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ired at Muirfield for the British Open Championship. -- gathered at | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
Muirfield for the British Open Championship. Jack Nicklaus is the | :00:46. | :00:56. | |
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winner of The Open for 1966. Oh my God, straight in the hole for a two. | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
Tom must keep his concentration. Ernie Els is a champion. Absolutely | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
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fantastic. Welcome to the 142nd Open | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
Championship held at Muirfield. Over the years, this great golf course | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
has always produced one of the golfing greats as its champion. The | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
weather on day one is perfect. Beautiful sunshine, not much wind, | :01:30. | :01:40. | |
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what would the golf be like? Here Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied every | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
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there. Into the wind, as you can see. I wonder what a one-bedroom | :02:03. | :02:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :02:13. | :02:54. | |
knob there! Here is Jimenez for up speed. A tough day on the lawns. | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
That went at least two-and-a-half feet further than I thought it was | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
going to go. There is a little bit of breeze getting up. We are | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
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alongside the water here. Ernie Els eighth green and a good 40-foot er | :03:21. | :03:31. | |
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for a birdie across the green here. good clean lie in the bunker from | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
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go, that was an open door for him to show off his skills. It still had to | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
be executed. It should be a par. Jimenez finding a little cluster of | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :04:26. | :05:12. | |
morning, testing out all sorts of APPLAUSE | :05:12. | :05:20. | |
A wonderful front nine for Jimenez. Mickelson is very confident with his | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
putting at the moment. He won't divulge what his secret is. Let's | :05:25. | :05:35. | |
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well. That never looked quite natural. Mickelson into the red. | :05:42. | :05:52. | |
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Golf isn't the simple game you think it is. Hello! Poor old cameraman - | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
he's broken the lens. That is a first. We have never had that | :05:58. | :06:08. | |
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before. The long-hitting Dustin his arms out for a wide there! It is | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :06:56. | :07:51. | |
coming back. A nice mixed bag. Todd looks. He needs to hole it. Never | :07:51. | :08:01. | |
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looked like it, did it? It's a bit our yesterdays! The years fall away. | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
What about that? A scarce rare birdie at number eight takes him to | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
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Sit, sit. It should gather from there. It's gathering rather nicely. | :09:01. | :09:11. | |
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I can't believe it. Here is Dustin Johnson. A mighty hitter. 4-under | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
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par. Now, we have three players at brilliant - that takes him to | :09:45. | :09:52. | |
3-under par. It says Dustin, but it is Zach! This is the fourth shot of | :09:52. | :10:02. | |
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four-way tie for the lead. Angel Cabrera into eight. He gets a nice | :10:34. | :10:43. | |
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kick forward. It still might release. It's great now. He seems to | :10:44. | :10:51. | |
get a lift for these majors. He gets to a major and he thrives on it. | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
has used that putter and this method for as long as I can remember now. I | :10:56. | :11:06. | |
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don't know if he has a whole rack of It's not a strong wind today, there | :11:14. | :11:24. | |
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is enough to make you want to be a to run it up the slope. A chance to | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
get to 4-under par. Rafael Cabrera-Bello - well done, nicely | :11:44. | :11:54. | |
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right in the heart of the cup. hit this hole high. There is more | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
green behind the flag than there appears. He does hit them hard. Hard | :12:26. | :12:36. | |
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means high and spinning. Oh! Down Championship courses. It is one of a | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
long and rich history. We will try and tell you a bit about this place | :13:15. | :13:25. | |
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and a few interesting things nearby. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh | :13:32. | :13:40. | |
Golfers belongs to the oldest official golf club in the world. | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
Formed in 1744. Things became too cramped and they moved out to | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
Musselburgh. Musselburgh is where they have played golf for the | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
longest time, 1672 they beat a ball around with a stick here. It is now | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
within the confines of the racecourse. One important thing that | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
Musselburgh has given us is that every hole on every green we play | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
around the world is 4.25 inches in diameter. The reason it is is | :14:07. | :14:11. | |
because that was the width of the cutting implement used by the | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
greenkeeper at Musselburgh. Eventually, things became too | :14:15. | :14:23. | |
cramped so they moved out to another racecourse. In 1891, 16 holes were | :14:23. | :14:30. | |
laid out and then another two laid out after that. In 1907 and 1923, | :14:30. | :14:40. | |
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further bits of land were purchased and Muirfield was laid out. The | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
history of the club and The Royal and Ancient Clubbed together to buy | :14:46. | :14:52. | |
the original Claret Jug. The first of 15 Open Championships were held | :14:52. | :15:02. | |
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here in 1882. Walter Hagen, Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Ernie | :15:03. | :15:13. | |
Els, they are the best golfers who have won here at Muirfield. A lot of | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
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of mistakes. So testing around these Muirfield greens. He is having | :15:34. | :15:44. | |
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it had been a good lie, he could have bumped it into the bank and | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
then it would have grabbed, but nowhere there. He is like a straw | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
hat exhibition! As we watch Rory, I'm surprised, Mark, that the scores | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
aren't a bit lower than they are. Yeah, it's not overly testing, is | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
it? It is just a breeze. I guess you can be the one to tell the players | :16:09. | :16:19. | |
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Curtis? There is a lot of talk recently he had the lead going into | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
the last round of the US Open and a lot of talent, if he can control the | :16:30. | :16:40. | |
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APPLAUSE That's a great stroke from Brandt | :16:49. | :16:59. | |
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the edge. This is his birdie putt. These greens are pure! Wonderful | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
putt! Another birdie for Johnson. He is taking this course by the scruff | :17:12. | :17:19. | |
of the neck. He's played some wonderful stuff. Mickelson, a long | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
iron to the 14th. Lovely balance. Good swing, there. Aggressive. It's | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
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on 17. This would leap-frog him up to 3-under par. This is where he has | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
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to take advantage of this golf APPLAUSE | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
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Genius from Johnson. 3-under par. A par at the last for 68. Ernie Els | :18:03. | :18:13. | |
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with a difficult bunker shot. Not Beautifully done. He parred the | :18:36. | :18:42. | |
first so he is 1-under par. Jordan Spieth, one of his partners. Ernie | :18:42. | :18:52. | |
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Els has had one go, but this is a worse lie. Oi no. That was a -- oh | :18:54. | :19:04. | |
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bit late to be safe. He will be cross. Quite rightly so. Dustin | :19:24. | :19:34. | |
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Go on then. You have gone this far. Oh, oh. That is a stunning stroke | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
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from Couples. A birdie putt here on impressive opening round for Dustin | :20:36. | :20:46. | |
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hitting the ball well. That was a beautifully-controlled shot. A long | :21:08. | :21:18. | |
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It was on the green for a fleeting moment. Not in a bunker? You can't | :21:30. | :21:36. | |
putt it into a bunker. He's got a miserable stance as well. It's in a | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
groove, too. The Walk of Shame from a man who has just putted into a | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
bunker. Yes! Homework was well worth it. The stroke was true and | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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back-to-back birdies for Phil skilful shot from Nick Faldo. That | :22:15. | :22:25. | |
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was a fantastic effort. APPLAUSEYou have still got it, Nick! This for a | :22:26. | :22:36. | |
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birdie. Yes, right in the middle. Poulter back to level par. He will | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
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be happy with a four up the last for short stuff. It comes out hot. -- | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
Westwood didn't quite make it to the short stuff. It comes out hot. A | :23:19. | :23:29. | |
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tremendous shot from Lee Westwood. Look at this. APPLAUSE This for a | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
round of 78. He is going to have to wait one, two, a few more weeks for | :23:40. | :23:50. | |
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back. A disappointing finish, but still a 69, one of the better scores | :24:13. | :24:23. | |
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of today. APPLAUSE I hung in there. I made two sloppy bogeys and had a | :24:26. | :24:29. | |
birdie on seven. Had a chance on nine to get it back to even par. | :24:29. | :24:36. | |
Didn't make that. I just let a few shots get away from me. A few too | :24:36. | :24:43. | |
many loose shots and a few sort of, yeah, silly mental errors which cost | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
me. A quick look at the leaderboard will confirm that it's our friends | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
from America who are doing particularly well this morning. We | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
have Zach Johnson at the head of the field. He is just finishing off his | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
round. And also you will see the name of Phil Mickelson. Much fancied | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
by many to add to his win last weekend in Inverness at the Scottish | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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problem adjusting to the firm, fast, but very fair links here at | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
Muirfield. I don't know what the secret is. I hit solid shots and I | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
putted really well today. A number of nice saves and nice birdie putts. | :25:38. | :25:42. | |
I appreciate the game here. I appreciate what this Open demands. | :25:42. | :25:46. | |
It is my favourite tournament to play. Just because we don't have it | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
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in the States. Here is the Garcia decent putt on the sixth. Second | :26:04. | :26:14. | |
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birdie, no dropped shots. Tiger for a two. Hardly touched it. APPLAUSE | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
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Back to level par. The crowd are with him. Charl Schwartzel - that is | :26:32. | :26:39. | |
going left. Oh. That was out-of-bounds and off the wall, and | :26:39. | :26:46. | |
now it's perfect. He should - we should have a bet on him now. Back | :26:46. | :26:53. | |
to young Jimmy. He looks a tidy player. I don't know whether he is | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
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for some, but not for Graeme McDowell. Well done, Sir. APPLAUSE | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
The back portion of this ground was extended and narrow with this | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
fall-off to the back right, which is what has caught Tiger Woods out here | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
with his second. This is just a testing little shot. It looks as if | :27:28. | :27:34. | |
it is lying OK, but there is a bit of a sand-filled divot under the | :27:34. | :27:44. | |
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ball, so real precision of strike get you very agitated. Shiv Kapur | :27:54. | :28:04. | |
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here. He birdied the first. It's going to be a second birdie. Let's | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
give you the leaderboard. Zach Johnson with a 66. Not sure that | :28:14. | :28:20. | |
will be beaten today. Good scoring, but not great scoring. Mickelson | :28:20. | :28:30. | |
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bogeyed the last. A 69 leaves him in great shape. Every one of these | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
players was in prime position off the tea. They are all struggling for | :28:34. | :28:44. | |
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par. This is a bogey putt for Woods. APPLAUSE Well done. Very gutsy. | :28:47. | :28:57. | |
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1-over par, but it's been a no. It's back again. Hit the top of | :29:09. | :29:19. | |
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the wall - it may have hit the tree O'Meara. He's done it. Fantastic - | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
4-under par for the past champion. Always was a great putter in his | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
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day. Second hardest hole on the the cup. He's holed a couple of | :29:54. | :29:59. | |
savers. After hitting two tee shots he will be over the moon hitting a | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
four on that hole. We have seen some beautifully-judged putts so far by | :30:04. | :30:07. | |
McDowell. This one is downhill on the fairway and uphill on the green, | :30:08. | :30:17. | |
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hole he would have took two more to get it in! He knew that was a | :30:25. | :30:35. | |
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two-shot swing. Mark O'Meara, what a Zach Johnson at the top, but the | :30:49. | :30:59. | |
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that? Impressive. Very impressive. Sad news is that you see Louis | :31:12. | :31:20. | |
Oosthuizen getting on to the buggy. He has withdrawn. We think it's a | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
ham stRij. He seems unable to continue. So what -- it's a | :31:25. | :31:35. | |
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hamstring. He seems unable to continue. So what a shame. Some | :31:38. | :31:48. | |
three for Adam Scott. APPLAUSE clipped it perfectly. A birdie | :31:48. | :31:58. | |
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later starters, and what a start he has made. This to go to 5-under par. | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
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No, he has it! He joins Zach Johnson up at the top of the leaderboard. | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
This is Matthew Fitzpatrick, a young lad we have been following. 1-over | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
par. We saw his parents being interviewed earlier on this morning. | :32:38. | :32:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :32:48. | :33:52. | |
nicely. A beautiful shot. APPLAUSE Tiger Woods back to level par. | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
man who is burning it up on the course is Shiv Kapur, from India. | :33:58. | :34:02. | |
This is for birdie on the seventh to take the outright lead from Zach | :34:02. | :34:12. | |
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qualifying gets it. APPLAUSE He leads The Open. What a fantastic | :34:17. | :34:21. | |
start for him on this front nine. He's made six birdies in seven | :34:21. | :34:27. | |
holes. Extraordinary playing from Shiv Kapur. Back we go. It is going | :34:27. | :34:31. | |
to be one of his wedges in here. I would expect to see this one - he | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
will push this in a bit lower. green held. A putt for a three. | :34:41. | :34:51. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :34:51. | :35:38. | |
turns into a 73. APPLAUSE disgrace. Charl Schwartzel. Oh, man! | :35:38. | :35:42. | |
That was a seriously angry golfer. Looking at the colour of this green, | :35:43. | :35:47. | |
this will be fairly fast down from the back of this 13th green. I don't | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
think it comes quite as much from the left as you would suppose. It | :35:51. | :36:01. | |
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straightens out at the end quite a a brilliant putt. APPLAUSE This time | :36:03. | :36:13. | |
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for a birdie. He is looking the green, is he? He has. This to be | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
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slightly iffy third and then made a double. It shows the severity of | :37:01. | :37:11. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :37:11. | :38:12. | |
seen some monster putts holed today. APPLAUSE Somebody finds the line on | :38:12. | :38:22. | |
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the greens with any speed one of THE finest ball strikers. | :38:41. | :38:51. | |
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well, at least you don't suffer a bit more! I bet | :39:03. | :39:09. | |
he was as mad as a march hare going into the sand and then he pops it | :39:09. | :39:14. | |
in. Westwood for a par four. In she goes. Not bad. Not great. Not out of | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
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Could be in. It is turning. Not a bad effort. Not a bad effort. | :39:51. | :40:01. | |
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birdie for Tiger. That is how things stand at the moment. Zach Johnson in | :40:11. | :40:17. | |
some time ago with his 66 and Rafael Cabrera-Bello and Mark O'Meara. Only | :40:17. | :40:27. | |
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Shiv Kapur making an impact of the card - one at 15. A 75, not | :40:48. | :40:55. | |
completely out of it. Not his greatest day in golf. Left to right. | :40:55. | :41:02. | |
Left edge. Just fantastic. Just the right pace. Centre of the cup. A | :41:02. | :41:12. | |
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brilliant display from Tiger Woods. 69, one of three or four players to | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
break 70 this afternoon. First day of The Open Championship and Zach | :41:19. | :41:25. | |
Johnson has taken a one-shot lead ahead of the field here. Amongst the | :41:25. | :41:32. | |
chasing pack, you have Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, and former | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
champions Tom Lehman and Todd Hamilton in the mix, so too at | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
2-under par, Phil Mickelson. Mark James has been enjoying it all. It's | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
been a day when the morning starters seemed to have the better of it. | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
Those who went out struggled badly. Why? Yeah, I mean, this morning | :41:49. | :41:54. | |
there was more moisture in the greens. There was a bit less wind, | :41:54. | :41:58. | |
although from 7.00am there was some wind. It wasn't still as it can be. | :41:58. | :42:02. | |
This morning, you could make a good score. This afternoon, it got | :42:02. | :42:06. | |
difficult. The greens got baked. It was difficult to putt on. Really | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
fast in places. This morning, we saw people shoot a few good scores, | :42:11. | :42:18. | |
Johnson particularly impressive. This afternoon, it was survival. | :42:18. | :42:21. | |
Some of the well-fancied napes before the Championship began really | :42:21. | :42:30. | |
have their work to do to be with us -- some of the well-fancied names | :42:30. | :42:38. | |
before the Championship began really have their work to do to be with us? | :42:38. | :42:41. | |
Sometimes you attack and it goes wrong. You play defensive and you | :42:41. | :42:46. | |
see everyone else attack the hole and make birdie. He is having one of | :42:47. | :42:49. | |
those patches where he can't do anything right. I don't think there | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
is a lot wrong with his swing, chipping or putting. I think he | :42:55. | :43:02. | |
needs to keep on working and if you want to compare a video of yourself | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
now to a year ago, if there is nothing glaring, keep on doing what | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
you are doing. He is in a fight to be with us for the weekend, Rory | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
McIlroy. Tiger Woods is well in the hunt after a 2-under par round of | :43:15. | :43:23. | |
69. The last word has to go to David Duvall, who tweeted, "Hard but fair | :43:23. | :43:26. | |
at Muirfield today. Stop complaining!" We are not | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
complaining. We hope you have enjoyed it. We hope you will be with | :43:31. | :43:34. | |
us at 9.00am sharp in the morning for day two of The Open. Bye for | :43:34. | :43:40. | |
now. # Summer breeze | :43:40. | :43:50. | |
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# Makes me feel fine # Blowing through the Jasmine in my | :43:51. | :43:52. | |
mind # Oh | :43:52. | :43:55. |