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day. You cannot win it today but the 17th. He might just see the top

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of the flag. Many moons ago David Thomas had the chance to win the

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Championship here, but let just short of the green. -- left. It

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wanted one more points. You can see that don't win the is definitely

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moving up now. The afternoon runners might have a much more

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difficult test. Like God, that is the first time we have seen his

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teeth today! How not a lot of choices of the 18th tee today.

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Interesting situation here, the 18th tee going one way, and the

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16th tee going another. There can be a bit of confusion here while

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people drive off. I always think this is a great driving hole.

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You're always delighted to find a side, but he has just cut it. Ha ha

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I have seen some hopes lost on this last hole over the years. Eric

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Brown. Christy O'Connor, God bless 37 bunkers on the last two holes.

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What is Dustin Johnson going for? Down the road at fair hidden, there

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are 365 bunkers -- Fair Haven. I think he used a three-wood. He has

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pushed it. I don't think those fellows were expecting anybody to

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Go on! Terrific! Couldn't he do with a bit of good fortune? He has

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had a miserable couple of years. Some of it self-inflicted. He did

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his shoulder in snowboarding. Shoulders, me, back. -- and me. As

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you move into the afternoon, let's look at the leaderboard. I don't

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think anybody will move Adam Scott highway from top position. It is a

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par 70 course. If Graeme McDowell is in the bunker, he would be doing

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well to get a par. Tom Lehman, 1- side again. He has hit so many

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shots to the left. This is an awkward distance. Look at that

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shot! That was a bit special! To get it up so high and for it to go

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so far. He has had five bogeys the day and only one birdie, that was

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well back. He would be much better just to hit it out. It looks like

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he might have a 9-iron. If you really hate it, he could get it

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fairly well down. It is a bit greedy. He hit it well. It didn't

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reach the spot where Tony Jacklin drove it in 1969. It has been a

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really long time since Tiger Woods A huge crowd. He has missed a few

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opportunities, but he has not missed many from close range.

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Defending champion, Darren Clarke. Perhaps he is going over to the

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club manufacturers looking for a new set of tools. No, he is on the

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O de cologne! He has got one of those small watches, too. Those

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watches are funny. Somebody has probably just told him that he is

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ago. He was out there very early doors this morning. 7:25am, when

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Chad Campbell and Michael Hoey. hasn't he? Kick the ball nicely.

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was trying to work that one a little bit from right to left. Any

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scores under 70 today are excellent. I think with the wind freshening,

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those scores will look better and better as the day goes on.

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score under 70 today, this afternoon, will be good. I slightly

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disagree in that the players this It has crept further and further

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back over the years. 413 yards. Not much different from when Tony

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Jacklin won the Open. 241 to clear the bunkers on the right. If you

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can drive down the right side, it gives you a better view of the pin.

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One of the deeper greens on the golf course. 20 bunkers on the 17th,

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17 on the 18th. Just one more tee- shot. Let's make it a good one.

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is one of those ones that there are so many different ways of playing

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it, that is the beauty of a well designed whole. Tiger Woods is

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studying his yardage book. It will be interesting to see if he hits an

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74 for him. Tiger is still thinking think he thought he was going into

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the sand on the right, but he missed it. Tom Watson is still

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level par with a couple of holes to play. He continues to play so

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beautifully. Once again, this will gives many options. Players have to

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play chess to try to decide which bunkers to avoids and which wants

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to take on. The wind is definitely getting up, so this tee-shot will

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not be as easy as it was an hour day. On the front nine, we thought

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he was going to shoot something incredible. He has stayed patient,

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been avoiding the bunkers, it is just the parts that have not been

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dropping. He hasn't used the driver the final hole. -- and his

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ago, not long ago, and it was a good one. I thought something

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exciting was going to happen there. That old house, that is a good

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place to stay if you can get in the opening day of this

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Championship but a mugs those finishing, there is Tiger Woods, a

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man who has just completing his opening round, Bubba Watson,

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Masters champion, 67 for him today and he thrilled a lot of the fans

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out there, I am sure. Let's get his Well-played on your opening 67. Was

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that a more conservative Bubba Watson? Yes, it was. The key was

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due just hit my long irons really well. I hit it really is solid

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today, only had two bad shots. was in San Francisco for the US

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Open and I watched some of the opening round with Tiger Woods and

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Phil Mickelson and you are playing a bit like it was the Masters,

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still, attacking. But you seem to have changed your game plan in

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Major Championships since. Yes, we looked at that and figured out

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where we went wrong. We have to plan on bad swings sometimes and I

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did not do that at the US Open, I just went for my shots that I

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wanted to hit, so it here I developed a game plan. EU have got

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to hit the long irons good, too. A lot of long iron practice the last

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few weeks. But you are playing very well considering how little golf

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you have played since the Masters, playing baseball and bringing up

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your adopted son. Yes. I missed the cut for the US Open and then

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followed it up next week with his second place. I was missing putts.

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Now I am back here trying to number two, Rory McIlroy. The --

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there is at the world number two, The you ask anyone, they will tell

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you that I was a dream or and I always and for the big things. The

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down I always believed I would get there one day. You have to have

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patience. Only par is going to be a good score out there. The game

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feels good, swing feels good. It would definitely mean more to meet

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winning at second Major and winning the first, to prove to yourself

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that you are not just a one-hit wonder. I cannot wait for that

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green. That is not links golf, golf shoes, facing so lightweight,

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He could see it in his mind, this is what I am going to do, and the

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crowd is going to go wild. And he's hit it about a quarter of an inch

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McIlroy! strategy Rory McIlroy takes out

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there today. Will he play it like a bounce forward. Note more than 12ft

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have rather forgotten the two South Africans. He has got a lovely swing

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if he just gets into the rhythm and was one of the great players on the

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US women's Tour. He takes his time, this one. He's trying to hurry up

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back down the 18th comes Tiger Woods. Who, for at least 12 years,

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dominated the world of professional men's golf, like perhaps no one has

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ever done before. Amazing, really. Endless expectation. Pressure to

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achieve. The media scrutiny has been... An amazing man. 14 times,

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a very different golf course this afternoon. Particularly on the

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proceedings. He's hit some good shots, Kenny. He has played in a

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very sombre fashion today, hasn't he? Yes. Controlled golf. On the

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back nine he has just missed one or two opportunities. A wonderful

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display. Yes, Ken, I would say it was Conservative with a capital

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the pace. He's seen all the Lions but does not have the pace of the

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greens. If he had hit two feet harder, one or two would have gone

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in. But he will not be dissatisfied with that. A beautiful score for

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your first round. He was never would think 72 was not a bad score

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but the par here was 70, so psychologically you can feel

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yourself miles out of it. Nothing that 867 went put right to get you

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back into contention tomorrow. -- Just the one lone birdie at the

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press conference this week. He's at the Masters last year in Augusta.

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He was closing holes. He's driving What a wonderful shot back grip. A

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marvellous tee shot on the first. talking! That is a nice, easy par.

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producer has been a bit not tea and see if the sufferers. -- has been

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edits not see and kept these back the driving iron. It seems to be

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left. A lot left! I hope it didn't Great women's player Pat Bradley.

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Rory McIlroy has 260 yards to carry off the tee. We mentioned them this

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tee has been stretched back since 2001, it is where Ian Woosnam came

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unstuck. How this is a quiet corner of the course.

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You can see how close the train line is to the action. We have

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spoken about the difficulty of the course, the fact there are 206

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bunkers, seven on the first green. Still, even if you avoid them,

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things can go wrong. You cannot have more than 14 clubs in the bank.

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You can have less than that, but you can't have more than 14. It was

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back on 2001 on this very tea but it did go horribly wrong for Ian

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the lead, the crowds have been mooring and I'm trying to please

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way to start. All the drama now a of the first hole, but we have

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discovered that Ian Woosnam has too many clubs in his bag. I give you a

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job to do, and you can't do it. Very, very disappointed. It took me

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five holes to recover, really. Very disappointed. It was a different

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looking golf course back then, too. Open champion. 2007 and 2008. What

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about his chances this year? He was he will give every ounce of his

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Manuel Trappel, the amateur champion from Austria. I wonder if

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he is far enough left to get down on to the ground that has been

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trampled down. Three Major women -- winners in this group. What is

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that? It is a Euro fighter. Isn't that gorgeous? That is the only

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other thing that away I would have loved to have done. It is a

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typhoon? There you go. Up you go. I would have loved to have flown

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enough to be on the trampled down She has. -- she has. -- he has. The

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problem was trying to get the right line over the hill, it was

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joined us in the studio. Very good playing this morning. Three shots

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off the lead. Adam Scott described it as a walk in the Park this

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morning. In relative terms to how we have practised, there has been

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so much chat about how bad the weather is going to be. How

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unplayable it is. It was weird to be out there this morning in short

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sleeves. Very mild conditions. It was nice to get out there and take

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advantage. The conditions were a lot easier than we have been

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practising in. You and Rory McIlroy came and practised here last week.

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What benefit do you feel that has given you? I like coming here early

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and getting my homework done. There are so many people here in the week

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of the Championship, and it can be quite distracting. Maybe quality

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practice is harder to accomplish than playing the the week before

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the Championship. I walked away here and there's tonight feeling

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like a new my way around a golf course, I had all my homework done

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and that was able to come here on Monday afternoon and play 18 holes,

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conserve energy. It got you going, certainly. Three birdies on the

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trot. The adrenalin was clearly flowing. It is always nice to get

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your name on the board early in the week. I made a bogey on six,

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probably one of the toughest par fours. It was nice to hit straight

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back with a couple of birdies. I felt like I have my away in well. I

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had been working hard and my putting. It wasn't maybe my

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greatest ball-striking round of all time, but this wasn't too bad! I

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thought I had got it in, for a second. That was fun! That is a

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very tough par three. Big bunkers at the front. The real feature here

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is the bunkers. It is hard to get round without hitting it in the

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bunkers. I was disappointed with a bogey at the last. You have got to

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accept that you are not going to hit it in the perfect position

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every time and just try to get on with your game. The common thinking

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here is that you make your score on the way out, and from 14 you start

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to protect it. How significant was the wind starting to pick up?

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typically say, what ever you are on when you're on the 13th hole of

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this golf course, that is what you should stay on. The last four holes

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at this golf course a very difficult. You are trying to hold

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on to what ever you have managed to get in the bank and hang on for

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dear life. The wind was starting to waken up over the last five holes.

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15 is a really hard tee-shot into the wind. The 18th is deceptively

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difficult, with all the bunkers. There are a couple of little jigsaw

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pieces in the fairway, and you have got to try and place it in one or

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the other of those. I try to headed down the left-hand bunker and hit

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it 240 yards off the tee. I came out of it a little bit early and

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headed into the third bunker. That is the great thing about this golf

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course, there are always different ways to play each hole. You always

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have to take at least some of the bunkers on at all time. Rory

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McIlroy is just going to leave that one short. You had a stellar

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performance at the US Open, calling it a roller-coaster. What is the

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main positive that you left it with coming into this Major? Just the

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way I conducted myself under pressure at the weekend. It is a

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roller-coaster that scares you at that time, but afterwards you

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realise how much fun it was. My attitude on the weekend, I was

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pleased with that. That is what I'm trying to apply to this week, and

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all the big events going forward. Hopefully I can have some fun this

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weekend. This golf course is a sleeping giant. Thank you so much

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for coming in to talk to us. The applause for Luke Donald on the

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first tee. The sun is out. Here is the world No. 1. I like that

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sleeping giant comments from Graeme McDowell, that is a great way to

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Mickelson? Bones is close at hand, as always. She has got that Rory

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green. Luke Donald in a bit of bother but he's looking forward to

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this test. On Thursday I have got to go out there and to do it and

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that is where the mental part comes in, to go out there, relax, play

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like you are a child, having fun, playing with your friend and trying

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to prove to him, look, watch the shot. That has got to be the

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mindset. It is a great golf course. The bunkers are in just the perfect

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positions to make you really think around the golf course and even if

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Seve Ballesteros winning here, he's one of my idols, just the way he

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played the game, I loved and admired his short game and I have

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tried to copy some of these techniques as well. But also Tony

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winning here in 1969, and hopefully that is a good omen. No one is

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going to break 72 holes perfectly. It does not give you a lot of

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opportunity if you are off. Anywhere, short game is vital but

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in Majors, if your short game is better than everyone else's, it

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gives you a big advantage. COMMENTATOR: His first shot, though,

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finds the sand. He has been away and come back but over a year as

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world number one. If you add it all there at act 16. And a birdie. 3-

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under. Having fun. the right. A good par for Bradley.

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A good save from where he was, down get inside one of those things, and

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run around, have a ball. I have never tried it. A genetically

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Just a little unlucky the way the ball rolled into the corner of the

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bunker and he struggled with the earlier, but scarcely a breeze. You

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can see how close we are to the water. None of those houses on the

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left-hand side were there when the golf course was built, so you would

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have seen the sea. You can see the edge of the green. 3 but to get his

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Open Championship under way. -- threeft. Does it look as if the

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wind is getting up? It is absolutely beautiful. Short sleeves

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in order for most of the guys. It is a wind that is really helping on

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this front nine. It is coming from the West now and only making the

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front nine easier. It is the sort of wind you can use to your

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advantage, hold the ball up against Open was starting to slip away,

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getting fairly wretched... This man has a terrible Open Championship

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season, Geoff Ogilvy. He has made a lot of cuts but has not been up in

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the top 20 too often. He has missed the cut in his last five Open

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Championships. Some of the statistics of some players do not

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make a lot of sense. Aaron medley has never make a cut in the Open

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Luke. What are his strengths? a constant professional. Very

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He really gets the most of weight - - out of his game. He is a very

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worthy number one in the world at the moment. A good save from that

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bunker at the back. So all three with pars in this group, Mickelson,

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the railway. A tough hole, the third. Rory McIlroy and the gang

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generous, all around 30 yards in lost in the play-off earlier this

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season. Just finding the surface. A skinny little bloke and he looks

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like he has got the coat hanger Tiger well-played on your 67 and

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that was a fabulous start. Yes, I was after a quick start today. It

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was a nice start but I was very pleased with the way I played today.

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I hit the ball very well. I was just lacking a bit of pace. Some of

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my putts were just dying off. They were all right online apart from

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the 12th there. Were you surprised by the conditions, wondering where

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the rain and wind were? forecast had not been right all

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week! So it that was probably standard. Whatever we hear on

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television, do not expected. had one tangle with the infamous

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Lytham rough, although Alton at leap, a bogey was a good result. --

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ultimately. Yes, I gave myself a chance. A new seemed to me as if

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you have that glint in your eye a game in a Major Championship that

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you believe totally that you are ready to win one again? I have

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proven I can hit the ball well and I can putt. I have won a few turns

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this year so far. We have a long way to go but I am right there.

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she goes. 79 in the first round at St Andrews

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a couple of years ago and then turned it round with 67 in the wind

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and he knew then he was going to enjoy links golf and last year it

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was very special, in dreadful conditions. He wants the wind to

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is it going to keep on going? He opening round. 11th time the

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Championship has been played at Royal Lytham & St Annes. It would

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be a little too much to ask, surely, to ask Bradley to continue his

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first putt success of the first and second holes. This green will throw

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the balls -- balls from his right has only made the two cuts, as you

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are needed to be four. That is a good way to start. -- as you

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right in the you'll of the club. -- iron shot. Some wind out there.

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Yesterday they would have found been struggling. He says he is fit

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for the first time in a couple of years.

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It is hard enough without being go too far left because that will

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completely block out your vision for a second shot. The players can

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take a bead on the grandstand. That will indicate to them where the

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centre of the fairway is. Proudly with the long iron and going for

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- over it. Not good. He needs to last week and doing his preparation

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early. Interesting to hear that is what Graeme McDowell did as well.

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Trying to keep the energy reserves up for the days that matter,

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well. In danger of dropping two. lot of the greens are don't. --

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have a dome. It is a wonderful golf it out side, drops it in. A

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wonderful ball striker. Hang on! It wider and the bunkers become

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smaller because they do not running earlier, working hard, getting

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right now, at long last. Some great scoring from Adam Scott. He has

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cousins of his dad not far from here, he has an English side of his

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fan club cheering him on. Further down, Lee Slattery is playing and

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he played in the US Open. Charl Schwartzel with 69, 1-under. The

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man who fell off his moped last year and missed his chance to play

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at the Open started with an eagle in the first couple of holes. Tom

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Lehman, some fantastic form. He won here in 1996. Luke Donald just

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started, Ricky Donald. Tom Watson, the hole in one at Royal Saint

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George's last year and the wonderful round on Saturday was a

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How are you feeling about this first round, you are an open a

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legend. It was a disappointing finish. It was disappointing but I

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played some good golf today to get under-par. On this course I was

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reminded by the press I have only broken par once on this course. It

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was a good round. I was pretty happy. I made three terrible swings,

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they were not marginal swings, it awful! But other than at I have a

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good deal with the putter. I'm driving the ball well. That is what

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you have to do. You Aaron man of experience. When you have a

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situation like that, what you do about it? I go and have lunch!

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civilised. I have an idea what I'm putting green the side studio here.

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He is there somewhere, believe me! He is excited about following this

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group today. He watched Rickie being tested to the limit. 50 yards.

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The flag is on a finger of the green, he has to go ever so

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slightly left. As with so many of these greens, the green it tends to

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throw the ball away from the flag. A beautiful touch. You get the

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feeling he struggled a little bit since the PGA Championship last

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year and won his first Major Championship. What comes with that,

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the expectation of playing that well again and winning more and the

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time that it takes and everyone pulling actual personal time.

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having one of three Major championships been a very short

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the putter with his right hand only. It is a great way of gauging touch,

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His coach used to be based in Northern Ireland, he is out with

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him full-time. He says that has It might come from his left to

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What you make of it? It is interesting looking at these two...

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hundred ways into the hole. That player like Bradley would do if

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they took a way being allowed to anchor the putter against your body

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because he is sort of so young, he has probably never even putted any

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other way. He was the first player to use a longer than standard

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putter at an Open. But Rory McIlroy with a shorter putter at the moment.

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Just keeping the momentum, Rory Bo cheery, chatty Chapa. -- chap.

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lot of people under-par, already, isn't there? I counted 30, anyway.

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So, the cut is going to be a fairly low one for the weekend, I would

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have thought. Yes, there's going to be a low cutter unless the wind

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gets up. McDonnell in the perfect hole with the most bogeys on today.

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Most people were pulling on the left-hand side to the hollow.

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Phil Mickelson here. His third shot. He pulled his three-wood into the

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right rough and got a horrible lie. All he can do is take his medicine,

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which he will do nicely. This is a wedge shot down breeze and he still

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second and third, all of which have absolutely covered the flag. The

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breeze is freshening, Tony. Yes, a definitive of breeze now. It's

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helping them on the way out which, of course, makes that a back nine

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tee for safety and Hawick did way left into a horrible lie. Couldn't

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it chip it out. Not quite what a Geoff Ogilvy was after on this

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downwind par four, third, and he will do well to get away with a six.

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A bit of blue sky about. Conditions are changing. First thing this

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morning I was speaking to Barry Lane who said it was a bit cold,

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with the odd spot of rain, but things are brightening up. As the

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sky clears, the breeze gets progressively a little bit stronger.

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A looking from high, you can just see the bunkers. I think there are

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205. Some people say 206, but it bit below his feet, a slightly

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showing a bit of form of late. Back over in America. I'm sure he is

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excited to be back playing some under-par. But now a challenging

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shot into the wind, his second on a four. Certainly no where near what

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he was trying to do. That will test his short game out, Tony, over that

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bunker with the green at ticking away from him. Yes, that was not

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good. Paddy, Paddy, Paddy! 8th in the Masters this year. 4th in the

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putt on the third. It's about 40 feet. Straight down the middle on

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the green. He has played the hole the correct way but can he get the

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bonus of a long birdie putt? It would be a nice one on this par

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Luke Donald. I was just about to say he will be desperate to get

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offered -- off to a good start this week. And there we are. That's what

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exactly might ignite him. Getting under-par, there's nothing quite

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like it. You used to hold them like that, Tony, I remember. It's funny,

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I can't remember things like that! Certainly when it comes to putting,

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anyway. Cheers filled -- here is Phil for his par after that errant

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different putter from last week. He he picks the right line and hits it

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hard enough... Oh, it would have to know when is the time to just play

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a little bit more aggressively or holding back and you always feel

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Rory or it is ready to let loose Oh, goodness me! He it two or three

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inches behind the ball on that one of. -- hit. These bunkers are like

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playing out of there smart car. If you don't get the right spot, it's

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not too bad on the bottom. don't want to be under this sort of

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pressure, this early, do you? love the way this guy swings his

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club. He minimises and necessary movements. That's a good run for

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him there. A very nice start to the week, 60 it. Andy Karlsson, a

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winner on the European Tour once, a very steady. -- 68. Padraig

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Harrington would like to get this players tend to tap the sand from

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their shoes before they walk on to niggling back problems. He told me

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he's having an MRI scan next week. He's not 100%, but he looks pretty

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conditions, still. You know, the breeze is blowing. Compared to this

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morning, where Tiger Woods didn't have any breeze for at least 12

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holes balls there and now we have a breeze but it's not impossible and

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it is not a wind. These afternoon, these players are very fortunate to

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getting up even a little bit, though, means that again, the

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players really do have to make their score on the front nine. It's

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even more important to have a good, solid under-par front nine, because

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the back nine into the breeze, always the last four holes

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especially, give you nothing. So all these holes are very important

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here in Lancashire, this is the situation. It's going to take some

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doing to beat Adam Scott's total of 64 today. An absolutely superb

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round of from the Australian. Paul Lawrie and Zach Johnson are tied at

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minus five. Isn't it great, too, to see Paul Casey up there? Three

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under, a man who has missed nine out of 12 cards this season because

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of his shoulder injury, dislocated when he was snowboarding. Lovely to

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see him back. If you are just joining us, at 3:30pm, you have

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missed a lot, but here is a mini He is Australian, moved to

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and Donald. They found the fourth fairway it safely. Donald has 158

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yards into the breeze. That will be a 6-iron. There is a series. It has

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Mickelson. A left-hander, getting more distance into it. He kept it

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than Louis Oosthuizen. Louis Oosthuizen has that beautiful

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motion, not much moves that doesn't not run aground on the sand. There

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out. Perhaps he knew it would not in California. He did have a spell

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on the Tour. They have a new way of assessing who is the best putter,

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it is not just how many you have around. Whatever the method, this

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man is right at the top of the list all the time. Another wonderful

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effort. He will get a lot of Charles. A very simplistic

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technique. He does the same thing Left edge, may be out side if he

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players that have been an inspiration at home golf. You and

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Seve Ballesteros came along and Harrington did the same winning a

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Major Championship. They gave a real boost to the youngsters coming

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he was holding those putts, Padraig Harrington, he was so immersed in

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this distance. The man upstairs always seems to keep testing you.

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It never ends. He will not be holes, to settle a player. And

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introducing himself into the mix, as it were. And if he can get

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under-par early, I do know, it gets you attention, relaxes you and

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the back of the green and did not have the best of chip shots all

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lies. He now has this to save par gentleman and Dunbar. British

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made the hole bigger for the easy as it possibly could. 205

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yards today but it is directly downwind. A 7-iron for Phil

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Mickelson. No reason... He has to judge how much the ball will give

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on the flag so far. Not a bad iron by his caddy. John's wife,

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Helen, is due to have their first child yesterday. There is a man

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praying he plays well and the for look. -- Luke. An almost

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identical shot to Mickelson's nicely positioned to aim at. He

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could do with a good shot. A terrible double bogey on the third.

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He needs to get his round under way a trampled down. At the end of the

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week, there is not much left. You are right. It might suit Phil

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Mickelson. He normally misses big, when he misses. Him and Luke Donald

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are on identical lines. They have to come over the middle of the par-

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three green. It is a good chance. It is no more than 83 out of 10

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not an easy green to hit out of the happen anytime, anywhere, to

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anybody around here. I was not expecting that! May be that was not

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a bad alternative but he could have splashed out backwards. I suspect

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he felt with a proper chance out of the bunker he was more capable of

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getting it out of the sand and the grass. -- than the grass. I suppose

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yesterday afternoon was a reasonable afternoon, the sun came

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anyway. Sometimes they do. The us, just coming straight down the part

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of the 5th green, up and over the I saw him a couple of weeks ago in

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Switzerland. He is 76 years of age on the senior tour and he shot 66.

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I saw that. Isn't that impressive? It is. He's extraordinary fellow.

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has just seen it. Has he got a good feeling for the greens? We will

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find out in a second or two. It's the kind of hole he could get

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having such a great read from Luke little bit, Tony? Yes, it was

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surprising not to see those two shots released, in the same way

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Geoff Ogilvy's did. Bradley at the of breeze. The forecast says the

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same tomorrow. Calm in the morning and then picking up a little bit.

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sporting a handlebar version for a long time and said his wife was

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fond of it. We will draw a veil over that, but his moustache, he

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has got rid of it. I had one for a few years. You did. In the

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the rough, that's a good effort. He had the right idea there but we'll

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This hole is round the easiest, but that was when it was a par five.

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Now it is 4.6. Phil Mickelson. was a good putt. Sometimes, it's a

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suspect on those hits normally, but that one was a nice pace. He's very

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comfortable. Played nicely last week. That was at the Scottish Open.

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Luke Donald now with this three- four. As I say, it's been shortened

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by a couple of yards, since the bogey for Bradley after his birdie.

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Bingo! Well done. My, my. That hole it looks a mile along from the tee,

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I can tell you. Ricki Fowler at the 6th, in deeper stuff. He has a

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fairly long club on it, though. A bit of a grown as he hit it. That's

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why, going off there, a bit of a downslope heading over that bunker.

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look of the course when the sun comes out and you can see all the

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different colours of the rough and the wind starts to blow a little

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fantastic compared to what Padraig Harrington has got to try to do

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from here. No where near as good. He has just got to try his best.

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Sometimes the club goes through the rough just right and you can make

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good contact. Obviously, other times it grabs it. And then you

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with his cross bunkers that come in, and they are deep cross bunkers, it

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could be in a bunker there and, if it is, he will be in real trouble.

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There is no more difficult a shot than the long bunker shot with the

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lips on these bunkers. We shall see. Nicholas Coltart has already eagle

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on the second and this is for eagle on the par five, 7th. Prodigious

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hitter, the Belgian. Taps that in for a birdie. Having a very, very

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good season and could well be a Ryder Cup player. When he taps that

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a fairly kind wind on this par four hole. He can play with a slight

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fade. A right to left shot for the left-hander and feed it around this

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Intimidating looking from the tee. Certainly don't want to be going

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left, if you can help it. There are marshals standing at 303 yards.

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Geoff Ogilvy, two, with a fairway wood to make sure he doesn't miss

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stuff down there. I think he got underneath that a little bit.

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he needs to look out. He's already at couple over. We talk about these

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bunkers on the right, new bunkers, but they will keep you honest as

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well. To cut the corner, it's too far, unless the wind is howling

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behind you. On a good line, you're looking for a 300 yard shots and

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because it is historically a par five, it's a very, very difficult

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is fairly fortunate he has got plenty of green to work with coming

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out of this rough. A slight downwind. That's exactly what he

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does need. He needs time for the ball to stop. Of course, he has got

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to fly it on to the green because he has got a big bunker to carry.

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Mind you, he has been a lot more aggressive than what I was

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expecting. Some huge swings going on here. He is removing most of the

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rough from Lytham. He has got a there. So difficult to control the

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golf course from that angle. He's scythe. The back nine, playing 187

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today. With this bit of breeze coming into the equation, this hole

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becomes a bit different than it was earlier on it. It's an excellent

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it's beautiful to be wandering around there. The weather we have

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had in the UK so far this summer, just to be dry as a blessing. Louis

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Oosthuizen on the 7th. This hole has changed now with the green back

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there. Yes, a really long hole, close to 600 yards now. That was an

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iron from Louis Oosthuizen. Good shot, right on line. Expecting it

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to run a bit further than it did and I can understand that. This is

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My, my. A tough start for him. He's already over-par. Now he's

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struggling here, dropped just one shot. Keegan Bradley chatting away

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to his can the -- caddy. Stephen Hales is his name. He steered him

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to the US PGAs. A fair bit of discussion here. Probably doing the

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same as Louis Oosthuizen and going with a three iron. Other hoping to

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run it up the green. It's really hard to believe only two years ago,

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this man was playing on the second here of the US Tour events, on the

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shot from Bradley. Oh, this could be very special. So close. It will

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be a tap in. Not quite the biggest bird of all but the next best thing.

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You are allowed to smile now, Keegan. There you go. Follow that,

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Rory Bo Van Pelt, going with a four iron. He has got a little uphill

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Amazing power these guys have got, I have to save. A whole of this

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long, going in with a four iron, I just can't get my head around it, I

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must say. It's all very foreign to me. In your prime, with the same

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equipment, you would have been exactly the same. Fowler, going

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back into the bunker here. So that They are all smiling, these lads,

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bunkers either side of this fairway and they have all done extremely

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well. An eagle putt tapping for Bradley. That helps, big time.

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From a double bogey to eagle as the couple of years, he was good in

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2009. He is finding form again. Louis Oosthuizen with his third.

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Come on, come on! A big swing on yards. If he was a par five he

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would be feeling quite good us -- good about things but not since the

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shortened the par here. Long long iron. And way way left of the green

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for Geoff Ogilvy. Things not going well for the Australian.

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It is that a thin band of rough between the semi rough and the

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trampled down stuff. McIlroy for think he would have learnt from

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Louis Oosthuizen's shot. Around here, birdies are good. All day

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a bit frustrated. He will be frustrated only to have a birdie.

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My goodness, what there is stunning this. A bogey on the 6th, bogey on

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the 7th. Louis Oosthuizen back to level par. A long walk back to the

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Never pleased with that from the about his day so far bearing in

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mind where he has been for the last demands. -- last few months. Adam

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Scott, his 64 will remain untouched with the wind picking up. Lee

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Slattery and Paul Casey, the best of the afternoon play is so far. A

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we feel he belongs with his talent. Scott pink a, a teenage friend of

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Rory McIlroy. They played junior events together. They spent time

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towards the end of the Scottish Open last week but back in form

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this season. Charl Schwartzel, and Mickelson around the green. He had

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a green in his garden as a young boy and spend thousands of hours

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around it. It shows. There is hardly anywhere you can put this

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man on the green and he can't from last week. It has something

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more on the back. But it is different. He had one weighted down

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shot to this tough par four. It is slightly downhill over a slight

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reach. It will hold the ball. He has not got to think about the pace

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too much. Like many greens there is not much in it at all. Look at his

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record. Only five cuts made out of 11. It is not good enough for him.

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That is why he will want to remedy that this week. And I know... I

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have talked to him about it. It is all right. But the next hole birdie

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opportunity with a good tee shot. bounces one in off the cushion on

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the 7th. It is yielding a few right. Right down in the cave. It

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is lying OK up and down for a a blind shot from the middle of the

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fairway for these fellows. It looks a lot easier on the TV screens than

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where they are standing. Plenty of the numbers they have been hitting.

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It almost looks like a runway. Did heading down the left. That is OK...

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It don't in a little bit but could familiar balanced finish. It has

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off at 6:30am this morning. Representing 28 different nations.

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This is the last man to tee off. The 38-year-old, the first trip to

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a Major. So, all 156 are under way. It has taken 9.5 hours plus to get

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an under way. It really is a huge Championship. It was the man who

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went out at 8:42am, Adam Scott, another Australian. He has the one-

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the fairway with the cut. They have to be careful. It must not come up

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short. It is right on the cusp. A little further to the right gives

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was watching guys play this hole, and they were hitting five irons in.

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This is only a wedge for Rory looks so green and lush. The driest

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one in my memory was 1976. The course was catching fire.

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Everything was burnt out. Johnny Miller one there, head-to-head with

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Seve Ballesteros. This one is it goes all the way out. Mostly in

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one direction. The 9th hole turns a is his belt and issues. He's put a

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lot of effort in to get interest these days. It's not the old Simon

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not to pitch a ball if you can chip it, and don't chip a ball if you

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can putt it, and I think you're oust house and has been reading

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that book. A very steep slope just in front of him. He's quite

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fortunate to finish where he did -- Louis Oosthuizen. All sorts of

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ghastly things further wrong. -- crazy with that little bunker shot

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Padraig Harrington played to get this close, so now he has got this

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championships from that range, that was almost a dead cert. A nice

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the first seven greens. He does give the hole with every putt,

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in Perth a couple of years ago. Just before Keegan got out, she

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used to talk about how good he was. And what he was going to do. To

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everyone's surprise, he won his interesting because the feel of it,

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I thought I felt frustration from him early on, because the course is

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easy. By open standards. Let's not beat about the bush. He just seems

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to be easing into his game up, shots getting a little crisper.

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This one, down the hill. Yes, yes, yes for Rory. He's a very much a

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conference player when he is on. He's breathtakingly good. --

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confidence player. I suppose, they can take this field by the scruff

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of the neck, him and Tiger. Louis smacks it in. Right into the back

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of the hole. One-over through seven, though. It only gets tougher from

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there. Luke Donald with an iron on seriously steep face on it, if he

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was going to stand on the through line. He was a local qualifier with

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green is the 7th fairway and to the right of that is the 8th and then

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the short 9th around the corner. Zooming into the 9th, the par three.

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A very narrow portion of golf course here. Nine and 10 in

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different directions. Nine it going away from us, 10 coming back.

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do they fit and two holes in a little bit of area there?

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wouldn't be allowed to know because of health and safety going into

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people's gardens. But it's been here for a while. We saw Graeme

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McDowell earlier today pleaded about an inch short here. An eight

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iron. -- leave it about an inch short here. A nice elevated tee

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here on nine, looking down at this green, surrounded by a necklace of

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nine bunkers. Maybe depending on how you feel on Sunday, you might

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describe them as a choker, but today it's a necklace, and it is a

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Florida. His first try at the Open Championship. Quite an angled

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posture for Bradley. Quite low. Stands up through the ball. Nine-

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nine-iron. Good shot there from Bradley. There is at Old fellow

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who's on TV every year, that guy with the hat. Who is that? Always

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down with his game in the last couple of months, but has been

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working hard -- Louis Oosthuizen. But Phil Mickelson had to lay up

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from the left of the fairway which he did not do very well, into a lie

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what was almost unplayable. He then shot across the fairway into some

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more heavy rough and now has managed to get it just short of the

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green. From an innocuous situation, he's made a right pig's ear of it,

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to be honest. His tee shot, when it landed, it disappeared into a

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little hollow. It was bad fortune. Caci for par on 13. -- Paul Casey.

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come out sort of sideways for Luke Donald. He was right up against it.

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Both he and Phil Mickelson struggling on this hole. It's been

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the easiest of the day. Yes, guys, Luke Donald hit a very, very

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straight second shot. A bit of a strategic error, I must say. It was

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well within the green. He took a long iron. I can only imagine where

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his third shot will end up but he is just about found the deepest

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bunker on the hole and was never going to be able to reach the green

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from there, so he's also struggling to make par on this very birdie

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able par 7th. How many has he had so far? He has had four. He did not

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take a drop in the end and he was amazed he could move his ball 40

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yards from one side of the fairway to another. He has got one of his

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four wedges out here and we all know what Phil Mickelson is like.

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You wouldn't bet him popping this in for the most miraculous par you

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have ever seen. This looks maybe a little softer than the others. I'm

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today. 4.75. So, to make a bogey here, would be a crime. 2011, over

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5 million euros. That's quite shot there from Donald. When Peter

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Ellis tied in 1950 aid he won �1,000. His first four-figure

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cheque. -- in 1958. Just looking a little bit frustrated, and had to

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looks mustard on the greens. He has a sound all round game.

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He was about to take a step towards another one in the bank before he

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goes home. The breeze is freshening. I felt some rain drops. Anything

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these players can tuck away in the back pocket on the back nine could

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right. It was curving in per fully. body to putt for me, I would not

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look past Bradley too often. He is unusual in his style, there is more

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angle on his putter for a guy with a belly putter. The shafts are more

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vertical. He has the ball way out in front of his eyes. These guys

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like to get their eyes on top of that so much more complicated than

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it needed to be. His practice swing suggested he was

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The right half of the fairway. There are slopes to the left. Keeps

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the ball down. That is exactly what OK. A little below the level of the

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the rough off the tee. And his and six from the edge, they look

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generous but on the course they are in strategically test deep

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positions. There is nothing simple get into the back nine of this

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first day on the Open Championship at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Adam

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Scott set the pace, Paul Lawrie, Zach Johnson in the second place

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tight for two. Some real at stellar names in the golfing world up there.

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Many Major winners, Ernie Els, Bubba Watson and others as well.

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James Morrison, could see him play well after a torrid time at the PGA

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a few months back. He is on the verge to becoming a father to young

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Luke Donald plotting his way around. There is a lot of people fascinated

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by what is going on. Dan has been scanning the hospitality for

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someone famous. Harry Redknapp is here. Enjoying some lunch. I am

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here to watch the golf. Who have you seen? I saw Tiger and been

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watching all the boys come round. Some fantastic players. It's

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amazing the way they strike the ball. I love golf anyway. To watch

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the top players in the top tournament is top class. A you get

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the privilege to play with some of the big names yourself. What is

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your golf like? I love it. I play every opportunity I get. I have

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plenty of time at the moment! I played with a Padraig Harrington.

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It is great. I played with Ian Woosnam. I he were bandit of 14.

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Sometimes, I can have good days. A I have my good and bad days. This

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is a tough course even for the best in the world. Is there anyone you

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fancy? I would like to see it Luke Donald in it. I would like to see

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him win a Major. He has been world number one but needs to win the

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Major it for the icing on the cake. I am a big fan of Lee Westwood. So

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many good players. Ernie Els will not be far away. Ernie has been

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practising hitting the ball so well. He is right in the mix. There will

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be football fans wondering when you're back in the game. I don't

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know, no idea at the moment. The season hasn't started yet. It is a

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case of sitting back and leaving it a couple of months and that is when

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things happen, around Christmas. The chairman start to panic and one

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thing and another. Lovely to see. Thank you. I am sure Harry will be

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wishing on at Stuart Pearce next week at the Olympic games. The

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men's and women's team is in action. You can see the warm-up games

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tomorrow. The Great Britain women playing at 3:45pm and than men and

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the Ryan Giggs against Brazil, 7:30pm. It should be two excellent

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matches or you could stay with the golf all day for 9 o'clock until 8.

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Molinari. He is carried 2-under par. -- currently. He led for a long

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time in Scotland. Mickelson, oh no! appear to be looking in the right

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spot. What about now, if he was to set --

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touch the ball, him or his caddy, what happens? If he touches the

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ball there is a one-stroke penalty. And then they would replace the

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ball where it was before. Often what you see is the fellow

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competitor is doing more vigorous searching because they would been a

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for an end bedded ball but we play the straight rules of golf and

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therefore he would not be entitled to lift and drop the ball if it is

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sits with us the Iraq Championship. He keeps that spot in line with the

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was unlucky. He got a teaser off the line in the back of the fairway

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trap and wondered if he can reach the green. I think he was laying up.

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He got it clean as he needed to but the ball did not get the trajectory

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it needed. It ploughed into the bank and from good while it was a

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frantic search. The ball had only moved seven yards. Lo and behold,

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he nearly lost it. The ball has been found. Dropped back on line

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with the pin. A penalty of one shot so he will play his fourth from

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here. And coming off the double bogey the Championship is

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unravelling a little. You are forced to take the pin away and

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play has been excellent today. He has hit a lot of good shots

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straight at the flag and is over- or three inches outside the left,

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And there is out of bounds at way right if you hit it into the

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compound but other than that, I can't see where you could lose the

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ball. Louis Oosthuizen. At 10. stays at year, playing his 4th now.

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He made a bit of a Horlicks of his chip shot. He is a bit annoyed with

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McDowell said it was a sleeping giant but it's just dozing now.

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that from Rory and he was very aggressive with his appeal birdie

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putt. He was just off the green, didn't take the flag out and he and

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Louis Oosthuizen will both be kicking themselves, both walking

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this angle, what an unusual style he has got. This is for the honour

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on the next tee. He holds it almost like he is hitting an iron shot, it

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He's like Peter Fowler through the shoulders. His shoulders are bigger

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Scottish Open, so his game is just on the European Tour. Nicholas

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Coltart from Belgium is our longest. They both range about 317. I was on

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the range the other day, and his caddy want to show him off so he

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called him over to hit a few shots for me. It was incredible. Paul

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Casey hit it out of bounds here. back double bogeys. A lot to come

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back from. He's after a good tee shot here on nine, after the even

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downwind. It is downhill, 167 yards, a smooth nine-iron at most. He can

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get there with a wedge if he needs all been re done recently.

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Perfectly riveted. It really looks neat and tidy. Better to look at

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the fluffy stuff. That will be awkward. It just depends on his lie.

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A little tricky shot coming up for Geoff Ogilvy but much more

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difficult because of that light rough and it will probably be

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growing back into him, as well. Billy Cranston there, from ESPN, a

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former player on the tour. Amazing, the entourage out there following

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par five. His 4th. Looks like he's going to make five. -- Francesco

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also can hit it so high because they generate so much club head

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speed and then they can get the wonderful ball striker. Not the

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greatest putter in the world but week-in, week-out, tee to green,

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all his golf on the PGA Tour in America. I was looking at his media

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guide and the last six seasons he has quietly gone about his business

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at the breakfast Creek Hotel. A lovely rhythm. Oh, he has hung

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about right. That was unfortunate. Good on you, John, after the big

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build-up about how good you're striking. Unusual. Yes, Phil

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Mickelson has just gone through the 9th green. I always think it's a

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bit like watching a soap opera. Everything seems to be filled with

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drama. And nice shot here but it's gone into an awkward spot. Fluffy

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grass. By the way he really has had a good look at this, it's not the

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easiest of shots. Up and over a little bank. Phil can produce

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miracles, can't he? Played it well. It was nearly a miracle. An awkward

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spot right off the back foot. birdie on 11 to get four under-par.

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Yes! Four under! This is his third Open Championship. He qualified,

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finishing in the top four at the Open recently. It was won by Brad

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Kennedy from Australia, who is also always here. Just to feed for Phil

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Mickelson. -- two feet. He has been it's very bold. Seven feet by. That

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was a bad shot, really, it has to be said. Back into the wind, as

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34 out, 30 Six back. Three par threes on the front nine, one par

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five. A very clean card there from testing chip shot at 10. There is a

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sprinkler head ahead, so we need to change a shot, which will make it

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much more difficult. He did get the spin and landed on the green, down

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hill. Down wind. Like Seve Ballesteros. A high-powered shot.

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Bubba Watson and as got a pink driver this week. A bright pink one.

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here. He's played some half-decent golf and every time he's got into

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trouble he has run up doubles and trebles. This is his 5th. And out

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of bounds tee shot, a long way to the right at 15, but he will manage

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thickens. You can see the trousers flapping now. Very different from

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eight hours ago. Then, there was hardly a breath of wind. And things

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are becoming very difficult for Phil Mickelson. He is frittering

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shots away. That once caused by the missed directed tee shot into all

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well, as he has done for most of this season. Just two behind Adam

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Scott. Here is confirmation that Nicolas

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Colsaerts is going well today. It was Terry unfortunate for him last

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year, he was going into the open last year, arriving on the moped,

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fell off and had to withdraw. Toshinori Muto, he has failed to

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make the cut yet at the Open. Royal Lytham is spent -- is proving to be

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a stern test for the game's big She needs a few of those. Back to

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level par. Parr seems quite ordinary. We have had a few of your

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e-mails. First one is how much money did Tony Jacklin win when he

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won? �4,250. At �900,000 this year. moment, though. She is the back

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the course, they are from the army. They walk around with the matches

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and they get the information from the caddies and they tell us the

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think he will go well here. The Greens aren't frightening in speed

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or borrow. Usually she hits a very straight. Maybe not as fancy as

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some. Look at that running off. That is a bit unfortunate. But not

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bad. Louis Oosthuizen for his birdie on the 11th. Par fives. Back

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involved in various charities. Over �30,000 was raised last week at the

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putts in his 11 opening holes. had a couple of shaky moments on

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the first nine, didn't he, Maureen? Yes, but an eagle cures of many

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ills, Peter. True, true. Let's see if Rory McIlroy can get it in, as

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well. Yes, he can! He moves to 2- under par. Another message here,

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what does it cost to play at these great venues? It all varies. A

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course of this magnitude, somewhere between �125.250 pounds per person

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per rounds. So, it is very expensive, but you pay for the

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privilege, that is what are these. hard today, the 10th, back into the

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wind. You can see the wind freshening. Francesco Molinari. I

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think he is going to pop this. -- part. He always makes it look very

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talk with your mouth full! Slow- release carbohydrates. Bo Van Pelt.

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She hasn't really figured for a number of years, but in the last

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year or two he is starting to come into his own. He has played some

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beautiful staff. She has played in a few opens, but nothing better

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than tied for 30th in 2004. Someone has sent us a long e-mail saying

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that his uncle was secretary here at 1903 and stayed here for 38

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years and created all sorts of trophies. A remarkable character.

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Played cricket for Lancashire. What first round throw up names that are

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really unexpected, but we don't think we could have hoped for a

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better leaderboards. Absolutely Japanese Tour. Quite often starts

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from over there, and play in the open hand sink without a trace.

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Francesco Molinari, just a little titular to keep his boucle going. -

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- tiddler. Usually when I get to the 12th tee I have to say, what

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did you get on a third? -- the third. This group is going well.

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Nice to see Jamie Donaldson's name on the leaderboard. He played so

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well at the Irish Open. I believe he was associated with the

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Macclesfield Golf Club, I don't know if these delays, but they must

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be very proud of him. The flag is at the front half the green. You

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will never get it easier than this, in the bunker. A 6-iron. We have

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had an e-mail income of 10 new role to he says that his dad is caddying

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today, for Warren Bennett, and could we wish him good luck. This

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12th tee is very sheltered indeed. Wind is whistling off the left here.

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Rory McIlroy is going with a 5-iron. Unusual that he should choose a

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club longer than Keegan Bradley, but his shot was taken off with the

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wind. It all depends how you see the shot. He is hitting his normal

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ball flight today and the wind is getting a little bit more frisky.

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But Michael's him a problem or two. -- that might cause him a problem

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or two. Full-blooded hit. OK. It get their putter out of the bag. I

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used to leave it in the bag as long as it queued. It used to give me a

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rash! Playing 187. The pin is at story. He was leading amateur in

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1994 in Turnberry. He went off on the Tour, then had injuries. Phil

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Mickelson! A little ray of light on goes again. They are getting a

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became a caddie. Luke Donald has his putting boots back on.

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Harrington, he did that a bit of a disqualified for a false handicap.

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Is that fair? I certainly don't think that is fair, Peter. Somebody

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at I have spoken to told me that was OK. It seems extraordinary to

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me, that you can be disqualified, and still have your handicap

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reduced. If the ball goes in the hole, if the caddie called the flag

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up and brought the ball with it, is that OK? As long as the whole of

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the ball is below the level, the wear sun visors. The only player

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that I know that doesn't where one is Robert Rock. If you have hair

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like his, you wouldn't wear one either! Peter's pair his luxury and.

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-- Peter's hair is luxurious! very exciting when he gets going,

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he hits the ball miles when he gets going. It doesn't look like he is

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hitting it wildly. You can see John Daly is hitting it hard, but these

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guys create a lot of power without looking like it. Down the slope for

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Rory. He has his! -- he has it! Listen to the crowd. That is a huge

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bonus, when you hole putts like that. Harrington, he birdied the

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Three under. Oosthuizen, he is feeding left behind a little bit. -

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- feeling. He stays one over par. The cries are all for McIlroy.

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you are getting in from work, this is the situation. Adam Scott went

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to the 18th hole knowing a birdie there would give him the lowest

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score in the history of the banner. -- a big Liverpool fan of,

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his fans said it was like someone scoring at Anfield when he holed a

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Some of these sites that had been captured out there today. -- some

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of the pictures that have been captured. These are some bunkers!

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There are two tented villages here this year, we have not seen that

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before. They have done a terrific job. He was resorting to English.

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He has mastered a few words in English! McIlroy, off the back of

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years, left to right, a slider. That has just pushed up to the

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corner. That bunker we saw creeping are charming men, they come in and

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look you in the eye, and nothing ever happens, we are always up to

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five hours. They are lovely people, I would vote for them, I like them,

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they are not police. -- they are not bullies. They finally decided

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on a club. They are supposed to take 40 seconds, that took two

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minutes. Was it worth it? No. The whole of Lancashire is on the right.

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swing. He has gone in there. In between those two, there is about

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60 yards of space. Not too impressed with that shot. Find the

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fairways. Toshinori Muto, a chance to get to five under. He has, he

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has not! The if you breathe on that, it would fall in. Richard Sterne

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has reached the 18th hole. This for a 68. Nearly. He may well hit the

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big-time. He's on the fringe of it. Two dropped shot. -- shots. An

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interesting email, from a member are they -- a member of the PGA, in

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Wales. He played with a handicap of 12, on the beach in Hawaii. No

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electricity. Mickelson, is the feeling the chill? He has got those

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gloves on, I think that makes him look like a getaway driver from the

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1970s. This is for birdie. He never got that one right at all. You lose

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a bit of feel if you put those gloves on. There is a fellow in

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America who always plays with two clubs. The temperature has been

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dropping, it was pleasant this morning, that in the last hour it

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has clouded over a little bit. -- but in the last hour. Nice distance

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on his third shot. This is in a bit of a gully, he needs a pretty

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straight putt. A good birdie chance. He has only had one birdie so far.

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That is another par. A reasonable lie for Bradley. A great shot. That

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is the difference between having a a little bit of momentum, but he

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has turned his head away in disgust. In all depends on your point of

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Yes! That is a lovely putt. That at 297. I think that plunged in

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somewhere, Andrew. I lost sight of it. It's in the thick stuff. About

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75 yards left for Louis Oosthuizen. He drove into the bunker and

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decided to take his punishment, quite wisely.. He is not doing well

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here. The last players went off at about 4:20pm. There will still be

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here at about 9:30pm. It is a long, long day for them. And for all the

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people concerned with running this event. They do a great job. They

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love it, but it is hard work. The end product is so wonderful. Back

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to the 12th tee. Geoff Ogilvie. The wind is coming in from the left,

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probably slightly against him. There is a bit of rain in the air

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night, but it is not too bad. Hundred and 87 yards, it is playing.

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At five or a 6-iron for him, depending on how he wants to fly

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the ball. Anywhere on the putting green is a good shot today. At

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Derby is a real bonus. -- a birdie. Good shot for Geoff Ogilvie. Close

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to those bunkers on the left. is quite a slender green. He is

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going to pot over the central spine. She had the line, which is a good

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sign. A 5-iron for Phil Mickelson. He is going to try to hold this

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against the wind, but he has hit it all wrong. That looks like an awful

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shot, doesn't it? You would hardly say it was a gale-force wind. She

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just gets out of sync. Most extraordinary. A 5-iron for Luke

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Donald, as well. He has been pretty good with his irons today. Safely

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if he is all talk of the Midland Bank in Preston. He does have a

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farmer's walk. Keegan Bradley has managed to get a lot of putts in

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the last eight holes, but not that time. It doesn't look like he has

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on any socks. I think they are those delicate little ankle socks

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back ladieswear. These shoes are just the modern trend. He doors

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have on the little dainty Socks. F/of ankle, something for the

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ladies. -- A flash of ankle. wayward tee shirt -- shot, but he

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hacked out to here. -- Toshinori slope, as well. Out comes the 60.

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Not bad. He plays it beautifully. But playing for 10 foot shots for

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the middle of the screen. He gets his fair share of these. It is on

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its way. A great effort for Luke Donald, but just as solid power on

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that he would love to make. This would be for two in a row. Not to

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be. She is hanging in there now, 2- over par. He just needs a good

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mentioned Peter Johnson. They are playing in a summer for all --

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Mickelson. That was at that bogey for someone of his calibre. We will

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be at the Wirral later on in the year for the women's open. I am

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looking forward to it very much indeed. Toshinori Muto, for his

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two shots, all of the poor tee-shot. You can see all the buildings

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around this course. When it was built, there was only the

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That rattled in! You never know with the big fellow. He has

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Scott with a marvellous round earlier on leads the way. The Major

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champions really are queuing up on that leaderboard. Keegan Bradley

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won his first ever Major last year at the US PGA. Matthew Baldwin,

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from Southport is there. Thongchai Jaidee, the winner in weals already

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this season. Matt Kuchar is well placed. Thomas Bjorn, after his

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heroics last year, on level par today. Padraig Harrington is a

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level 312 holes for the man who has won three Major titles. Ian Poulter

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is 1-over. I am sure he will be happy with that and be preparing

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himself for an assault on the course tomorrow. Paul Casey was

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doing very well indeed at three shots under, but has stumbled. It

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is just great to see him contending. Ian Keenan, the man who took out

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shares in himself, in order to try to fund his progress in

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professional golf, so it is great to see him come through local

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qualifying to be here. Sergio Garcia is 2-over par. Lee Westwood,

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I'm sure he is not terribly happy with that start. It looked really

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good for a while, but then gave the shot back at the third hole and it

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was all a struggle for a while. Phil Mickelson has also been

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struggling. Sandy Lyle, this is his 6th time here, believe it or not.

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He came here as an amateur in 1974. In 1969 when Tony Jacklin won,

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Sandy Lyle was 11 years old anti- newly caught the ball that Tony

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Jacklin three into the grandstand. Little did he know that he would be

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the next British player to follow him into the winner's circle. There

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done from Colsaerts. McIlroy, that is is her timeline -- he's timeline.

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A former world number one. It looks like Keegan is first to play.

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lining it up like he has got a shot at it, Ken. Three players in this

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patch of grass, Oosthuizen has already played. Rory is actually

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wider, he's the one he will find it easier to get the club on the ball.

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It is not a tremendous lie, there is a clump of grass. He has to keep

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his blade at straight at through the ball. That is some skills. From

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where he was after his tee shot, he will be quite pleased. Any time

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your ball head to the rough this week, your first thought will be to

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pitch it out. Bradley Keegan is further in on the left-hand side.

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It looks like they used all their fertiliser in the rough! 15, Muto's

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tee shot. Just turning slightly left to right. Very nice. Ball

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Casey hit it out of bounds earlier Bradley has found his golf ball, it

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is at the bottom of the round 6-8 inches are very lush grass. --

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around. Oosthuizen's ball is in the grandstands. He's having a

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discussion with the referee. They are looking for the nearest drop

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zone. J R Jones is the rules official. Keegan Bradley made a

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rookie error, if you can't reach for two, make sure you get there.

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Phil Mickelson try -- tried to do the same thing. Here's Colsaerts.

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five yards between any of two these balls. It is extraordinary how luck

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plays a part. Bradley cannot decide whether to have a go at it. If he

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has a go and does not shifted comedies in some trouble. -- does

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not shift it, he is in some trouble. This is his first Open Championship,

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he will have never seen anything like this. It looks like he has

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taken an unplayable. Let's see if his putts they get him back into

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the short stuff. -- putter. He has to get two club lengths away. He

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can go back, as we saw Mickelson do. He can go back to where he hit it

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before. It is getting caught, is there many rain in the area? -

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option is. A master with the short iron, Luke Donald. You just know

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this one will be looking for the pin. 11th hole, Peter Hanson for

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the birdie. They looked good until the hit it. He is to wonder. --

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Championship, even on a benign day, you can be minding your own

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business, and suddenly the course can grab you without you knowing it.

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Is the house and has decided to drop his ball in the drop zone. --

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Oosthuizen. He is putting on his long time doing it. -- delightfully

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done. This has to be a high-flying shot, a soft landing. There is

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Bradley's ball. This will kick a bit to the right. This will be

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harder just to drop one shot. McIlroy is still inside Keegan

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Bradley. The breeze is behind the two players. That is a little gem

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from Oosthuizen. An absolute gem of a shot. Second shot on 15 for Muto.

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He drives it to the left-hand side. Back into the breeze. That is a

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nasty little downhill slope. He will have to cheer up off the

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bunker. -- chip up. A defter touch required by McIlroy. The green will

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run away from him slightly. What a about, that was for four. A birdie

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at the refer Donald, has he hit it? -- a birdie three for Luke Donald.

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Cabrera on 16 for a birdie. US Open and US Masters champion. The claret

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jug would look nice up against those two trophies. Paul Casey on

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the 18th. This for a par, to take him round in 71. He is having one

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of those days. Six under for the last six holes. I mean six-over.

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wry smile. Keegan Bradley has made a double bogey. That is a long par

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four, semi blind it tee shot. has driven it down the right. That

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He does not miss too many of those. hits the ball very well for a small

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breeze has mounted in velocity as the day has gone by, but not too

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right on top of their head. Think there is a lot of medical staff

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around the golf course for things like this. Inevitably, someone is

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going to get hate. It is very rare that people would have shouted for

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these days. Rickie Fowler's second Harrington. Unlucky. That was a

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little unfortunate. He will be putting up the hill, but it skidded

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on the first bounce. A little silver disc on his hat is the

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player's badge. We are just ascertaining if Rory McIlroy's ball

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is out of clowns or not. There is a lot of swift medical attention. He

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looks a bit groggy. The medical people out you are first class and

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they're on the scene in seconds. can see a little cluster of people.

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He must be right on the out-of- when you know someone has got

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hooked on their head. I'm sorry about that. There is no claret

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coming through the bandage. He is going to give him a signed club. --

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gloves, sorry. Very sorry, Rory fairway, he might have been signed

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up by Harry Redknapp! He is so close to the out of bounds there.

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Steve Stricker. He is mustard with a short iron. He is really mastered

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tented village, and the practice range. We are looking down on Rory

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McIlroy. The cluster of tents. It is touch and go whether he is in or

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out of bounds. The referee has just told him that he believes the ball

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is out of bounds and he has just asked for confirmation,

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understandably. There are two posts here, and they are trying to line

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up and ascertain that the ball is out of bounds. The referee is

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convinced that a Dees. They might need a bit of string. They do carry

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a tape measure tight thing, I believe. He is just calling for

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back-up, so that Rory McIlroy is completely comfortable that the

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right decision has been made. must be touch and go, then. If it

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was definitely out of bounds he would go back to the tee. You have

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got to be able to see both posts to be able to ascertain it. Our rules

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expert is with us. What defines out of bounds? There are some white

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posts over there and there would be the inside post, or the inside edge

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of the post that defines the out of bounds. J R Jones carries something

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that is a little bit like a fishing reel and she could unwind that and

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put the rope on the two posts. Whether he will do that in the heat

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of battle, I don't know. Why is there no white line? There are

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areas of the course were the white lines get rubbed away by the crowd.

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Obviously, we have had a lot of rain. They have determined that it

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is out of bounds. The whole ball has to be out of bounds, is that

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correct? That's correct. I think the ball has now been picked up. It

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is one of the worst walks in golf, back to the tee. I'm sure he will

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get a lift from one of the officials. It will not be a happy

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poor chap has a lump on his head and Rory McIlroy has to go back to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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slow. Angel Cabrera. That is his 4th shot. There he is! He has got

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his face on the TV, and a glove signed by Rory McIlroy. He will be

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the talk of all his friends. will be in the newspapers tomorrow,

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won't he? Rory McIlroy has to gather himself together here. He

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will need to fully concentrate. He is playing three off the tee. There

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are pot bunkers up the right. There As Paul Casey said today, sorry,

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not Paul Casey, I forget to it was, maybe Graeme McDowell, once you get

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to 13, that's it, you want to hold on to your score. 171 yards for

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Luke Donald. A beautiful drive. She is in prime position. It is a

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generous pin position. The wind off to the left will suit him down to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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the ground. Expect this one to be work 18. Pretty good. If you pitch

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near the flag, you will hit it on the downslope and it will really

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skip Ford. This is very unsettling for Rory McIlroy. It is bad enough

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hitting someone on the head, it makes your stomach turn to water.

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Then a two-shot penalty for being out of bounds. He is 181 yards to

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go. His playing partners have already played. He must feel like

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he is playing on his own at the moment. Middle of the green, Rory.

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Brilliant shot! He has that for a bogey. Two cracking shots. Birdie

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following in Japan. 50 or 60 needy people arrived to follow the

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Japanese contingent. -- media two Australians, helped to really

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encourage golf out there in the Far here, it would give Japan a boost.

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-- wins. They do have some fine players, although the game has not

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gone on after a promising start there. Oosthuizen has found the

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green in two. Bradley did not. This is a birdie putt for Louis

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over. Adam Scott was around in 64 this morning. McIlroy is currently

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at three under, he has a putt on the 15th just to drop one stroke.

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This would be huge, as valuable as but he was not expecting it to go

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into the hole. -- was just. This tee has been brought forward a

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little bit. With the breeze behind it, the 16th is very drivable. It

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is a positional tee shot, with a long iron. The tee is -- the pin is

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in a very awkward spot. If Rory gives this his Sunday-best, he can

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be quite close to the green. We saw Ernie driving on this green earlier

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in the day. A little unfortunate, a heck of a shot. Bradley is taking

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tight second shot. There is a little left to right breeze, you

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just have to let it fall back. have to be very careful you don't

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let this for to the right. If you are going to miss, miss left. --

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fall to the right. The crowd are urging it on. That must be on the

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green. That is an absolutely stunning shot. What a marvellous

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shot. coming off a double bogey, I was questioning whether that was a

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wise play. What do y'know. -- what crowd were booing Luke Donald. No,

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they are not, they are just cheering his name, Luke Donald.

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Steve Stricker has been a prominent a winner on the US Tour. One of the

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most consistent players. He does not look like he does much, he does

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not make many mistakes, I think that is his strength. His swing

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looks like a jab, but he has a great putting stroke. The crowd are

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wandering through that track, it looks like a herd of wildebeest

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have been through there. This hole used to scare me a lot, back off

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the breeze, a little bit to the left. This is rank 6th toughest

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today. -- ranked. A good round from Charl Schwartzel, 69. Rory has a

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chance here. Up the hill, not too much break, a chance for a two.

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Keegan Bradley went with the safe option. Ideally he would have liked

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to been a little bit further left, with where the flag is, but it was

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a good tee shot. He does not want to be landing too far left from the

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flag. This is a sucker's pin. If you get too far left, you have no

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chance. You can get it, but you have to be so perfect. That is a

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great shot. He could not have done much better than that. Stricker,

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third shot, 4th shot, goodness me. Quite pedestrian, by his standards.

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This bunker tends to get a bit soggy, he has to be a bit careful.

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He has a nice flat lie. That is interesting, Ken, he elected to

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play it. If he had dropped a shot, he would have been in the back of

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the bunker, a good decision up by his -- Oosthuizen. The bunkers on

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these holes always tend to fill up with a bit of water. Just a few

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drops of rain on that lens. If it stays like this all afternoon, that

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would be too bad. It is a touch annoying, that is all. How much

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support is Rory getting around the course? I would say the support is

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fairly equal. When he has had some birdies, the galleries have been

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responding. I think this one may raise the roof. They do say that

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great players are the ones you can respond to adversity, the drop

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shots, and bounce-back. So -- slow, Rory. Everyone has been hitting

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that one a bit short. He gets one back, moving back to two under par.

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I have always enjoyed playing late, and then early the next day. If you

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have a good round, you can be raring to go for the next morning.

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These ones will be out at 9:20am tomorrow. What an intriguing game

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this is. This could be a three other a different colour for

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Bradley. Not to be, this time. Conservative option lead to a par

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four. They have are nine more holes together. Nicholas Cole starts,

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completely unsighted. - macro Nicolas Colsaerts. A sensational

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shot. We don't know where Steve has been, but this is for a bogey. Very

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tears, oh, dear. -- there it is. A double bogey. Over the last fears

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he has been right up there with Luke Donald as a great putter.

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is a bit of a howler of a life. He's in a really awkward spot. He

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can't get a stance in that bunker. It is a chalet bunker, but the lead

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is still very severe. -- shallow bunker, but the lid is very severe.

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BT with the shot is to make sure you go right to the end of the

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shaft of the club. -- the key. You occasional bit of cut going on in

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the last hour or so. It was rather unfortunate but it went out of

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bounds. But he seems happy enough. That was a magnificent tee-shot on

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the 16th. I thought this was a very risky shots that he played, but he

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caught it perfectly. I think he might drop a shot here. He hasn't

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done that so far. We will have to wait and see what he can do. Joined

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now by Andrew Procter. Was for shouted with Rory McIlroy. They

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don't let anyone through any more, hands the don't shout for, apart

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from that, the game is pretty similar to when I played. They

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probably have a man out to do it for them! Nicolas Colsaerts, a

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colourful round he has had. Four birdies. Nearly a 5th. 5-under par,

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a sparkling round he is putting together. 65, if he was to power in

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from here, would be very impressive in the afternoon conditions.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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Therapies, as it keys. Brandt Beautiful shots! That is a

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wonderful shot. She was a recipient of the Golf Writers' Prize. He made

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a very waspish speech, I hear. I am surprised by that, but you never

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know, do you? He has such a gentle demeanour. Did you see his hands

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stutter their quest to mark he kept the club head going, a beautiful

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is heading left. She is left of the sand. That is in knee trembler.

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can think of a couple of my friends who would not relish playing that

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shot. Bo Van Pelt is 1-over par at the moment. He is playing alongside

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saying thank you brought his two boys here to watch the play and how

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much they enjoyed it. He senses greetings to all other parents who

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brought in their children and had a McIlroy drove this whole about 20

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minutes ago. Good shot. Brandt Snedeker had a hole-in-one in

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practice there, on the 16th. conspiring to a interrupt the

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rhythm of the players. They just have to regroup for the final 20

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minutes were so of their rounds. is in some water. He will get to

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drop that because there is water in the bunker. He may choose to play

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that because if he drops it, it might plug. There is a viper's nest

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of conkers down here on the left of 17. Louis Oosthuizen is right in

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the middle of the first one. Ideally, Rory McIlroy would want to

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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be down the right. It looks as or something? He is going to send

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at text now, just been hit by a golf ball. Somebody on Twitter is

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masquerading as me writing some very interesting things. It is not

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me. That's is how you would get in touch with us on Twitter. Then

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there is the old school e-mail! school for me is smoke signals!

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Some of the bunkers on the left and cider quite shallow. They really

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have been gathering water. They are the ones that have been submerged

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the most. I wonder if Louis Oosthuizen is going to play that.

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Nicolas Colsaerts at the last. He card. She was not doing that last

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He has had a colourful ride today. You can see the rain coming now. He

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might have a go, he may not. I got some sad news yesterday, Walter

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Lees died. I knew him and his brother very well. Entirely

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different characters. Malta was a bit more speed than are their, he

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was always gambling -- water was always gambling with the members of

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the club. A great character sadly green keeping staff. The last game

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went off at 4:20pm. Getting the fairways Allcott, raking the

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bunkers. She is just cling to have at bash at this. He might get some

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mud on his shirt here. That was the way to do it, just flick it up and

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out. Then if Padraig Harrington could do 70, it is OK. A 4-iron for

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Rory McIlroy. Another wayward shot. He has miscued a few today. Hit

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some beautiful shot. He can get a little bit too fast and hit us at

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the ball as a poster swinging through it. There is a great

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difference. Just controlling the speed of the club. You need to keep

:43:20.:43:30.
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that smooth Fallon sang with them. been. That could have been right

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against the age of this bunker. It front of them. -- plate. That is a

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did -- the divot and. Nicely done. V Bobby Jones plate, in 1976 he hit

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a perfect shot. That used to be way across, they have done something

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funny to the fairway. Oosthuizen, after coming out of the sand.

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getting dark and rather dismal. A little bit of rain. The temperature

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is dropping. Luke Donald, second shot. He is usually a deadly from

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this distance. Not one of his best shot. Stricker, for a birdie. This

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to get back to three-under. That is a rare failure with the putter. He

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was not far away in 2007, at Carnoustie. On the 18th, a putt for

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a birdie. No, but a very good round. A good round from Colsaerts, he has

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played some good stuff this year. He could be in the Ryder Cup team.

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He had a very good US Open, he faded in the final round. Rory

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McIlroy, on the 17th. A beautiful shot. Nine feet from the pen. --

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pin. Luke Donald, for his birdie. The higher you hit this, the more

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it is going to bring. He hit it, they did not hit it. -- but did not

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They used to be some rabbits. Mickelson has say easy putt -- has

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an easy putt. This is a real birdie opportunity. He really need one.

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least the last May's fingerprints! -- he left no fingerprints! Luke

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Donald for the par. Where are they off to! I love those hats, they

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look like cartoon characters. One of them has a football a's haircut

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-- footballer's haircut. So close. He got a bit of a break with his

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spring coming back into the step. par for a 68. Colsaerts, to finish

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out. 65 for the man from Brussels. A very good season, he beat Graeme

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McDowell in the final the match play. That part was to join a Zach

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Johnson and Paul Lawrie. -- putt. He beat Graeme McDowell in Spain

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earlier run this season. -- earlier on. For those of you are coming in

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from work, Darren Clarke it is much further down, he is six over. He

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said he was disgusted with himself. A he said that you could not

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publish his report. -- his at the thoughts. Phil Mickelson or -- has

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struggled. Tiger Woods had a 74, he 69. That is a beauty. He is very

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impressive. A wonderful partner in the fours. Stricker has laid up.

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Not the most powerful of hitters. The greens are yielding. Muto,

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second to the 18th. Was that a little heavy? No, it was not.

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Interesting reading on the weather, I don't know what it all means.

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Van Pelt, the final member of this brief. -- this a three. these are

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three of the best shots we have the iron. You really need to hit

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the fairway. We have had an email, they are enjoying the golf, they

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are enjoying everything here. goes Keegan Bradley. -- here.

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the players take an iron out, it usually means they are aiming for

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the left-hand bunkers. They just want to cut it off a fraction. The

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trick is to take the bunkers out of play. There we are, right between

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the two lines of diagonal bunkers. That is a good view, the at the

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read down the left, and the three on the right. -- the at the read

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down the left. Louis Oosthuizen was many people's picked for this

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championship. -- pick. Off they go. They started at 2:20pm, they have

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been going for over four hours. That is difficult, there was talk

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of four hours to 30 minutes. -- for hours and 30 minutes. It will take

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a quick player to speed things up. If one player does it, they all

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follow. It would not be harder they put their minds to it. -- harder if

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they put their minds to it. Muto finish with a birdie? He has

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got a few sponsors. He is playing alongside Bo Van Pelt. That was

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putt that should move left to right. That was almost in, another six

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inches. The green keepers will come out, able to the bunkers, Cup be

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fairways, they will be starting around 6:15am tomorrow morning.

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Molinari, this for 68. The easiest of 69 so. -- 69s. He always hits

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the ball so well. Two dropped shots. This for 67. Excellent round of

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Rory Blackhall way to attack. -- could roll that in, the travails of

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the 15th will be forgotten. It has just gone 7pm, and there are still

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thousands a very hardy spectators today. Some of them came into see

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the first ball struck at about 620, and they are staying till the

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bitter end. About another hour and a half until we wrap up until --

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for the night. Maybe a bit more. Bradley has really struggled today

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to be level par. He has had two doubles on his card. Always

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fighting a bit of a rearguard action. He's going with an eight-

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iron. Amazing how much time he takes in preparation, but once he

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gets the club behind the ball, you don't have time to look away.

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There is much golf to be played tomorrow. These guys will be hoping

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for Stella conditions. -- more still. He has a funny sort of day.

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Never really threatening the flag. Very ugly clouds rolling up from

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the west. Some heavy rain for the late finishers. On the 17th,

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Harrington was running these in every time when he was winning the

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found the right semi rough. It is a blind shot as it always is here. He

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has a five iron. He has taken one of his clogs -- one of his club's

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tomorrow to make sure he will be here for the weekend. He started

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off so brightly today, Mickelson. That is what always amuses me, when

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the press and others us go, what are you going to do, they talk in

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cliches. Retief Goosen, at the 16th. It didn't look like him. He looks

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to have widened his stance a little bit, but that is a beautiful shot.

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That was like a shot at snooker! That was a ray Reardon special,

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that one. A long, long putt for the champion of 2010. He's going to

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need a full backswing. Not a lot of the back, just in a time. Bumper

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this one forward, a bit of momentum when it lands. He is only found one

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of them today. Steady, to say the other side of the hole, and I'm

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struggling to see any movement at all. That sometimes is something

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professional golfers don't like, they like to see some cost of a

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three? It is but a fairly composed round by Colsaerts, he has had some

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excellent shot, and he has had some very loose ones. Benny had the gut

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wrenching moment of hitting a spectator. But this to finish with

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a flourish. Yes, well done! Keeps double bogey, hard working par on

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17, birdie on 18. That is a very putted like a demon in the middle

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of the round. Had some very strange shots. His first time in this

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championship, and much to remember. A lot to forget for Oosthuizen, not

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and try again. But McIlroy, in the All the way to the hole. For all

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his genius, he has played a lot of wayward shots today. I wouldn't put

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it past him to do a 64 or a 65 green, is Luke Donald. He has got

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yet another mid-range birdie putt committed hasn't been able to find

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any of them today. Hopefully he has got two chances left. This one,

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just left of the hall to my higher. This time of the evening, quite

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difficult to get the ball to the hole, with the moisture that came

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down, it is another pretty decent chance. Stress-free golfer from him

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today. It is either going to be a birdie or a par, I am sure. He has

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waited a long time for a birdie. Can he get one here? He has burned

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the edge of the hole. Time and time high. There is our smiley face

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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but it just hasn't clicked into just missed the bunkers, it kicked

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right hand, 60 degree wedge, got some spin as the ball flew past the

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hole. He is three over par for the day, it is not a good score.

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gets this one. But 98th place at Mickelson and his caddie. Luke

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Donald, for a par. Yes, 9:30am, he will be playing tomorrow. McIlroy,

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at 9:09am. May be lucky with the weather. Sometimes the sea comes in,

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they tell me, but I think it is a wonderful piece of land, the sea

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has retreated over the years and these houses were built in

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Victorian times and Edwardian times. The Railway came to this part of

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the country, and the golf course was created. It was almost in the

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country, 100 years ago. It is certainly not now. Applause for

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Harrington, and Fowler. Also, the amateur from Austria, trap hole. --

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Manuel Trappel to stop he is only four over par. He is going along

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well, three birdies, no dropped and missed the cut every time. He

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had to pull out of the US Open with that one. He had a dreadful

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tournament last week finishing 5th having won it the previous years.

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How green it is. Amazing to have a golf course in the middle of this

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township, two townships. St Annes and love them. They're both very

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attractive. Lots of little boutiques and cafes. I think it is

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a lovely part of the world. A He looks out of sorts today. Three

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dropped shots. For a couple of birdies. 71. It does not sound bad

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but there are many players between when you have the exemption it to

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the Open. To turn pro or get the has been struggling today. Four

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finish. A little sweet to send you for Harrington. Back to the 17th.

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Scotland. He did fade rather badly in the final round. 1 under here. A

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terrifying tee shot. Made less terrifying because the ground is

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soft. Get it over the bunker and it end of the transmission. 35 minutes

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to go, a lot of golf to see in that time. We will be rounding up some

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of the stories surely. Practise their vicar had a rib injury. He is

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making the best progress so far. A good finish at the Masters --

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Brandt Snedeker. He is trying to muscle his way into the American

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Ryder Cup team. He has not given up hope. Struggling right now, as he

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has been all day, Phil Mickelson. Let's see what he can do on the

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18th. 160 yards for him. There is a puff of wind in his face. A good

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solid eight iron. Good for distance. fairway, told with the best angle.

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-- Donald. A lovely angle from the right side. A seven iron for Donald.

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This is not going to be very pleasing at all for Luke Donald. It

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is a shocker to finish. Surely he will not blot his copybook on the

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last hole. good strong eight iron for Jeff. A

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nice line. There we are. Again, he has been struggling between 15 and

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17 after picking up three in the Ogilvy the third member of the

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is going on nicely. Beautifully efficient swing. Just turns it back

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and turns through. Correct weight, a birdie opportunity to get four

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under. The conditions have been very favourable the entire day, the

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best through the middle of the day, a little cool early on. Lloyd drops

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of rain a softening. -- light drops of rain this afternoon. What sort

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of lie it is this or can he advance it far? It is good and he can

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Donald. I am sure he can advance it far enough! Miscommunication, it is

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same but we know we have been lied to before. It is supposed be very

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calm in the morning and the wind picking up and ebbing away in the

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evening. The wind for the weekend, stronger on Sunday. A pitch and

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putt right by the beach. Just at the mouth of the Ribble estuary

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here. You can feel it building, it is a benign at the moment but each

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day I think will get more wind and by Sunday hopefully we will see

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live in St Anne's at its finest. We cannot complain above the condition

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of the golf course. I have never seen one in better condition. There

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is not much to this 30 feet. He wants to hole it, everyone wants

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into. He has left it short. Would you credit it? A lacklustre day for

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Phil Mickelson. To any mistakes, I am afraid. -- too many. He had a

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poor start to the Scottish Open and the shot a low second round. He

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moved back to that tee. Stricker will be 72. A rather ugly double

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bogey, three birdies coming home but three dropped shots as well.

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Such a fine player on his record in the Open championship. That is

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what... The BBC are going to buy us bikes next year!

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I want to see one of them throw way we. To finish with a par, he has

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not had a bogey today. He has left it short. That is a real shame for

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Luke Donald because he has had so many birdie attempts. Some from

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good distance but a dropped shot throwing up the best winners, some

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of the best players at the time of double bogey it 7, 8, 9. 12. A

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disappointing day. And looking at the scores you would think somebody

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in three ball would have been under is losing a bit of pace with that...

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Little bit of drizzle of while ago. Temperatures cooling into the

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He came ever so close to winning at Augusta a few years ago. Very

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popular amongst his peers and the Peter Hanson and Robert Allenby. He

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has just picked up a shot on the and Retief Goosen, who would have

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thought... This guy is probably the best putter if fast greens I have

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stayed above ground, but how he crept through there, we are not

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sure! Not a very good line in here, but what lucky has had. -- what

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Stricker, a great shot. He could Yes, the line is that fine with

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these bunkers, if you stay out of them. Any time you make them,

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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transmission to stop a bit more to Stricker and Taniguchi and Anders

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Hansen. You see the alphabetical one of the man who shot 65, Nicolas

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Colsaerts of Belgium. He has been described as a fine and a very long

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hitter, Europe was like on to to Bubba Watson. -- Europe's answer to

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Bubba Watson. Let's get his How do you reflect on that fabulous

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round of 65, by some margin the best of the afternoon so far?

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played really well, I started hitting very good shots early on, I

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holed it on the second, that was a bit of a treat. 5th, 6th, 7th, it

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was a great way to start, putting myself under par, and I kept

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getting great shots coming in. Not a good one on 17, everything went

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pretty well according to plan. must feel like a child at Christmas

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when you see a ball from the second fairway, dive into the -- for a

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second. You try to find her you're going to feel about it trajectory

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wise, so why was quite surprised it went in. I don't really hold out

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for fairways, that was a bit of a season and it is continuing. He

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could win this championship, very play from Adam Scott. Vijay Singh,

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trying to recapture his form of old. Tiger Woods, got going early.

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Graeme McDowell, going along nicely. bunkers. McIlroy found himself out

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of the running before coming back. But generally, a day of low-scoring

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at Royal Lytham and St Annes. looking at the wrong thing! Oh dear.

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here, they have seen some spectacular golf today. Some great

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miss many of those, Steve Stricker. 67 for Steve Stricker. A couple of

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top tens to his name in the Open Championship. 2007, 2008. A good

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Japan. He won the Japanese PGA struggle, but he has dropped two

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds

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shot, picked up just one at the button. We are going to review the

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significant round of the day. But for those of you just coming in,

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the highlight of the day was Adam Scott's round of 64, the lowest

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Open championship score at Lytham, which he afterwards described as a

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walk in the par, which could have been even more enjoyable had there

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not been a bogey to finish, he would have broken every Major his

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championship record in the book. Well played. Yes, a great start to

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the tournament, but today is perfect at there, the rain has

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softened, hardly a breath of wind for us this morning, so pleasing to

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take advantage to that. You were able to make a score on the back

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nine, with an incredible run of birdies, was that down to the

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conditions? Are a little bed. But still on some of those hold when

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you have to hit the shots, and you -- I got off to a bit of a shaky

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start. I found by rhythm from the 4th, and played beautifully right

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through until I pulled that tee shot on the last. If you hit good

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shots, you can make the birdies today because the wind is down.

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is an exciting leader board, we have Major champions of the past

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like McDowell, Paul Lawrie, Tiger Woods, all in contention, are you

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prising yourself for a tougher challenge? Absolutely. Hopefully

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the wind gets up a little bit, we will see at the leader boards put

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out -- spread out a little bit. I'm just happy to take advantage this

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morning. You're one of those with your experience, you would like to

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see it blow a little more. I would like to go why feel my game it in

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good shape, the way we have played the practice rounds, I feel I have

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got it ready for the course. Hopefully that little bit of work I

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have done can pay off over the Australian. -- refuge he talented.

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in again. There it is. 64. From one laid-back Aussie to

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another. You got within a whisker of the claret jug. When you think

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about the chance he had to make history, ha where was he, do you

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think? I am not sure. It is amazing that nobody has gone under 63. It

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would have been wonderful to see, to see the history books rewritten,

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but a poor tee shirt -- tee shot with an iron, it wasn't to be. But

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fantastic round. He has had some great victories come he has proven

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he can be a real front runner in big events. I wonder what sort of

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advantage, having a man like Stevie Williams, Tiger's former caddie, at

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his back? He has been there, done that. He is a great caddie and he

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knows how to work come. He has got as much vested in it as Adam does.

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The place is as much emphasis -- he places as much emphasis on winning

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as the player does. The only thing is that Scotty gets a little bit...

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He has put himself in a good position, I understand he has won

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most of these tournaments from being out in front. When you think

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about it, I'm sure this is not a stat you like, he is trying to

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become only the second was it to win a Major in 17 years. It has

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been a tough time. So certainly, not through lack of payment and

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numbers, we have so many guys, all these fellows, we have had our

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chances. The last one was Geoff Ogilvie in 2006, and I think it was

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a long time before that. I don't know why, we definitely have got

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the talent there, so hopefully this week. I'm sure that is a great

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inspiration. Adams said that Peter was the first professional he ever

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caddie to four. So that could be a real inspiration. I'm sure we were

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delighted to see an Aussie out in front. - Madrid you will be

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delighted. It is quite nice to see the progress of Paul Lawrie today,

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he leads the home challenge for top --. He chipped in five holes

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earlier. Five under par round of 65. He came in here to talk to me

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Missing every green and chipping in was a nice start. It is the most

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bizarre first six holes of my career, no question. I was three

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under and could have been one over. Little breaks and bits and pieces,

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we get enough bad luck over the years. It was a nice start.

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always need good luck in major championships. In terms of Paul

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Lawrie, we talked about missing the cut in Scotland, the Scottish Open,

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he was bitterly disappointed but it could be a blessing in disguise. He

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went home and worked on his putting. What do you make? He is still

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driven and a heck of a player. He still wants... You eluded to it

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earlier, he always feels people do not give him the credit due for

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winning the Open in 99th but he would like to validate that with a

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good performance this week. He has come along. All of his putts are

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good. His short game was just spectacular. Yes, they do not call

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him chippie for nothing. Paul Warwick firmly in the next. So is

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rory macro Roy. He admits that clearly in the past the fight has

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gone out of him when the going gets tough but not today. What a par

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this was. It was sailing along reasonably well until the 15th

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which hit a spectator on the head. An anxious time for him. What a

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recovery at the 16th and 18th. Well played, I hardly know where to

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start. It was event four. Everything was going smoothly. Up

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until the 15th and then I hit the tee shot, I did not think it was

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that far right. I hit a guy on the head which was not nice to see. My

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ball was out of points. I did great to keep my composure and finish.

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looked like he was smiling in the end. He smiled a golf club for him.

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I have done it a couple of times before, it is not the first time.

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It is not nice to see. He said he was OK and everything. That was the

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most important thing. The comeback after that, as you would imagine

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and expect, two birdies repairing the damage. Yes, it did. The birdie

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to the last three was what I wanted. With a bad break on 15, I got a

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lucky break on 18 with the ball hopping over the bunker. I think

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everything sorted itself out. have you moderated your play or are

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you able to attack a great deal today because conditions were

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benign? Yes, the conditions were great. It was a little bit windier

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than in the morning. The conditions are still... So soft that you can

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be aggressive. Nicely in contention, The defining part of the round was

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the hole from 15 to 18. It was a disappointing swing at the 15th and

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how worrying a time is it when you know you have hit a spectator?

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one likes to see anyone get hurt, especially when you have done it.

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It was a little concerning. He is a young feller. It will be a badge of

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honour for him. And McIlroy went on to the 16th and to drive on the par

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4 -- par four. He signs the club and puts Surrey on it. That led to

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the double bogey. -- writes sorry. I question whether he should take a

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driver. He proved me wrong and took driver and put it in the middle of

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the green. A wonderful shot. this is at the second, 17th. He

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overcooked this. He is in a fighting situation once again.

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his consistency, swing consistency, is not there like last year. He

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seems to be playing a lot of really good golf and then some stuff but

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is not quite so good. That was for par. He picks up one of those shots

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he relinquished at the 15th. This is at the 18th. This was

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spectacular to finish. Yes, what danger like about watching rory

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macro Roy? His swing is fantastic, he has enthusiasm -- Rory McIlroy.

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He is wonderful to watch. Birdie par, birdie finish. He has talked

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recently about this reluctance to really fight it out and it is

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something he has been working hard on. I was interested to hear that

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because he is only in his early twenties talking about throwing

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Italian occasionally. I thought it was interesting. Definitely

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something to work on. You have to work -- throwing the towel in.

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of that is putting it in context and playing in bad weather. If he

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understands he is lacking there, he knows he has to deal with it and he

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is a great talent and will be a long -- around for long time.

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Luke Donald was blemish-free until the last hole. He pushed it into

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the bunker, and errant approach and he would take his medicine. He

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settles for a level par round seven today.

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I know it was disappointing to finish but how satisfied are you

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with the opening round of 70? a lot of good things today. I am

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trying to get 18 out of my mind. It was a poor shot. It would be nice

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to sink a birdie or par without a blemish on my card. It is not an

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easy golf course. Conditions got more difficult in the afternoon. I

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hit good solid shots. I did not get too far ahead of myself. Other than

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not quite finishing on the greens, it was a solid round. 16 pars, Nick

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Faldo would be proud. Does he give you a certain amount of

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satisfaction? Certainly it is a better start. I have been

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struggling to get off two good starts. It is not a great start but

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something I can build on. The US Open I pretty much shot myself out

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of the tournament completely in the first round. It was nice to get off

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to a solid start. Hopefully tomorrow there will be nice

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conditions for the morning guys to take advantage and make more

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birdies. You talked about feeling less anxious on the opening day and

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put less pressure on yourself. did a good job. You're always a bit

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nervous to start. I kept it just picking my target and being

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committed to that and staying in the moment. Everyone will get

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nervous. You control how you think. I think I played it pretty well in

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terms of the mental side. Thank you for joining us. Best of luck to

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right. Luke kicked off this afternoon and

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Dan Walker has been following every twist and turn since this morning.

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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

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this week, a single bogey for the big bloke and he is poised to prowl.

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Everybody will talk about Tiger Woods, they always do but if you

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are looking for a challenger, I 0.2 in the direction of Zachary Johnson.

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He was always a pointing in the right direction. The glasses

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remains on the cranium it throughout the day. That is a big

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bobble. Immaculately groomed. All of the rules go out of the window.

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We have not forgotten about you, Paul. The boy from Aberdeen is on

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fire. Check out this baby. The top gun wheeling his way through the

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skies. He doesn't like that. We thought we would ask five teenagers

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to conceal themselves. Spectators, reveal yourself. The crowds came in

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in their thousands. It was not a good day for Lee Westwood. The

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strange lip movement says it all. Even further adrift was the man who

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was King. A single birdie punctuating another dismal day for

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Darren. The lesser spotted McDowell. In the prime of life. He looks very

:55:11.:55:21.
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jaunty. Oh, yes. Great shot. Here are some contenders for shot of the

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day. Something rather special on number five. Bradley did not too

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badly either. This could be special. So close. Steve Stricker went crazy

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on 13 with an eagle. And Nicholas Colsaerts is one of the lead after

:55:45.:55:55.
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a day of Belgian brilliance. The world's best was not at his best.

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The afternoon gloom brought doom but it was never too boring for

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Rory McIlroy. It was all quite tasty until this happened... Right

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on the top of the noggin. A double bogey followed but nothing else. A

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bogey yet the last. The or the armoury has been impressive.

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Talented, yes, frustrated at times but at his best untouchable. That

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is day one then, more of the same tomorrow? Thought so, lovely.

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Another captivating day tomorrow morning once again at 9am. Our

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thanks to Wayne. Adam Scott leads the way. For those of you who have

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stayed up in Australia, bye-bye. # You make me want to live again.

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