Day 4 Part 1 Golf: The Open

shot of a champion. He has done it. Magic, Tiger Woods. He gets better

and better. Look at that. Will you look at that. Champion golfer of

the year, Seve Ballesteros. Yes, yes and yes. He likes the big stage.

How do you like that? Seve Ballesteros is once again the

champion. This hugely talented Australian. And he has it. And Tony

Good morning. If Royal Lytham has to use Graeme McDowell's expression

of the sleeping giant in Winters conditions, well, it is staring. On

the final day of this 141st Championship. It is certainly a

stiff breeze blowing from the coast. That will add a degree of

difficulty to this already difficult golf course. It will

racket up excitement levels and detention levels at the sharp end

of the chase to land the clarets Day No. 3 and the weather has been

largely for golf but took a while to get going. We can talk local. It

was a miserable day for him, him, him and even him. Luke Donald is

the leading Englishman and had the force Aveley in parts and is a long

way away. Debunker 17th fairway has got the Blackpool Tower and animals

named after commentators. Wayne Grady, Andrew Cotter, Nick Faldo...

A big face is coming. Then it is. The if I touch anything in

appropriately they will get me in a big headlock. Look at that. That is

quite tough to do. Get these claw marks out. We had high hopes for

Bubba Watson and he was swinging Bubba Watson and he was swinging

like a warrior. Yes, indeed! He is coming! But after an early flourish,

coming! But after an early flourish, a dirty double at the 15th. I can

introduce you to some friends. Ricky, Ricky, Ricky, David and

Ricky. In terms of the other people, Matt Kuchar is looking nice and

Zach Johnson is looking tasty and we have got that other guy. We have

got this about town with only one man. He continues to get around the

links like a bloke that has been here before. Ominous. Have a good

state. That is very nice of you, Graeme McDowell. There is checked

trousers are working wonders. Could he be the winner by Monday? The man

in Frank has topped the leaderboard. -- pink. It was not long before the

nearest challenger moved centre- stage. Another one goes for

Snedeker. Nerves of steel and Australian grit. He seems to have

the lot. The Big Easy is swinging easy and Tiger Bay. And by the

power of Gray's goal, Thorbjorn Olesen is in contention. It has

been drama in the first few days. the reader has got a four-shot

advantage it will stop -- for the 4th time the leader has got a four-

shot advantage. Graeme McDowell is aiming to take the trophy back home,

just as Darren Clarke did last year. So but Adam Scott is still

harbouring hopes of being the winner. Tiger Woods has never won

any of his previous 14 Majors when he has not been at the top on the

last day. Seven Major winners are lurking including any house. They

have been out since 7:10am and we have had some excitement. That

approach is looking good. Very good. That was an eagle. That has taken

him to 2-under par. 1 A of the par for the championships. He is loving

be wonderful conditions this morning. He is not the only one.

Andres Romero of Argentina. But look at his golf bag. We have got a

certain gentleman behind him, Carlos Tevez. He has had a look

around and has been gainfully employed by the golf player today.

He has enjoyed his experience and not many people get a chance to do

that. He has reached the heights of the game and this will be

fascinating for him today. It is a lovely day in Lancashire but we

have been told the wind will increase. Up to 20, even 30 mph

after the leading pair head out at 2:30pm. That will dramatically

change the character of this golf course. What a fascinating day we

have ahead. I am sure you are looking forward to it as much as us.

They have been out since 7:20am. These are the main challengers

today. Mark Calcavecchia is doing his bit for the over-fifties. Louis

Oosthuizen remembers what it is like in the last day. Then, Bubba

Watson alongside Thomas Aiken. The FedEx Cup jackpot winner Bill Haas

crept up the leaderboard yesterday it. Thorbjorn Olesen has impressed

many of us with his fearless plate. Ernie Els and has Zach Johnson

start six shots off the pace. Tiger Woods is in the penultimate group.

As he is with Brandt Snedeker. At 2:30pm it is the call time for

Graeme McDowell, also in the last pairing at the US Open. For Adam

Scott this is a new experience in the last eight, his first time in

any Major. More coverage on the red bus and. But we will enjoy chatting

here about what is ahead in the next few hours with two gentleman,

next few hours with two gentleman, Nick Faldo at and Peter Dawson. You

are making your annual Sunday visit. Great to have you here. We were

talking about the possibilities last night. Much depends on how you

have set up a course today. At will you enable them to change in

positions? What has been the strategy? It has acquitted itself

very well in the first few days, this golf course. We are expecting

more wind than we have had at any time. We have been careful with

pacing the greens. We do not want them to be too fast. I would say

that it is a little easier than yesterday, with De pins. But for

the early players today, it is very exciting. I did not think we will

see people bursting ahead of the pack. That is obviously of some

comfort to Adam Scott. If we look at how he has acquitted himself,

another solid ground and surely the title is going to be his? I would

not say guaranteed but he has got a great shot. It will not be easy.

Wind has picked up. We have got some really difficult courses which

have really grown teeth. We have got a par-four at 90 yards. It is a

different animal. That will get the leaders going and get your mind

thinking and it will play a really important role. I am not 100 % sure

about Adam Scott. He could run away with it. But he could have three

bogeys. He might scare himself. Today that strategy is going to be

important. He has got to hit solid shots and be sensible. This golf

course is very difficult from the tee to be green. It is a wonderful

leaderboard and if we look at the possibilities, how much more

difficult will it be playing in terms of competitions with

clubbing? It is a real shock to the system for many players that have

not experienced these championships so far. It was very uncomfortable

conditions for the first three days. Not like links golf. But it is

drying out. They will be experiencing a lot of crosswind. It

will really be the tee today because you cannot win the event at

from the rough and you have got to find the greens. Adam Scott's

driving has been astonishing. He has attacked the golf course but

kept it on the short grass. remember Snedeker Seine in the

first couple of rounds, let the wind glow and bring it on and

somebody said, be careful what you wish for. Did you wish for tougher

conditions? It is playing like proper links golf or. We had enough

wind to make things interesting. You have got to stand up and keep

still. I enjoyed it getting a little bit tougher because I felt

that I could shake up my shots and hit the green. It works

occasionally. So much to look forward to. It has been great at so

many children have been inspired by what they have seen. Anybody under

16 can come for free if accompanied by an adult. It is a policy you are

passionate about. You have been in the same boat because you are

desperate to get youngsters into the game. I have been associated

for 16 years. We have been keen to do this from day one. I took a grip

out here about eight years ago. We want to broaden the horizons in

South America and down in Brazil. A couple of years back I have had two

series finals just outside re- edited area. -- Rio de Janeiro. We

like to take the winner's out. It is a bit of a Monday feeling. We

are trying to grow the game of golf along with the authorities and the

US PGA. We are on the same page and we are moving forward to the

Olympics. That is a great shop window for the game of golf. We

have been tried to do the best we can to expand that and give

children an opportunity to experience something different. We

throw them in the deep end. The winners from Asia will have a grand

final in September and will get to experience golf in Europe and then

we did the opposite and take the winners from Europe into Asia.

Again, all part of the experience of playing golf and jumping up on

an aeroplane and dealing with different environments. As you said

yourself, we have got a small, intimate global event which will

have a bearing on the development of the game coming up to a club

It's coming very quickly. In four years' time, golf returns to the

Olympic Games. Rio, 2016. How important will that be? What impact

will it have, going from 26-28 sports? The driving sport -- the

driving force for getting golf back into the game was up from people

who love the game, saying, we can get the government to back golf

again. We can see government interest in finance -- financing

the game in India and Asia. There is the course looking? We have

appointed the architect and the layout is finalised, ball and has

been acquired. It is the responsibility of Rio de Janeiro

and 2016. That is their responsibility, we should be

breaking ground at the course in October. How does it fit in with

the major Championship schedule? When we consider all the sport in

the Olympics, there has been Abbey -- a debate about tennis, is it

every tennis player stream, as it sit comfortably in the pantheon of

great championships? I think we have passed that point. Originally,

people thought golf should not be in the Games, it is not the

pinnacle of that sport. I have been encouraged about the professional

players' attitudes, both men and particularly women. When young

people grow up with golf as an established Olympic sport, the may

well look at the gold medal as part of golf as competitive landscape is

very important. Roger Federer said that one of his greatest moments in

sport was winning the doubles in Beijing. Would you have liked to

play? Opportunity to win a gold medal? Absolutely. It is the

pinnacle of global sport. Absolutely. I'm sure there are many

young golfers watching and being inspired but what is to come in the

Olympics. This is a course which has produced some of the greatest

victories from the greatest names in the game. There was a man who

loves these links. The one and only Seve Ballesteros. In fact, in the

clubhouse earlier on this week, there was a wonderful tribute paid

to Seve Ballesteros by the members as they unveiled a beautiful

portrait of him. Isn't that lovely? An image of Seve that everyone will

treasure. Seve Ballesteros, one would almost they can to play

running and jumping. Her looks like he is in the parking lot. He is in

the car park, right up against the cars here. That is it. I cannot

believe I have won the tournament. I don't think I will sleep very

well tonight, but I don't care. That was an astonishing shot.

easy just to not give it enough. But that wouldn't be Ballesteros.

In she goes. Seve is once more the champion. It is a pity I don't find

many cars on the 16th fairway this Gone but not forgotten, certainly

not by these gentlemen. They have walk from London a two of them

carrying a golf bag. Well done, and I hope you have raised a lot of

money for a worthy cause. Even the cameraman got a little taste. When

you think back to his exploits, you saw it up close and personal didn't

you? I was there. We played together in 1988. It was the first

time we had a rain delay. With Seve Ballesteros's passing, we have been

asked to live -- to relive that a lot. On the 7th hole, he was a

great show. He could take a club out the back, a practice thing --

practice swing under follow-through all in one motion. Eyesore Hay

flying up in the air. I thought, what has he done? He said, the ball

is lying not very good. I said, I don't care. You just won the Open!

He said, it was quite difficult! A sad loss. It is fitting to be back

here you run from his passing. was wonderful about him,

particularly here, was that the traditional thinking here is that

you make Europe score on the first 13 holes and then you hang on and

the way back. He did not do that, did he? He could do anything. He

was a magician with the golf ball. That was him hanging on! He could

hit it left, right, left, right. He was always in the hole. That was

the fascinating thing about him. terrific putter. A magical putter.

Absolutely. He was not the only man to win here. Dan Walker caught up

with a man who won the Open in 1974. He became the only second player --

only the second player to win the Open in three separate decades. The

man in black was a great crowd- pleaser but he'll be one after a

tussle with the clubhouse. We're down by the side of the 18th

green with - I might have to salute you! - one of the legends of the

game, Gary Player. Three Open Championships. I wanted to be the

first person to win in three decades. I had always spoken about

exercises and diet and staying fit, so to read able to do that in three

decades you have to do that. Also, to win on a golf course like this

one. The Open Championship has been my favourite tournament and the

world and that meant so much to me. Parker's the it. I had a six-shot

lead with two holes to play. I put my ball right here. I turned my

putter round backwards. And they were all these members, right here,

having a drink and there were drops falling on my head. That is exactly

where the ball was. I c his head out of the window, the secretary

says, good luck. I take my putter. A very easy shot. As you can see.

Simple as that. The flag was at the back here, so I was only 10 feet

from the wall. I have been here every year since 1955. I stocky my

body and trim. Thank you for talking us through the memories of

See what a 1000 sit-ups a day can do for you? I know you remember

that one. What is your more special memory to cherish? For me, it

depends on the time of your life. Tony Jacklin's when for me. I was

in my early twenties, we had been told for years that the Americans

were better, the Australians were better, but Tony's when here

started to turn the tide. It gave European golf and British golf that

boost. It was a bit of extra confidence for us to get where we

are today, right on top the world. Particularly with Jack Nicklaus and

Arnold Palmer, all these great names coming out of America, but it

showed that Britain could be these legends of the game. Especially as

Tory went on to win the US Open the following year. It was a real boost.

For you, Nick? You have had two very close finishes here.

English amateur, 1975. The start of my career. I had a Ryder cup in

1977. Others my very first Ryder cup. We played three matches, and I

won all three. I beat Tom Watson, who was Open champion. That was the

start of my career. I have some great memories from here. Everyone

has good memories of this place. It is great to have you back after 11

years, Peter. Congratulations on setting up the course. You're back

to your day job. Thank you for popping in. Thank you. I look

forward to an interesting afternoon. Ken Brown not close to landing the

Claret Jug, tied six, Muirfield, 1980. These days, when he is out on

the course, he's unbeatable. wind is definitely freshening. But

is critical to find the fairway off the tee today. By the rough is

quite different places. One or two areas, the ball just settles down.

If you see where the people of walk, it is just like the fairway. You

have to avoid the bunkers. There are 205 of them. There in pristine

condition. You have to see if you can get the ball over those little

tempting edges. With the wind freshening, finding the fairway

today is going to be more difficult and vitally important.

Thank you, Ken. So many possibilities. There flags

beginning to falter. The wind is getting up. Peter Alliss has seen

it all. 31st Open Championship covering for the BBC. What are your

impressions of what may lie ahead today? I try to be a sort of

sensible. A lot of people think I am not. So many things can happen.

To say that the leader, if he breaks par, is going to win, is not

true. Nick Price was two shots ahead here with a round to go and

at 68 under normal circumstances, you say, he will win. But Seve did

a 65. There are all sorts of things that can come into the equation. It

may be 208, that sort of thing. It all depends on how the deal with

these conditions. Not only this, it is this. It is easy to get carried

away. We'll talk more about that. A big, big day for Adam Scott. Only

time will tell whether a four-shot lead will be enough for him to be

great confidence booster. Adam Scott takes the lead at 10 under

par. Get there. Yes! Two under for the round, 11 under for the

Championship. It is not a million miles away. The leader by five all

of a sudden. The first drop shot for Adam Scott. Good aggressive

and himself. He has never been in this situation. What is about to

change in the next few hours? You have to turn off your emotions.

On the range, he was putting up the defensive barrier, though trying to

keep to himself. Steve Williams on the back will be a great help. They

were chatting a lot. He will recognise of his man is changing.

You have got to go and play golf. A lot of good decisions have to be

made today. It will be playing different today. Anything down wind,

the golf ball is now releasing. They have had the luxury of it

stopping on a line. Now, they're going to get some release. On the

14th, you're going to one that on a down slope. All these things are

going to come into play. A lot is going on and you're suddenly

recognising totally different feelings in your body and you swing

will feel tighter. How do you deal with that? A couple of weeks ago in

America, I was working, he had a sneaky run tried to catch Tiger on

the Sunday. Away from the cameras, he had six or seven under par. If

he had posted one or two more birdies to scare him. And he went

bogey, bogey, bogey. No one was really a round. Whether he has

learned from that and turned into a positive, that can be good thing,

that is how we learn, or whether it happens again, he might scare

himself. All these leaders have got great pluses and great minuses as

well. Adam Scott, last night, made the point that four shots going

into the final day in any event this year as an proved to be all

that much, because there has been such an eventful year of golf with

people coming right out of the pack. You have seen this over the years.

Everyone assumes that the winner is going to play perfect golf. The

winner will not be the person who plays the most wonderful shot, it

will be the person who has the least mistakes. Paul Lawrie, he had

a putt from 10 feet and three- putted. He tried and everyone.

Things happen. You hit your drive, you hit your second and the putt

goes in if you're lucky. Things can be with you against you. That is

the game. One of the most outstanding things about the last

day of the Open Championship is how you let that plea on your emotions.

There is one man who has Provan consistently over the last couple

of years that he loves the thrill of this, and it is grim McDowell. -

He has that confident spring in his step. Graeme McDowell in the mood,

to five under par. Could be very good indeed for Graham McDowell!

Yes, McDowell again! Back to back birdies. 67 today. Wonderful player

in the stretch of holes. This man was brought up on a links

golf. How much could that play to his advantage? Does he like these

conditions? If he plays as he has done he will have some idea what

might happen. If you always played with trees down the side of the

fairway and you suddenly had these open spaces, it is a very different

world. He is very confident. I hope that carries him through. He looks

like he enjoys it. I got as nervous as anybody but I tried to enjoy it.

I tried to imagine I was playing with friends at at a local park and

driving at the third hole grip. At can make your brain work. It has

been very interesting psychological stop some of the things that he

says are remarkable. --. Some of the things that he says are

remarkable. I am all scared of failing than of winning. For a man

of such repute to articulate these kinds of emotions is pretty

startling. You can scare yourself. People did not understand about

professionals, you have to have nerves. You have to have the right

kind of nervous. Sometimes you like the shots and you don't like them.

If you do not, it can scare you and you have to bail out. Instead of

going for the flak, you have to move your target and you still have

to have great confidence. If your shot scares you but you know how to

deal with it, you can get the emotions right and stand up and you

play the shot and pull it off. But if you scare yourself and think,

how can I do that and you hit a poor shot, you can get a bit

negative and you will face it again. He is confident and has had a great

build up. At the US Open he was right there and he still has that

feeling. That is what we are talking about. He had that

experience last month in a Major group trying to win. And the other

factor is playing a couple of weeks ago at Port Rashid in the Irish

Open. -- Royal Portrush. He likes that style of golf. It does not

matter too hemmed. It is not the pictures on the scorecard, but the

numbers. He helped to win the Ryder Cup. He had a couple of drinks of

champagne afterwards in the locker room. He said you dream about these

moments all of your life to win the Ryder Cup and walk down the 18th to

win a Major Championship. But when you are about to do it, you get

scared. Do I really what's this? Did you experience that? -- want

this? I have faced it thousands of times. I have looked at the

leaderboard at would Rodger Davis and I said to myself that I want to

win and I faced that and I made it. But it is hard at the time.

that is what you do it all. If you are not happy in that situation,

you will not make that situation. You are quite happy to keep pushing

yourself a little bit further and that is a great feeling when your

stomach is Jennings and you can still play the game of golf. For me

that was the real challenge and the real joy. Going out and playing on

Sundays and doing it. You have obviously had that belief. A back

is half the battle. -- that is half the battle. It is all about the

strong it mind and in the past few years that has all been about Tiger

Woods. He has taken 14 but never from a position of chasing on the

final day. Can he bucked the trend to work hard. M Rayer! Hello! --

hello! Just missing. Rock steady. deer. Just missed that. Nice shot.

Is he in a position to buck the trend from five behind? Is his game

in place to do that? Of course it is. You can make of statistics

whatever you will. I could not understand it yesterday it. I have

not for the last three years, at the way he has played. But I could

not understand his conservatism. Leaving himself a long shot and not

quite getting the distance. He does not look like he is enjoying it. He

does not do anything to try and give to the crowd and get something

back from them. He does not smile. He does not do anything. He is

living in a steel cage. Not just concentration. I do not know what

it is but it was very strange. But he can win today. Do you agree?

When that driver goes off, that changes his mind set. He has played

great in America when he has been able to throttle back and play

within himself. He had a little bit of a cold going. But at 80 % he is

incredible. His rhythm is incredible. He knows that he is not

going to hit that drive and lessee is 100 % comfortable. He might be

forced a few times. -- unless he is 100 %. He might have the 11th hole

par five and he might have to play a longer game. He might mess up his

second shot. But he does not like a wind left, right. But you never

know. He might buck the trend. He is in bed. If he does not scare

himself and starts to scare others will stop --... Who knows what will

happen? He recovered very well at the 18th. Brandt Snedeker is in

position to do something today. And out of the chasing pack, who do you

like? They are all good. Adam Scott is ahead by four. He is a nice

young man, Brandt Snedeker and is looking forward to the challenge.

He is holding on and he will just see what happens. He has got a

quick rhythm and if he does get a little bit nervous, he is quick

with everything. Sometimes he might get a little bit too quick and make

mistakes. But it will be fascinating watching them get

around. It will be joyful. Brandt Snedeker has given us much to smile

about and much to think about it been consistent over five holes. At

just keeping his rhythm going. has avoided all the bankers are to

disappoint. His first visit to a bunker in this Championship and he

does not look particularly happy. Another shot gone for Snedeker.

That is not the place to be. He had a one-shot lead at the start. Four

drift. Another shot goes from Snedeker. A falling apart. That is

Can you emphasise what has affected a Brandt Snedeker today? It is not

a bad time to scare yourself, Saturday. With his recent victories

in America, he has come back from well behind. We had that collapse

Stanley when he took an eight. That might greet him up. He has had

difficult days on Saturday and he might think that he can come back

and play with freedom. It looks unlikely. It is very well put

together but I do not think anybody is going to run back to the

clubhouse and posed a very racecourse. They are last out at

2:30pm. Somebody is landing the Claret Jug. But Elliott, Peter

Alliss landed a smaller version. -- earlier today. That was a lovely

honour. What did you think of that? It was a thrilling. I am getting a

little bit worried because everybody is always giving me

prices. I think I am going to snuff it. I have loved the game of golf

all my life and my father was one of the best professionals of the

day and the family have been interested in golf for 100 years. I

try to be an observer. I get into trouble for that sometimes if you

do not say the right things to the right people. But I think, is it

fair? Is it all right? Does it work? And you are both members of

the Hall of fame. A very interesting speech from Peter. Were

you aware of that? We are not ready for that on the BBC! But over the

years you have been hanging up your clubs. Is it refreshing to be able

to give your opinions without a favour on television these days? Is

it a change to speak your mind and not have to be mindful of other

golfers? You do the best you can. We call like golf. We did not have

autocues and scripts it. But I enjoy it. I have had my eight this

season in America and more to come, which is good. You just want to

make it interesting to. You want to do a good job and I want to

entertain myself and enjoy myself. I want to walk out of the door and

think, that was all right. I am hinting it now. It is like my

second career. Which is very strange because my number one as a

child was to be my own boss. But it is great fun. And you try to give

your honest opinion on what you have seemed. We only get a couple

of seconds to do that. And we are living precariously because we all

want the claret jugs. difference with commentators is

that we are always nervous of criticising any of them because we

spend a lot of time with them in the locker room. But I do not. I

was reading a report from a theatre critic that did not mix with the

actors because he wanted freedom of opinion. He taught if he became too

friendly with them it would be a poor performance. I thought one of

my friend would be great at television but he could not bring

himself to describe a bad shot. People can be like that with the

players of the day. But I feel rightly or wrongly, I keep out of

the way. I have got little spies and I know a bit more than they

think. That suits me. We have got a fascinating time ahead. You have

both been commenting and contributing. We can get out to

Kenny Brown. It is going to be one of these challenging days with the

wind conditions as we have said. Dan Walker is always a bit of a

quirky fellow when it comes to his As the players walk of the 18th,

they have some very important business to attend to. They make

their way over here to the recorder's office. This is perhaps

the most essential thing they will do when they finish their round.

Famously, people have made mistakes in the past. He will coming here,

they will sit down for about five minutes, they will go through hole

by hole making sure they have exactly the same score as the

Recorder has agreed, they can check it on the big screen, to make sure

that when the sign it off, it was exactly as it was out there on the

course. Otherwise they could be disqualified. Then they come to the

interview room. This is the primary interview position, where people

are busily preparing themselves. You can see or mock room in a golf

course. He will sit down. They will say, obviously, hole in one on the

first was the most important hole on the round for me. And they will

come through here, back out to do an interview with Radio 5 Live.

Then they will step up into the second re-interview position. There

will be assembled people of the media. It will pronounce what went

well and when -- what went wrong in their 18 holes. Then he will leave

and make their way 200 yards over to the right hand side and going to

the big media centre and speak to the assembled men and women of the

press. Then, their time is their own. They can go to the range, they

can go home for a sleek, there can go for a pork pie, daily person who

does anything difference -- different is the ball to wins it.

He has the Claret Jug to pick up. There are a lot of cabins there.

The winner will be heading out on to the 18th green to except that

trophy by about 6:45pm. Unless, of These leaders are not going out or

2:30pm. Let's check and see if there has been any movement further

their way out on to the course. Ian Poulter, we have seen his eagle at

the second already. He has just had a bogey. Paul Lawrie is out early

today. A disappointing third round for Paul yesterday. He is one over

par for today. The scoring is not particularly great at the moment

Ross pressure has come home with a Jeev Milkha Singh, who won at

Castle Stuart last week. Martin layered had an 82 yesterday. Romero

has had Carlos test on his back. It hasn't helped much, as it? --

Final reflections as we going to that final day. The scoring is not

great. It looks like it will be a real challenge. You can go down to

Johnson and Ernie Els, 68 or 67 looks quite a good score, so Adam

may have to shot in his pocket, I would say. Simply because of the

difficulty of the golf course. All these guys are feeling good, they

feel they have an opportunity. Ernie said, he is feeling great, he

feels something special was going to happen, that is a great positive,

and his negative is, it has been 10 years since his last major. Johnson

is very dangerous, he can keep the golf ball low. He is a great putter.

You never know. Nine under, 10 under, my be around the mark,

unless Adam get a run and off he goes. What is your feeling about

the number it will take to win? would think that if Adam Scott did

a par 70, even if he shot 71 or 72, he could still win. If he breaks

par Mac, with a four-shot lead, with the conditions, I think he is

home and dry. I worry about this long putter. I know he uses it well

and he has a wide stance, but if the wind blows, you suddenly get a

little bit of movement and they don't going. You talk about the

wind. Ken Brown is out there in position. Is it bawling out there?

Were then St Anne's is all about tactics. Let's have a look at the

second hole. It is a long par four. This is the tee.

He has got one of his toys out there and nothing is working.

hasn't got his microphone toy! took a snooker cue to the Masters a

few years ago. He thinks long and hard about these things, doesn't

he? He's beautifully eccentric. He is lovely. A snooker club?

snooker cue, I do beg your pardon! I mixing my sports here. I can't

imagine going on the greens at Augusta with a snooker cue! It ran

a long way. I'm always looking golf to snicker. Ray Reardon lives down

in Torquay, and I was telling him, how I thought Coulson sticker had

great similarities, and he said, yes head still, follow-through,

choice of shot, but he said, I have never lost a ball playing snooker!

Hopefully, there won't be too many of those today. Let's see the real

thing. White and you were to Andrew and Wayne. A big day for the

has turned out to be. The sun is out and it is warm. The crowds have

already filled this entire golf course. You can see there in the

trees, we have not seen that the entire week. A gentle breeze at

4th, and a birdie on eight. Two under for his round and one under

for that -- one over for the Championship. Andrew, what you make

of it? Not a bad shot. We saw him galloping down the fairway after

making that eagle on the second. This man is not bringing the planes

in, but he signals whether it is safe to play. I am not sure what he

is signalling there. Read usually means wait and green flag means go.

He's just happy the fighter Fowler, considering his great

effort last year at Royal St Georges. He was tipped by many to

be here at the end of the week. Spanish mutterings. He has come

back well after dropping shots at the second and the third. There it

is why he felt he could go with the three wood. Mealy and the marshals

pocket. He drove it on here on Thursday coming off a double bogey

right wind as they come back Hundred and 62 yards today. Let's

see some more of a slow-motion video we have. Spectacular. It is

amazing to see the dynamics of what accurate from the tee. Once again.

Two over par for his 10 holes today. I saw Billy Foster wandering around

on crutches today, his caddie, who is injured. Thorbjorn Olesen is

looking European continental cool. The Jersey over the shoulders, he

played well yesterday. 71, despite being in the middle of the

maelstrom with Tiger Woods. He's off at 2pm in the company of Bill

Haas. He is seven shots behind the leader. Still some standing water

and the bunkers down there to the left at 16. Also, to the left at 17.

As he lost his marker? It is up here. That is amazing to see, isn't

it? That much water still in the bunkers. There was no rain

yesterday. They were saying it is because the water table is so high

and it has been raining for so long. It has been raining all summer,

Ogilvy. He is very far to be lapped it up. -- to the left here. He has

got a bit of green to play with. But this is a very difficult area

time when on the US PGA Tour. 45 years old. Still playing some of

in one of these horrible bunkers on the left of the 9th. He had two

hits that very hard to get the height. That is running away from

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him. Geoff Ogilvy. I imagined this at the moment. Up to the 10th,

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been his 5th birdie in six hole unravelled at the bottom of the

chair but not any more. That is about the worst thing that happens

to you as a commentator, getting tangled up. Back to the first.

MC: From Denmark, Thomas Bjorn. Hunter Mahan. 70, 69 and 72 from

nine years since he had the lead at the Open Championships at St

George's. He had a triple bogey on 16th. The eventual winner was Ben

Curtis. Hunter Mahan, a two-time winner on the US Tour. He defeated

Rory McIlroy earlier in the year in the final. Wind direction at the

first is coming over the right hand would have been great for yesterday,

this wind direction. A little bit short from Hunter Mahan. They can

see the flag up on the grandstand on the left but they cannot feel

anything down on the ground. Club selection has been a little more

difficult this morning. We will hit Coming up on to a little slip. --

there. A lot of players have been electing for this strategy all week.

Back to Rory McIlroy. He has been reduced to a bit-part player this

week. 8-over par. He promised great things when he took the silver

medal but the Open Championship has not been his favourite, happy

hunting ground. We have actually had fewer yesterday that we had on

Friday. We had a few people calling in sick on Friday but still very

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healthy numbers. If you would like Get down, says Ricky Fowler.

Running towards the left edge. The orange of Ricky Fowler, to the

orange of Hunter Mahan. Pin today is 20 yards on the green. About 90

feet. This will test him. Has he got a feel for the pace of the

hard. They are both players from Oklahoma State. I think that is

what the Orange is about. Lee bang in the middle. 6-under par. He

has just been slightly out of kilter. He definitely wanted the

breeze and I am sure Padraig Harrington did as well. He got away

with that. He kind of got away with player, KJ Choi. And a very nice

man. They are a good team, him and his caddy. Thomas Bjorn. Has not

really set the standard for Danish goal. He has performed well but

without a deep history. Soren Hansen was going very well. But

this is the man that they looked up to in the country. He has had a

resurgence of late in the past couple of years. It is good to see.

We will leave Hunter Mahan for a moment and gaiety his Oklahoma

State friend, Ricky Fowler. -- get Hunter Mahan. The golf course

should play more traditionally, with the breeze right and down on

the opening nine. Players will be looking to make a score on the

outward half and just hang off on Probably the friendliest pin

position as well. A good, flat This will be a lot more interesting

with the breeze up. This is the most dangerous position on this

green. Tapped in forehand draw -- tapped in for par. It has been a

pretty dull day from his there ahead of him at the green. He

has had to wait a little bit. He finished second in the Open in

Japan to qualify for the Open saying, things will firm up a

little bit. The ball will trundle off into gathering areas a little

get it to feed back on the wind. Unusual to see that ball left their

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whilst Padraig Harrington was downhill. You have to think

yourself a little hard done by there. A good putt, good pace, did

everything but fall into the wall. When you're out there, Wayne, early

on a final day, do give yourself a target? There are still plenty of

money to play for. We are looking to improve things? You want to play

as good as you can, you want to take something positive into the

next tournament and you don't play. I know 50th doesn't seem very good

Means very little to someone like Rory Mackle right but it would mean

a lot for players who are still trying to kick-start their season,

secured a card for next year. -- miles away from the Ryder cup team.

You could pick up a decent cheque old, he is. Still going strong. Two

under par today. This is his 20th Open Championship. He just keeps on

all on the first page of the leader board. Adam Scott and Graham

McDowell head off at half past two. Bill Haas out with Thorbjorn Olesen.

That is probably about as far down as you would like to go if you're

looking for a winner. It did not happen at all for Luke Donald

yesterday. He hit out at 1:20pm. The Belgian making some inroads

into the top 20. We have seen a bit of Ian Poulter already. A little

bit further down. Dyson, two over. Fisher, also sneaking under the 70

mark. He is just behind Lee Westwood, who is one over par for

his round having played 11 holes. Rory Mac or Roy, far better things

expected from him. All the way down to Warren Bennett. Romero and and

82. Not entirely taking things seriously. Carlos Tevez on the bag.

The sun has been shining a little bit. A beautiful day on the north-

west coast of England. Preparations are being done, shots are being hit

already. We are gearing up for the so used to seeing him contend in

the majors over the last here four thicken up around the first few

holes. That is the 17th green on the left. There is the 18th fairway

as well. I wonder what drama will happen later on today. So much

nicer for the spectators now than it was a couple of days ago,

wandering around in muddy conditions. Now moving over to the

12th, hundred and 90 yards. A big bunker right at the front of the

shot. Not very good. It would normally suit the flight of the

ball that he plays. It is the perfect flag for him. Back on the

first. That is Bradley in the red. On the tee, from England, Matthew

Baldwin. He's starting to come together as a player and bacon

impression. He qualified for the US extra couple of feet. On the tee,

from the USA, Keegan Bradley. will see the full Bradley routine

got in by understand and couldn't track the ball. This is only his

4th major Championship. He won his very first PGA last year. That is

where it's finished. Coming back into the breeze. It should not be

too bad. Ian Poulter has a decent lie. This is why you are on the

11th. A left-to-right wind. Guys keep the cameras back, yeah?

rough on the right. He will go home and ponder just what has happened

to him in major championships this year. The poor performances.

you see the benefits of trampled breeze. Coming off the left, that

is the most difficult wind for right-handed players. Not to be for

Lawrie and another major. -- for talent. He will go on to the US PGA.

This has been hard, after an follow up the one he made on the

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of 75, 73, 73. Not her we expect him to become more he expect

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questions, which he will always do with good grace. Others might speed

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out of here, but he will talk to world number one, because Luke

Donald just arrived about 10 minutes ago. He begins the chase

from about 10 shots behind. It's been done before, you know? He's

out in the company of Kyle Stanley from America. He's making his way

to the practice range just now. He still looks very relaxed, the world

number one. This is the look of the leader board. Adam Scott holds that

four-shot lead. There have been some big leads from which the

champion has held on to win the Claret Jug. Indeed, some of those

Leeds have been blown as well. Nick Boles stocking them, so to Brandt

established major champions. Johnson won the Masters in 2007.

Ernie Els's last major was this Championship 10 years ago. Maybe

his fans will hope that he does. Thorbjorn Olesen is fearless. We'll

see a lot more of him. Bill Haas and bacon -- and Thomas Aiken, not

out of it. That is the scene as we look down. The 11th time that we

have played this Championship at this golf course and we are looking

forward to to a great deal over the next few hours. We will do so over

We're heading over, also in glorious high-definition, for live