Day 3 Part 1 Golf: The Open

He said he wanted to be the He said he wanted to be the

greatest golfer in the world. is going into the parking lot.

Ballesteros is the champion. This Ballesteros. And Tony Jacklin is

Good morning, day three of the Open Championship at Royal Lytham and it

is a beautiful day for golf. That is after a forgettable British

summer. It is turning a corner. The sunshine is up a love and it is

hardly a normal stiff sea breeze. Nobody is complaining right now and

play has been underway since 8:10am this morning. If you head straight

out for the early start, as you can, it is available on the red button.

We will be dipping in and out of the golf and looking forward to

what might come in the next few hours on moving day in the

Championship. This is the 11th time since 1926 that the Championship

has come to Royal Lytham and some of the greatest names have claimed

the claret jug here. But it has gone home a cross the Atlantic to

America. After a record-breaking couple of days, and other rare

number is in pole position to make it three in a row. Welcome today is

at this place. It was meant to be the day for Rory McIlroy to assert

himself. But he was lapped up. He was right in the middle of the

teeth. He was too wayward. It does not take long to ruin the Scot. And

Quays, officer. Yesterday we concealed five in the rough. That

is how tough it is. Where are we now? Just ask Nicolas Colsaerts.

Chris Cohen five shots have all gone. -- is five shots have all

gone. That went in at pace. Not him, the other one. A we are getting

lots of looks. Four birdies in five holes. Is it going to happen? Keep

an eye on him this weekend. That is a beauty. The best we have seen

today. That is beautiful. Bunkers everywhere. Too many golfers in

them. These bunkers are very punishing. That is very much the

case of goodbye. Very little has pleased Phil Mickelson today after

a sorry round. Look at that. Time for a rest, leader. Catch the

pheasant. And it is dribbling down. Look at this Royal and Royal Lytham

it. It is a Tiger. He is not the Ailey American in the running.

Bubba Watson is in the hand as well. But as for the home-grown humans,

Padraig Harrington is 12 shots adrift and it looks like another

week of Lee Westwood, The noes have it. Keep an eye on the Scotsman and

the Welshman. Not you again. Difficult. What about the Wizard Of

Oz? He is not the top of the tree. He has been whipping it up and all

hail the power of Brandt Snedeker. It is swinging free and he is bogey

free. Look at that. Impressive leaderboard? Cheque. We are all set

leaderboard? Cheque. We are all set for a tasty weekend. Indeed! We

have had some pretty disappointed men including last year's champion.

Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson and the only two amateurs in the

field. You have got to make the cut to be in the running. It's we had a

cliffhanger last night. If you were not sure where the cup would fall,

look at this. It was three. Tom Watson. The five Open winners did

creep across the line. Lee Westwood has extended his lead and this is

the oldest player to make the cut at the Open. It was all happening

on Friday evening. That was below ground and say was that. Holing out

from the sand, Tiger Woods. So he is 6-under par. And just after we

went off the air, Thorbjorn Olesen slotted this one a cross to take

4th place. He has never won on the European Tour. But when he is on

form, he is really good. So the leaderboard was looking like this

last night after some truly spectacular golf. It was dominated

by Brandt Snedeker. He has not visited a single one of the Tim

Adams six bunkers and not dropped a single shot in a round of 66 and 64.

Adam Scott was slightly overshadowed and is just one shot

behind. Tiger Woods chasing his 15th title. Scotland's Paul Lawrie

and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell are part of the home

challenge. England's world No. 1 Luke Donald is 2-under par and is

in the next as well. They started at 8:10am. Some players will be

going out later including Luke Donald and Stephen Lee care --

Stephen Gallacher. Thomas Aiken comes out at 2:40pm. And one of the

hottest properties in golf, Jason Dufner. He is joined by Graeme

McDowell. This is the unofficial 5th Major and Matt Kuchar a

company's Paul Lawrie. And I opening day I suspect in the

company of Tiger Woods and kick will be fascinating to see how he

copes under the microscope. And the two meant that have lit up the

course at 3:20pm. We can watch all of that I am told that --. --

of that I am told that --. -- unfold. It is great to have tea

with us, Tony. And demand that began an era of great golf. It is

25 years since your first Open victory, Nick Faldo. We have got

stiff competition because Brandt Snedeker has equalled you'll round

of 66. I was on Twitter watching it yesterday and Mike son was

graduating yesterday. I was thinking, I do not like that!. I

will not tell you much about that but I am delighted. I am still

proud of any Open record that I have got. He has been with us for

the first couple of days. Tony, how would you count rise what we have

seen? We have had some good golf played. But we have had a benign

weather. It has been like American golf. Bowls backing up on the

greens with approach shots. It has meant that these players have not

attacked the flags. The challenge is to keep out of the bunkers. You

have to get it off the tee at Royal Lytham and that is our great

importance. Otherwise you can get a shot penalty. But the people that

stay out of the bunkers, it is interesting to hear because I did

not realise that Brandt Snedeker had not been in a bunker. That is

part of the reason he is ahead. His parting is very good of cause and

that is part and parcel of winning the Championship. If you are not

holing putts he will not be there at the weekend. We will talk

specifically about what will be happening. We cannot have you in

the studio without indulging in memories. We can start with you,

Absolutely perfect so far. He is in complete control of himself. What a

corker. My word, that was a fine drive. The finest I have ever seen.

This is a short shot but they all count and Tony Jacklin is the

count and Tony Jacklin is the winner. I keep trying to stop

myself from thinking about it. But you think about the shot and you

try to forget it. I have not had a chance for it to sink in yet. I

have never been happier in my whole life. No wonder we had emotion

there and we have still got that when we looked back. Years have

gone past but how often I reminded on a weekly basis of that?

never forget because your senses are all heightened and at that time

you are focused. Emotionally, you are controlling everything. I think

for the weekend when it is that mental fortitude. I'd visualised

myself doing this before it happened. It is adding that mental

fortitude not to let your mind wander ahead. It is easy to say but

the reality is very difficult. I said to Jack Nicklaus that I did

not think I could ever be that nervous and play golf and he said,

I know, isn't it great? He has been there many times. It is not over

until it is finished. You have just got to control yourself. That is

the great satisfaction. You can put your head on the pillow and think,

I have beaten everybody that turned up today. That is the best thing

you can have as a professional. was caught in the is known. I had

the same feeling at Muirfield. It is feeling very blurry and your

little world is just two steps in front of you. But I remember his

words and being in a cocoon. Or you can control his yourself and your

emotions and play a shot by shot. And at the beginning of the week I

walked past the leaderboard and I was messing about with the putter.

I saw my name at the top and I thought, I can handle that. And I

knew that I would be sitting on Monday morning at Breakfast with

that and the BBC doing an interview. They saw that and I thought, OK, I

will stick around for that. It's people tell the -- people tell you

how to put up with that. This is the greatest computer ever, these

human mind. If you say that he wants to hang around on Sunday, you

will. You have got to keep that promise to yourself that you are

going to get a stamp. You have got to mean that. That is the hard bit.

You were about 12 when he won at Royal Lytham. Can you put in

context house significant that was for British golf? I only watched it

in 1971. I did not have colour television until I was 12 or. Not

like my daughter now! I do not think I saw him. I only saw him

later in 1971 and then I saw pictures of him in magazines and

that sort of thing. I did not even they what golf was. A You make me

feel old! You think that so that was the first triumph. Your first

title was in 1987. We can reflect That is what it is all about, the

claret jug. He is the most dedicated professional in the game

of golf. That is a beautiful drive. That was an exquisite shot. Well

done. Nick Faldo is the champion. He has the ability of playing the

right shot at the right time. it is. This, to be champion. There

you have it. Absolutely fantastic. It is wonderful. I'm going to

cherish this moment. Thank you. Well, that was your era. When you

think back to the first one, clearly it was a breakthrough. What

was it that enabled you to go one and galvanise your career, three

Masters titles to follow? What is it? I was determined. I loved the

majors, as Tony described. You love the feeling. You were quite happy

to prepare like crazy and you throw yourself in the depend, as I call

it, without water wings. -- in the deep end. And you enjoyed that

feeling. Playing golf on a Sunday afternoon in a major is the

greatest moment in our career. If you survive it and you come out...

That was the greatest thrill, to have you stomach-churning and go

out and hit the shots better than you thought. And you look at the

focus in your face. And the adrenaline. Wow! I could hold the

adrenaline for four days. And when you knew it was over, you could

physically feel the adrenalin lead you. It was amazing. Tony, you went

on to claim the US Open as well, one of the very few to hold both at

the same time. Was there one quality above any other which

unites your triumphs in these majors? And if there were, what was

it? Well, I knew back in the mid- 60s that my swing was not where it

needed to be to stand up to the kind of pressure, the major

pressure, the adrenaline rush that Nick is talking about. When that is

all you, you cannot practise it on the range. But you need a golf

swing that operates under that extreme pressure. And when you are

under that pressure, I got to know about the importance of your lower

body in the golf swing, to maintain tempo and rhythm. And you had to be

able to control the speed of the swing to win major championships.

Winning the British Open, you know the formula. You know you have done

it once. When you have been there once, you know you can do it again.

But you have to have a golf swing that will stand up. That is no

question. Human traits, everything happens quicker when you are under

that kind of pressure. So you have to find a way to slow it down. It

is not just breathing, not just thinking slow, you have to

physically have a golf swing that operates under that extreme

circumstance. Your triumph here came at a course which you love.

Your record here was pretty good, third and 4th. But is there one

deciding factor about this course which separates it from others? How

would you characterise it? It is awkward. It is mixed up. I call it

three whole segments. You have the first three, straight down the

railway line, then a couple of dog legs down four, 5 and 6. Even round

the turn, they have lengthened it quite incredibly. The 10th hole is

totally different to what we played, and 11 has changed considerably.

Then you have be awkward bit. And then you come back to the famous,

traditional left-to-right wind that is not here. That was the belter of

this golf course. When you had to come in, in that left-to-right wind,

hard left to right at 12, then 14, 15, 17 and 18. That was a brute,

but when it is like this, it is freedom to play. It may come in

tomorrow. Can I just tell everybody why it is so quirky? If you have

not been watching for the first couple of days, you may not realise

we are quite some distance from the sea. The sea is about 500 yards

that way. You have to get some height to appreciate where we are

The fantastic thing about all of the courses in the Open

Championship is that they all have their own unique identity. So what

about Lytham and St Annes, the golf course and the place? The best

place to have a look is from up above. One thing that will do them

and sedans is famous for is that you do not see the sea. It is

surrounded by buildings. -- Royal Lytham and St Annes. But it has the

wind and the weather are coming in. It plays like a links course. Even

if with the houses around it does not quite look like it. This corner

of the north-west coast is famous for its links courses. You have

hillside, Southport, Hoylake on the Wirral. It is great golfing country.

Lytham and St Annes maybe once municipal borough but it is two

different places. Lytham is a medieval plays and St Ann's is a

quintessential Victorian purpose- built resort. Because of the

railway, lots of people came to take the sea air and play some golf.

Blackpool has always been a bit more lively. The pleasure Beach is

always an option if you decide not to watch the golf, but if there's

one thing that Blackpool is known for, it is the iconic Blackpool

Tower. In 1889, the mayor went over to another exposition and saw the

Eiffel Tower and decided he would want one. It was built in such a

way that if, perish the thought, it should never fall over, it would

fall into the sea, which is nice to know. From a history lesson to the

present, and it is all about the course. As you look down, you can

see how green it is. The other thing you can see is how many

bunkers there are. More than any other cause in the Open

Championship rota. 206. If you stay out of them, you may have a chance

of winning. The history of the coastline is replaced will for

pleasure and relaxation. It won't be that way for everybody, but

somebody will have the time of their life here on Sunday.

Sunday, right now, is a long way away. This is all about Saturday,

Moving Day. Was there a strategy that you employed on a Saturday, or

was it mainly dependent on the weather? It was very dependent on

the weather, with good old Scottish links golf. But you go out and do

this. We call it Moving Day by you always try to do the same thing.

One thing I have thought about, especially for the youngsters, the

first time they are feeling a Saturday like this. It is not a bad

day to frighten yourself and see how you react. Do not shoot

yourself in the foot, but just enough to think, wow, how important

Saturday years, because it is great preparation for Sunday. Sunday, you

turn it up a notch. It is the volume control and all the emotions

get turned up on Sunday. Saturday is a good day to feel it and take

the confidence from it. Padraig Harrington famously said, a normal

Sunday is like double the workload of any other day and a major

someday is like triple the workload, emotionally and physically. We will

see Padraig Harrington going out with Rory McIlroy shortly. What a

good draw for the early crowd. But on this Saturday, with no breeze

early, will that make a big difference for the later starters?

How would it affect the thinking of those going out early? You never

know what the weather will do. It is forecast to blow a bit tomorrow

and that could start this afternoon. The leaders to knock it out until

later. These guys going out at noon, if they could get 64, 65 under

their belt - and it is out there. Then they would give the leaders a

jolt tomorrow. But all that you can really do, at the end of the day,

and all that I ever did, was try to keep doing the same thing. You

cannot get clever on these golf courses. And this game, in itself,

will always come and put you back on the nose if you get too cute

with it. You are stepping very gently. It is a very fine line and

you do not want to move far off it. Personally, I tried to do the same

things and go through the same routines, and to learn from

probably what happened the previous day, the day before that. And just

soldier on. As you rightly said, Padraig Harrington's statement was

right. Come Sunday, it is all there on your shoulders. Knowing what to

do on that morning to keep your mind relaxed and away from it. You

do not want to get here too early. It is a business. It is hard, hard

work. Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy, a terrific partnership.

Are there are occasions when you get into a situation with a friend

or someone you -- respect, and you can push one another on? They have

got freedom today. Anybody heading out a couple of hours before the

leaders, they have freedom. They know that if they can let it hang

out and just go and play, and put a score on the board, they know it

will make a significant difference to tee time tomorrow. They are told

shots back. It looks like it could be too much, but you can never tell

when conditions are like this. Things are just getting under way

you. Let's enjoy the opening tee of the Open champion. Playing

alongside his good friend, Rory conditions greeting the players

something to happen. That is a hard course to chase for birdies. You

he? He spent a long time on the range yesterday with his coach,

trying to work some things out. But you can see the frustration

building. It was almost exactly that slightly inside hit that he

was trying to get rid of, over drawing it. If you chase the flag,

this pin on the first is 14 on and five from the left. It leaves such

an awkward little ditch, if you miss on the short side.

We are just dipping back to the studio momentarily because Tony

Jacklin is about a hand back the commentary baton to Nick Faldo over

the weekend. Can I just say, it has been a pleasure to work with you in

the commentary box for the last couple of days? I hope you have

enjoyed it. Very much. When are you heading back to Florida? I am here

for another three weeks. I am hosting the British part three

championships and a couple of weeks and I am playing at the seniors.

Great stuff! Well past my sell-by Thank you very much. Put your feet

Thank you very much. Put your feet up and enjoy the rest of the golf.

here at 10:30am. And why would they not be? I would not be surprised to

see some sort of a record today with the conditions that we have.

Record crowds, or a record low score? Record crowds. 10 under,

leading after two rounds, the equal low 36 holes in Open Championship

history. They might have got a little bit devious. Yes, I have

been out to look at the flags, and some of them look innocuous, like

this one. They are not tight to the edges, but cut on little high spots,

very awkward to putt to. Are we going to see a little Seve

Ballesteros between the bunkers take a course by the scruff of the

neck. When I came here first thing this morning at about 8 am, there

was not a breath of wind. Just a Yes! The greens are rolling

beautifully. You cannot believe how much quicker they are this morning.

They have been double cut and rolled. They are now considerably

that you have got your touch with a few extra shots on the putting

green. The conditions look ideal. Yes, they do. The players had spent

some time, the range and they have been doing a lot of work with all

Rory McIlroy. This is a real test just to get a nice steady three for

booster. Yes, just sliding to be disappointed with how he finished

yesterday. He had a very intensive practice session. Every shot must

have a purpose. He works with Justin Rose. Every shot has some

work. Next, the great Tom Watson. He got one at about this length

last night on the final green to make it for the weekend. Much to

the excitement of the crowd in the getting primed. They drift up to

the second. 481 yards. The NUT is 40 yards longer and it is a

demanding shot. You are driving in this area here. It is the most

generous area of their way on the golf course. If you can get down to

be right, tightly out of bounds. It is more important to do that if you

going with a 3-wood. He has been meticulous in his preparation. He

enjoyed good form this year. He has been in the next in the last couple

of mages and desperate to get back up there again. -- Major

fairway, considering the rain we have had this week and this summer.

Summer has finally arrived. Had the perfect time for the Open

Championship. A great time for the sun to come out. Morning, Peter.

sleeve order. How very different it is. Already 11 cases of some streak

in Blackpool. -- sums streak. would just like to say he laid the

1958 champion, Peter Thompson. -- Good morning to the 1958 champion,

Peter Thompson. Do you think he will be up this early? It is 7:30pm

back in Australia. That is a good time to be watching, with a drink

in one hand. The first match went off at 8:10am. The last will go at

four, cutting a corner. That should be just at the front edge of the

green somewhere. These holes calls to a lot of trouble over the past

couple of days. -- these holes fascinating day, if the weather

conditions state like this. It is not the sort of course way you can

do a round of 65, to do two of them, which the players have got to do,

this afternoon, that will be difficult. Brandt Snedeker was in a

confident mood yesterday. I Tedi what, I have seen some windy

conditions here. Graeme McDowell, Matt Kuchar, Paul Lawrie. They have

got to do something special for two days. Otherwise, Brandt Snedeker

has got to have a miniature collapse. That would probably be a

round of 72. That probably sounds ridiculous but that is the way that

it is. Anything is possible if you can hit the fairway, hit the green

and hold your putts. Anti-Europeans mount a challenge? Time will tell.

-- can the Europeans. Today promises to be a splendid day. And

promises to be a splendid day. And that includes the weather. And we

have been joined by a star of the European Ryder Cup. You have been

trampling around, how are your feet? I have got to be honest, the

sunshine is welcome. We have had a lot of talk about the bunkers. More

than 200. They were filled with water in the last couple of days.

Graeme McDowell thought that a couple of them were almost

unplayable. What is your feeling about that? I was actually bear

with Rory McIlroy at this stage. We have got somewhere to drop at all

of the bunkers. He played from the water instead of taking a free drop.

He thought that his best chance was to play from the water. It is very

unusual for professionals to face that many bunkers with that much

water inside. You might get a couple in a tournament with

torrential rain. But we have got two each on many of the holes. You

try and stay out of them. That happened on the short par-four 16th.

When you are driving, you might expect to get up and down. But when

it is filled with water and you are taking a drop, no chance at all. My

advice would be to send the caddy out and get him walking around and

checking which bunkers have still got water. What is your opinion?

is fascinating that it is happening today. I cannot remember flooded

bunkers even on a Tour events from years ago. In 1987 we played in

Belgium on a golf course that was almost underwater. You could place

the ball in woodland and flooded conditions if you wanted to. But it

is part of the game and how you deal with it. If you have got

somewhere to drop... Sometimes it will stick. Sometimes you can half

play it. Keegan Bradley had something like that. The easiest

thing is to stay out of that and Brandt Snedeker has done that. So

you have followed his progress. A from an admiration point of view,

how impressive as that round game? It is incredible to not drop a shot.

To not hit any bunkers as well. I do not think anybody thought that

was possible. But the conditions have been very kind. It is

incredible to have not dropped a shot in two rounds. I have not

watched much of him because I have been walking the course with

several different players. It is not like it has been perfect golf.

He has had a bit of luck. Will that continue? We can reduce some of his

work in the past couple of days. -- work in the past couple of days. --

review. American, Brandt Snedeker. Outright lead. I am trying to hit

the greens all day. Look at that. am trying to get the greens as fast

as possible. Wonderful. I am hoping to be here at the weekend.

Beautiful. It does get better and I am playing as well as possible.

again. He is on fire. I'd like to have that kind of pressure on me

and I am looking forward to the next couple of days. He made it

next couple of days. He made it look easy when most others have

struggled. You remember him from the PGA Tour and American

television. How impressed have you been in general? He is a simple

player with a very good swing. I spoke to him in the season and he

had been working on shipping and running. I guess he has used that a

few times. He has got the classic American game. He can carry on as

normal. The weather conditions have been a key factor and that has

opened the door for this style of play. Everybody thought coming to a

good old English link, it would be hard and bouncy but we have got

this. We have got a softer course and it is open to these players.

is very engaging. And every time he gets injured, we hat had

significant injuries, he was even on crutches at Christmas, he comes

back and wins. He has heard his ribs before. -- injured. But he can

come out and win. What is going to happen this week? Everybody is

curious to find out how players like Brandt Snedeker will be

getting on if the weather changes. Wind is forecast to Morris. What

impact will that make? -- tomorrow. I did not think the winning score

will get much past where we have got to now. 10-under par could win

the Championship. With wind tomorrow, I cannot see anybody

making a pass. It is not an easy task. Eight level par probably gets

the job done. We can have a reminder of the progress of Adam

reminder of the progress of Adam Scott. A beautiful swing. 32-year-

old Adam Scott. When he had taken a couple of players championships, we

thought he would have taken the open by now. A fantastic and

tremendous round. Maybe he can tremendous round. Maybe he can

fulfil his dream this week. Fulfil a dream and his potential. That is

the question we have been asking. Is he ready for that breakthrough?

I would have thought so. The Masters last year, he was right

there. I am talking about him climbing the ladder and getting a

feel for the whole experience of playing with the best in the Majors.

A couple of weeks ago, he was in Washington. When Tiger Woods won,

he had a good round last Sunday. But he fell off at the last. It did

not quite happened. It's it is something like that that can happen

almost away from the cameras. It can either be scary, awe-inspiring.

I think he knows where he went wrong. We have marvelled at his

game and his golf swing is fantastic. We have talked about him

working into the breeze and he does that pewter plate. If it goes away,

he can block it a bit. But on paper he is the player that has got all

Peter did -- credentials. I have done commentary for a bout eight

years. -- about. He is a great player and we want him to give it a

bit of effort. And his mentor said that he has got the talent and that

he has got to get on with it. He played very well last year and he

caused a lot of fireworks with comments afterwards and he said he

felt great. He has gone quite again and perhaps this is the moment. We

might get the ultimate pairing tomorrow. You have been inside the

roads in the past couple of days. What interaction have we had

between him and b Caddick? Is it a team situation? Very much so. I

actually asked about the Major champion and he called and said

congratulations. Some of the shots he did yesterday, more than 300

yards and 50 yards past that could chart on the 5th. Not many players

out there can do that. -- Matt Kuchar. He has got a very safe

strategy on many of the holes, like Tiger Woods and he has got 14 Major

titles. They have been playing very conservatively. We have talked

about Tiger Woods playing that way and just finding the spot on the

fairway at plotting his way around. He has done the perfect mix of that

and used power. I call it getting the right intensity. Yet in the

engine going. I think Steve Williams has helped him to lift at

a little bit and then find the right level. You are comfortable

them with how you do things. You cannot push people to do things

that they are not happy with. He has encouraged him but kept him

relaxed as well. The important thing is to keep that going on

Saturday and Sunday and Stainby same. You cannot have a new game

plan. And he is at the sharp end at the moment. We mentioned Tiger

Woods and he is there once again it. This was like the old Tiger Woods.

Both he looked a bit displeased after this bunker. But back to his

best? He is the danger man. We can see that he has got real

determination. He really wanted that one. He was looking at the

leaderboard and wanting to stay in touch. He is out there in a good

frame of mind. And we have been talking about the weather

conditions. That has really helped Tiger Woods. Sometimes he does not

like that hard wind. He has gone into a new strategy. He does not

like the driver. That is the weakest club in his back. When he

gets an opportunity to throttle back, he will do that. I remember

at Royal Liverpool he was with the two-iron all week. He is in his

comfort zone and he is avoiding the driver. Sometimes you have got to

have the longer game and that will be interesting. I hope they will

get that. We have had that through our careers. In the amateur

tournaments and the Ryder Cups. I hope they get a taste of the wind.

We talk about following Tiger Woods in the United States. You are a

contemporary of his. But what do the Americans think about his

progress? A very warm welcome to the media centre. Or we have got

the great and the good of the world's Press. We have got

television screens to tell us exactly what is happening and we

will get an American perspective. How are you? A I could not be any

better. The third round of the Open is as good as it gets. The man at

the top is doing well, Brandt Snedeker. Surprising? Yes, and now.

He has not played that well in the past 36 holes. He has not made any

bogey and he has not hit any bunker. But he has been hitting the wrath.

He has been making it a bit easier. I am not sure if his luck will

continue but he is a quality player. Elsewhere, Jason Dufner and Tiger

Woods. You have heard of him before and he will be a significant

challenger. I predicted that he would win. But I said to listeners

if they wanted an outsider, Jason Dufner. I am looking like a genius,

but that can change! I fully expected Tiger Woods to win before

it started. His mission in round three is to get into the final two.

That is what he wants and if he can do that, I am sure that he can take

care of business on Sunday. across the pond, how has the opened

been received? It has been going great. When Tiger Woods gets in the

picture, coverage is energised. We have got a lot of viewers back home

wanting to be part of it. This is the 15th title that he is going for.

Within three of Jack Nicklaus. He has worked hard to get back his

game. His game plan has been impeccable. He has hit the fairway

and has been aiming for places on the green. Some people would call

it a very conservative approach but it is working for him. A It is

always great to speak to you. must work on the death of my boys.

must work on the death of my boys. success this morning. That was his

4th birdie in a road. 2-under par for the day, Keegan Bradley. He is

enjoying himself because he was not enjoying himself because he was not

at times yesterday splashing in and out of bunkers. Luke Donald is

eight shots back. But a lot of attention on Paul Lawrie and Graeme

McDowell. What is the danger is a cannot keep up with the suspected

progress of today's leaders? They have got a couple of rounds left

and they are six behind. They have got to play great golf. They can

easily get in trouble if they do not play well at the start. They

have got to get 4-under par in these wonderful conditions to be in

touch. I thought Graeme McDowell has really got it with the Major

titles. He came close again at the US Open. He fancies these Major

championships. The wind has not been blowing. Tomorrow he could

come into his own. How impressive have you been? Paul Lawrie have --

has been climbing back up the rankings and it has been a

remarkable. It has been a bit tongue-in-cheek, the way that he

has been viewed by people. I spoke To him in the clubhouse earlier in

the season and he is confident. He understands how well he is playing.

He has worked with Graeme McDowell and he has been very confident. He

has been discussing shots and his confidence is very high and you

have got to have that and they have scrambled very well and they are

prepared to knuckle down. They had a great start against. Graeme

McDowell, it does not matter how pretty the Scott looks on the

scorecard. He could not care less how it happens. If he is in the

rough but he gets it up and down, you have got to be relentless and

keep doing that all day long if that is the way that you make a

score. Plenty of scrambling and that is important at Royal Lytham.

He is terrific at that from 100 yards in a month, Luke Donald. So

it fizzled out a little bit. But from eight shots back, what are the

possibilities for him? He could get a round of 66 and get 6-under par

with bad weather conditions tomorrow. But he has got to get it

done today. I cannot see anybody coming from 10 shots back like Paul

Lawrie at Carnoustie will stop we are --. We are not talking carnage

yet! We have been talking to the people that have worked with the

leaders and they do not think that they will fall by the wayside.

before the storm perhaps. Many possibilities lie ahead today. It

is a gentle spot behind the 18th with the Dorney house and the old

We can have a little wander into the clubhouse at Royal Lytham. This

is the storage area. These people are the guardians of the equipment.

I cannot take anything or they will get me in a big head lock! We have

got about �1 million worth of equipment and it must be very well

protected. This is Mark Calcavecchia's. A we can see that

golf is all about innovation and technology. But we have still got

the old wages, take on the back. About 30 years old. This belongs to

Graeme McDowell. He is carrying three sand wedges this week. That

is the bouncing angle that he has got written on the back. In the

corner, Steve Stricker. One of the best putters in the world. I wonder

how many shots have been made of that in the past few years?

Everybody has got a special piece of equipment this week with the

course, Royal Lytham, written on the bottom. They will be

disappearing to a different venue next week. This is the man that

everybody has been talking about, be a leader, Brandt Snedeker. This

is the business so far. The only driver used this week. It has not

yet hit a single bunker. But what about this weekend? And that is why

you never left your clubs in a locker room! Somebody went into my

bag and was messing about with my putter. I would have said to him if

I had seen him, get out of that! think that he will live to fight

another day. Thank you very much. It has been fascinating to pick

your brains. We are heading to commentary. David, you were out

with Tiger Woods today. Have a great date. We can Hands you to

Fascinating conversations there from the three players. Harrington

little bit. Everybody talks about it being a perfect day, but the

wind has got up in the last couple of hours. Yesterday, when the sky

was grey, there was a little bit of wind. Not as much as today. And

that played to them. So I wonder back somebody could come from to

win this. In 2001, David Duval was seven shots behind Montgomerie at

the halfway stage. So it is possible, but I suppose it depends

a lot on the conditions. It is very much possible if you hit the greens

and make the putts. But the course is set up in such a way that

anything under par, 70, is a very good score, and you have to do it

twice. You need a remarkable two rounds, to get a couple of 66s. I

have a feeling you have to do that if you're going to come up from

all smiles in the montage, but here he is on this hole, which comes

back towards the clubhouse. You play the first three alongside the

railway. And a sizable number of the early morning gallery are with

this match. McIlroy and Harrington playing together. Just a couple of

bunkers to avoid, as ever. 257 to a bunker down the left, and there is

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one at 296 on the right. That is yesterday, after a battling 67 in

he was yesterday, until he was struck down with an eight at the

7th. Four shots gone in one. Lovely to see the crowds in shirtsleeves

today. Shirt sleeve order, we used to say. After all the doom and

gloom of the first two days. Gonzalez Fernandez-Castano. This is

his putting grip these days. It has helped him. One of the best ball

strikers from tee to green, near excitement will unfold in a few

hours. Ken has been having a look. On the 18th green, the pin today is

in the back right-hand portion, in a gathering area, not too bad. Just

to the right, one of these bunkers. If you go in there, it is an

awkward bunker shot because the slope is running away from you.

Quite some time before the leaders tee off. Snedeker at 1:30pm. One

thing that all of the players will do when they come off the first,

they will pick up a pin position Sheikh. When you look at it, it

looks innocuous, but he's -- each one is in a devious spot. On 18, 35

on, five from the right hand side. Not a bad spot. If you get a bit of

a flyer, the out of bounds is not far away. Sorry, the club house is

not too far behind and could leave an awkward shot. So the pin sheet

is absolutely vital. Gary Player up against the club house in 1974 had

to play left-handed on his way to 4th, in a bit of trouble. He may be

in trouble, but he has actually found a pretty decent lie and he

has a superb view of the green. So I think he has caught a bit of a

lucky break. He can get the club on the back of the ball. There will be

a whisper of grass obscuring his vision of the ball. He has quite a

distance to go. The pin is tucked on the left-hand side. Quite a

steep slope up to the green, but he will be hoping to pitch this right

hand corner. Am expecting this to release up the green a little bit

from the sort of lie that he has got. They have don the maths. --

they have done the maths. He is just moving the marshal a side. It

is a seven iron. He obviously has a good lie. Nick Faldo has joined us

in the commentary box. Thank you, trundle up the front edge. There

It augurs well for a bit of breeze the green from there. It sounded

like he was requesting it to come down. It has just hung on to the

weather, the course is magnificently prepared. I had a

Tour this morning. The bunkers are clean and sharp. It looks

magnificent out there, apart from putting the score on your score

card! The problem was where the spectators were, with the heavy

rain a couple of nights ago. It is the bunkers to the left of the 17th

that are still holding a little bit of water. It has been a problem.

Yesterday, we saw a couple of people having to take drops. So

unfortunate. I just wonder whether, they have been looking at so many

rules, adjusting them for the fairness of the game. That is one

of them that you question whether you could place it in the bunker,

if you could find your spot, because everybody knows you are at

a serious disadvantage having to drop the ball and it is guaranteed

to plug. That is where Keegan Bradley was yesterday. It has dried

up a bit, but he played out of the water yesterday. Again, bearing in

mind the amount of water we have had not just in the last week, but

over the last 20 years or so, it feels like. It has been a hard

spring. That is why we have long Westwood. Playing alongside Tom

Watson today. He would have expected to be a lot later in the

day going into the weekend. Was it Watson's putt last night on 18 that

got the plus threes in? I believe it was just about that. It was

certainly special for a lot of the three over players. It was great to

see what son doing that, after missing a short one at 17 as well.

It is brilliant at 62, how he comes to the majors, Watson, and makes

the cut. That is impressive in itself. It is more than impressive.

That was a double bogey. He had an injury to his right hand. He has

not got much strength, which makes it all the more incredible. Rory is

just off the green. I would always get someone to tend the flag, just

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yesterday after his round. Send us two would be playing together at

the weekend but a little further up the leaderboard. That is how to

warm up your rotator cuff. Spot the off. That is one way of burning

The first dropped shot of the day. He slips back to three over. The US

PGA might be more of a links in terms of wind than this. Yes, very

similar in the fact that it has a famous prevailing wind left to

right. You start the first couple of holes, the first three, in to

left to right and turn it a right angle on the 4th and play the hard

left to right. By that time you have meandered away, you work your

way back and turn back into the wind for the last six holes. I

thought that would be very similar to here. But we have not had the

true prevailing wind picking up this week. Harrington, a couple of

shots better than McIlroy at the are first off, on your own, go on

your own because you can just get on with it. But if you are in the

middle of the field and you lose your playing partner for whatever

reason, take a marker with you, just to slow you down and fitted

with the pace of play for the day. Many the assistant pro has been

hauled out a to be told they are playing in the Open. That is a

nerve-racking moment. No real preparation for that. Lee Westwood

at 16. Ouch! Maybe a wedge in your hand off a links turf. That is

tough to do. The fifth is playing right. The green falls off left and

right. Very close to the bunkers on the right hand side. Quite a wide

green. But it is a teasing flag position. Six iron for Padraig.

breeze. Fortunate just to miss the long stuff. It looks like Rory has

his range of motion. It looks like that is left. He did not judge that

one well. It is a swing that many would like to copy but it is not

physically possible for most people. If you get the numbers on his hip

action, he basically moves his hips twice as fast as anybody and twice

as far. This is one of the areas, when it is on song, it is

incredible. Early in the season, he was hitting three woods 350 yards,

and more. But when it gets out of timing, his right knee moves too

early, and all have that extra motion is very difficult to get

consistency in two. I think that is really what has been happening for

most of this season with Rory. After his win in Florida in the

early season, we thought he was off and running. I am sure he is

puzzled as well that he cannot quite get his finger on it, cannot

get the timing right. Westwood on the back of the 16th, one under for

his round for today. Classic! He shut the club face, coming out of

picks you up a little when you roll in one of those early on. Playing

alongside a bright American prospect, Harris English, two over

for the Championship who has game which has been well

face. Exactly. With a wedge in your hand, misjudged that. McIlroy,

short of the fifth, after a misjudgement off the tee. He made

that bite. He was not looking for has a little bit of green to play

with. Coming off the shoulder of the bunker though. Padraig loves

these. Anything where he has to conjure up something different from

the norm. He has done it the old- fashioned way. He practices four

hours and hours on chipping greens He probably fancied it. How far

past was it going. You pretend you're disappointed, but secretly,

you were doing a little jig. In for last PGA Championship, his third

major win. When we talk about the last 15 majors having been won by

different players, that goes back to his PGA win in 2008. A lot of

things changing since then for him. Tried to change his swing and ended

his association. He seems to be coming back. He looks good. The

quality of his shot-making is right there. His short game is good. The

only occasional, he just loses his temper with the putter. -- his

off a really straightforward shot down the par three. The last thing

he was thinking of was coming up short and making a four. I was

amazed I did not realise that now they move to the 6th, a par four.

It was always a par five back in my day. That is a pretty daunting hole.

It is almost like he has a high jumper, who rocks backwards and

forwards, deciding when to start the run up. It is a long walk down

to the 6th tee. Harrington and McIlroy. It is a bit of a horror,

the 6th. Although Tiger Woods yesterday hit two-iron, seven-iron.

That is what happens on the links. If you can hit the right shape, a

good caddie can plot weather down slopes are on the fair ways. If you

need to throttle back, grab a two- iron, landed on the downslope, it

goes just about as far as a driver would go. This is a great view. If

you can turn a little draw round the corner, plenty of rough down

the left side. Lots of bunkers. The front left bunker looks pretty

daunting. It really pops up a good couple of feet above the green

surface. So that is a tough flag to work. Two draws. Draw one off the

tee, and your second shot from the middle of the green towards the

flag. Just a club to make sure he stays short of the couple of

tight second shot. The big decision on whether you can carry it across

those two left and bunkers, the left-hand side of the green. Rory

is going to give him something special and turn one right round

There was a caddie at 290, and they were applauding back on the tee.

That is not always a true indicator. Is that it? Down on the right hand

wonderful 17th. I went down and looked at the tee position. It is

almost down in the hospitality area. It is so deep. And then it is so

flat, this hole. They have actually lowered the bunkers. My main

comment on this, it is so difficult to get depth perception on the 17th.

The green sits in the middle of the golf course. It cuts out the vision

completely. So Tom Watson is going to pick a chimney someone on the

horizon. -- somewhere on the hit it true and found the right

line. He just about had. A bit of a struggle today. Mine over for the

Championship and as it stands he is heading for an early tee off with

John Daly. -- nine over for the Championship. He might want to make

a couple of birdies. The trousers might look very similar to those.

Probably joined together. Diamonds on diamonds. I think they should

swap caps. There you go. There is the man himself. Playing with Chad

Campbell today. Eight over and nine over respectively, Campbell and

Daly. I wondered where my shower curtain went missing from my room

back a couple of feet. The greens have certainly dried out a little

bit, and just enough. It is amazing, on the links, it does not take long.

Basically, once it has stopped raining, it is drying out. Heading

towards drought, and then it turns round and comes back again. Birdie

for Vijay Singh, getting back to a few exuberant stretchers. Let's

Great to see you on this beautiful day, the third round, the business

end of the competition. How are you feeling? I am feeling good. I have

put it in position over the first couple of days and I now need to

take advantage of that. If we can go out there and hit lots of

fairways and greens, I am going to have lots of chances and I just

need to take some of them. Some ground to make up, but in the Open

Championship there is a history of players have your calibre doing

that. We have seen it in the past, but we have not seen this weather,

in terms of how calm it is. We have seen 10 shots switch around before,

10-12 years ago, but the weather was blustery. Hopefully, we will

get a strong breeze this afternoon and we can try to cut through some

of that deficit. Have you ever played in an Open that has changed

so much in terms of the weather at this point? I do not think I have

played any Open which has been quite like this in terms of the

weather. They have got the forecast wrong all week. How benign it has

been for two days, and it is still just a light breeze. You are raring

to go, still in the hunt. Looking at what sort of score by the end of

the day? I do not know, let's see how it goes. I would like to eat

into some of the shots that I am behind and see what happens

tomorrow. Good luck. Have a good best of brotherhood of man. Did you

ever have headphones? Absolutely not, never. I asked him last year.

He had Elvis Presley in his ears. I Harrington. He did all right. He

did really well. Scraped his way onto the front corner of the green.

sand wedge as well. Amazing. I think I hit it over the back of

that green with Tom Lehman with an Not bad. That bogey is still fresh

blood and on to the downside as well. Here is an athlete. I think

we have missed the best bet! -- bit! Hand-made shoes. Just look at

the cigars. That is the most important part of his warm-up. Just

there. You have got to get the wind direction right because presumably

it could burn out. He hits a good shot and rewards himself with a

America. He has got some local fans tough time. Silly little mistakes.

He gets away with that. But when he is not doing that, getting a double

bogey, triple bogey, he is amazing. That is my favourite. You cannot

get a 99 in America. They do not know what a 99 years. Padraig

Harrington. And a fairly lengthy him. He has had a very good round.

Rory McIlroy needs to get into crash, bang, wallop and hole

wonder if he would hit that more if he was a couple of shots off the

lead. It would depend on how comfortable he is. If you are

left-hand side. Paramount to avoid does, which she has done. -- of

sure, soon for Lee Westwood and the Patrick -- practice strokes.

That looked nice. There it is. going to walk off with a beaming

John Davey has found it and he will be taking a drop. He is not any

closer to the hole. He is trying to get some downslope. Very sneaky. A

wise man. But obviously if it is dead flat, that would just land and

it would be a quarter buried. is the way to do it. A birdie on

the 16th. At least 10-over now for estate in on the cut. -- escaped.

After that fabulous when a couple of months ago and a good week at

the Players' Championship, he forced his way through at the

weekend but since then has gone Tour De France. Congratulations,

Bradley Wiggins. Stay on your bike, mate. I was on one of those

Olympics training schemes years ago and then I disappeared for about

five weeks and went on and out of bounds course and by the time I got

back to cycling, they had gone and they left me up the road. They had

enough of that. Then I took golf a bit more seriously. And that went a

cave. -- pretty well. I will be interested to see how this Queen

holds up. -- green. He knocked Treaty out of it. -- he knocked the

green out of it. That change of direction was a little by Ireland.

his wife. -- not much approval from changed. To keep mobility is the

most important thing. At the age of 62, to get that aridity, it is

difficult because it can tighten up. I am impressed by his enthusiasm

and dedication and he just loves it out there. Noise for the great

championships with great hopes but he understands that most of the

applause is for this man, 63 in September and still here at the

weekend. What a moment it was yesterday when he got that 25 ft

shot to make sure he was here at Scattered everywhere. Rory McIlroy

his deep. That is somewhere to the will be there all day. They will be

parked with a packed lunch. They will get nicely tanned which the

breeze and sunshine. -- with that. Look after yourselves. Luke Donald

has got a sand wedge in his hands. He does. The cameras always flatter

him at the controls. -- flatten the ridges. The cut was expected at a

three-over-par. He got a birdie at the 18th. He pushed it and he kept

going right and suddenly it turned and went in. It is always a treat

to have him here at the weekend. He will be an early starter tomorrow

for the crowds to follow. We have got a bit of a slope. That could

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is still laid up with injury. -- at West Virginia. He played a

magnificent shot. He did a bit of an exhibition. And he has got that

as well. Right in the middle. It looked like he was moving gingerly

today. It is a long haul getting up this early. He will be out a little

early tomorrow. John Davey is waiting. Tom Watson to niches. --

finishes. Lee Westwood for a round come back again and try again

tomorrow. KJ Choi. He moves to 2- over par. A birdie on the 13th.

After 12 pars. He held his second shot at the 18th to get to 2-over

start. That is for a birdie. That will take him to 1-over par for the

Championship. Welcome, Peter Alliss. A very exciting Thursday this

promises to be. It is nice to see smiling faces and a bit of naked

flesh. Too many anoraks and woolly hats and gloves around. Phil

Mickelson had two pairs of gloves yesterday to keep warm. We have got

a little bit of wind. I just watched Padraig Harrington and his

drowses were clapping. It has been an astonishing week. Brandt

Snedeker was hoping that the wind will be blowing this weekend but be

careful what you wish for, especially around here. The wind

mack craze sweeps across the course. -- wind sweeps across the course.

The weather conditions have been against the whole organisation. The

spectators have been magnificent. still very receptive. It is good to

see the sunshine because the colour changes. Instead of just rain

equipment that everybody is wearing, the way that you do it. Very nicely

hit. He went through international qualifying in Texas. He has done

that a couple of times on the nationwide Tour. 37 years old and

all cylinders. We can see the flag up on the green. It is not steady.

that at all and it has gone over the back. Still going. It has been

a disappointing campaign for the Rory McIlroy this year. -- Rory

McIlroy. Back on the first. Playing alongside Charles Walsh what's up -

dancefloor. I said Charl Schwartzel, excuse me. My goodness. Lee

Slattery. Sorry about that. It was not meant as an insult. He has

played some good golf. But there is something missing. Some part of the

puzzle, because he is a good player. Stayed in the heart of the green.

But can he play? That is the killer. Plenty of good ball strikers around.

If it was just about ball-striking skills, I would have been flipping

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not to get further forward but go for his birdie attempt. We see

it all the time in Australia, the English coming out for a holiday.

Get there. But they did not quite understand how strong macro the

sunshine is. And we get a lot of heat exhaustion. It can be very,

very unpleasant. I was doing my RAF service and I got self-inflicted

wounds. Those were the days! Seven days of self-inflicted wounds. Now

the early starters. The best is only 1-under par. Keegan Bradley

had four birdies in a grave. -- consecutively. Somebody has got to

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away from the clubhouse. Padraig of bounds on the right. That is on

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strokes. He was 2-under par. Hello Still some three hours and 20

minutes from watching the leaders in the third round of the Open

Championships. 3:20pm. We have got a long and potentially nervous wait

for them. Brandt Snedeker has got the one-shot advantage against Adam

Scott. Tiger Woods behind them. Bubba Watson putting on the

finishing touches to his preparation. He will be out at