified, | :54:54. | :54:59. | |
finishing in the top four at the Open recently. It was won by Brad | :54:59. | :55:05. | |
Kennedy from Australia, who is also always here. Just to feed for Phil | :55:05. | :55:15. | |
Mickelson. -- two feet. He has been it's very bold. Seven feet by. That | :55:15. | :55:19. | |
was a bad shot, really, it has to be said. Back into the wind, as | :55:19. | :55:29. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :55:29. | :56:11. | |
34 out, 30 Six back. Three par threes on the front nine, one par | :56:11. | :56:21. | |
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five. A very clean card there from testing chip shot at 10. There is a | :56:55. | :56:59. | |
sprinkler head ahead, so we need to change a shot, which will make it | :56:59. | :57:04. | |
much more difficult. He did get the spin and landed on the green, down | :57:04. | :57:14. | |
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hill. Down wind. Like Seve Ballesteros. A high-powered shot. | :57:18. | :57:22. | |
Bubba Watson and as got a pink driver this week. A bright pink one. | :57:22. | :57:32. | |
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here. He's played some half-decent golf and every time he's got into | :57:47. | :57:53. | |
trouble he has run up doubles and trebles. This is his 5th. And out | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
of bounds tee shot, a long way to the right at 15, but he will manage | :57:57. | :58:07. | |
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thickens. You can see the trousers flapping now. Very different from | :58:19. | :58:24. | |
eight hours ago. Then, there was hardly a breath of wind. And things | :58:24. | :58:28. | |
are becoming very difficult for Phil Mickelson. He is frittering | :58:28. | :58:33. | |
shots away. That once caused by the missed directed tee shot into all | :58:33. | :58:43. | |
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well, as he has done for most of this season. Just two behind Adam | :58:55. | :59:05. | |
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Scott. Here is confirmation that Nicolas | :59:07. | :59:13. | |
Colsaerts is going well today. It was Terry unfortunate for him last | :59:13. | :59:23. | |
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year, he was going into the open last year, arriving on the moped, | :59:23. | :59:31. | |
fell off and had to withdraw. Toshinori Muto, he has failed to | :59:31. | :59:41. | |
make the cut yet at the Open. Royal Lytham is spent -- is proving to be | :59:41. | :59:51. | |
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a stern test for the game's big She needs a few of those. Back to | :00:28. | :00:38. | |
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level par. Parr seems quite ordinary. We have had a few of your | :00:41. | :00:49. | |
e-mails. First one is how much money did Tony Jacklin win when he | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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won? �4,250. At �900,000 this year. moment, though. She is the back | :01:18. | :01:28. | |
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the course, they are from the army. They walk around with the matches | :01:59. | :02:03. | |
and they get the information from the caddies and they tell us the | :02:03. | :02:13. | |
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think he will go well here. The Greens aren't frightening in speed | :02:51. | :03:01. | |
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or borrow. Usually she hits a very straight. Maybe not as fancy as | :03:02. | :03:10. | |
some. Look at that running off. That is a bit unfortunate. But not | :03:10. | :03:20. | |
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bad. Louis Oosthuizen for his birdie on the 11th. Par fives. Back | :03:21. | :03:31. | |
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involved in various charities. Over �30,000 was raised last week at the | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
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putts in his 11 opening holes. had a couple of shaky moments on | :04:34. | :04:44. | |
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the first nine, didn't he, Maureen? Yes, but an eagle cures of many | :04:44. | :04:54. | |
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ills, Peter. True, true. Let's see if Rory McIlroy can get it in, as | :04:54. | :05:04. | |
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well. Yes, he can! He moves to 2- under par. Another message here, | :05:06. | :05:13. | |
what does it cost to play at these great venues? It all varies. A | :05:13. | :05:22. | |
course of this magnitude, somewhere between �125.250 pounds per person | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
per rounds. So, it is very expensive, but you pay for the | :05:27. | :05:37. | |
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privilege, that is what are these. hard today, the 10th, back into the | :05:50. | :05:59. | |
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wind. You can see the wind freshening. Francesco Molinari. I | :06:01. | :06:10. | |
think he is going to pop this. -- part. He always makes it look very | :06:10. | :06:20. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :06:21. | :07:06. | |
talk with your mouth full! Slow- release carbohydrates. Bo Van Pelt. | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
She hasn't really figured for a number of years, but in the last | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
year or two he is starting to come into his own. He has played some | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
beautiful staff. She has played in a few opens, but nothing better | :07:24. | :07:34. | |
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than tied for 30th in 2004. Someone has sent us a long e-mail saying | :07:34. | :07:42. | |
that his uncle was secretary here at 1903 and stayed here for 38 | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
years and created all sorts of trophies. A remarkable character. | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
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Played cricket for Lancashire. What first round throw up names that are | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
really unexpected, but we don't think we could have hoped for a | :08:26. | :08:36. | |
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better leaderboards. Absolutely Japanese Tour. Quite often starts | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
from over there, and play in the open hand sink without a trace. | :09:15. | :09:22. | |
Francesco Molinari, just a little titular to keep his boucle going. - | :09:23. | :09:31. | |
- tiddler. Usually when I get to the 12th tee I have to say, what | :09:31. | :09:41. | |
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did you get on a third? -- the third. This group is going well. | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
Nice to see Jamie Donaldson's name on the leaderboard. He played so | :09:56. | :10:04. | |
well at the Irish Open. I believe he was associated with the | :10:04. | :10:09. | |
Macclesfield Golf Club, I don't know if these delays, but they must | :10:09. | :10:19. | |
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be very proud of him. The flag is at the front half the green. You | :10:19. | :10:29. | |
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will never get it easier than this, in the bunker. A 6-iron. We have | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
had an e-mail income of 10 new role to he says that his dad is caddying | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
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today, for Warren Bennett, and could we wish him good luck. This | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
12th tee is very sheltered indeed. Wind is whistling off the left here. | :11:26. | :11:36. | |
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Rory McIlroy is going with a 5-iron. Unusual that he should choose a | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
club longer than Keegan Bradley, but his shot was taken off with the | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
wind. It all depends how you see the shot. He is hitting his normal | :11:51. | :11:56. | |
ball flight today and the wind is getting a little bit more frisky. | :11:56. | :12:03. | |
But Michael's him a problem or two. -- that might cause him a problem | :12:03. | :12:13. | |
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or two. Full-blooded hit. OK. It get their putter out of the bag. I | :12:34. | :12:42. | |
used to leave it in the bag as long as it queued. It used to give me a | :12:42. | :12:52. | |
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rash! Playing 187. The pin is at story. He was leading amateur in | :13:12. | :13:22. | |
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1994 in Turnberry. He went off on the Tour, then had injuries. Phil | :13:23. | :13:32. | |
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Mickelson! A little ray of light on goes again. They are getting a | :13:53. | :14:03. | |
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became a caddie. Luke Donald has his putting boots back on. | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :14:39. | :15:21. | |
Harrington, he did that a bit of a disqualified for a false handicap. | :15:21. | :15:29. | |
Is that fair? I certainly don't think that is fair, Peter. Somebody | :15:29. | :15:35. | |
at I have spoken to told me that was OK. It seems extraordinary to | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
me, that you can be disqualified, and still have your handicap | :15:39. | :15:48. | |
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reduced. If the ball goes in the hole, if the caddie called the flag | :15:51. | :15:59. | |
up and brought the ball with it, is that OK? As long as the whole of | :15:59. | :16:09. | |
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the ball is below the level, the wear sun visors. The only player | :16:27. | :16:35. | |
that I know that doesn't where one is Robert Rock. If you have hair | :16:35. | :16:45. | |
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like his, you wouldn't wear one either! Peter's pair his luxury and. | :16:53. | :17:03. | |
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-- Peter's hair is luxurious! very exciting when he gets going, | :17:06. | :17:16. | |
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he hits the ball miles when he gets going. It doesn't look like he is | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
hitting it wildly. You can see John Daly is hitting it hard, but these | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
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guys create a lot of power without looking like it. Down the slope for | :17:33. | :17:43. | |
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Rory. He has his! -- he has it! Listen to the crowd. That is a huge | :17:59. | :18:09. | |
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bonus, when you hole putts like that. Harrington, he birdied the | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :18:27. | :19:14. | |
Three under. Oosthuizen, he is feeding left behind a little bit. - | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
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- feeling. He stays one over par. The cries are all for McIlroy. | :19:34. | :19:44. | |
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you are getting in from work, this is the situation. Adam Scott went | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
to the 18th hole knowing a birdie there would give him the lowest | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :20:03. | :21:02. | |
score in the history of the banner. -- a big Liverpool fan of, | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
his fans said it was like someone scoring at Anfield when he holed a | :21:07. | :21:17. | |
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Some of these sites that had been captured out there today. -- some | :21:34. | :21:44. | |
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of the pictures that have been captured. These are some bunkers! | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
There are two tented villages here this year, we have not seen that | :22:02. | :22:12. | |
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before. They have done a terrific job. He was resorting to English. | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
He has mastered a few words in English! McIlroy, off the back of | :22:26. | :22:36. | |
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years, left to right, a slider. That has just pushed up to the | :22:50. | :23:00. | |
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corner. That bunker we saw creeping are charming men, they come in and | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
look you in the eye, and nothing ever happens, we are always up to | :23:40. | :23:45. | |
five hours. They are lovely people, I would vote for them, I like them, | :23:45. | :23:55. | |
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they are not police. -- they are not bullies. They finally decided | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
on a club. They are supposed to take 40 seconds, that took two | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
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minutes. Was it worth it? No. The whole of Lancashire is on the right. | :24:22. | :24:32. | |
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swing. He has gone in there. In between those two, there is about | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
60 yards of space. Not too impressed with that shot. Find the | :25:11. | :25:21. | |
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fairways. Toshinori Muto, a chance to get to five under. He has, he | :25:27. | :25:37. | |
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has not! The if you breathe on that, it would fall in. Richard Sterne | :25:45. | :25:55. | |
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has reached the 18th hole. This for a 68. Nearly. He may well hit the | :26:02. | :26:12. | |
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big-time. He's on the fringe of it. Two dropped shot. -- shots. An | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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interesting email, from a member are they -- a member of the PGA, in | :26:32. | :26:42. | |
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Wales. He played with a handicap of 12, on the beach in Hawaii. No | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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electricity. Mickelson, is the feeling the chill? He has got those | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
gloves on, I think that makes him look like a getaway driver from the | :27:11. | :27:21. | |
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1970s. This is for birdie. He never got that one right at all. You lose | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
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a bit of feel if you put those gloves on. There is a fellow in | :27:45. | :27:53. | |
America who always plays with two clubs. The temperature has been | :27:53. | :27:57. | |
dropping, it was pleasant this morning, that in the last hour it | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
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has clouded over a little bit. -- but in the last hour. Nice distance | :28:12. | :28:19. | |
on his third shot. This is in a bit of a gully, he needs a pretty | :28:19. | :28:29. | |
straight putt. A good birdie chance. He has only had one birdie so far. | :28:29. | :28:39. | |
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That is another par. A reasonable lie for Bradley. A great shot. That | :28:49. | :28:59. | |
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is the difference between having a a little bit of momentum, but he | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
has turned his head away in disgust. In all depends on your point of | :29:29. | :29:39. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :29:40. | :30:34. | |
Yes! That is a lovely putt. That at 297. I think that plunged in | :30:34. | :30:44. | |
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somewhere, Andrew. I lost sight of it. It's in the thick stuff. About | :30:44. | :30:51. | |
75 yards left for Louis Oosthuizen. He drove into the bunker and | :30:51. | :31:01. | |
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decided to take his punishment, quite wisely.. He is not doing well | :31:05. | :31:15. | |
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here. The last players went off at about 4:20pm. There will still be | :31:18. | :31:26. | |
here at about 9:30pm. It is a long, long day for them. And for all the | :31:26. | :31:34. | |
people concerned with running this event. They do a great job. They | :31:34. | :31:43. | |
love it, but it is hard work. The end product is so wonderful. Back | :31:43. | :31:53. | |
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to the 12th tee. Geoff Ogilvie. The wind is coming in from the left, | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
probably slightly against him. There is a bit of rain in the air | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
night, but it is not too bad. Hundred and 87 yards, it is playing. | :32:07. | :32:13. | |
At five or a 6-iron for him, depending on how he wants to fly | :32:13. | :32:19. | |
the ball. Anywhere on the putting green is a good shot today. At | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
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Derby is a real bonus. -- a birdie. Good shot for Geoff Ogilvie. Close | :32:35. | :32:45. | |
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to those bunkers on the left. is quite a slender green. He is | :32:45. | :32:55. | |
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going to pot over the central spine. She had the line, which is a good | :32:59. | :33:09. | |
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sign. A 5-iron for Phil Mickelson. He is going to try to hold this | :33:09. | :33:17. | |
against the wind, but he has hit it all wrong. That looks like an awful | :33:17. | :33:27. | |
shot, doesn't it? You would hardly say it was a gale-force wind. She | :33:27. | :33:37. | |
:33:37. | :33:39. | ||
just gets out of sync. Most extraordinary. A 5-iron for Luke | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
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Donald, as well. He has been pretty good with his irons today. Safely | :33:53. | :34:03. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :34:03. | :35:01. | |
if he is all talk of the Midland Bank in Preston. He does have a | :35:01. | :35:10. | |
farmer's walk. Keegan Bradley has managed to get a lot of putts in | :35:10. | :35:20. | |
:35:20. | :35:20. | ||
the last eight holes, but not that time. It doesn't look like he has | :35:20. | :35:27. | |
on any socks. I think they are those delicate little ankle socks | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
back ladieswear. These shoes are just the modern trend. He doors | :35:33. | :35:41. | |
have on the little dainty Socks. F/of ankle, something for the | :35:41. | :35:51. | |
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ladies. -- A flash of ankle. wayward tee shirt -- shot, but he | :35:59. | :36:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :36:09. | :37:08. | |
hacked out to here. -- Toshinori slope, as well. Out comes the 60. | :37:08. | :37:18. | |
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Not bad. He plays it beautifully. But playing for 10 foot shots for | :37:19. | :37:29. | |
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the middle of the screen. He gets his fair share of these. It is on | :37:46. | :37:54. | |
its way. A great effort for Luke Donald, but just as solid power on | :37:54. | :38:04. | |
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that he would love to make. This would be for two in a row. Not to | :38:32. | :38:41. | |
be. She is hanging in there now, 2- over par. He just needs a good | :38:41. | :38:51. | |
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mentioned Peter Johnson. They are playing in a summer for all -- | :39:12. | :39:21. | |
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Mickelson. That was at that bogey for someone of his calibre. We will | :39:31. | :39:36. | |
be at the Wirral later on in the year for the women's open. I am | :39:36. | :39:46. | |
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looking forward to it very much indeed. Toshinori Muto, for his | :39:49. | :39:59. | |
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two shots, all of the poor tee-shot. You can see all the buildings | :40:20. | :40:26. | |
around this course. When it was built, there was only the | :40:26. | :40:36. | |
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That rattled in! You never know with the big fellow. He has | :41:03. | :41:13. | |
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Scott with a marvellous round earlier on leads the way. The Major | :41:27. | :41:37. | |
:41:37. | :41:39. | ||
champions really are queuing up on that leaderboard. Keegan Bradley | :41:39. | :41:49. | |
:41:49. | :41:51. | ||
won his first ever Major last year at the US PGA. Matthew Baldwin, | :41:51. | :41:59. | |
from Southport is there. Thongchai Jaidee, the winner in weals already | :41:59. | :42:09. | |
:42:09. | :42:15. | ||
this season. Matt Kuchar is well placed. Thomas Bjorn, after his | :42:15. | :42:25. | |
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heroics last year, on level par today. Padraig Harrington is a | :42:27. | :42:35. | |
level 312 holes for the man who has won three Major titles. Ian Poulter | :42:35. | :42:40. | |
is 1-over. I am sure he will be happy with that and be preparing | :42:40. | :42:46. | |
himself for an assault on the course tomorrow. Paul Casey was | :42:46. | :42:52. | |
doing very well indeed at three shots under, but has stumbled. It | :42:52. | :42:59. | |
is just great to see him contending. Ian Keenan, the man who took out | :42:59. | :43:03. | |
shares in himself, in order to try to fund his progress in | :43:03. | :43:07. | |
professional golf, so it is great to see him come through local | :43:07. | :43:17. | |
:43:17. | :43:22. | ||
qualifying to be here. Sergio Garcia is 2-over par. Lee Westwood, | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
I'm sure he is not terribly happy with that start. It looked really | :43:26. | :43:32. | |
good for a while, but then gave the shot back at the third hole and it | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
was all a struggle for a while. Phil Mickelson has also been | :43:37. | :43:46. | |
struggling. Sandy Lyle, this is his 6th time here, believe it or not. | :43:46. | :43:53. | |
He came here as an amateur in 1974. In 1969 when Tony Jacklin won, | :43:53. | :43:59. | |
Sandy Lyle was 11 years old anti- newly caught the ball that Tony | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
Jacklin three into the grandstand. Little did he know that he would be | :44:03. | :44:12. | |
the next British player to follow him into the winner's circle. There | :44:12. | :44:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :44:22. | :45:19. | |
done from Colsaerts. McIlroy, that is is her timeline -- he's timeline. | :45:19. | :45:29. | |
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A former world number one. It looks like Keegan is first to play. | :45:33. | :45:41. | |
lining it up like he has got a shot at it, Ken. Three players in this | :45:41. | :45:50. | |
patch of grass, Oosthuizen has already played. Rory is actually | :45:50. | :45:56. | |
wider, he's the one he will find it easier to get the club on the ball. | :45:56. | :46:06. | |
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It is not a tremendous lie, there is a clump of grass. He has to keep | :46:07. | :46:17. | |
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his blade at straight at through the ball. That is some skills. From | :46:24. | :46:34. | |
where he was after his tee shot, he will be quite pleased. Any time | :46:34. | :46:38. | |
your ball head to the rough this week, your first thought will be to | :46:38. | :46:48. | |
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pitch it out. Bradley Keegan is further in on the left-hand side. | :46:53. | :47:03. | |
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It looks like they used all their fertiliser in the rough! 15, Muto's | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
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tee shot. Just turning slightly left to right. Very nice. Ball | :47:26. | :47:36. | |
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Casey hit it out of bounds earlier Bradley has found his golf ball, it | :47:43. | :47:53. | |
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is at the bottom of the round 6-8 inches are very lush grass. -- | :47:57. | :48:07. | |
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around. Oosthuizen's ball is in the grandstands. He's having a | :48:08. | :48:14. | |
discussion with the referee. They are looking for the nearest drop | :48:14. | :48:24. | |
:48:24. | :48:35. | ||
zone. J R Jones is the rules official. Keegan Bradley made a | :48:35. | :48:45. | |
:48:45. | :48:48. | ||
rookie error, if you can't reach for two, make sure you get there. | :48:48. | :48:58. | |
Phil Mickelson try -- tried to do the same thing. Here's Colsaerts. | :48:58. | :49:08. | |
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five yards between any of two these balls. It is extraordinary how luck | :49:27. | :49:34. | |
plays a part. Bradley cannot decide whether to have a go at it. If he | :49:34. | :49:41. | |
has a go and does not shifted comedies in some trouble. -- does | :49:41. | :49:51. | |
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not shift it, he is in some trouble. This is his first Open Championship, | :49:52. | :50:00. | |
he will have never seen anything like this. It looks like he has | :50:00. | :50:10. | |
:50:10. | :50:10. | ||
taken an unplayable. Let's see if his putts they get him back into | :50:10. | :50:20. | |
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the short stuff. -- putter. He has to get two club lengths away. He | :50:27. | :50:37. | |
can go back, as we saw Mickelson do. He can go back to where he hit it | :50:37. | :50:47. | |
before. It is getting caught, is there many rain in the area? - | :50:47. | :50:57. | |
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option is. A master with the short iron, Luke Donald. You just know | :51:20. | :51:30. | |
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this one will be looking for the pin. 11th hole, Peter Hanson for | :51:30. | :51:40. | |
:51:40. | :51:40. | ||
the birdie. They looked good until the hit it. He is to wonder. -- | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
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Championship, even on a benign day, you can be minding your own | :52:02. | :52:10. | |
business, and suddenly the course can grab you without you knowing it. | :52:10. | :52:19. | |
Is the house and has decided to drop his ball in the drop zone. -- | :52:19. | :52:29. | |
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Oosthuizen. He is putting on his long time doing it. -- delightfully | :53:00. | :53:10. | |
:53:10. | :53:18. | ||
done. This has to be a high-flying shot, a soft landing. There is | :53:18. | :53:28. | |
:53:28. | :53:43. | ||
Bradley's ball. This will kick a bit to the right. This will be | :53:43. | :53:53. | |
:53:53. | :54:07. | ||
harder just to drop one shot. McIlroy is still inside Keegan | :54:07. | :54:17. | |
:54:17. | :54:18. | ||
Bradley. The breeze is behind the two players. That is a little gem | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
:54:28. | :54:41. | ||
from Oosthuizen. An absolute gem of a shot. Second shot on 15 for Muto. | :54:41. | :54:50. | |
He drives it to the left-hand side. Back into the breeze. That is a | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
nasty little downhill slope. He will have to cheer up off the | :54:55. | :55:05. | |
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bunker. -- chip up. A defter touch required by McIlroy. The green will | :55:10. | :55:20. | |
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run away from him slightly. What a about, that was for four. A birdie | :55:59. | :56:09. | |
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at the refer Donald, has he hit it? -- a birdie three for Luke Donald. | :56:27. | :56:36. | |
Cabrera on 16 for a birdie. US Open and US Masters champion. The claret | :56:36. | :56:45. | |
jug would look nice up against those two trophies. Paul Casey on | :56:45. | :56:55. | |
:56:55. | :57:01. | ||
the 18th. This for a par, to take him round in 71. He is having one | :57:01. | :57:11. | |
:57:11. | :57:25. | ||
of those days. Six under for the last six holes. I mean six-over. | :57:25. | :57:35. | |
:57:35. | :57:50. | ||
wry smile. Keegan Bradley has made a double bogey. That is a long par | :57:50. | :58:00. | |
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four, semi blind it tee shot. has driven it down the right. That | :58:04. | :58:14. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :58:14. | :59:11. | |
He does not miss too many of those. hits the ball very well for a small | :59:11. | :59:21. | |
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breeze has mounted in velocity as the day has gone by, but not too | :59:32. | :59:42. | |
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right on top of their head. Think there is a lot of medical staff | :00:22. | :00:32. | |
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around the golf course for things like this. Inevitably, someone is | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
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going to get hate. It is very rare that people would have shouted for | :00:43. | :00:53. | |
:00:53. | :01:21. | ||
these days. Rickie Fowler's second Harrington. Unlucky. That was a | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
little unfortunate. He will be putting up the hill, but it skidded | :01:28. | :01:35. | |
on the first bounce. A little silver disc on his hat is the | :01:35. | :01:45. | |
:01:45. | :01:48. | ||
player's badge. We are just ascertaining if Rory McIlroy's ball | :01:49. | :01:57. | |
is out of clowns or not. There is a lot of swift medical attention. He | :01:57. | :02:04. | |
looks a bit groggy. The medical people out you are first class and | :02:04. | :02:13. | |
they're on the scene in seconds. can see a little cluster of people. | :02:13. | :02:23. | |
:02:23. | :02:34. | ||
He must be right on the out-of- when you know someone has got | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
:02:44. | :02:50. | ||
hooked on their head. I'm sorry about that. There is no claret | :02:50. | :03:00. | |
:03:00. | :03:02. | ||
coming through the bandage. He is going to give him a signed club. -- | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
:03:12. | :03:30. | ||
gloves, sorry. Very sorry, Rory fairway, he might have been signed | :03:30. | :03:39. | |
up by Harry Redknapp! He is so close to the out of bounds there. | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
Steve Stricker. He is mustard with a short iron. He is really mastered | :03:49. | :03:59. | |
:03:59. | :04:38. | ||
tented village, and the practice range. We are looking down on Rory | :04:38. | :04:47. | |
McIlroy. The cluster of tents. It is touch and go whether he is in or | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
:04:57. | :05:01. | ||
out of bounds. The referee has just told him that he believes the ball | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
is out of bounds and he has just asked for confirmation, | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
understandably. There are two posts here, and they are trying to line | :05:12. | :05:19. | |
up and ascertain that the ball is out of bounds. The referee is | :05:19. | :05:26. | |
convinced that a Dees. They might need a bit of string. They do carry | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
a tape measure tight thing, I believe. He is just calling for | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
back-up, so that Rory McIlroy is completely comfortable that the | :05:38. | :05:46. | |
right decision has been made. must be touch and go, then. If it | :05:46. | :05:56. | |
was definitely out of bounds he would go back to the tee. You have | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
:06:06. | :06:07. | ||
got to be able to see both posts to be able to ascertain it. Our rules | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
expert is with us. What defines out of bounds? There are some white | :06:13. | :06:20. | |
posts over there and there would be the inside post, or the inside edge | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
of the post that defines the out of bounds. J R Jones carries something | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
that is a little bit like a fishing reel and she could unwind that and | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
put the rope on the two posts. Whether he will do that in the heat | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
of battle, I don't know. Why is there no white line? There are | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
areas of the course were the white lines get rubbed away by the crowd. | :06:54. | :07:02. | |
Obviously, we have had a lot of rain. They have determined that it | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
is out of bounds. The whole ball has to be out of bounds, is that | :07:07. | :07:15. | |
correct? That's correct. I think the ball has now been picked up. It | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
is one of the worst walks in golf, back to the tee. I'm sure he will | :07:22. | :07:29. | |
get a lift from one of the officials. It will not be a happy | :07:29. | :07:39. | |
:07:39. | :08:01. | ||
poor chap has a lump on his head and Rory McIlroy has to go back to | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
:08:11. | :08:11. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :08:11. | :09:00. | |
slow. Angel Cabrera. That is his 4th shot. There he is! He has got | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
his face on the TV, and a glove signed by Rory McIlroy. He will be | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
the talk of all his friends. will be in the newspapers tomorrow, | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
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won't he? Rory McIlroy has to gather himself together here. He | :09:21. | :09:31. | |
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will need to fully concentrate. He is playing three off the tee. There | :09:33. | :09:43. | |
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are pot bunkers up the right. There As Paul Casey said today, sorry, | :10:01. | :10:11. | |
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not Paul Casey, I forget to it was, maybe Graeme McDowell, once you get | :10:14. | :10:22. | |
to 13, that's it, you want to hold on to your score. 171 yards for | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
Luke Donald. A beautiful drive. She is in prime position. It is a | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
generous pin position. The wind off to the left will suit him down to | :10:33. | :10:43. | |
:10:43. | :10:43. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :10:43. | :11:48. | |
the ground. Expect this one to be work 18. Pretty good. If you pitch | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
near the flag, you will hit it on the downslope and it will really | :11:53. | :12:00. | |
skip Ford. This is very unsettling for Rory McIlroy. It is bad enough | :12:00. | :12:07. | |
hitting someone on the head, it makes your stomach turn to water. | :12:07. | :12:14. | |
Then a two-shot penalty for being out of bounds. He is 181 yards to | :12:15. | :12:21. | |
go. His playing partners have already played. He must feel like | :12:21. | :12:30. | |
he is playing on his own at the moment. Middle of the green, Rory. | :12:30. | :12:40. | |
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Brilliant shot! He has that for a bogey. Two cracking shots. Birdie | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
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following in Japan. 50 or 60 needy people arrived to follow the | :13:14. | :13:24. | |
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Japanese contingent. -- media two Australians, helped to really | :13:47. | :13:57. | |
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encourage golf out there in the Far here, it would give Japan a boost. | :14:19. | :14:29. | |
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-- wins. They do have some fine players, although the game has not | :14:33. | :14:43. | |
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gone on after a promising start there. Oosthuizen has found the | :14:46. | :14:56. | |
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green in two. Bradley did not. This is a birdie putt for Louis | :14:56. | :15:06. | |
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over. Adam Scott was around in 64 this morning. McIlroy is currently | :15:44. | :15:50. | |
at three under, he has a putt on the 15th just to drop one stroke. | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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This would be huge, as valuable as but he was not expecting it to go | :16:15. | :16:25. | |
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into the hole. -- was just. This tee has been brought forward a | :16:51. | :17:01. | |
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little bit. With the breeze behind it, the 16th is very drivable. It | :17:06. | :17:15. | |
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is a positional tee shot, with a long iron. The tee is -- the pin is | :17:18. | :17:28. | |
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in a very awkward spot. If Rory gives this his Sunday-best, he can | :17:28. | :17:38. | |
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be quite close to the green. We saw Ernie driving on this green earlier | :17:49. | :17:59. | |
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in the day. A little unfortunate, a heck of a shot. Bradley is taking | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
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tight second shot. There is a little left to right breeze, you | :19:02. | :19:07. | |
just have to let it fall back. have to be very careful you don't | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
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let this for to the right. If you are going to miss, miss left. -- | :19:20. | :19:29. | |
fall to the right. The crowd are urging it on. That must be on the | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
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green. That is an absolutely stunning shot. What a marvellous | :19:43. | :19:51. | |
shot. coming off a double bogey, I was questioning whether that was a | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
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wise play. What do y'know. -- what crowd were booing Luke Donald. No, | :20:19. | :20:29. | |
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they are not, they are just cheering his name, Luke Donald. | :20:46. | :20:54. | |
Steve Stricker has been a prominent a winner on the US Tour. One of the | :20:54. | :21:00. | |
most consistent players. He does not look like he does much, he does | :21:00. | :21:10. | |
:21:10. | :21:12. | ||
not make many mistakes, I think that is his strength. His swing | :21:12. | :21:22. | |
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looks like a jab, but he has a great putting stroke. The crowd are | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
wandering through that track, it looks like a herd of wildebeest | :21:31. | :21:38. | |
have been through there. This hole used to scare me a lot, back off | :21:38. | :21:48. | |
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the breeze, a little bit to the left. This is rank 6th toughest | :21:52. | :22:02. | |
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today. -- ranked. A good round from Charl Schwartzel, 69. Rory has a | :22:14. | :22:24. | |
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chance here. Up the hill, not too much break, a chance for a two. | :22:24. | :22:30. | |
Keegan Bradley went with the safe option. Ideally he would have liked | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
to been a little bit further left, with where the flag is, but it was | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
a good tee shot. He does not want to be landing too far left from the | :22:44. | :22:54. | |
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flag. This is a sucker's pin. If you get too far left, you have no | :22:58. | :23:08. | |
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chance. You can get it, but you have to be so perfect. That is a | :23:17. | :23:27. | |
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great shot. He could not have done much better than that. Stricker, | :23:32. | :23:42. | |
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third shot, 4th shot, goodness me. Quite pedestrian, by his standards. | :23:48. | :23:55. | |
This bunker tends to get a bit soggy, he has to be a bit careful. | :23:55. | :24:02. | |
He has a nice flat lie. That is interesting, Ken, he elected to | :24:02. | :24:11. | |
play it. If he had dropped a shot, he would have been in the back of | :24:11. | :24:21. | |
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the bunker, a good decision up by his -- Oosthuizen. The bunkers on | :24:27. | :24:37. | |
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these holes always tend to fill up with a bit of water. Just a few | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
drops of rain on that lens. If it stays like this all afternoon, that | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
would be too bad. It is a touch annoying, that is all. How much | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
support is Rory getting around the course? I would say the support is | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
fairly equal. When he has had some birdies, the galleries have been | :25:04. | :25:12. | |
responding. I think this one may raise the roof. They do say that | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
great players are the ones you can respond to adversity, the drop | :25:16. | :25:26. | |
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shots, and bounce-back. So -- slow, Rory. Everyone has been hitting | :25:35. | :25:45. | |
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that one a bit short. He gets one back, moving back to two under par. | :25:56. | :26:06. | |
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I have always enjoyed playing late, and then early the next day. If you | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
have a good round, you can be raring to go for the next morning. | :26:12. | :26:22. | |
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These ones will be out at 9:20am tomorrow. What an intriguing game | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
this is. This could be a three other a different colour for | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
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Bradley. Not to be, this time. Conservative option lead to a par | :26:52. | :27:02. | |
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four. They have are nine more holes together. Nicholas Cole starts, | :27:03. | :27:13. | |
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completely unsighted. - macro Nicolas Colsaerts. A sensational | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
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shot. We don't know where Steve has been, but this is for a bogey. Very | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
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tears, oh, dear. -- there it is. A double bogey. Over the last fears | :28:00. | :28:07. | |
he has been right up there with Luke Donald as a great putter. | :28:07. | :28:17. | |
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is a bit of a howler of a life. He's in a really awkward spot. He | :28:20. | :28:25. | |
can't get a stance in that bunker. It is a chalet bunker, but the lead | :28:25. | :28:35. | |
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is still very severe. -- shallow bunker, but the lid is very severe. | :28:49. | :28:52. | |
BT with the shot is to make sure you go right to the end of the | :28:52. | :29:02. | |
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shaft of the club. -- the key. You occasional bit of cut going on in | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
:29:48. | :29:50. | ||
the last hour or so. It was rather unfortunate but it went out of | :29:50. | :29:57. | |
bounds. But he seems happy enough. That was a magnificent tee-shot on | :29:57. | :30:02. | |
the 16th. I thought this was a very risky shots that he played, but he | :30:03. | :30:10. | |
caught it perfectly. I think he might drop a shot here. He hasn't | :30:10. | :30:20. | |
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done that so far. We will have to wait and see what he can do. Joined | :30:23. | :30:33. | |
:30:33. | :30:34. | ||
now by Andrew Procter. Was for shouted with Rory McIlroy. They | :30:34. | :30:39. | |
don't let anyone through any more, hands the don't shout for, apart | :30:39. | :30:45. | |
from that, the game is pretty similar to when I played. They | :30:45. | :30:53. | |
probably have a man out to do it for them! Nicolas Colsaerts, a | :30:53. | :31:03. | |
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colourful round he has had. Four birdies. Nearly a 5th. 5-under par, | :31:04. | :31:14. | |
a sparkling round he is putting together. 65, if he was to power in | :31:14. | :31:23. | |
from here, would be very impressive in the afternoon conditions. | :31:23. | :31:33. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :31:33. | :32:14. | |
Therapies, as it keys. Brandt Beautiful shots! That is a | :32:14. | :32:24. | |
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wonderful shot. She was a recipient of the Golf Writers' Prize. He made | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
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a very waspish speech, I hear. I am surprised by that, but you never | :32:35. | :32:45. | |
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know, do you? He has such a gentle demeanour. Did you see his hands | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
stutter their quest to mark he kept the club head going, a beautiful | :32:52. | :33:02. | |
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is heading left. She is left of the sand. That is in knee trembler. | :33:32. | :33:36. | |
can think of a couple of my friends who would not relish playing that | :33:36. | :33:46. | |
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shot. Bo Van Pelt is 1-over par at the moment. He is playing alongside | :33:48. | :33:58. | |
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saying thank you brought his two boys here to watch the play and how | :34:26. | :34:33. | |
much they enjoyed it. He senses greetings to all other parents who | :34:33. | :34:43. | |
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brought in their children and had a McIlroy drove this whole about 20 | :35:10. | :35:20. | |
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minutes ago. Good shot. Brandt Snedeker had a hole-in-one in | :35:23. | :35:33. | |
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practice there, on the 16th. conspiring to a interrupt the | :35:46. | :35:49. | |
rhythm of the players. They just have to regroup for the final 20 | :35:49. | :35:59. | |
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minutes were so of their rounds. is in some water. He will get to | :36:08. | :36:15. | |
drop that because there is water in the bunker. He may choose to play | :36:15. | :36:22. | |
that because if he drops it, it might plug. There is a viper's nest | :36:22. | :36:31. | |
of conkers down here on the left of 17. Louis Oosthuizen is right in | :36:31. | :36:36. | |
the middle of the first one. Ideally, Rory McIlroy would want to | :36:36. | :36:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :36:46. | :37:54. | |
be down the right. It looks as or something? He is going to send | :37:54. | :38:03. | |
at text now, just been hit by a golf ball. Somebody on Twitter is | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
masquerading as me writing some very interesting things. It is not | :38:07. | :38:17. | |
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me. That's is how you would get in touch with us on Twitter. Then | :38:18. | :38:28. | |
there is the old school e-mail! school for me is smoke signals! | :38:28. | :38:32. | |
Some of the bunkers on the left and cider quite shallow. They really | :38:32. | :38:37. | |
have been gathering water. They are the ones that have been submerged | :38:37. | :38:47. | |
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the most. I wonder if Louis Oosthuizen is going to play that. | :38:50. | :38:59. | |
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Nicolas Colsaerts at the last. He card. She was not doing that last | :39:39. | :39:49. | |
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He has had a colourful ride today. You can see the rain coming now. He | :40:16. | :40:23. | |
might have a go, he may not. I got some sad news yesterday, Walter | :40:23. | :40:32. | |
Lees died. I knew him and his brother very well. Entirely | :40:32. | :40:40. | |
different characters. Malta was a bit more speed than are their, he | :40:40. | :40:49. | |
was always gambling -- water was always gambling with the members of | :40:50. | :40:59. | |
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the club. A great character sadly green keeping staff. The last game | :41:18. | :41:28. | |
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went off at 4:20pm. Getting the fairways Allcott, raking the | :41:34. | :41:44. | |
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bunkers. She is just cling to have at bash at this. He might get some | :41:51. | :42:01. | |
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mud on his shirt here. That was the way to do it, just flick it up and | :42:01. | :42:11. | |
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out. Then if Padraig Harrington could do 70, it is OK. A 4-iron for | :42:41. | :42:51. | |
:42:51. | :42:58. | ||
Rory McIlroy. Another wayward shot. He has miscued a few today. Hit | :42:58. | :43:05. | |
some beautiful shot. He can get a little bit too fast and hit us at | :43:05. | :43:09. | |
the ball as a poster swinging through it. There is a great | :43:09. | :43:19. | |
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difference. Just controlling the speed of the club. You need to keep | :43:20. | :43:30. | |
:43:30. | :43:58. | ||
that smooth Fallon sang with them. been. That could have been right | :43:58. | :44:08. | |
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against the age of this bunker. It front of them. -- plate. That is a | :44:47. | :44:57. | |
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did -- the divot and. Nicely done. V Bobby Jones plate, in 1976 he hit | :45:24. | :45:34. | |
a perfect shot. That used to be way across, they have done something | :45:34. | :45:44. | |
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funny to the fairway. Oosthuizen, after coming out of the sand. | :45:51. | :45:58. | |
getting dark and rather dismal. A little bit of rain. The temperature | :45:58. | :46:08. | |
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is dropping. Luke Donald, second shot. He is usually a deadly from | :46:09. | :46:19. | |
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this distance. Not one of his best shot. Stricker, for a birdie. This | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
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to get back to three-under. That is a rare failure with the putter. He | :46:45. | :46:55. | |
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was not far away in 2007, at Carnoustie. On the 18th, a putt for | :47:00. | :47:10. | |
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a birdie. No, but a very good round. A good round from Colsaerts, he has | :47:19. | :47:29. | |
:47:29. | :47:30. | ||
played some good stuff this year. He could be in the Ryder Cup team. | :47:30. | :47:36. | |
He had a very good US Open, he faded in the final round. Rory | :47:36. | :47:46. | |
:47:46. | :47:55. | ||
McIlroy, on the 17th. A beautiful shot. Nine feet from the pen. -- | :47:55. | :48:05. | |
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pin. Luke Donald, for his birdie. The higher you hit this, the more | :48:10. | :48:20. | |
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it is going to bring. He hit it, they did not hit it. -- but did not | :48:24. | :48:34. | |
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They used to be some rabbits. Mickelson has say easy putt -- has | :48:58. | :49:08. | |
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an easy putt. This is a real birdie opportunity. He really need one. | :49:16. | :49:26. | |
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least the last May's fingerprints! -- he left no fingerprints! Luke | :49:35. | :49:45. | |
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Donald for the par. Where are they off to! I love those hats, they | :49:53. | :50:03. | |
look like cartoon characters. One of them has a football a's haircut | :50:03. | :50:13. | |
:50:13. | :50:19. | ||
-- footballer's haircut. So close. He got a bit of a break with his | :50:19. | :50:29. | |
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spring coming back into the step. par for a 68. Colsaerts, to finish | :50:53. | :51:03. | |
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out. 65 for the man from Brussels. A very good season, he beat Graeme | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
:51:16. | :51:16. | ||
McDowell in the final the match play. That part was to join a Zach | :51:16. | :51:26. | |
:51:26. | :51:41. | ||
Johnson and Paul Lawrie. -- putt. He beat Graeme McDowell in Spain | :51:41. | :51:50. | |
earlier run this season. -- earlier on. For those of you are coming in | :51:50. | :51:57. | |
from work, Darren Clarke it is much further down, he is six over. He | :51:57. | :52:06. | |
said he was disgusted with himself. A he said that you could not | :52:06. | :52:16. | |
:52:16. | :52:19. | ||
publish his report. -- his at the thoughts. Phil Mickelson or -- has | :52:19. | :52:29. | |
:52:29. | :53:01. | ||
struggled. Tiger Woods had a 74, he 69. That is a beauty. He is very | :53:01. | :53:11. | |
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impressive. A wonderful partner in the fours. Stricker has laid up. | :53:24. | :53:34. | |
:53:34. | :53:38. | ||
Not the most powerful of hitters. The greens are yielding. Muto, | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
:53:48. | :53:57. | ||
second to the 18th. Was that a little heavy? No, it was not. | :53:57. | :54:02. | |
Interesting reading on the weather, I don't know what it all means. | :54:02. | :54:12. | |
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Van Pelt, the final member of this brief. -- this a three. these are | :54:18. | :54:28. | |
:54:28. | :54:42. | ||
three of the best shots we have the iron. You really need to hit | :54:42. | :54:52. | |
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the fairway. We have had an email, they are enjoying the golf, they | :55:05. | :55:15. | |
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are enjoying everything here. goes Keegan Bradley. -- here. | :55:20. | :55:24. | |
the players take an iron out, it usually means they are aiming for | :55:24. | :55:31. | |
the left-hand bunkers. They just want to cut it off a fraction. The | :55:31. | :55:41. | |
:55:41. | :55:42. | ||
trick is to take the bunkers out of play. There we are, right between | :55:42. | :55:52. | |
:55:52. | :55:54. | ||
the two lines of diagonal bunkers. That is a good view, the at the | :55:54. | :56:00. | |
read down the left, and the three on the right. -- the at the read | :56:00. | :56:10. | |
:56:10. | :56:16. | ||
down the left. Louis Oosthuizen was many people's picked for this | :56:16. | :56:26. | |
:56:26. | :56:33. | ||
championship. -- pick. Off they go. They started at 2:20pm, they have | :56:33. | :56:43. | |
:56:43. | :56:45. | ||
been going for over four hours. That is difficult, there was talk | :56:45. | :56:55. | |
:56:55. | :57:08. | ||
of four hours to 30 minutes. -- for hours and 30 minutes. It will take | :57:08. | :57:12. | |
a quick player to speed things up. If one player does it, they all | :57:12. | :57:22. | |
follow. It would not be harder they put their minds to it. -- harder if | :57:22. | :57:32. | |
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they put their minds to it. Muto finish with a birdie? He has | :57:38. | :57:48. | |
:57:48. | :57:51. | ||
got a few sponsors. He is playing alongside Bo Van Pelt. That was | :57:51. | :58:01. | |
:58:01. | :58:34. | ||
putt that should move left to right. That was almost in, another six | :58:34. | :58:44. | |
:58:44. | :58:48. | ||
inches. The green keepers will come out, able to the bunkers, Cup be | :58:48. | :58:55. | |
fairways, they will be starting around 6:15am tomorrow morning. | :58:55. | :59:05. | |
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Molinari, this for 68. The easiest of 69 so. -- 69s. He always hits | :59:18. | :59:28. | |
:59:28. | :59:33. | ||
the ball so well. Two dropped shots. This for 67. Excellent round of | :59:33. | :59:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :59:43. | :00:25. | |
Rory Blackhall way to attack. -- could roll that in, the travails of | :00:25. | :00:35. | |
the 15th will be forgotten. It has just gone 7pm, and there are still | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
thousands a very hardy spectators today. Some of them came into see | :00:38. | :00:47. | |
the first ball struck at about 620, and they are staying till the | :00:47. | :00:54. | |
bitter end. About another hour and a half until we wrap up until -- | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
for the night. Maybe a bit more. Bradley has really struggled today | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
to be level par. He has had two doubles on his card. Always | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
fighting a bit of a rearguard action. He's going with an eight- | :01:09. | :01:17. | |
iron. Amazing how much time he takes in preparation, but once he | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
gets the club behind the ball, you don't have time to look away. | :01:21. | :01:30. | |
:01:31. | :02:01. | ||
There is much golf to be played tomorrow. These guys will be hoping | :02:01. | :02:11. | |
:02:11. | :02:12. | ||
for Stella conditions. -- more still. He has a funny sort of day. | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
Never really threatening the flag. Very ugly clouds rolling up from | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
the west. Some heavy rain for the late finishers. On the 17th, | :02:27. | :02:37. | |
:02:37. | :02:41. | ||
Harrington was running these in every time when he was winning the | :02:41. | :02:51. | |
:02:51. | :02:51. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :02:51. | :03:37. | |
found the right semi rough. It is a blind shot as it always is here. He | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
has a five iron. He has taken one of his clogs -- one of his club's | :03:43. | :03:53. | |
:03:53. | :03:58. | ||
tomorrow to make sure he will be here for the weekend. He started | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
off so brightly today, Mickelson. That is what always amuses me, when | :04:04. | :04:09. | |
the press and others us go, what are you going to do, they talk in | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
:04:19. | :04:20. | ||
cliches. Retief Goosen, at the 16th. It didn't look like him. He looks | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
to have widened his stance a little bit, but that is a beautiful shot. | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
That was like a shot at snooker! That was a ray Reardon special, | :04:32. | :04:41. | |
that one. A long, long putt for the champion of 2010. He's going to | :04:41. | :04:51. | |
:04:51. | :05:17. | ||
need a full backswing. Not a lot of the back, just in a time. Bumper | :05:17. | :05:24. | |
this one forward, a bit of momentum when it lands. He is only found one | :05:24. | :05:34. | |
:05:34. | :05:56. | ||
of them today. Steady, to say the other side of the hole, and I'm | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
struggling to see any movement at all. That sometimes is something | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
professional golfers don't like, they like to see some cost of a | :06:04. | :06:14. | |
:06:14. | :06:39. | ||
three? It is but a fairly composed round by Colsaerts, he has had some | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
excellent shot, and he has had some very loose ones. Benny had the gut | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
wrenching moment of hitting a spectator. But this to finish with | :06:54. | :07:04. | |
:07:04. | :07:14. | ||
a flourish. Yes, well done! Keeps double bogey, hard working par on | :07:14. | :07:24. | |
:07:24. | :07:48. | ||
17, birdie on 18. That is a very putted like a demon in the middle | :07:48. | :07:58. | |
:07:58. | :07:58. | ||
of the round. Had some very strange shots. His first time in this | :07:58. | :08:06. | |
championship, and much to remember. A lot to forget for Oosthuizen, not | :08:06. | :08:16. | |
:08:16. | :08:41. | ||
and try again. But McIlroy, in the All the way to the hole. For all | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
his genius, he has played a lot of wayward shots today. I wouldn't put | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
:08:56. | :09:30. | ||
it past him to do a 64 or a 65 green, is Luke Donald. He has got | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
yet another mid-range birdie putt committed hasn't been able to find | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
any of them today. Hopefully he has got two chances left. This one, | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
just left of the hall to my higher. This time of the evening, quite | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
difficult to get the ball to the hole, with the moisture that came | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
down, it is another pretty decent chance. Stress-free golfer from him | :09:53. | :10:01. | |
today. It is either going to be a birdie or a par, I am sure. He has | :10:01. | :10:08. | |
waited a long time for a birdie. Can he get one here? He has burned | :10:08. | :10:18. | |
:10:18. | :10:26. | ||
the edge of the hole. Time and time high. There is our smiley face | :10:26. | :10:36. | |
:10:36. | :10:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :10:36. | :11:30. | |
but it just hasn't clicked into just missed the bunkers, it kicked | :11:30. | :11:40. | |
:11:40. | :12:07. | ||
right hand, 60 degree wedge, got some spin as the ball flew past the | :12:08. | :12:15. | |
hole. He is three over par for the day, it is not a good score. | :12:15. | :12:25. | |
:12:25. | :12:33. | ||
gets this one. But 98th place at Mickelson and his caddie. Luke | :12:33. | :12:43. | |
:12:43. | :12:47. | ||
Donald, for a par. Yes, 9:30am, he will be playing tomorrow. McIlroy, | :12:47. | :12:57. | |
:12:57. | :12:58. | ||
at 9:09am. May be lucky with the weather. Sometimes the sea comes in, | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
they tell me, but I think it is a wonderful piece of land, the sea | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
has retreated over the years and these houses were built in | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
Victorian times and Edwardian times. The Railway came to this part of | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
the country, and the golf course was created. It was almost in the | :13:18. | :13:27. | |
country, 100 years ago. It is certainly not now. Applause for | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
:13:37. | :13:41. | ||
Harrington, and Fowler. Also, the amateur from Austria, trap hole. -- | :13:41. | :13:51. | |
:13:51. | :13:52. | ||
Manuel Trappel to stop he is only four over par. He is going along | :13:52. | :14:02. | |
:14:02. | :14:09. | ||
well, three birdies, no dropped and missed the cut every time. He | :14:09. | :14:19. | |
:14:19. | :14:58. | ||
had to pull out of the US Open with that one. He had a dreadful | :14:58. | :15:03. | |
tournament last week finishing 5th having won it the previous years. | :15:03. | :15:10. | |
How green it is. Amazing to have a golf course in the middle of this | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
township, two townships. St Annes and love them. They're both very | :15:15. | :15:22. | |
attractive. Lots of little boutiques and cafes. I think it is | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
:15:32. | :15:59. | ||
a lovely part of the world. A He looks out of sorts today. Three | :15:59. | :16:06. | |
dropped shots. For a couple of birdies. 71. It does not sound bad | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
:16:16. | :16:54. | ||
but there are many players between when you have the exemption it to | :16:54. | :17:04. | |
:17:04. | :17:37. | ||
the Open. To turn pro or get the has been struggling today. Four | :17:37. | :17:47. | |
:17:47. | :18:25. | ||
finish. A little sweet to send you for Harrington. Back to the 17th. | :18:25. | :18:35. | |
:18:35. | :18:57. | ||
Scotland. He did fade rather badly in the final round. 1 under here. A | :18:57. | :19:04. | |
terrifying tee shot. Made less terrifying because the ground is | :19:04. | :19:14. | |
:19:14. | :19:14. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :19:14. | :20:04. | |
soft. Get it over the bunker and it end of the transmission. 35 minutes | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
to go, a lot of golf to see in that time. We will be rounding up some | :20:09. | :20:17. | |
of the stories surely. Practise their vicar had a rib injury. He is | :20:17. | :20:23. | |
making the best progress so far. A good finish at the Masters -- | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
Brandt Snedeker. He is trying to muscle his way into the American | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
Ryder Cup team. He has not given up hope. Struggling right now, as he | :20:33. | :20:39. | |
has been all day, Phil Mickelson. Let's see what he can do on the | :20:39. | :20:49. | |
:20:49. | :20:50. | ||
18th. 160 yards for him. There is a puff of wind in his face. A good | :20:50. | :21:00. | |
:21:00. | :21:16. | ||
solid eight iron. Good for distance. fairway, told with the best angle. | :21:16. | :21:25. | |
-- Donald. A lovely angle from the right side. A seven iron for Donald. | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
This is not going to be very pleasing at all for Luke Donald. It | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
is a shocker to finish. Surely he will not blot his copybook on the | :21:35. | :21:45. | |
:21:45. | :21:57. | ||
last hole. good strong eight iron for Jeff. A | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
nice line. There we are. Again, he has been struggling between 15 and | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
:22:17. | :22:17. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :22:17. | :23:15. | |
17 after picking up three in the Ogilvy the third member of the | :23:15. | :23:25. | |
:23:25. | :23:36. | ||
is going on nicely. Beautifully efficient swing. Just turns it back | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
and turns through. Correct weight, a birdie opportunity to get four | :23:41. | :23:50. | |
:23:51. | :23:51. | ||
under. The conditions have been very favourable the entire day, the | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
best through the middle of the day, a little cool early on. Lloyd drops | :23:57. | :24:05. | |
of rain a softening. -- light drops of rain this afternoon. What sort | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
of lie it is this or can he advance it far? It is good and he can | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
:24:20. | :24:29. | ||
Donald. I am sure he can advance it far enough! Miscommunication, it is | :24:29. | :24:39. | |
:24:39. | :24:50. | ||
same but we know we have been lied to before. It is supposed be very | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
calm in the morning and the wind picking up and ebbing away in the | :24:54. | :25:03. | |
evening. The wind for the weekend, stronger on Sunday. A pitch and | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
putt right by the beach. Just at the mouth of the Ribble estuary | :25:09. | :25:18. | |
here. You can feel it building, it is a benign at the moment but each | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
:25:28. | :25:29. | ||
day I think will get more wind and by Sunday hopefully we will see | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
live in St Anne's at its finest. We cannot complain above the condition | :25:34. | :25:42. | |
of the golf course. I have never seen one in better condition. There | :25:42. | :25:48. | |
is not much to this 30 feet. He wants to hole it, everyone wants | :25:48. | :25:55. | |
into. He has left it short. Would you credit it? A lacklustre day for | :25:55. | :26:05. | |
:26:05. | :26:08. | ||
Phil Mickelson. To any mistakes, I am afraid. -- too many. He had a | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
poor start to the Scottish Open and the shot a low second round. He | :26:14. | :26:24. | |
:26:24. | :26:55. | ||
moved back to that tee. Stricker will be 72. A rather ugly double | :26:55. | :27:01. | |
bogey, three birdies coming home but three dropped shots as well. | :27:02. | :27:08. | |
Such a fine player on his record in the Open championship. That is | :27:08. | :27:15. | |
what... The BBC are going to buy us bikes next year! | :27:15. | :27:24. | |
I want to see one of them throw way we. To finish with a par, he has | :27:24. | :27:32. | |
not had a bogey today. He has left it short. That is a real shame for | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
Luke Donald because he has had so many birdie attempts. Some from | :27:36. | :27:46. | |
:27:46. | :27:54. | ||
good distance but a dropped shot throwing up the best winners, some | :27:54. | :28:04. | |
:28:04. | :28:17. | ||
of the best players at the time of double bogey it 7, 8, 9. 12. A | :28:17. | :28:23. | |
disappointing day. And looking at the scores you would think somebody | :28:23. | :28:33. | |
:28:33. | :28:54. | ||
in three ball would have been under is losing a bit of pace with that... | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
Little bit of drizzle of while ago. Temperatures cooling into the | :28:59. | :29:09. | |
:29:09. | :29:21. | ||
He came ever so close to winning at Augusta a few years ago. Very | :29:21. | :29:31. | |
:29:31. | :29:35. | ||
popular amongst his peers and the Peter Hanson and Robert Allenby. He | :29:35. | :29:45. | |
:29:45. | :29:52. | ||
has just picked up a shot on the and Retief Goosen, who would have | :29:52. | :29:58. | |
thought... This guy is probably the best putter if fast greens I have | :29:58. | :30:08. | |
:30:08. | :30:37. | ||
stayed above ground, but how he crept through there, we are not | :30:37. | :30:47. | |
:30:47. | :30:47. | ||
sure! Not a very good line in here, but what lucky has had. -- what | :30:47. | :30:57. | |
:30:57. | :31:20. | ||
Stricker, a great shot. He could Yes, the line is that fine with | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
these bunkers, if you stay out of them. Any time you make them, | :31:26. | :31:36. | |
:31:36. | :31:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :31:36. | :32:19. | |
transmission to stop a bit more to Stricker and Taniguchi and Anders | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
:32:29. | :32:47. | ||
Hansen. You see the alphabetical one of the man who shot 65, Nicolas | :32:47. | :32:53. | |
Colsaerts of Belgium. He has been described as a fine and a very long | :32:53. | :33:01. | |
hitter, Europe was like on to to Bubba Watson. -- Europe's answer to | :33:01. | :33:11. | |
:33:11. | :33:12. | ||
Bubba Watson. Let's get his How do you reflect on that fabulous | :33:12. | :33:16. | |
round of 65, by some margin the best of the afternoon so far? | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
played really well, I started hitting very good shots early on, I | :33:21. | :33:30. | |
holed it on the second, that was a bit of a treat. 5th, 6th, 7th, it | :33:30. | :33:36. | |
was a great way to start, putting myself under par, and I kept | :33:36. | :33:43. | |
getting great shots coming in. Not a good one on 17, everything went | :33:43. | :33:47. | |
pretty well according to plan. must feel like a child at Christmas | :33:47. | :33:54. | |
when you see a ball from the second fairway, dive into the -- for a | :33:54. | :34:03. | |
second. You try to find her you're going to feel about it trajectory | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
wise, so why was quite surprised it went in. I don't really hold out | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
:34:18. | :34:21. | ||
for fairways, that was a bit of a season and it is continuing. He | :34:21. | :34:31. | |
:34:31. | :34:54. | ||
could win this championship, very play from Adam Scott. Vijay Singh, | :34:54. | :35:01. | |
trying to recapture his form of old. Tiger Woods, got going early. | :35:01. | :35:11. | |
:35:11. | :35:22. | ||
Graeme McDowell, going along nicely. bunkers. McIlroy found himself out | :35:23. | :35:29. | |
of the running before coming back. But generally, a day of low-scoring | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
:35:39. | :36:04. | ||
at Royal Lytham and St Annes. looking at the wrong thing! Oh dear. | :36:04. | :36:14. | |
:36:14. | :36:27. | ||
here, they have seen some spectacular golf today. Some great | :36:27. | :36:37. | |
:36:37. | :37:12. | ||
miss many of those, Steve Stricker. 67 for Steve Stricker. A couple of | :37:12. | :37:18. | |
top tens to his name in the Open Championship. 2007, 2008. A good | :37:18. | :37:28. | |
:37:28. | :37:47. | ||
Japan. He won the Japanese PGA struggle, but he has dropped two | :37:47. | :37:57. | |
:37:57. | :37:57. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds | :37:57. | :38:42. | |
shot, picked up just one at the button. We are going to review the | :38:42. | :38:47. | |
significant round of the day. But for those of you just coming in, | :38:47. | :38:52. | |
the highlight of the day was Adam Scott's round of 64, the lowest | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
Open championship score at Lytham, which he afterwards described as a | :38:58. | :39:01. | |
walk in the par, which could have been even more enjoyable had there | :39:01. | :39:05. | |
not been a bogey to finish, he would have broken every Major his | :39:05. | :39:15. | |
:39:15. | :39:20. | ||
championship record in the book. Well played. Yes, a great start to | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
the tournament, but today is perfect at there, the rain has | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
softened, hardly a breath of wind for us this morning, so pleasing to | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
take advantage to that. You were able to make a score on the back | :39:35. | :39:39. | |
nine, with an incredible run of birdies, was that down to the | :39:39. | :39:45. | |
conditions? Are a little bed. But still on some of those hold when | :39:45. | :39:50. | |
you have to hit the shots, and you -- I got off to a bit of a shaky | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
start. I found by rhythm from the 4th, and played beautifully right | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
through until I pulled that tee shot on the last. If you hit good | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
shots, you can make the birdies today because the wind is down. | :40:04. | :40:08. | |
is an exciting leader board, we have Major champions of the past | :40:08. | :40:13. | |
like McDowell, Paul Lawrie, Tiger Woods, all in contention, are you | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
prising yourself for a tougher challenge? Absolutely. Hopefully | :40:18. | :40:24. | |
the wind gets up a little bit, we will see at the leader boards put | :40:24. | :40:29. | |
out -- spread out a little bit. I'm just happy to take advantage this | :40:29. | :40:33. | |
morning. You're one of those with your experience, you would like to | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
see it blow a little more. I would like to go why feel my game it in | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
good shape, the way we have played the practice rounds, I feel I have | :40:42. | :40:46. | |
got it ready for the course. Hopefully that little bit of work I | :40:46. | :40:56. | |
:40:56. | :41:03. | ||
have done can pay off over the Australian. -- refuge he talented. | :41:03. | :41:13. | |
:41:13. | :41:43. | ||
in again. There it is. 64. From one laid-back Aussie to | :41:43. | :41:50. | |
another. You got within a whisker of the claret jug. When you think | :41:50. | :41:57. | |
about the chance he had to make history, ha where was he, do you | :41:57. | :42:03. | |
think? I am not sure. It is amazing that nobody has gone under 63. It | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
would have been wonderful to see, to see the history books rewritten, | :42:08. | :42:14. | |
but a poor tee shirt -- tee shot with an iron, it wasn't to be. But | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
fantastic round. He has had some great victories come he has proven | :42:18. | :42:26. | |
he can be a real front runner in big events. I wonder what sort of | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
advantage, having a man like Stevie Williams, Tiger's former caddie, at | :42:32. | :42:37. | |
his back? He has been there, done that. He is a great caddie and he | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
knows how to work come. He has got as much vested in it as Adam does. | :42:44. | :42:49. | |
The place is as much emphasis -- he places as much emphasis on winning | :42:49. | :42:57. | |
as the player does. The only thing is that Scotty gets a little bit... | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
He has put himself in a good position, I understand he has won | :43:02. | :43:05. | |
most of these tournaments from being out in front. When you think | :43:05. | :43:10. | |
about it, I'm sure this is not a stat you like, he is trying to | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
become only the second was it to win a Major in 17 years. It has | :43:14. | :43:19. | |
been a tough time. So certainly, not through lack of payment and | :43:19. | :43:27. | |
numbers, we have so many guys, all these fellows, we have had our | :43:27. | :43:35. | |
chances. The last one was Geoff Ogilvie in 2006, and I think it was | :43:35. | :43:42. | |
a long time before that. I don't know why, we definitely have got | :43:42. | :43:49. | |
the talent there, so hopefully this week. I'm sure that is a great | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
inspiration. Adams said that Peter was the first professional he ever | :43:53. | :43:59. | |
caddie to four. So that could be a real inspiration. I'm sure we were | :43:59. | :44:04. | |
delighted to see an Aussie out in front. - Madrid you will be | :44:04. | :44:10. | |
delighted. It is quite nice to see the progress of Paul Lawrie today, | :44:10. | :44:17. | |
he leads the home challenge for top --. He chipped in five holes | :44:17. | :44:25. | |
earlier. Five under par round of 65. He came in here to talk to me | :44:25. | :44:35. | |
:44:35. | :44:38. | ||
Missing every green and chipping in was a nice start. It is the most | :44:38. | :44:43. | |
bizarre first six holes of my career, no question. I was three | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
under and could have been one over. Little breaks and bits and pieces, | :44:47. | :44:53. | |
we get enough bad luck over the years. It was a nice start. | :44:53. | :44:58. | |
always need good luck in major championships. In terms of Paul | :44:58. | :45:03. | |
Lawrie, we talked about missing the cut in Scotland, the Scottish Open, | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
he was bitterly disappointed but it could be a blessing in disguise. He | :45:07. | :45:15. | |
went home and worked on his putting. What do you make? He is still | :45:15. | :45:21. | |
driven and a heck of a player. He still wants... You eluded to it | :45:21. | :45:26. | |
earlier, he always feels people do not give him the credit due for | :45:26. | :45:31. | |
winning the Open in 99th but he would like to validate that with a | :45:31. | :45:38. | |
good performance this week. He has come along. All of his putts are | :45:38. | :45:45. | |
good. His short game was just spectacular. Yes, they do not call | :45:45. | :45:51. | |
him chippie for nothing. Paul Warwick firmly in the next. So is | :45:51. | :45:56. | |
rory macro Roy. He admits that clearly in the past the fight has | :45:56. | :46:01. | |
gone out of him when the going gets tough but not today. What a par | :46:01. | :46:07. | |
this was. It was sailing along reasonably well until the 15th | :46:07. | :46:13. | |
which hit a spectator on the head. An anxious time for him. What a | :46:13. | :46:22. | |
recovery at the 16th and 18th. Well played, I hardly know where to | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
start. It was event four. Everything was going smoothly. Up | :46:28. | :46:32. | |
until the 15th and then I hit the tee shot, I did not think it was | :46:32. | :46:38. | |
that far right. I hit a guy on the head which was not nice to see. My | :46:38. | :46:45. | |
ball was out of points. I did great to keep my composure and finish. | :46:45. | :46:52. | |
looked like he was smiling in the end. He smiled a golf club for him. | :46:52. | :46:58. | |
I have done it a couple of times before, it is not the first time. | :46:58. | :47:04. | |
It is not nice to see. He said he was OK and everything. That was the | :47:04. | :47:08. | |
most important thing. The comeback after that, as you would imagine | :47:08. | :47:16. | |
and expect, two birdies repairing the damage. Yes, it did. The birdie | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
to the last three was what I wanted. With a bad break on 15, I got a | :47:22. | :47:27. | |
lucky break on 18 with the ball hopping over the bunker. I think | :47:27. | :47:32. | |
everything sorted itself out. have you moderated your play or are | :47:32. | :47:35. | |
you able to attack a great deal today because conditions were | :47:35. | :47:42. | |
benign? Yes, the conditions were great. It was a little bit windier | :47:43. | :47:49. | |
than in the morning. The conditions are still... So soft that you can | :47:49. | :47:59. | |
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be aggressive. Nicely in contention, The defining part of the round was | :48:27. | :48:34. | |
the hole from 15 to 18. It was a disappointing swing at the 15th and | :48:34. | :48:38. | |
how worrying a time is it when you know you have hit a spectator? | :48:38. | :48:43. | |
one likes to see anyone get hurt, especially when you have done it. | :48:43. | :48:49. | |
It was a little concerning. He is a young feller. It will be a badge of | :48:49. | :48:56. | |
honour for him. And McIlroy went on to the 16th and to drive on the par | :48:56. | :49:03. | |
4 -- par four. He signs the club and puts Surrey on it. That led to | :49:03. | :49:13. | |
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the double bogey. -- writes sorry. I question whether he should take a | :49:16. | :49:25. | |
driver. He proved me wrong and took driver and put it in the middle of | :49:25. | :49:35. | |
the green. A wonderful shot. this is at the second, 17th. He | :49:35. | :49:39. | |
overcooked this. He is in a fighting situation once again. | :49:39. | :49:45. | |
his consistency, swing consistency, is not there like last year. He | :49:45. | :49:49. | |
seems to be playing a lot of really good golf and then some stuff but | :49:49. | :49:56. | |
is not quite so good. That was for par. He picks up one of those shots | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
he relinquished at the 15th. This is at the 18th. This was | :50:00. | :50:06. | |
spectacular to finish. Yes, what danger like about watching rory | :50:06. | :50:14. | |
macro Roy? His swing is fantastic, he has enthusiasm -- Rory McIlroy. | :50:14. | :50:22. | |
He is wonderful to watch. Birdie par, birdie finish. He has talked | :50:22. | :50:28. | |
recently about this reluctance to really fight it out and it is | :50:28. | :50:32. | |
something he has been working hard on. I was interested to hear that | :50:33. | :50:36. | |
because he is only in his early twenties talking about throwing | :50:36. | :50:43. | |
Italian occasionally. I thought it was interesting. Definitely | :50:43. | :50:49. | |
something to work on. You have to work -- throwing the towel in. | :50:49. | :50:57. | |
of that is putting it in context and playing in bad weather. If he | :50:57. | :51:03. | |
understands he is lacking there, he knows he has to deal with it and he | :51:03. | :51:10. | |
is a great talent and will be a long -- around for long time. | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
Luke Donald was blemish-free until the last hole. He pushed it into | :51:16. | :51:20. | |
the bunker, and errant approach and he would take his medicine. He | :51:20. | :51:25. | |
settles for a level par round seven today. | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
I know it was disappointing to finish but how satisfied are you | :51:30. | :51:37. | |
with the opening round of 70? a lot of good things today. I am | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
trying to get 18 out of my mind. It was a poor shot. It would be nice | :51:43. | :51:50. | |
to sink a birdie or par without a blemish on my card. It is not an | :51:50. | :51:55. | |
easy golf course. Conditions got more difficult in the afternoon. I | :51:56. | :52:01. | |
hit good solid shots. I did not get too far ahead of myself. Other than | :52:01. | :52:07. | |
not quite finishing on the greens, it was a solid round. 16 pars, Nick | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
Faldo would be proud. Does he give you a certain amount of | :52:10. | :52:15. | |
satisfaction? Certainly it is a better start. I have been | :52:15. | :52:19. | |
struggling to get off two good starts. It is not a great start but | :52:19. | :52:26. | |
something I can build on. The US Open I pretty much shot myself out | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
of the tournament completely in the first round. It was nice to get off | :52:31. | :52:34. | |
to a solid start. Hopefully tomorrow there will be nice | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
conditions for the morning guys to take advantage and make more | :52:38. | :52:43. | |
birdies. You talked about feeling less anxious on the opening day and | :52:43. | :52:50. | |
put less pressure on yourself. did a good job. You're always a bit | :52:50. | :52:58. | |
nervous to start. I kept it just picking my target and being | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
committed to that and staying in the moment. Everyone will get | :53:03. | :53:10. | |
nervous. You control how you think. I think I played it pretty well in | :53:10. | :53:14. | |
terms of the mental side. Thank you for joining us. Best of luck to | :53:14. | :53:20. | |
right. Luke kicked off this afternoon and | :53:20. | :53:26. | |
Dan Walker has been following every twist and turn since this morning. | :53:26. | :53:30. | |
Lydon, lovely Lytham St Anne's. I love it. If the wind gets up, who | :53:30. | :53:40. | |
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knows? He looks a bit hungry. Mr Woods could return to the top spot | :53:41. | :53:49. | |
this week, a single bogey for the big bloke and he is poised to prowl. | :53:49. | :53:53. | |
Everybody will talk about Tiger Woods, they always do but if you | :53:53. | :54:01. | |
are looking for a challenger, I 0.2 in the direction of Zachary Johnson. | :54:01. | :54:06. | |
He was always a pointing in the right direction. The glasses | :54:06. | :54:09. | |
remains on the cranium it throughout the day. That is a big | :54:09. | :54:18. | |
bobble. Immaculately groomed. All of the rules go out of the window. | :54:18. | :54:26. | |
We have not forgotten about you, Paul. The boy from Aberdeen is on | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
fire. Check out this baby. The top gun wheeling his way through the | :54:31. | :54:39. | |
skies. He doesn't like that. We thought we would ask five teenagers | :54:39. | :54:46. | |
to conceal themselves. Spectators, reveal yourself. The crowds came in | :54:46. | :54:53. | |
in their thousands. It was not a good day for Lee Westwood. The | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
strange lip movement says it all. Even further adrift was the man who | :54:58. | :55:02. | |
was King. A single birdie punctuating another dismal day for | :55:02. | :55:11. | |
Darren. The lesser spotted McDowell. In the prime of life. He looks very | :55:11. | :55:21. | |
:55:21. | :55:21. | ||
jaunty. Oh, yes. Great shot. Here are some contenders for shot of the | :55:21. | :55:29. | |
day. Something rather special on number five. Bradley did not too | :55:29. | :55:36. | |
badly either. This could be special. So close. Steve Stricker went crazy | :55:36. | :55:45. | |
on 13 with an eagle. And Nicholas Colsaerts is one of the lead after | :55:45. | :55:55. | |
:55:55. | :55:58. | ||
a day of Belgian brilliance. The world's best was not at his best. | :55:58. | :56:04. | |
The afternoon gloom brought doom but it was never too boring for | :56:04. | :56:11. | |
Rory McIlroy. It was all quite tasty until this happened... Right | :56:11. | :56:19. | |
on the top of the noggin. A double bogey followed but nothing else. A | :56:19. | :56:24. | |
bogey yet the last. The or the armoury has been impressive. | :56:25. | :56:31. | |
Talented, yes, frustrated at times but at his best untouchable. That | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
is day one then, more of the same tomorrow? Thought so, lovely. | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
Another captivating day tomorrow morning once again at 9am. Our | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
thanks to Wayne. Adam Scott leads the way. For those of you who have | :56:49. | :56:59. | |
:56:59. | :57:11. | ||
stayed up in Australia, bye-bye. # You make me want to live again. | :57:12. | :57:21. | |
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