Day 2

:01:09. > :01:22.Looks in very good shape indeed. Mickelson in danger of leaving

:01:23. > :01:30.himself a very long way back. He is getting very frustrated, Bubba

:01:31. > :01:39.Watson. Another good chance for Adam Scott. Looking stronger and

:01:40. > :01:46.stronger, better and better. That's an absolute cracker Jack. It has got

:01:47. > :01:55.to, hasn't it? Rory McIlroy, out in front. STUDIO: Hello, a touch of

:01:56. > :01:58.d?j? vu at Hoylake yesterday, after eight years, strong echoes of the

:01:59. > :02:02.past with similar soaring temperatures, some scintillating low

:02:03. > :02:06.scoring, Tiger Woods muscling in near the top of the leaderboard, and

:02:07. > :02:13.a Northern Irishman at the head of it. In 2006 that Northern Ireland

:02:14. > :02:21.man was Graeme McDowell, but this time it is his younger colleague,

:02:22. > :02:28.Rory McIlroy. Rory's faultless opening round of 66 was his second

:02:29. > :02:31.best opening effort ever in an open, and it put him a shot clear of

:02:32. > :02:41.Mattia Manassero, one of three Italians well placed. The Molinaro

:02:42. > :02:51.Reid brothers both in the group tied at 4-under par. -- the Molinari

:02:52. > :02:55.brothers. The canny former US open champion Jim Furyk also in that

:02:56. > :03:01.group. Shane Lowry completed his round after we had gone off the air

:03:02. > :03:07.last night. Great effort from him. Only three shots adrift, the

:03:08. > :03:14.champion from ten years ago, Tiger Woods. In total 48 players finished

:03:15. > :03:19.the day under-par, and 65 of them were 11 par or better. Remember the

:03:20. > :03:23.halfway cut will fall this evening and it will be the top 70 and ties

:03:24. > :03:29.who will be with us through to the weekend. Rory McIlroy was largely

:03:30. > :03:34.majestic, six birdies, not a single dropped shot, and striking his long

:03:35. > :03:39.irons with particular authority. But now comes the hard part. Following

:03:40. > :03:44.up a brilliant first round with a brilliant second round. If you do

:03:45. > :03:48.the maths, it does not make pretty reading for the Northern Ireland

:03:49. > :03:55.man, the two-time major winner. His second round efforts have totalled

:03:56. > :04:02.22-over par, whereas his first rounds have totalled 13-under. No

:04:03. > :04:09.doubt this is a big day for Rory. On the tee from Northern Ireland, Rory

:04:10. > :04:23.McIlroy. Rory, Rory. He is on a roll. He has played about four or

:04:24. > :04:28.five superb iron shots. I could not have asked for any more out there. I

:04:29. > :04:33.stuck to my game plan, try to take advantage of the par fives. Tried to

:04:34. > :04:39.pick up a couple more shots, and was able to do that. Looking very good,

:04:40. > :04:50.Andrew, isn't he? Very impressive. My goodness. Rory McIlroy is

:04:51. > :04:59.dangerous. I had the golf ball under control and yeah, I am very happy.

:05:00. > :05:05.Somehow makes it look even easier. Fantastic shot. 66 for McIlroy, not

:05:06. > :05:11.a dropped shot, three birdies on the front nine, three on the back nine.

:05:12. > :05:15.Rory McIlroy out in front. STUDIO: Yes, Rory has a long time to ponder

:05:16. > :05:24.the day ahead, he will not BT and off until after 2pm -- he will not

:05:25. > :05:26.be teeing off. They and the later starters should have the better

:05:27. > :05:29.weather this afternoon, starters should have the better

:05:30. > :05:33.have Rory had some rain this morning and with it dusty conditions. We

:05:34. > :05:38.could have some more hefty showers cruising in, but it is forecast to

:05:39. > :05:41.melt away by lunch time and levers with perhaps even

:05:42. > :05:46.melt away by lunch time and levers temperatures than yesterday, 26 or

:05:47. > :05:52.27 degrees -- and leave us with even higher temperatures. They have been

:05:53. > :05:57.out since 6:25am, no thunderstorms so far, but they could be coming.

:05:58. > :06:00.Here is 50-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez, and that is the way to

:06:01. > :06:07.start your round, isn't it? Encouraging start. It is all that

:06:08. > :06:20.stretching, you see, it keeps you young. He has only had two pars, the

:06:21. > :06:23.rest have been Eagles or birdies, and that was an eagle and he moves

:06:24. > :06:31.to 3-under par for the Championship. Martin Kaymer opening his account

:06:32. > :06:36.with a birdie to take into level. Not been a bad sporting year so far

:06:37. > :06:49.for Germany. Here is Kaymer again, second to the second. Only just hold

:06:50. > :06:55.it. -- only just holed it. He would slot that Indigo 1-under par. George

:06:56. > :06:59.Coetzee, this is the man who had his breakthrough victory in South Africa

:07:00. > :07:04.-- he would slot back in, to go 1-under par. So this is the

:07:05. > :07:07.situation as we join it, nobody making a big impression so far, with

:07:08. > :07:12.many of these players still to go out. So make yourself comfortable,

:07:13. > :07:17.because we have another 11 hours worth of golf this afternoon.

:07:18. > :07:21.Wherever you are watching it, whether you are sneakily watching at

:07:22. > :07:25.work, hello to you, or if you are watching from your armchair, we are

:07:26. > :07:30.in for another glorious days golf at Hoylake. Let's remind you of some of

:07:31. > :07:36.the grandstand groups we will be watching. Mickelson, Els and Watson,

:07:37. > :07:44.they just teed off and form its past nine. Between them they have 11

:07:45. > :07:52.major Championships. Behind them, Adam Scott, Justin Rose and Jason

:07:53. > :08:02.Dufner. Adam Scott going well at 4-under par. Rio Ishikawa, Lee

:08:03. > :08:05.Westwood also had a good round, coming home with a 71, and Keegan

:08:06. > :08:12.Bradley starts today at 1-over par, that's the situation. So there we

:08:13. > :08:15.are. A little bit of breeze forming this morning perhaps, but we are

:08:16. > :08:19.hoping that we are in for a very, very good they once again. We all

:08:20. > :08:23.thoroughly enjoyed the opening edition of the first day here at

:08:24. > :08:26.Hoylake, and we are going to share the first part of our day with Mark

:08:27. > :08:34.James and Andrew Cotter. COMMENTATOR: Good morning. The wind

:08:35. > :08:39.will be playing a much bigger part. But also it is whether you get the

:08:40. > :08:43.luck of the draw. Those who went out early yesterday and later they look

:08:44. > :08:48.to have the best of it. No question about that, I think Rory and Tiger

:08:49. > :08:49.will be extremely happy over breakfast, watching the golf,

:08:50. > :08:55.watching conditions improve, probably. But there are birdies out

:08:56. > :09:03.there. Plenty of bogeys as well. So it is a sporting day. Win not so

:09:04. > :09:10.strong it is unmanageable. -- the wind is not so strong that it is

:09:11. > :09:22.unmanageable. Crikey. Is this some kind of dance? Martin Kaymer on the

:09:23. > :09:33.third tee. Just an iron today. Get it down to the elbow of the dogleg.

:09:34. > :09:42.Two birdies to start for Kaymer. Making up ground very quickly.

:09:43. > :09:48.1-under par for the tournament. Jason Day, he pretty short one for a

:09:49. > :09:54.birdie at the 1st, he has parred the second. Zach Johnson started with

:09:55. > :10:01.two bogeys. How are conditions, Scott? Good morning. Conditions are

:10:02. > :10:06.not too bad, actually. The weather has cleared up a bit. The breeze is

:10:07. > :10:19.blowing. Kaymer has certainly had an impeccable start. Yes, Mark was

:10:20. > :10:24.saying Kaymer had a birdie birdie start. Anything under-par this

:10:25. > :10:34.morning is going to be very good. Now Mickelson, second to the first,

:10:35. > :10:38.downwind, this hole today. It makes it easier in some respects, but

:10:39. > :10:50.others... Even now it is not stopping. Plenty of green to play

:10:51. > :10:55.with, but 15, 20 mph behind. Straight down off the tee, and the

:10:56. > :11:00.hole goes round to the left, so a little bit off the left. Bubba

:11:01. > :11:17.Watson and Ernie Els. Bubba has had a smash off the tee,

:11:18. > :11:33.Watson and Ernie Els. Bubba has had the thicker stuff. Off the shoulder.

:11:34. > :11:41.Good result from there. Third green. He has been out of bounds, Miguel

:11:42. > :11:52.Angel Jimenez. That's a great effort. Puts in level par for the

:11:53. > :11:55.day -- puts him. Well, Ernie Els, who had a very unfortunate time on

:11:56. > :12:05.the first yesterday. His tee shot far better today. He needs some

:12:06. > :12:24.magic to happen to make the cut. Birdie opportunity to get back to

:12:25. > :12:32.6-over par. Iwata on the 12th. Three birdies and an eagle or ready for

:12:33. > :12:44.Iwata. He has just bogeyed 11. Bit of an unknown quantity, this fellow.

:12:45. > :12:56.He has played very consistently. Big hitting Gary Woodland. This is an

:12:57. > :13:06.eagle putt. Looks good. There we are. A friendly sort of par-5 with

:13:07. > :13:16.the wind today, it comes round, helping in the latter half of the

:13:17. > :13:26.hole. Tidy card. Just a bit greyer, and the shadows moving quickly

:13:27. > :13:31.across this corner of the Wirral. Let's head down and find Dan Walker,

:13:32. > :13:35.where are you? Welcome to the top of the grandstand on the 18th, not much

:13:36. > :13:39.going on at the moment, it will get busy and if you hours time. We can

:13:40. > :13:43.look at the flags and weather and it is very different to yesterday?

:13:44. > :13:47.Yesterday morning we had five or six hours of virtually no breeze, which

:13:48. > :13:51.was unbelievable. The players made the most of it in the morning. But

:13:52. > :13:55.this morning it is coming in a bit of a different direction, so the 1st

:13:56. > :14:00.hole is a bit easier, the second plane into the breeze, but much

:14:01. > :14:03.stronger. Looks like those who started in the morning yesterday and

:14:04. > :14:08.the afternoon today will get the better of it. Some people starting

:14:09. > :14:12.to reserve their seats here, if you are right at the back you get a very

:14:13. > :14:20.nice view, if you turn around 180 degrees, you see the clubhouse and

:14:21. > :14:25.the 3rd hole. And by the way one more thing to mention, Ken on the

:14:26. > :14:26.course has been very popular, yesterday it was the number one

:14:27. > :14:31.trend on Twitter in the yesterday it was the number one

:14:32. > :14:36.UK. Thank you very much. Very kind of you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. If

:14:37. > :14:41.you more coming today. Going to be a much trickier test for the players

:14:42. > :14:47.today. Ken will be out there. Let's return to the live golf. Miguel

:14:48. > :14:50.Angel Jimenez went out of bounds here at the 3rd, but the 18th, with

:14:51. > :15:22.the wind direction, could be interesting. Strong breeze behind,

:15:23. > :15:29.pretty accessible pin today. Pretty well judged, the players adapting

:15:30. > :15:34.quickly. Keeping it well short of the pin, just letting the chase up.

:15:35. > :15:50.Bubba Watson on the first. Good pace, good line. Bubba Watson

:15:51. > :15:58.with a birdie on the first. Moves back to 3-under par -- 3-over par.

:15:59. > :16:01.He was not a happy man on the course yesterday. He lost his focus.

:16:02. > :16:09.Getting cross with all sorts of things. Ernie going for his birdie.

:16:10. > :16:14.Work to do to make the cut. Definitely needs to shoot under-par.

:16:15. > :16:22.That was a very suspect stroke indeed. He had the most putts of

:16:23. > :16:32.anybody, 36 putts yesterday. Most of those were on the 1st hole! It was

:16:33. > :16:37.awful on the first green yesterday for Els, and not much better on the

:16:38. > :16:40.rest. You see how these holes running totally different directions

:16:41. > :16:44.most of the way round the course, you do not have a sustained run of

:16:45. > :16:49.holes that are particularly tough or particularly easy. It is a real mix.

:16:50. > :17:00.At least if conditions to improve later in the day, nobody has been

:17:01. > :17:04.stuck with a wicked nine holes. There is the actual Hoylake golf

:17:05. > :17:16.course, this being the Royal Liverpool, to give it its real name.

:17:17. > :17:21.Jason Day. You hope it will get the perfect hop on, sometimes it dies a

:17:22. > :17:27.bit, sometimes it trundles on. We are hearing there is a little bit of

:17:28. > :17:32.electrical activity in the air. We are having to bring down a few of

:17:33. > :17:41.our hoists from up high. What they hoist? A big Crane where a camera

:17:42. > :17:46.man sits swaying in the 25 mph wind. You were confusing me with your TV

:17:47. > :18:05.talk. It's just gibberish. Here is Iwata. Again, he is going along

:18:06. > :18:11.pretty steadily. Currently the longest hitter on the US Tour,

:18:12. > :18:18.Bubba. Averages 314 yards. Not always up the middle of the fairway.

:18:19. > :18:23.As you can see. But it's a long way up there. He has a great talent for

:18:24. > :18:37.manipulating the ball out of the rough, and in the wind. A rare

:18:38. > :18:45.talent. No question about that. Mickelson with the driver as well.

:18:46. > :18:51.No other choice here today. Back into the breeze. I was out on this

:18:52. > :19:00.tee earlier to have a look, it did not look like a comforting tee shot.

:19:01. > :19:02.The fairway looks extremely narrow. That could have found a thickish

:19:03. > :19:36.bit. In the lap of the gods. This swing has stood the test of

:19:37. > :19:53.time. Still language. Beautifully timed. -- still languid. Just teed

:19:54. > :20:05.off on the right of the picture. As we look from above. The first two

:20:06. > :20:09.holes as they play them this week, the 17th and 18th, as the members

:20:10. > :20:17.play them here at Hoylake. And then the third. That's the 1st hole for

:20:18. > :20:22.the members, down by the clubhouse. But we will add up to the six hole,

:20:23. > :20:29.Gary Woodland at the par-3. -- we will head up to the sixth. Eagle on

:20:30. > :20:37.the fifth, and then a birdie on the sixth. That's the best of the scores

:20:38. > :20:53.out there today, 3-under par after six holes. Making a mighty move.

:20:54. > :21:00.Jason Day with about a 20 footer here. It's a wedge in from 178, the

:21:01. > :21:06.wind was so strong behind. Probably a bit of movement of the left on

:21:07. > :21:12.this putt, I would imagine. -- probably a little bit of movement

:21:13. > :21:20.off the left on this putt, I would imagine. A long way with a wedge.

:21:21. > :21:34.Links golf does not follow the normal rules. Had all sorts of

:21:35. > :21:37.problems with injury this year. He has managed very good finishes as

:21:38. > :21:44.well when he has been able to play. Had problems with his left thumb.

:21:45. > :21:58.Seems to be OK. Thongchai Jaidee and the 4th hole. He won the naughty

:21:59. > :22:15.Masters earlier this year. That is an absolute corker from the

:22:16. > :22:31.34-year-old. -- the Nordea Masters. Kaymer for a third successive

:22:32. > :22:35.birdie, then. No, not enough. I see you as the four stars on his chest

:22:36. > :22:51.now, of his beloved German football team. Don't mean to rub it in.

:22:52. > :22:57.Repairing a ball mark, where the second shots land on the green, it

:22:58. > :23:01.makes little hole, the players are allowed to use pretty much anything

:23:02. > :23:14.to repair it. You can track it down, you can even repair it if it has

:23:15. > :23:23.been repaired before -- tap it down. I am getting the thumbs up from our

:23:24. > :23:43.rules expert, old holes and pitch marks. I think that's about it.

:23:44. > :23:49.First par of the day for Zach Johnson after birdieing the first

:23:50. > :23:55.and bogeying the second, he is 1-over par for the Championship.

:23:56. > :24:01.What a great round it was for Adam Scott in the afternoon comedy goes

:24:02. > :24:06.off shortly. -- what a great round it was for Adam Scott in the

:24:07. > :24:14.afternoon, he goes off shortly. Number one player in the world.

:24:15. > :24:25.Beautiful shot to start with. He's not going to hold back, here. And,

:24:26. > :24:32.as simple as that. Now this is where you have got to show your pedigree.

:24:33. > :24:41.Keep it all going. Adam Scott looks so confidence with this putter in

:24:42. > :24:47.his hands. Very, very in control. Lovely action. That was a

:24:48. > :24:51.magnificent shot. Just can't see him being far away at the end of the

:24:52. > :24:56.week. Beautifully done. Another good chance for Adam Scott. He's looking

:24:57. > :25:06.stronger and stronger, better and better, as the round goes on. That's

:25:07. > :25:12.off down the first. Adam Scott finishing off. Pretty good score and

:25:13. > :25:18.the end of the day. -- at the end of the day.

:25:19. > :25:23.COMMENTATOR: The group of Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Jason Dufner,

:25:24. > :25:54.just about ready to go. Final moments. Straight down off the

:25:55. > :25:59.tee, and then it moves around a bit the left. You can take those bunkers

:26:00. > :26:05.out of play with a good drive, and just dump it down there. Little

:26:06. > :26:11.pitch onto the green. Why are the arrows wiggling a bit? Is there a

:26:12. > :26:16.bit of turbulence? On the tee from Australia, Adam Scott. Michael

:26:17. > :26:18.Robson doing his thing and he has done for so many years, and he will

:26:19. > :27:06.be here all day without a break. Well, well, well. Rather a friendly

:27:07. > :27:11.start. It was a big hit. On the tee, from England, Justin Rose. Huge

:27:12. > :27:22.applause for Justin Rose. A round of 72 yesterday, level par. Neither

:27:23. > :27:28.Scott nor Steve Williams alongside new it kicked onto the fairway, they

:27:29. > :27:33.both think it is in the rough. The bunker on the left is 225 to carry,

:27:34. > :27:37.so the drivers take it out of play. You can cut the corner of action and

:27:38. > :27:49.pretty much be gaining near that bunker. -- cut the corner a

:27:50. > :28:01.fraction. A little bit straighter than Scott's. Beautiful. Laughing as

:28:02. > :28:07.it bounces past. On the tee, from the USA, Jason Dufner. He was right

:28:08. > :28:36.in between the other two yesterday. Oh, just. All three in pretty good

:28:37. > :29:14.shape, as they head off. There go the 17th group to tee off

:29:15. > :29:19.down the first, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and Jason Dufner. It is

:29:20. > :29:22.amazing, Adam Scott, leading golfer in this group, world number one at

:29:23. > :29:26.the moment, and you were very impressed with him yesterday? By

:29:27. > :29:29.five he played the most aggressive in the afternoon. He and Shane Lowry

:29:30. > :29:33.had the best scores of the afternoon. The way in which Adam

:29:34. > :29:38.took the driver off, just like he did at the opening hole, I know he

:29:39. > :29:42.got a friendly bounce as you were reminding me. The atmosphere is

:29:43. > :29:47.amazing on the first tee, and it is a tough day today. Hazel said at the

:29:48. > :29:53.start, the similarities to the end of leaderboard, you have Scott,

:29:54. > :29:58.Garcia, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods there as well. Do golfers love a bit of

:29:59. > :30:04.familiarity? Three of the best writers of the golf ball of the

:30:05. > :30:08.game, 2006 and now, and no question if you went back to 2006 and you ask

:30:09. > :30:11.anybody who the best was, it was Tiger Woods, it was like a

:30:12. > :30:15.homecoming for him. For the other guys, all about straight hitting.

:30:16. > :30:26.Great to talk to you. Let's get straight back to the commentary box.

:30:27. > :30:39.COMMENTATOR: Ernie Els, couldn't quite find a putt on the second. The

:30:40. > :30:54.third, rather. No, it is the second. That is in for par. Two pars, but

:30:55. > :31:02.starting from a long way back. Bubba Watson. This for his par. Birdied

:31:03. > :31:17.the first, long-range putt. Watson. This for his par. Birdied

:31:18. > :31:21.got his flat stick working. These greens are absolutely 100%

:31:22. > :31:29.got his flat stick working. These waiting for them to burn up of -- a

:31:30. > :31:37.bit. They are still green and beautiful. Michael Hoey has had to

:31:38. > :31:46.pull out, retiring after seven holes. Only 3-over. 6-over for the

:31:47. > :31:49.Championship. Would have had to fight to make the cut. Martin Kaymer

:31:50. > :32:13.on the fourth. Another good shot from Kaymer. Two

:32:14. > :32:22.under for his round. Very early to make any predictions about the cuts.

:32:23. > :32:33.Maybe for over, as high as that. -- four over. That could be a fair

:32:34. > :32:41.guess. The pain is 11 on, ten from the right. Those are accurate

:32:42. > :32:51.representations. A 16 mph headwind. That is a good club. Just trying to

:32:52. > :33:12.work it in from left to right, doing it very nicely indeed.

:33:13. > :33:27.There is no ten shot rule, they got rid of that after Royal Birkdale.

:33:28. > :33:36.This is the third hole, off the tee for Phil Mickelson.

:33:37. > :33:48.Good swing. He was taught by Butch Harmon, as was Adam Scott, he has

:33:49. > :33:57.done a great job with both of them. He taught Tiger Woods for a few

:33:58. > :34:03.years in his early years. He always seems to make the player's swing

:34:04. > :34:11.better, not changing it too much, just improving it. This nicely done

:34:12. > :34:19.by Adam Scott, good little bounce. Birdie opportunity.

:34:20. > :34:33.You can see how close they are getting to this green, 458 yards.

:34:34. > :34:43.That putter looks long, even by long putter standards. Rose, perfect tee

:34:44. > :34:57.shot. Pitching it 15 yards short, just let it bound up. Good shots.

:34:58. > :35:05.They will know that the weather is going to improve, a question of

:35:06. > :35:08.keeping the game as tight as possible until conditions ease off a

:35:09. > :35:21.little bit. Maybe attacking a bit more.

:35:22. > :35:39.We will head up to the fourth, Zach Johnson, early attempt. -- birdie

:35:40. > :36:11.attempt. Right in the jaws. Looking down at the 4th, Scott

:36:12. > :36:18.Drummond is with this match. Seems like the breeze is about 15-20 mph.

:36:19. > :36:23.Is it gusting a little bit? Very much so. As got up. Very much

:36:24. > :36:29.following the forecast, predicted to get very warm. The breeze is

:36:30. > :36:40.gusting, making it tricky for some of these shots. Have you seen any

:36:41. > :36:43.dark clouds around? I haven't. There was some to the right of the golf

:36:44. > :36:52.course, it is very nice at the moment. Kaymer, for his three.

:36:53. > :37:07.Always looked a bit left. He is looking to birdie every hole.

:37:08. > :37:13.Starting with two of them. Chances on three and four. All you are

:37:14. > :37:19.seeing is red numbers, capable of a very low one. Imagine if golfers

:37:20. > :37:28.started doing that, wearing a staff for every major. As Kaymer is doing

:37:29. > :37:35.for his football team. He has four stars for Germany, winning four

:37:36. > :38:01.World Cups. I tried to blank out the World Cup! A lovely swing, classic

:38:02. > :38:11.and modern swing, a lot of power. You can hear what the crowd think of

:38:12. > :38:15.Lee Westwood, 71 yesterday. He felt that there was a low score out

:38:16. > :38:37.there, but people were struggling yesterday afternoon.

:38:38. > :38:47.I felt he had too much golf earlier on the season, bit tired, 41 old

:38:48. > :39:01.now. Feeling a bit fresher now. Find tee shot. -- a find tee shot.

:39:02. > :39:05.They always try to cut down on their fidgeting and mannerisms, but you do

:39:06. > :39:39.what you do. -- that is a beauty. Westwood was

:39:40. > :39:50.the best of this bunch yesterday, with his 71.

:39:51. > :40:06.Two good opening blows, this would be three in a row. Not quite.

:40:07. > :40:13.Our first this morning was Jamie Mcleary from Scotland, 1-over

:40:14. > :40:20.yesterday, level par at the moment, five holes left to play. They

:40:21. > :40:33.started at 6:25 a.m.. He needs that, 17 missed cuts from 20 this season.

:40:34. > :40:46.Rose. Go on. Also on the course, Nick Watney, 1-over, not bad. Not

:40:47. > :40:59.many good scores. This is here she will what are -- this is Hiroshi

:41:00. > :41:16.Iwata, in that first group. A round of 70 yesterday, remaining 1-over.

:41:17. > :41:31.Right on the corner, that is the estuary of the River Dee. Leading to

:41:32. > :41:36.Chester and Wales. Not an awful lot of water in the river. You wait

:41:37. > :41:40.until the tide comes in. Isn't it supposed to flow the other way? It

:41:41. > :42:08.is all title, Mark -- tidal, Mark. Down to red rocks point. There is a

:42:09. > :42:15.strip of grass, a different colour from the rest, I wonder what that

:42:16. > :42:24.is. Second tee shot, straight back into the wind. Drivers today for

:42:25. > :42:35.everybody. Bunkers out of reach, even for Adam Scott. That is an

:42:36. > :42:40.absolutely perfect tee shot. Are you talking about the dark green stuff?

:42:41. > :42:56.That is the marshes down by 14. What did you do when you had a late

:42:57. > :43:06.tee off time? It was hard, waiting for the golf to start. Use to start

:43:07. > :43:10.at 11 o'clock when I was playing, didn't have much of a chance to see

:43:11. > :43:13.the course. We waited for the coverage, for Peter Alliss to tell

:43:14. > :43:33.us how difficult it would be. There is Thongchai Jaidee. Our he

:43:34. > :43:40.had a birdie on the last. That one chasing on through, a par five, up

:43:41. > :43:47.and down for a birdie. He was making sure he got it there, racing

:43:48. > :43:51.through. Chipping back into the wind. Every chance for an

:43:52. > :44:16.up-and-down for his birdie. Bubba. A couple of good putts, for

:44:17. > :44:28.birdie and par at the 2nd. We'll have to do work hard with his flat

:44:29. > :44:39.stick again. -- he will have two. His Open record is not good. When

:44:40. > :44:47.the wind gets up, he hits it high, that could be accentuated. You are

:44:48. > :44:52.right. He can bust it lowers well. Doesn't play an awful lot of links

:44:53. > :44:55.golf. You have to feel comfortable in the environment. He didn't feel

:44:56. > :45:04.comfortable yesterday. It is what you know. He loves places like

:45:05. > :45:33.Augusta, champion again. As does this man, Mickelson.

:45:34. > :45:51.That is a birdie four Mickelson, not the best of starts. -- a bogey for

:45:52. > :46:11.Mickelson, not the best of starts. This four par, for Watson. -- this

:46:12. > :46:14.for par, for Watson. Three holes played, three single putts from

:46:15. > :46:17.Bubba Watson, remaining 1-under for the round. 3-over for the

:46:18. > :46:48.Championship. In she goes for Ernie Els, three

:46:49. > :46:57.pars to start. He will not have given up hope yet. The cut may be

:46:58. > :47:05.around three or four. Too early to make a prediction. He needs a few

:47:06. > :47:22.birdies to stand a chance. Jason Dufner. Philip has joined this

:47:23. > :47:28.group. A great group to watch. How 100 -- low was that. 175 yards.

:47:29. > :47:53.Trying to play the draw, did not come off. We welcome Peter Alliss

:47:54. > :47:58.and Frank Nobilo to the box. Thank you. If he keeps playing at this

:47:59. > :48:09.pace, that'll be a great test for even the best players. He hits the

:48:10. > :48:14.ball a lot higher than Westwood. Lovely skip forward. You cannot

:48:15. > :48:17.legislate for that. They talk about controlling the spin, you get it,

:48:18. > :48:29.sometimes it's tops, sometimes it doesn't. -- sometimes it stops. Just

:48:30. > :48:37.a little 5-iron, 172. Read into his face will stop -- the breeze into

:48:38. > :48:48.his face. He gave that one some height. The wind affected it quite a

:48:49. > :48:58.lot. Almost blew it up into the air, and drop stone dead. Not easy

:48:59. > :49:04.conditions today. For a few hours this morning, very benign. The wind

:49:05. > :49:17.has begun to stir, not dramatically different, but altering the scoring.

:49:18. > :49:24.The wind is steadily rising today. What a golf swing Adam Scott has. We

:49:25. > :49:31.have seen some amazing swings, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead. You question

:49:32. > :49:37.putting someone into that category, but in this day and age, this is the

:49:38. > :49:44.best golf swing out there. No problem stopping this one? 79. --

:49:45. > :50:01.7-iron. remember, not that many years ago,

:50:02. > :50:13.people impaired Adam's swing to Tiger Woods, almost identical. Lee

:50:14. > :50:21.Westwood. -- people compared. As we know, this is one of the hardest par

:50:22. > :50:41.fours to start on the Open rotor. They have only done it twice. --

:50:42. > :50:46.rota. Dan Walker is in the car park. We normally show you the course

:50:47. > :50:51.side, this is what it looks like outfront at Hoylake, what the

:50:52. > :50:56.players see when they first arrive. The practice ground is a ten minute

:50:57. > :51:03.walk across the road. Quite a few players go to the physio for a rub

:51:04. > :51:08.down. They get their scorecard, and perhaps the most important thing,

:51:09. > :51:14.the clubs. Most of them are stored in these rather significant boxes.

:51:15. > :51:20.These are Bill and Graham, the guardians of the clubs. This is like

:51:21. > :51:31.an Aladdin 's cave, Ian Poulter, Paul Lawrie. Not just one of them,

:51:32. > :51:40.there is another one. One of the leaders, going off at 1:27 p.m., Jim

:51:41. > :51:44.Furyk. The caddies collect them, making sure everything is clean and

:51:45. > :51:47.tidy. Once they have everything they need, they make their way down to

:51:48. > :51:54.the right-hand side of the clubhouse, spending some tide on the

:51:55. > :52:01.practice putting green. Then it is over the bridge, on to the first

:52:02. > :52:09.tee, to play 18 holes, to decide whether they stay the weekend or go

:52:10. > :52:18.home early. Here is Keegan Bradley, that very long flat lying putter.

:52:19. > :52:47.Starting very nicely. That is the last of the par fours.

:52:48. > :52:55.The par five coming up. Just at the head at the 2nd. Rose trying to go

:52:56. > :53:02.in between the two bunkers. What a judgement. I thought it would stick

:53:03. > :53:12.on the edge of the green. You have seen the slope from the other side.

:53:13. > :53:20.A relatively newfangled idea, knocking it up from off the green

:53:21. > :53:32.with a 5-wood. I'm not sure who introduce that. Somebody like the

:53:33. > :53:36.look of it, and copied it. Trying to catch a different slope, hopefully

:53:37. > :53:45.it will not go over. Absolute genius. We saw how difficult it

:53:46. > :53:47.was, after seeing Justin Rose's, to use the other slope, great vision

:53:48. > :54:00.and imagination. Thongchai Jaidee, having a very good

:54:01. > :54:14.season on the European Tour. This go to 3-under. Well done. Just a good,

:54:15. > :54:20.plodding prose, and I don't mean that in a detrimental way. Good

:54:21. > :54:29.steady performer, money earner, in the envelope. This fella is a bit

:54:30. > :54:37.better than that. He has chipped in, going to have the work hard if

:54:38. > :54:45.he will be given the weekend. -- to work hard. This will be a fantastic

:54:46. > :54:56.par saved if it goes in for Adam Scott.

:54:57. > :55:05.He came third in the Open last year, second two years ago. That's if he

:55:06. > :55:17.wants to do well, he needs to hold those putts. He missed the green

:55:18. > :55:24.with his second shot, I'm lucky to find the bunker, but never a bad

:55:25. > :55:29.thing to find the green. You can always find where the mistake was

:55:30. > :55:38.made. Here is another one in trouble. One of the best at getting

:55:39. > :55:47.out of it, Mickelson. How can you do that? Maybe even going in! That is

:55:48. > :55:48.bordering on ridiculous. A wonderful, wonderful result,

:55:49. > :56:11.absolutely fabulous. Justin Rose at two. Missing the

:56:12. > :56:17.green. In between the two bunkers. Jess catching the edge, but

:56:18. > :56:28.disappearing. -- just catching the edge. Par saved. It was hard work

:56:29. > :56:40.yesterday for his 72, struggled. Dufner. For par. 70 yesterday. He is

:56:41. > :56:56.not always rock-solid from this distance. You put the mockers on him

:56:57. > :57:12.there. He heard you! Then tell him -- don't tell him. A shot dropped.

:57:13. > :57:28.Up to the 10th. George Coetzee. The South African. The wind certainly

:57:29. > :57:53.not dropping the speed. Zach Johnson on the fifth. Stabbing

:57:54. > :57:57.it up and out. These bunkers are rather reminiscent of those at

:57:58. > :58:06.Muirfield, on the east side of Edinburgh. Big, deep bunkers, sharp

:58:07. > :58:12.and tight. McIlroy going out at two o'clock this afternoon. All of these

:58:13. > :58:18.leaders will go out late, they were off early yesterday.

:58:19. > :58:31.Robert Karlsson, in the first match yesterday, coming in with a 69.

:58:32. > :58:41.There will be good play all day, we just hope the weather keeps. So far

:58:42. > :58:57.it is fine. 250 yards for Rose, the breeze helping him off the left.

:58:58. > :59:05.A slightly braver tee shot than we have seen from other players. Out of

:59:06. > :00:02.bounds on the right. nicely. Martin Kaymer. Putting for

:00:03. > :00:11.an eagle. Had a great start, birdies at one and two. He just hit a

:00:12. > :00:17.9-iron, very aggressive player off the tee with the driver. This putt

:00:18. > :00:29.is slightly downhill all the way, into the breeze, not too quick,

:00:30. > :00:38.touch right to left. No eagle. Driver 9-iron. That is almost

:00:39. > :00:41.obscene on a par-5. Nice birdie. That's a very good start. Three

:00:42. > :01:31.birdies in the first few holes. here at Hoylake. Little corner at

:01:32. > :01:37.the bottom of your screen here, down the far end, goes down to 13, 14,

:01:38. > :01:47.far end. Practice ground in the middle. I've had some e-mails in

:01:48. > :01:51.from folks down on the Surrey Hampshire borders, and they say how

:01:52. > :01:55.much they enjoyed the first day of the Open Championship, and they are

:01:56. > :02:01.having little parties at their clubs, watching TV etc. Now we are

:02:02. > :02:10.watching this today putt for a birdie at the 5th.

:02:11. > :02:19.Hurt more golf club, Hindhead, Blackmore, Petersfield golf club.

:02:20. > :02:23.They are all having days in front of the telly. Tea and bonds, or

:02:24. > :02:31.something stronger, while you watch the days golf. Hope you enjoy it

:02:32. > :02:34.over the next few days. Garcia is the only one on that page with Bill

:02:35. > :02:42.Haas who has played any holes, the empty spaces on the right tell

:02:43. > :02:53.others they have not begun yet. 3-under par, Thongchai Jaidee, Adam

:02:54. > :03:00.Scott. The ones that went out early yesterday, late today, and vice

:03:01. > :03:04.versa. They were hoping for very calm conditions early on. And when

:03:05. > :03:08.they looked out of the window, they could see the wind was getting up.

:03:09. > :03:13.All sorts of weird and wonderful weather forecasts around here. One

:03:14. > :03:19.minute they are going to be struck down by 130 degrees temperatures,

:03:20. > :03:29.smother yourself in baby oil, if that is your want, or even suntan

:03:30. > :03:35.lotion. And then told to prepare for torrential rain. Not quite sure what

:03:36. > :03:40.to do. 190 yards left for Adam Scott, it will be playing short,

:03:41. > :03:51.maybe a fraction of the left. It will release once it lands. That's

:03:52. > :04:01.an 8-iron. 184 yards, eight time? Of course it is. -- 8-iron? Well, you

:04:02. > :04:07.has missed the green. Is the wind helping a bit? Yes. That ball was

:04:08. > :04:20.always going to release. So it was a mistake from Adam. Slow Mo of all

:04:21. > :04:25.slow Mo's. I bet the green keeper winces every time they hit the ball,

:04:26. > :04:33.look at my lovely turf. I spent my life preparing it, and they come and

:04:34. > :04:41.passionate about. -- they come and bash it about. Bill Haas just

:04:42. > :04:48.birdied five, the par-5. And another one there. And all of a sudden he is

:04:49. > :04:53.three underpar, and just three back from Rory, who will tee off later

:04:54. > :05:04.this afternoon. Let's go back to the 3rd hole. Justin Rose. Out of bounds

:05:05. > :05:20.isn't all that far off the green on the right. We saw a few go out of

:05:21. > :05:44.bounds yesterday. Nicely done. Very nice. Two on the green, 1-over, Adam

:05:45. > :05:48.Scott, through the back. The six hole playing 190 today. Kaymer here

:05:49. > :05:57.with an 8-iron. The job hole playing 190 today. Kaymer here

:05:58. > :06:07.it on the lower level. The flag is only on 12. Should come back all the

:06:08. > :06:22.way on. Not a bad result for not a very good shot. Mickelson eyeing one

:06:23. > :06:27.up. He's got a lot of work to do if he is going to be here. Defending

:06:28. > :06:41.champion, remember. He won in such fine style last year at Muirfield.

:06:42. > :06:54.Trying to take the bunkers out of play. Did that, but that Russia

:06:55. > :06:55.might be trampled down -- that rough might be trampled down. He will not

:06:56. > :07:17.have that far left. Bubba Watson. A little better

:07:18. > :07:29.today, he has picked up one. Fascinating.

:07:30. > :07:53.Now, the short second, Lee Westwood, bit of a struggle here.

:07:54. > :07:59.Well, you missed on the left on the first one, on the right on the

:08:00. > :08:05.second, and they were not all that far away -- well, he missed. He

:08:06. > :08:13.looks to strike them all right, but they don't go on the right line. Not

:08:14. > :08:19.a bad position here for Adam Scott, decent lie, enough green to work

:08:20. > :08:25.with. I actually thought he could land it on the green, because he was

:08:26. > :08:34.chipping into the wind, I thought it was a straightforward little chip

:08:35. > :08:38.shot, using that wind. Well you saw what happened, ten, 11 feet short.

:08:39. > :08:41.8-iron second shot into the green, looking to hole a ten or 12 foot

:08:42. > :09:00.putt for par. Four ain't good. Huge event. Little did I think when

:09:01. > :09:05.I first started the first broadcast in 1961, courtesy of Ray Lakeland,

:09:06. > :09:11.producer of major sport in Manchester, still going strong. I am

:09:12. > :09:17.sure he is watching, Ray. You don't know all the things you got me into

:09:18. > :09:23.when you offered me a job in 1961. And I shall be ever in your debt.

:09:24. > :09:31.The Czechs in the post. -- the cheque is in the post. Are you going

:09:32. > :09:46.to put a stamp on it? Justin Rose at the 3rd. Putting back into the

:09:47. > :09:49.breeze. Wasn't really a factor yesterday, because these greens are

:09:50. > :10:08.relatively flat, it certainly will be today.

:10:09. > :10:23.Playing conditions are really quite pleasant. It is windy, but it is

:10:24. > :10:28.warm. This is Dufner. Really good chance here. The temperature is

:10:29. > :10:31.nice, but you have got to play some good golf today, with these windy

:10:32. > :10:40.conditions. It is not impossible, though. Hurry, hurry. No. Got quite

:10:41. > :10:44.a long grip on that putter, I don't know whether he has changed since

:10:45. > :10:50.yesterday. It looks to be a longer grip, one of those fat ones. One of

:10:51. > :10:54.those players who is very proud, whether that is false pride, he is

:10:55. > :10:59.suspect from short range, but he tries to do it the right way, like

:11:00. > :11:02.Tom Watson. You never saw him try long putters or cack-handed or

:11:03. > :11:08.whatever. They try to do it the right way. Sometimes it is very

:11:09. > :11:14.difficult. Gets a little shaky on the three, four footers on occasion.

:11:15. > :11:17.But doesn't give into it. The par-3 6th, just from a little short and

:11:18. > :11:29.left, just allowing for that breeze. That was Jason Day. Quite

:11:30. > :11:40.surprised Zach Johnson didn't mark his ball, there. Martin Kaymer has a

:11:41. > :11:45.birdie putt coming up, as we go back to three.

:11:46. > :11:56.So, to par putts in a row missed, for the world number one. -- two par

:11:57. > :12:00.putts in a row. A little more room between him and the top now.

:12:01. > :12:04.Difficult to say careless, but it comes under that category, with his

:12:05. > :12:07.power, and the shortness of the irons, to miss a couple of greens

:12:08. > :12:13.and drop shots like that, on relatively simple holes. They are

:12:14. > :12:17.costly, come Sunday night. If I hadn't done that, hadn't done that,

:12:18. > :12:24.I would be champion. We keep saying it, it's not always the great shots

:12:25. > :12:36.that win, it is the fiddly ones that you miss that can cost you. We

:12:37. > :12:40.mentioned the birdie putt of Kaymer. As is so often the way when you are

:12:41. > :12:43.playing well, when you miss a shot, you get lucky, and Kaymer has

:12:44. > :12:56.finished in a good spot for another birdie chance. Bit of movement off

:12:57. > :12:59.the right, I think. Pars on the par threes today, they will be well

:13:00. > :13:07.earned. All four in different directions. The par fives will be

:13:08. > :13:16.very key today, to put a good score on the board. Excellent start,

:13:17. > :13:22.though. If you could just add this to the US Open and players

:13:23. > :13:39.Championship, what a year that would be -- if he could. Justin Rose,

:13:40. > :13:48.fourth tee Hee. -- Justin Rose, on the fourth tee. Couple of bunkers in

:13:49. > :13:52.play here? Yes, on the right, especially with the wind into, off

:13:53. > :13:59.the left, forcing the ball into that direction. Playing so much longer

:14:00. > :14:03.today. And that is heading in that direction. In fact it is further

:14:04. > :14:13.right than the bunker. Oh, in the thick stuff. So often, if you are

:14:14. > :14:16.going to be wild and wide, you want to be very white, and you end up

:14:17. > :14:25.where all the spectators have walked up and down. Usually you get a good

:14:26. > :14:35.lie. But that looked as if it is going to be a bit thick. Back up to

:14:36. > :14:42.the tee. Dufner. A sliver of rough down the right, only 11 or 12 paces

:14:43. > :14:47.wide, so you can get lucky. Dufner likes to hit it low, and that

:14:48. > :14:53.started very low. Rising into the breeze. It's a nice shot. Sat down,

:14:54. > :15:03.hardly moved at all. Just over the crosswalk.

:15:04. > :15:10.I love these pictures up on high. You get time to look around, and you

:15:11. > :15:16.see how, when all this lot has moved away, normality returns, how the

:15:17. > :15:21.private houses on that little corner there. Where do you live? I overlook

:15:22. > :15:27.the third or 4th hole at Hoylake. Not too shabby, is it? Go down to

:15:28. > :15:35.the beach. Get a few shrimps or whatever. Adam Scott is down there

:15:36. > :15:38.on the tee. He has got to pull himself together, because he has

:15:39. > :15:44.been careless the last couple of holes. Certainly has. I have counted

:15:45. > :15:46.three mistakes in three holes. But that was a pretty solid shot, nice

:15:47. > :15:56.swing as well. I have had an e-mail from Peter Edwards, whose father

:15:57. > :16:01.Gordon was one of the mainstays from Peter Edwards, whose father

:16:02. > :16:07.particularly. Thank you for all your information Peter. He was saying he

:16:08. > :16:13.has had a little that around, and at this moment there were 3259 scratch

:16:14. > :16:17.or better golfers in England, when his father played in 1973, there

:16:18. > :16:24.were only 80, and six of those were in Cheshire. So we have gone from 80

:16:25. > :16:34.players scratch or better to 3260 of them. Amazing how it has grown. Good

:16:35. > :16:37.county for golf, Cheshire. Cawley golf club up the road is another

:16:38. > :16:41.fascinating course with a great history of tournaments and famous

:16:42. > :16:45.players and professionals who have graced its fairways. Wallace of

:16:46. > :17:03.course, Doctor Stableford. Kaymer on the seventh tee here.

:17:04. > :17:14.Playing longer than yesterday. Back into the wind. Oh, that could be, I

:17:15. > :17:21.heard it land, but I don't know where it is. There's our man, Scott,

:17:22. > :17:30.get in there. Don't worry, I am on my way. If you find a couple of

:17:31. > :17:37.balls -- if you find a couple of balls, we can split the profit. It

:17:38. > :17:43.is not pleasant in here, guys, I can tell you that. But we have got it.

:17:44. > :17:49.Can he hit it? Surely he can't hit it? He can hit it, but not really

:17:50. > :17:57.where he wants to go. This could be very interesting. Oh. He doesn't

:17:58. > :18:06.really know, he hasn't got a clue what's going on. That Rose looking

:18:07. > :18:09.at his ball, now walking down the fourth, just inside the Spectator

:18:10. > :18:24.line. Hopefully that's the trampled area. Just check that it's yours.

:18:25. > :18:34.Well, par-5, cute tee shot here for Bubba Watson. -- huge tee shot. Must

:18:35. > :18:39.have been the second shot but only got two there, but he will still

:18:40. > :18:45.have a birdie chance. Must have had a horrible lie after the tee shot,

:18:46. > :18:51.because it was miles down. Here is a look at Dufner, back into the

:18:52. > :18:58.breeze. You can see the flag just over that bunker on the right.

:18:59. > :19:03.Trying to cut it through the middle of the green. Steady, steady.

:19:04. > :19:21.Through the back. Career low score at an Open

:19:22. > :19:25.Championship. Well, I don't know how many he has played in? US,

:19:26. > :19:33.Australia, New Zealand? I don't know where he's been. But there we are.

:19:34. > :19:39.Going to be interesting now how Adam Scott hits this one. He hit it

:19:40. > :19:45.incredibly high, did not try to hit a knock-down shot. This is from 147

:19:46. > :19:55.yards. Just got a 6-iron, so I guess he is going to knock this one down.

:19:56. > :20:08.He did. And it looks sensational from back here. So, third straight

:20:09. > :20:14.green mist for Adam Scott. Little bit of bounce. Must be annoying when

:20:15. > :20:19.you feel you are hitting the ball well, and you keep trundling through

:20:20. > :20:25.the green, off the green, and you think, I am playing better than this

:20:26. > :20:31.and I am losing ground. A lot depends on the lie here for Rose. In

:20:32. > :20:37.the wispy stuff you have to hold on tight and he did. Whether he gets

:20:38. > :20:42.over the bunker. Just carries it. Now it will settle down. Best of the

:20:43. > :20:52.three of them, from the worst tee shot. Very good crowds begin today.

:20:53. > :21:03.Interesting to look at the numbers that have come since 2006. We are

:21:04. > :21:09.12,000 down, which is surprising. Mickelson for an eagle. This would

:21:10. > :21:23.cheer him. It would cheer him up a lot. Yes. Well done. Well done,

:21:24. > :21:27.Philip. That's more like it, boy. STUDIO: Yes indeed, there is a

:21:28. > :21:31.little bit of forward momentum on the leaderboard from the likes of

:21:32. > :21:34.George Coetzee, the man who had a breakthrough at the Johannesburg

:21:35. > :21:39.open in late February, because he is 1-under par today, and he is in the

:21:40. > :21:42.group 3-under par. And in the next couple of minutes, it's Shane Lowry,

:21:43. > :21:46.the Irishman, who will be and off today. He had a great opening round

:21:47. > :21:51.of 68 including five birdies coming home. And the man who finished

:21:52. > :21:56.runner-up to Rory at the BMW PGA Championship in May, getting a lot

:21:57. > :22:01.of support here, he has been on the range, and we caught up with him.

:22:02. > :22:06.Wind blowing on the second morning of the open, you won't mind too

:22:07. > :22:11.much? No, as long as it stays like that for the day. Made a decent

:22:12. > :22:16.start yesterday, and bit of wind this morning which I don't mind. How

:22:17. > :22:20.good was that 68 yesterday? It was quite good. It was tough in the

:22:21. > :22:25.afternoon. It was hard to get close on the front nine. But managed to

:22:26. > :22:29.make if you birdies coming in, and played quite nicely. Looking forward

:22:30. > :22:43.to getting out and seeing what I can do today. Thanks for your time.

:22:44. > :22:49.Thank you. Now Bubba for a birdie. He's done it again. The first nine

:22:50. > :22:56.causing all sorts of problems this morning. The first two players to

:22:57. > :23:01.break par, we have had 25 or 26 players go through, Gary Woodland,

:23:02. > :23:09.33, and Kevin Stadler, 34. Nobody else has broken par. Dufner, from

:23:10. > :23:19.the back of the green. Wandering away from the hole. Not great. Very

:23:20. > :23:25.frustrating when you hit what you think looks like a good second and

:23:26. > :23:28.it goes 25 yards, 30 yards to far. But that's typical of links golf,

:23:29. > :23:36.even when there is a bit of cushioning the ground, which there

:23:37. > :23:47.is here. -- a bit of caution in the ground. He needs to chip one close.

:23:48. > :23:49.If it keeps going it should turn left and get closer and closer and

:23:50. > :24:05.closer. That's better. Lovely touch. Bunkering on this 4th hole is

:24:06. > :24:13.beautiful. You can see the first one, short right, and the other two

:24:14. > :24:18.further up, and four just in front. Adam cleans up, stop that little

:24:19. > :24:21.bogey train he was on. There is a par-5 he can reach on the very next

:24:22. > :24:30.hole, try to rectify some of the damage. Justin Rose. Just moves a

:24:31. > :24:38.little right to left. He did not spot it. I'm surprised he did not

:24:39. > :24:55.spot it, it was edging all the way, from Dufner's chip, to Adam Scott's

:24:56. > :24:59.chip. Just move it across. We are looking forward to meeting some of

:25:00. > :25:02.our friends from help the heroes, always good to

:25:03. > :25:07.our friends from help the heroes, 9th of August down near me... We

:25:08. > :25:14.will just watch this for a second or two. Milford golf club, just on the

:25:15. > :25:20.A3, south of Guildford, they are having a big day for the Royal Navy

:25:21. > :25:28.and partners. They have a cracking Pro-Am there. 9th of August this

:25:29. > :25:35.year. I would be delighted to see you. You saw where Kaymer's tee shot

:25:36. > :25:43.finished, so he is looking at taking a penalty drop, finding the best

:25:44. > :25:48.possible place. Meanwhile, Dufner. Dufner has got one of those, hey

:25:49. > :25:51.Peter? One of those. He is usually not bad from this sort of range. He

:25:52. > :26:00.didn't hit it. Silly boy. not bad from this sort of range. He

:26:01. > :26:02.putting is a different game. They not bad from this sort of range. He

:26:03. > :26:05.told me that when I was a boy. I did not know what they were talking

:26:06. > :26:15.about, but putting is again within a game. I wonder how they are getting

:26:16. > :26:19.on with that its parent in the states -- with that experiment in

:26:20. > :26:27.the states of making the hole about as big as a dustbin. Finally we see

:26:28. > :26:36.a birdie at the opening hole, Cabrera-Bello. He has played some

:26:37. > :26:42.good stuff this year. A wonderful swinger of the golf ball. Now

:26:43. > :26:52.Mickelson after bogey, birdie, eagle. You can use the hump on the

:26:53. > :26:54.right side to slow the kick. Oh, just. Unlucky. One more hop and that

:26:55. > :27:32.was a gem. This is one they use for practice

:27:33. > :27:38.facilities. Martin looked at taking two clubs length relief to the side

:27:39. > :27:41.to get onto the path, and he could get it on there, but he had no

:27:42. > :27:45.backswing for a shot of over 200 yards, so he has opted to go back in

:27:46. > :27:53.line, gone back about 25 yards. Got a clear lie, trampled down. He was

:27:54. > :27:58.in the middle of that gorse bush. How near Mikey get to the middle of

:27:59. > :28:05.the green with a really good shot? - might get? He has got to get the

:28:06. > :28:09.ball up over the course in front of him. It's going to be a pretty

:28:10. > :28:14.strong shot today with this breeze which has fresh and even more in the

:28:15. > :28:20.last five minutes. He was looking like he was trying to hit a big

:28:21. > :28:25.hook, he was looking right. Well, he's going to come towards us. He's

:28:26. > :28:36.got to come over all these humps and bumps. Rather you than me, sir. Make

:28:37. > :28:44.sure you get it up. Having big discussions. Good caddy, this fellow

:28:45. > :28:52.he has got here. I think you are right, looks like he's going over

:28:53. > :28:56.the... Yeah. Crash and hope. Needless to say a lot could go

:28:57. > :29:06.wrong, here. The further right he aims, more time to get the ball over

:29:07. > :29:18.the gorse bush. Only just got over that first bit. They are applauding,

:29:19. > :29:35.is it up there somewhere? Well, I don't know. We will let you know as

:29:36. > :29:53.soon as we know. Bubba. This starts left. Through the back? No, it has

:29:54. > :30:01.checked. Shane Lowry, on the first. Came in late in the day yesterday

:30:02. > :30:04.with a spent 68. -- a splendid 68. And that could come up very nicely.

:30:05. > :30:29.with a spent 68. -- a splendid 68. And that could Not to nicely.

:30:30. > :30:35.that one too much, going way left. Oh, my goodness, I cannot imagine

:30:36. > :30:47.how far that has gone. That is a big one. He had the Gerrard, the wind

:30:48. > :30:50.was helping. -- he had the draw. It looks like he had plenty of room.

:30:51. > :31:07.Quite exhausting watching that. Dufner. I do not expect the same

:31:08. > :31:17.line from Jason. He has hit its it high. Oh, Jason. He caught the

:31:18. > :31:26.bunker. I am off for a cup of coffee, leaving you with Andrew

:31:27. > :31:41.Cotter and young Kenneth Brown. I thought I saw a big octopus behind

:31:42. > :31:52.at sea. -- behind that tee. Lovely shot from Adam Scott, Jason Dufner

:31:53. > :32:02.in travels -- in trouble. This Martin Kaymer in trouble in the

:32:03. > :32:12.thick stuff. A very risky shot. He has about 30 yards to the pin, but

:32:13. > :32:26.he is buried here. Having taken a penalty drop.

:32:27. > :32:39.He stabs it out. Taking a penalty drop off the tee shot, he has played

:32:40. > :32:47.four. Was going well, we'll have to work hard to just rocked one. -- he

:32:48. > :33:03.will have two work hard to just drop one.

:33:04. > :33:22.Phil Mickelson going well, illegal and a birdie. To wonderful opening

:33:23. > :33:27.five. -- he is to -- he is two under for the opening five. Going along

:33:28. > :34:07.nicely. He's playing alongside Bubba Watson,

:34:08. > :34:24.this for par. That was bad. Both he and Mickelson going nicely, two

:34:25. > :34:39.wonder. Martin is waiting for Miguel Angel Jimenez to go. Coming out of

:34:40. > :34:50.the semi-rough. That will be for a double bogey. A lot of good work

:34:51. > :34:54.being done. This -- undone. Pretty sure this is the hardest hole on the

:34:55. > :35:05.course. Just one birdie, Scott Stallings.

:35:06. > :35:48.On the crosswalk, Jason Dufner fools of look at the tee shot from Adam

:35:49. > :35:54.Scott. -- Jason Dufner, on the crosswalk. Look at that shot from

:35:55. > :36:01.Adam Scott. Very brave. This hole producing plenty of birdies. A great

:36:02. > :36:10.drive from Justin Rose. Scott and Rose in a fine position to hunt down

:36:11. > :36:14.an eagle here. If you go in these bunkers, it will cost you a shot,

:36:15. > :36:23.exactly what Jason Dufner has proven. He is playing his third shot

:36:24. > :36:27.before the other guys have played their second. Scott's tee shot was

:36:28. > :36:44.over 340 yards. This isn't a tie-in -- this is an

:36:45. > :37:06.8-iron. He needed another six feet of Carrie. -- of carry. Lots of

:37:07. > :37:13.birdies. Only a few needles, Mickelson and Gary Woodland. Let's

:37:14. > :37:41.see what Justin Rose can do. -- only a few eagles.

:37:42. > :37:49.Maybe that one pitched straight into the bunker. There is a little

:37:50. > :38:00.mound, if you can get it right, it will go towards the cup. Just a

:38:01. > :38:07.drive and a wedge. Trying to get it to stop. Excellent shot, not taking

:38:08. > :38:16.any chances, outside chance of an eagle. All of these pins, they have

:38:17. > :38:30.their little sting in the tail. Particularly with the crosswinds.

:38:31. > :38:45.Jason Day, for par. No. Level par for his round. Back to 1-over for

:38:46. > :39:00.the Championship. This seventh hole is 480 yards into the breeze. Come

:39:01. > :39:09.on, Martin. Sweetly done. A costly double bogey after a good start.

:39:10. > :39:20.Let's code to the 13th, the birthday boy, George Coetzee, to get to four

:39:21. > :39:27.under. All the way. Working wonders with his putter. George Coetzee

:39:28. > :39:36.making the best move so far, four underpar, just two behind McIlroy.

:39:37. > :39:57.Some impact on the first page of the leaderboard. Much better in these

:39:58. > :40:05.conditions. Bill Haas making steady progress. Adam Scott slipping

:40:06. > :40:09.backwards a little bit today. Very early in his round. Ashley Chesters,

:40:10. > :40:26.the leading amateur. Keegan Bradley has made a bright

:40:27. > :40:32.start to his round. How is this one lying, Phil? Not too bad. Chipping

:40:33. > :40:37.into the breeze, a lot of green to work with. He would fancy his

:40:38. > :41:10.chances. Not much green beyond the hole.

:41:11. > :41:23.Just going into a small valley that the pain is cut in. -- that the pin

:41:24. > :41:38.is cutting. This will not be easy to read. Let's go to the seventh,

:41:39. > :41:47.Mickelson. This always gets your attention. 30 yards further back

:41:48. > :41:58.than in 2006. It is a wicked, wicked drive. That gives you the idea of

:41:59. > :42:06.the wind. You are almost forced to take a driver with the wind into the

:42:07. > :42:11.hole. I would say it is come to be the hardest hole on the course, and

:42:12. > :42:14.it was yesterday. We sought Kaymer getting to all sorts of trouble, let

:42:15. > :42:31.see how Mickelson does. It will test how you are swinging

:42:32. > :42:42.it. That was not his best, he is on the short stuff. I don't think he

:42:43. > :42:48.would want it again. We mentioned Adam Scott has had a few troubles,

:42:49. > :42:58.but this is to get his two dropped shots back in 1000 with. -- in one

:42:59. > :43:07.foul swoop. Still a question to be answered for the birdie. He finished

:43:08. > :43:21.second and third in his last two Open Championship appearances. Wayne

:43:22. > :43:28.Grady said he is good in the wind because he grew up in Queensland

:43:29. > :43:42.where the wind blows dogs off their chains.

:43:43. > :43:47.That was a good tee shot, just paying the price for being a

:43:48. > :44:02.fraction off the fairway. Could not control it. A huge, huge cut, was

:44:03. > :44:15.going sideways. A good spot on the fairway. This is a bruiser of a

:44:16. > :44:32.hole, horrible. A chance for a birdie four Adam Scott. -- a chance

:44:33. > :44:50.for a birdie, four Adam Scott. He gets one of his last shots back. A

:44:51. > :45:32.sensational shot to get this close by Jason. It is a par.

:45:33. > :46:00.He took a bit of time. Five macro -- five holes, five pars.

:46:01. > :46:21.We can see shadows flitting across the course. You can see the part

:46:22. > :46:30.three, six hole. -- par three, sixth hole. A lot of players missing the

:46:31. > :46:53.green in regulation. That front bunker is popular, too.

:46:54. > :47:07.You can put it on the lower tier, but you have to try and carry it.

:47:08. > :47:17.You can hit a small chase, but a slightly unpredictable bounce on the

:47:18. > :47:21.front of the green. The wind seems to be slightly changing direction

:47:22. > :47:28.this morning. It would have been off the left, helping, at this point, it

:47:29. > :47:41.is almost directly across four Adam Scott. Challenging conditions. Great

:47:42. > :47:52.for us to see these players battling the conditions. What club? If you

:47:53. > :47:59.want to hold it and draw it, less club. This is an 8-iron. When it is

:48:00. > :48:13.directly off the left, that is a big 8-iron. I am amazed at the club

:48:14. > :48:20.choice, Ken. He was trying a hard draw. You have to get the most

:48:21. > :48:30.perfect, hard shot. You want the ball to come directly down, don't

:48:31. > :48:35.you? Certainly if you get the ball going with the windy conditions, it

:48:36. > :48:40.will hit the green, going sideways. The players have to reshape it the

:48:41. > :48:50.best they can, so it comes down as vertically as possible. You have to

:48:51. > :48:55.hold it into the breeze. This is one more club for Justin Rose, 7-iron,

:48:56. > :49:08.makes more sense now the breeze is directly from the left.

:49:09. > :49:21.He was trying to draw it into the breeze. As the overdone it? Yes. Red

:49:22. > :49:26.Rum would have been pleased with that one, skipping over the bunker.

:49:27. > :49:53.-- has the overdone it? This is also a 7-iron from Jason

:49:54. > :50:01.Dufner. He really good shotmaker. -- he is a really good shotmaker. It

:50:02. > :50:18.will come round a bit. A nice tee shot from Jason Dufner.

:50:19. > :50:27.A cracking little par three, particularly in these conditions.

:50:28. > :50:35.Mickelson, quite a long way back, you can see the ball Bubba Watson.

:50:36. > :50:40.Shaping from left to right. Beautifully done by Mickelson.

:50:41. > :50:43.Wonderful shot. One of the best you will see into the wind, low,

:50:44. > :50:59.controlled, birdie chance. He always sets up with the open

:51:00. > :51:07.stance, does not mean he will cut it, although this time he did. A

:51:08. > :51:17.lower, flighted shot. Two wonderful strikes. Any time you find this

:51:18. > :51:23.green in two, you have done well. What is so tricky on a day like

:51:24. > :51:30.this, is the crosswinds, only doglegs. The fairways are narrow.

:51:31. > :51:34.Every hole in a different direction, a very testing golf course. The pins

:51:35. > :51:43.are tucked in the corners. a very testing golf course. The pins

:51:44. > :51:51.Jamie Mcleary from Edinburgh, for a bogey. Pretty sure this will be good

:51:52. > :51:56.enough to make the cut. He has missed 17 from 20 cuts on the

:51:57. > :52:14.European Tour. This will be very welcome from him.

:52:15. > :52:27.Sit down. Very well judged. A wonderful service on these greens.

:52:28. > :52:43.It is like the bays on a snooker table. -- baize. George Coetzee,

:52:44. > :52:53.going great guns. This is for a birdie. Yes. A fine three at the

:52:54. > :53:03.14th. Moving to 5-under par, tied with Matteo Manassero, one behind

:53:04. > :53:10.Rory McIlroy. Jason Day on eight four, long-range attempt. Unlucky

:53:11. > :53:12.with his approach. Trundling all the way through to the back. The breeze

:53:13. > :53:35.is really kicking back. You see that support on his wrist.

:53:36. > :53:42.His thumb was causing him problems earlier on in the season. He really

:53:43. > :53:51.jarred his wrist yesterday. Trying to dig himself out of trouble. It

:53:52. > :54:11.seems to be OK today, the physios have done their magical work.

:54:12. > :54:15.Dufner, just putting down the green, he is having one of those days. It

:54:16. > :54:22.is a very unforgiving game sometimes, all about confidence.

:54:23. > :54:30.Those are some deep pots. Certainly are. A slightly elevated green, 20

:54:31. > :54:37.mph whirlwind, I think it really effective that putt. Justin Rose is

:54:38. > :54:58.putting downwind. Going to be a little bit quicker. A birdie chance.

:54:59. > :55:08.Right to left, and left to right as it was dying. Always hard to get

:55:09. > :55:15.those double breakers right. This was a totally new hole in 1965, they

:55:16. > :55:19.built it. They did not have enough turf for the green, so they took it

:55:20. > :55:30.from the Bowling Green next to the clubhouse. Sport is always a --

:55:31. > :55:34.about great moments, and this is no different. We are asking you to

:55:35. > :55:41.tweet about your best moments from the past. We have brought you out to

:55:42. > :55:46.the 14th, the long grass. Back in 2006, a couple of balls on the

:55:47. > :55:54.fairway, that is where Tiger Woods was with a 4-iron, around about 210

:55:55. > :55:59.yards to the green. Taking that two iron off the tee. He struck it

:56:00. > :56:07.beautifully, in the air, rolling, it is in. He did not know, then

:56:08. > :56:15.high-fiving Steve Williams. That was a two and he was on his way to

:56:16. > :56:20.greatness, and a third Claret Jug. What is your favourite moment from

:56:21. > :56:27.the past? You can tweet us. I am allowed my phone, I have got a few.

:56:28. > :56:51.Andrew Watkins says Paul Lawrie's win was special. I enjoyed John --

:56:52. > :57:01.Jean ven der Velde's win. Also Seve Ballesteros, the car park champion.

:57:02. > :57:19.Well done, he does get those really well these days. There have been so

:57:20. > :57:24.many over the years, the Open throws up great champions. Mickelson

:57:25. > :57:30.getting himself back into the mix, this for a birdie. Oh, no. What a

:57:31. > :57:40.birdie that would have been. The second shot deserved that. Scott

:57:41. > :57:45.Stallings and Jamie Donaldson the only men to birdie this hole. Just

:57:46. > :58:03.looks like he has a Littles tall on the back of his swing. Kaymer. --

:58:04. > :58:23.little stall. Oh, no. Drops a stroke. That is untidy for Kaymer

:58:24. > :58:31.after going so well. This is Rafael Cabrera-Bello, birdie attempt at the

:58:32. > :58:42.3rd. A little bit shy. Birdied the first, par on the second, 3-under

:58:43. > :58:53.for the Championship. He is in a group of some variety.

:58:54. > :59:08.Thongchai Jaidee. Down, and he has got it, into the heart of the cup.

:59:09. > :59:17.His seventh appearance in the Open, the man from Thailand. We look down

:59:18. > :59:24.on the seventh tee, the group of Rose, Dufner and Adam Scott. You can

:59:25. > :59:30.see the Championship the front 2006, they have moved it back 30 yards, it

:59:31. > :59:38.is a monster of a hole, especially with the wind blowing today. That

:59:39. > :59:45.long grass is not far away, as Kaymer found out. A couple of

:59:46. > :59:51.bunkers, left and right, the wind from the right, even if he hits a

:59:52. > :59:56.3-wood, a chance he may roll into the bunkers. The players know if you

:59:57. > :00:01.go in there, it is almost a shot penalty. Sometimes they play

:00:02. > :00:07.amazingly conservative. I am surprised it is an iron, he is so

:00:08. > :00:13.strong and powerful, if it is a low one, he may chase it up there. May

:00:14. > :00:22.get it close to those bunkers. Not bad. 220 yards to get the fairway,

:00:23. > :00:25.short and narrow. It goes back to yesterday, I thought the players

:00:26. > :00:33.were very conservative with some of the tee shots. They are difficult

:00:34. > :00:39.holes, but if you play aggressive, they are not sometimes. This is a

:00:40. > :00:47.very dangerous hole, using a change of armoury. This does bring the

:00:48. > :00:54.bunkers into play. If he cuts it into the wind it, it won't. If he

:00:55. > :00:59.cuts it down the middle with a little hold, he should not reach the

:01:00. > :01:01.bunkers. It is one of these tee shots that can make or break your

:01:02. > :01:17.round. The crowd in danger, I think. Not

:01:18. > :01:21.quite. I think he might have got lucky there, Philip, stopped short

:01:22. > :01:26.of the long stuff or has it nestled down there. He was bracing himself

:01:27. > :01:34.as soon as he hit that. A similar tee shot on the 18th yesterday.

:01:35. > :01:39.Well, he could have got lucky there. The thing I find amazing, once he

:01:40. > :01:46.changed clubs, he was so quick between grabbing the club and

:01:47. > :01:50.hitting it. It all happened so fast. He pegged it down. Really drives

:01:51. > :02:01.through. It is a scary tee shot this one. I think he may well have got

:02:02. > :02:05.away with it. Once again, if he hit a really nice tee shot. A proper tee

:02:06. > :02:13.shot. It is not so difficult. This is Justin Rose. Aiming miles left.

:02:14. > :02:20.Sometimes you get a drive or a shot - this tournament could all pivot on

:02:21. > :02:24.one. The wind is whistling in towards the right. If you cut it you

:02:25. > :02:29.go nowhere and go into the gorse. Left gives you a bit of a chance. He

:02:30. > :02:36.is not aiming so far left this time, you see.

:02:37. > :02:49.You are forced to have to play golf shots. That's down the left. Not as

:02:50. > :02:54.far left as Adam Scot. My old caddies said in the old days - trust

:02:55. > :03:00.is a must. This is when you have to trust your game. We are in a day and

:03:01. > :03:03.age where the new equipment and especially if you are playing in the

:03:04. > :03:10.States, the ball goes so straight, you are just not... Have a look at

:03:11. > :03:14.this. We are watching in super slow-mo. All the saving with the

:03:15. > :03:20.hands is not going to help you now. I think he might have just found it

:03:21. > :03:24.there. I think someone has stood on it. We might have tracked it down.

:03:25. > :03:28.That's brilliant. You know, once a year these players are forced to

:03:29. > :03:32.have to hit so many golf shots that they don't have to hit on other

:03:33. > :03:45.tournaments. We are seeing it today. This is Dufner.

:03:46. > :03:51.A nice flight. You can see the fairway widens out the further you

:03:52. > :03:55.hit T beautifully set up this hole, goading the players into being a

:03:56. > :04:02.little bit braver than they want to be. -- the further you hit it.

:04:03. > :04:17.Just an idea of the difficulties of the 7th and the tee shot there. Over

:04:18. > :04:24.to the 15th, Coetzee. He is romping along.

:04:25. > :04:36.Oh, he got right at that. Cracker jack. 1 #r50 yards. Birthday boy is

:04:37. > :04:39.on fire. -- 150 yards. Westwood, trousers in full sail. This to get

:04:40. > :05:13.back to level par. An interesting-looking stroke. He

:05:14. > :05:19.was in the hunt a couple of weeks ago at the Paris Open. It led him to

:05:20. > :05:20.the time round. Craig Stadler's son. You wouldn't recognise it,

:05:21. > :05:26.the time round. Craig Stadler's son. You would you? Impossible.

:05:27. > :05:29.We saw that beautiful tee shot on the 15th from Coetzee. This is to

:05:30. > :05:43.tie the lead with Rory McIllroy. Beautifully done. As

:05:44. > :05:52.straight-forward a two as you are likely to see. Birdies on the 2 and

:05:53. > :05:55.10th. And now 13th and 15th. The South African shares the lead of the

:05:56. > :06:03.Open Championship. Hazel Irvine: As you can see George

:06:04. > :06:07.Coetzee was in great form today on his birthday. He dropped a shot at

:06:08. > :06:11.the second. Picked it up at the par-5, fifth. The man from Pretoria

:06:12. > :06:14.who finally won a tournament in February, after a few close shaves

:06:15. > :06:19.on the European tour, made progress on the 10th. This is his third. That

:06:20. > :06:23.might have been all it needed T should have been an eagle. He

:06:24. > :06:28.settled for Bairdy. Now at the short 13th, a long putt, this one, would

:06:29. > :06:33.move him 4-under for the Championship. One or two have had

:06:34. > :06:38.their eye on this young man since he finished 15th on his debut at Royal

:06:39. > :06:42.St George's a few years ago. Watching more closely now. You can

:06:43. > :06:50.see back-to-back birdies, diving down to a 3-under. One behind Rory

:06:51. > :06:54.and really on a role. Coetzee such a powerful striker of the ball. Three

:06:55. > :06:59.birdies in the row. As you saw, this is why, at the short 15th, he is now

:07:00. > :07:00.the co--leader. What a great day this is turning into for the

:07:01. > :07:06.birthday boy from South Africa. To the 8th and Mickleson a fine tee

:07:07. > :07:21.shot. A happy twirl of the club. Oh, just

:07:22. > :07:32.the breeze letting it release on. A very unlucky, but beautifully-struck

:07:33. > :07:39.- the vagaries of links golf. Looking at the yardage book to check

:07:40. > :07:44.there is no nasty Swail. Or an interesting spot where he has missed

:07:45. > :07:49.T Westwood on the 6th tee. A missed opportunity for a birdie for the

:07:50. > :07:51.par-5, fifth. That wind is coming fairly hard

:07:52. > :08:11.across from the left. Adam Scott hasn't found a decent

:08:12. > :08:18.enough lie. Just having to lay-up across these cross humps. When you

:08:19. > :08:23.get into trouble like this, you have to say you are going to take a five

:08:24. > :08:28.or four, no more, hit the next one on the green to 20 feet, hole it,

:08:29. > :08:33.par, if I miss it, it is five. Just tin rose has a really bad lie.

:08:34. > :08:38.I don't think he will try to advance this very far. Well, he can't. It

:08:39. > :08:50.came out a little better than he thought. -- Justin Rose. He advanced

:08:51. > :08:54.it what, 60 yards? By contrast, Jason Dufner, safely

:08:55. > :08:59.down the middle of the fairway. Still, a decent distance from here,

:09:00. > :09:05.though. 208 yards. Just slightly into the wind but mainly off the

:09:06. > :09:07.right. The hole position from the right, which isn't what you want,

:09:08. > :09:21.with this wind. That was a pure shot. A wonderful

:09:22. > :09:26.shot. Glorious shot from Jason Dufner. Just wandering on a bit but

:09:27. > :09:32.apart from Mickleson's second in here, just about as good as we have

:09:33. > :09:35.seen. He has had a haircut, hasn't he? He normally has some fluff

:09:36. > :10:00.sticking around his ears. Well, it is unusual in a major

:10:01. > :10:05.Championship not to have a little area where your game is not right.

:10:06. > :10:10.It is where you have to stick in mentally. He is a tough cookie but

:10:11. > :10:16.that doesn't make good reading, does it? 14 Well, Mickleson obviously

:10:17. > :10:21.fancies this flag out. It was one of those awkward ones, where you either

:10:22. > :10:26.elect to carry it over the swale or bump it into it. He wanted to carry

:10:27. > :10:30.it over the swale. It was one of those sitting up ones. And he is

:10:31. > :10:45.cross. Well, especially after he hit such a nice approach shot. It just

:10:46. > :10:55.pinged off a little downslope. Still 156 yards left for Justin Rose in

:10:56. > :11:00.the par-4 seven ho seventh. You can't see the last 60 to 100 yards

:11:01. > :11:05.because of the humps in the green. You can see the flag being bent by

:11:06. > :11:12.the wind. He is just trying to hold it in there. Nicely done. Better

:11:13. > :11:17.than that, beautifully done. Chance to save par.

:11:18. > :11:22.If you leak to the right, a yard or so, the ball gets dragged off. A

:11:23. > :11:27.simple swing. Classic top of the backswing, three three-quarter, good

:11:28. > :11:33.leg action. Driving down the back of the ball.

:11:34. > :11:42.It is near-perfection with that short iron. That's a delight. Where

:11:43. > :11:46.is this wind puffing from now, Phil? On the last hole it was pretty much

:11:47. > :11:51.directly across but it has changed back to where it was say half an

:11:52. > :11:55.hour ago, so it is slightly into and off the right. So, it is hurting

:11:56. > :12:00.them on this hole, when they went to the tee. Adam Scott, he has found a

:12:01. > :12:05.little bit of high ground. He has a better view than Justin Rose did.

:12:06. > :12:10.Just 135 yards. A shot like this one, with the iron into the wind, if

:12:11. > :12:15.you put the wrong spin on it, you can get it miles out in distance.

:12:16. > :12:45.He chipped it forward off a little upslope.

:12:46. > :12:54.Adam Scott in his last 12 Major Championships has finished in the

:12:55. > :12:58.top 15, ten times a high level consistency. Watson, just slightly

:12:59. > :13:18.off the right-handside. Very nearly. Two birdies, one bogey

:13:19. > :13:23.today for Bubba Watson. Well holds 10, it is the par-5. A little easier

:13:24. > :13:27.today in the wind direction. They won't be quite as tough as they were

:13:28. > :13:33.yesterday. And the closing two par-5s, 16 and 18,s of a little bit

:13:34. > :13:37.more of a give-away on the backline today than there was yesterday. If

:13:38. > :13:44.Mickleson doesn't rescue this, it will be a really needless bogey. He

:13:45. > :13:46.had some big momentum going. A 5-foot birdie putt he missed on the

:13:47. > :14:06.last. A simple chip here. It might be worse. The two holes

:14:07. > :14:11.together, the frustration. It was a beautiful second shot into the #

:14:12. > :14:17.7th. Couldn't convert it and now struggle to drop just one.

:14:18. > :14:24.George Coetzee just nudging one down the 16th. Into the breeze. Did well.

:14:25. > :14:29.The 3-shot of the day, the par-5. I suggested there was a few give-away

:14:30. > :14:35.birdies. There are some birdie opportunities on the back 9. It is

:14:36. > :14:39.still a tough nine holes. Studying the stroke here. Sometimes it gets

:14:40. > :14:53.exaggerated. Fluid. Lovely done. Keeps the putter

:14:54. > :14:58.low to the ground. Running nicely, hitting the wall at the sweet shot

:14:59. > :15:05.but a frustrating dropped stroke. To Adam Scott. This to save his par.

:15:06. > :15:09.Oh, what a paratha is for Adam Scott. Gold dust. As precious as

:15:10. > :15:17.birdies and Eagles, those kind of pars. Especially after birdieing the

:15:18. > :15:27.fifth hole as well, getting himself back on track. What a par on the

:15:28. > :15:31.7th. Amazing. He struggled so long with that ordinary length putter.

:15:32. > :15:40.When he turned to this, each year he seems to have got better and better

:15:41. > :15:48.at T he is demoned. Great superslow-mo impassiveness from

:15:49. > :15:50.Jason Dufner. Adam and Steve. A chance for Dufner to go one better.

:15:51. > :16:16.This is for a birdie. Westwood out of that front left

:16:17. > :16:36.bunker on the 6th hole. A lovely touch. That could save his par-3.

:16:37. > :16:48.Kaymer on the 10th here. 247 to the flag. Into the breeze on the right

:16:49. > :16:52.side. Oh, where is this one going? Horrible stuff down there. Please be

:16:53. > :17:02.lucky. Oh, he is going to stop short of the real hay.

:17:03. > :17:19.The boss. Can Justin Rose do what Adam Scott did?

:17:20. > :17:30.So, a shot goes. The first dropped shot of the day, all pars until this

:17:31. > :17:36.point for Justin Rose. 1-over for the round, for the Championship.

:17:37. > :17:42.It's all really about George Coetzee of the morning starters.

:17:43. > :17:49.Adam Scott with that salvaged par on the 7th clings to the first page of

:17:50. > :17:54.the leaderboard. Again, as you can see, most of the players still to go

:17:55. > :18:01.out later on today. Bill Haas is going on nicely. 2-under for the

:18:02. > :18:05.Championship. Stephen Gallacher among those, the 2010 champion, all

:18:06. > :18:15.heading off this afternoon. Can he judge the bounce here? Not

:18:16. > :18:34.bad. A slightly commercial one there. Very sensible.

:18:35. > :18:41.A splendid looking, scene but more difficult, Peter. No doubt about

:18:42. > :18:47.that, Ken, I was check on the leaderboards. Only five players

:18:48. > :18:52.broke par on the outward nine. Jamie Donaldson the latest one. The

:18:53. > :18:56.outward nine giving them lots of trouble,es you can see from George,

:18:57. > :19:02.although he only dropped one shot on the outward nine. But it is a strong

:19:03. > :19:07.test. And while they wait, sad news come through to me that Hilary

:19:08. > :19:11.Barnes, the wife of Brian barnces and daughter of Max Faulkner, who

:19:12. > :19:16.has been ill for a long time died yesterday at her home. A lot of you

:19:17. > :19:19.may know that she was a wonderful gardener. The house and garden was

:19:20. > :19:24.open to the public every year. I think she won several trophies for

:19:25. > :19:29.her beautiful work in the garden. She was a lovely, charming lady, our

:19:30. > :19:38.condolences to Brian and the family. 186 yards into the teeth of the

:19:39. > :19:55.breeze for Ernie. It looks like he is choking down a little 4-iron.

:19:56. > :20:08.Still a bit of pace in the green. Ernie had a disastrous 5th hole. All

:20:09. > :20:18.par since then. A bad day yesterday. The chances for Ernie being here for

:20:19. > :20:23.the last two are quite remote. Well, it is really interesting following

:20:24. > :20:28.Bubba Watson. You are never quite sure where it is safe it stand. His

:20:29. > :20:34.starting lines are so wide. Quite remarkable, Mo, isn't it? He manages

:20:35. > :20:36.it get clubhead back to ball and hits the most wonderful shots but

:20:37. > :20:49.you just never know. Mickleson will be next on the tee

:20:50. > :20:54.and it is - I wonder how the afternoon boys - well, we only have

:20:55. > :21:00.to wait a few hours to find that out. I'm sure they are in their

:21:01. > :21:06.various boudoires, or whatever, watching this and wondering - how

:21:07. > :21:12.will it be for me when I get out there this afternoon? The last ones

:21:13. > :21:18.go out at oh, 4.00pm. Just after 4.00pm. So, it is long days, but the

:21:19. > :21:23.weather can change quite. The wind factor comes into play. Phil has had

:21:24. > :21:28.a strange round so far. He is playing some wonderful shots. But he

:21:29. > :21:37.had a fluffed chip and missed a couple of putts. 5-iron.

:21:38. > :21:45.5-iron and watching it, if it comes up, it is good.

:21:46. > :21:52.I'm joined by Mark James who you must remember very fondly with his

:21:53. > :21:58.team on links courses over the years in the Open Championship.

:21:59. > :22:02.Interesting stuff, Peter. Very. You wouldn't, in all honesty say it is a

:22:03. > :22:06.difficult, horrid day, because the sun is shining, the temperatures are

:22:07. > :22:11.up, they are all in their shirt sleeves but there is enough wind to

:22:12. > :22:20.make it very, very interesting. There is indeed. The scoring is

:22:21. > :22:25.pretty disparate in a way. Points is 2-under for the day.

:22:26. > :22:39.Getting better all the time. Well, they are makeing a rockery of this

:22:40. > :22:44.hole. -- a mockery. That to get to level par for the Championship that.

:22:45. > :22:46.May not be out of reach by the end of the day. A lot depends on what

:22:47. > :22:57.the top few players do, obviously. Two golf courses divided by the

:22:58. > :23:02.railway lines. Here is Jason Day. That is an interesting line, a short

:23:03. > :23:07.of run-up to the front of the green. I saw Todd Hamilton practising that

:23:08. > :23:12.shot from the range yesterday. A 4 or 5-wood to rescue. No, with a long

:23:13. > :23:15.iron. Exactly like that. I had not seen that done before. Charlie Wood

:23:16. > :23:21.was one of the great chippers years ago. He used a 4-iron or wedge. If

:23:22. > :23:29.he could chip it on to the green with a 4-iron, he used a 4. He was

:23:30. > :23:35.an absolute master, Charlie Wood. Little Aston.

:23:36. > :23:41.His nickname. Chipper. Look at that. You can see it is a sort of a run

:23:42. > :23:47.up. That's the way the golf used to be played, along the ground.

:23:48. > :23:59.A nice bit of imagination there, judging the run of the ball.

:24:00. > :24:09.Shane Lowry, back of the 4th green. This is his four, however. Well, he

:24:10. > :24:22.is going to save bogey, at least. He looks a very good player to me,

:24:23. > :24:27.Shane Lowry. A lovely, lazy rhythm, isn't it? It is. Of can dense is

:24:28. > :24:34.such a strange thing. You learn to hit it, learn how to play, when to

:24:35. > :24:38.attack, when to defend. When to choose the right shot. It is so

:24:39. > :24:43.important. What is it like out there, Mo? It has been a nice sunny

:24:44. > :24:47.morning. What is the temperature like? Everyone seems to be

:24:48. > :24:52.shirt-sleevy. It is shirt-sleevy. It is very nice. A great links test.

:24:53. > :24:56.This is the defence of the course, the wind. Bubba has a downhill putt

:24:57. > :25:02.here. The green getting slightly more shiny.

:25:03. > :25:11.Still got plenty of green in them, though, Mo? Yes and one of the

:25:12. > :25:14.fascinating things out here is seeing when the players choose to be

:25:15. > :25:19.aggressive and whether to choose to be more conservative. Sometimes the

:25:20. > :25:23.conservative play is not the one that pays dividends. This is an

:25:24. > :25:28.interesting combination of putt from Mickleson. He is downhill quite a

:25:29. > :25:30.bit but straight into the wind. Not an easy combination to factor into

:25:31. > :25:35.it the old computer of an easy combination to factor into

:25:36. > :25:41.But he really looks as if he is relishing these conditions and up to

:25:42. > :25:43.about three years ago, I didn't ever think that when I watched him at an

:25:44. > :26:13.Open. A bit of a mixed bag today for Phil.

:26:14. > :26:18.Battling to play the final 36. Eagle, birdie. You see, he has only

:26:19. > :26:27.dropped two shots, but it has been a struggle.

:26:28. > :26:35.Adam Scott has changed from a blue shirt to the red shirt. Presumably

:26:36. > :26:40.didn't like the feel of the other one or it was sweaty or something, I

:26:41. > :26:45.don't know. We'll have to get the inside information on that. Not

:26:46. > :26:52.enough logos on it? It could be any number of things.

:26:53. > :27:02.Justin Rose's second shot to the 8th. 166.

:27:03. > :27:11.Oh, that's going to leave a nasty chip, in the swale, between him and

:27:12. > :27:22.the pin. He knows that's a poor result.

:27:23. > :27:38.There is lots of talk about, isn't there, about women in golf clubs and

:27:39. > :27:45.men-only. I have an e-mail from the Royal Ascot Golf Club who have

:27:46. > :28:03.appointed their First Lady as club captain. Here is Jason. He always

:28:04. > :28:06.gets through the ball nicely. See there, almost waiting for the

:28:07. > :28:12.photographer to snap him at the top of his follow-through. It reminds me

:28:13. > :28:18.a little bit of your swing, Peter. I don't know if you agree with me?

:28:19. > :28:24.Really? Brisk and... Was I so elegant?

:28:25. > :28:31.Lots of room. Anyone wanting to come down and watch, the 16-year-olds, of

:28:32. > :28:37.course, if you are accompanied by - well some will have long trousers on

:28:38. > :28:42.- you can get in for nothing. It is well worth a trip. Play won't finish

:28:43. > :28:47.until 9.00pm or so tonight. There are all sorts of things to have a go

:28:48. > :28:52.at. You can have a go at golf in the tented village. Not quite as busy as

:28:53. > :28:59.it used to be. I loved it when the exhibition tent was full of all

:29:00. > :29:04.sorts of things, from jewellers, mowers, every organisation from golf

:29:05. > :29:11.were there, putters, sweaters. Those days are gone but there we are.

:29:12. > :29:17.Still worth a look. There is all sorts of goodies. There are plenty

:29:18. > :29:21.of places where you can get a sandwich and a fizzy drink and

:29:22. > :29:27.something stronger. They are moving slowly here. I think it is the

:29:28. > :29:40.altitude. You see all sorts of fashion. They are all lovers of

:29:41. > :29:46.golf. George Coetzee, the 16th green. He is into the wind. Mob

:29:47. > :29:53.testing than yesterday. We have seen him hole a few the last few holes. :

:29:54. > :29:58.. Is it will one more? It isn't. -- the last few holes. Is it one more?

:29:59. > :30:06.It isn't. He had a rush of blood to the head at that one. Still

:30:07. > :30:16.attacking. Jaidee. How well he has played for the last two or three

:30:17. > :30:18.seasons. Look out. How about Jaidee Open champion, 2014? Why not,

:30:19. > :30:42.indeed. Asian golfers. That was a shame.

:30:43. > :30:49.Think it might have suddenly occurred to him, I am doing well

:30:50. > :30:58.here. Was he a bit hurried? I don't know. A delicate shot here for

:30:59. > :31:03.Justin Rose. He has got a decent lie, but he has took over a little

:31:04. > :31:09.swale. It's just how he's going to judge it, release and roll, it is

:31:10. > :31:14.all about pace. Shouldn't be too difficult, this one. If he gets a

:31:15. > :31:20.softer bounce than he thinks, he can leave it six feet short. Or if he

:31:21. > :31:25.gets a hard bounce, you can come right out. I'm sure he's

:31:26. > :31:28.disappointed, there. Trying to stuff it into that bank around the edge of

:31:29. > :31:46.the green and let it hot up, but I think he missed most of the bank,

:31:47. > :31:56.came out a little high -- let it hop. Reload for Mickelson, what has

:31:57. > :32:03.he done, Maureen? Well, he has tweaked it into the bushes down the

:32:04. > :32:08.left-hand side. Not sure if he can get it or not. This is a provisional

:32:09. > :32:14.he is playing. He will go over and have a look. It is not necessarily

:32:15. > :32:18.lost. Well, warm applause, but it has been one of those days for Phil,

:32:19. > :32:27.so far. Could be that shirt, might be a bit tight. Back to the Royal

:32:28. > :32:31.clubs, and this rather super book promoted by the R.N. Day, a

:32:32. > :32:35.magnificent edition of all the clubs throughout the world which have the

:32:36. > :32:39.royal seal on them. And it is beautifully produced. You have to

:32:40. > :32:44.order it from Waterstones, but it will be out in a couple of weeks

:32:45. > :32:48.time. Do you know how many clubs have the royal seal? Hundreds and

:32:49. > :32:55.20, and 30, that sort of thing, I'm not absolutely certain. Now that's

:32:56. > :33:01.where Mickelson's ball is, in their somewhere. If you come across David

:33:02. > :33:14.Attenborough sitting with a big monkey, keep out of the way. Scott

:33:15. > :33:19.for birdie. No. Those are the sleeves Mickelson needs, his are a

:33:20. > :33:27.bit too tight. It does look a bit snug under the armpits. Just think

:33:28. > :33:31.what it's going to be like this afternoon when Rory and co-get out.

:33:32. > :33:36.You see that front bottom right corner, that's the TV compound, with

:33:37. > :33:42.all the trucks, all the stations, Japan, America, New Zealand.

:33:43. > :33:49.Everybody. Dozens of people from the radio stations. That whole area is

:33:50. > :33:52.full of intricate equipment. And you come out of there and you bumble

:33:53. > :33:56.around, and that's the hospitality, first top left. Then it goes over to

:33:57. > :34:05.the big press and the grandstand round the 18th green, or the 16th,

:34:06. > :34:19.for the members. Jason Dufner for birdie. Oh, beautiful putt. Just a

:34:20. > :34:30.fraction hard. Looks to be playing pretty solidly. Just needs to get

:34:31. > :34:37.into red numbers. Oh this is not good, after missing hated lower on

:34:38. > :34:42.the last. -- after missing a tiddler on the last. You are going along so

:34:43. > :34:51.beautifully, and then suddenly, well. 40 yards off the fairway. Rose

:34:52. > :35:00.after that poor chip, but a much better putt. That's good work. I bet

:35:01. > :35:14.that putt is forgotten. Holding a 15 footer for a par. But you have got

:35:15. > :35:18.to do it. Must have been a pretty bad lie he had, because he is a

:35:19. > :35:29.strong fellow, he really gets it out there. This one is a lot better, we

:35:30. > :35:45.can see the ball. Almost 460 yards, this hole. Third shot, still a good

:35:46. > :35:53.thump. That was a nice little check in the rough, just load it down. Pin

:35:54. > :35:57.high. Difficult one to get out. Certainly is, especially from the

:35:58. > :36:00.left rough. A good shot to limit the damage to a bogey, that's all he

:36:01. > :36:07.could do, and it was extremely sensible play. We are now waiting

:36:08. > :36:13.for news of Mickelson, who carted one off into the bushes. What is

:36:14. > :36:17.annoying is if he finds it, but it is an playable, and cannot drop it

:36:18. > :36:21.within two club lengths, he will have to go back and play another,

:36:22. > :36:35.even though he has already hit the provisional. Looks like he's on the

:36:36. > :36:41.edge of the fairway. Yes, given up on the first ball, so he will be

:36:42. > :36:44.playing his fourth shot. Well, people making strides forwards and

:36:45. > :36:49.then striding just as fast backward, it's that sort of a

:36:50. > :36:52.course. A bit like that yesterday afternoon in only a bit like that

:36:53. > :37:15.yesterday afternoon in only ten mph breeze. DA Points for a birdie. No.

:37:16. > :37:24.69, good score. I'm not sure anybody knows what DA stands for. He has

:37:25. > :37:35.always just been known as DA one two, three, four birdies.

:37:36. > :37:40.I have had some interesting information from Richard Hampstead,

:37:41. > :37:45.a local here. He was telling me about the tidal flow in the street,

:37:46. > :37:51.it rises anything between four metres and eight and a half metres

:37:52. > :37:55.over the date at high tide. The royal Mersey yacht club operate from

:37:56. > :38:06.just down there. Fascinating part of the world. -- the tidal flow in the

:38:07. > :38:13.estuary. I am hearing DA stands for Darren Andrew. Nothing to be ashamed

:38:14. > :38:26.of. Disappointing. You are a cunning fellow. I'm told another, Andy says,

:38:27. > :38:32.this wind is one of the very rare to blow across this part of the world.

:38:33. > :38:46.Well, these players have all experienced wind at an open. Oh,

:38:47. > :39:01.wonderful shot from Scott. Great chance for a birdie. A wonderful

:39:02. > :39:06.position. Going back to early Tiger Woods, they were similar size and

:39:07. > :39:23.height. Beautiful rhythm, balance. Elegant. That was a 6-iron, and it

:39:24. > :39:41.is a 6-iron also for Jason Dufner. Oh. Well. Fourth shot for Mickelson.

:39:42. > :39:52.Par-5. So theoretically he has a chance of making par. He certainly

:39:53. > :40:07.has now. That's very, very good play. What a fight that would be. --

:40:08. > :40:11.a five. Now Justin Rose. Justin Rose also going with a 6-iron, trying to

:40:12. > :40:19.hold it into that breeze, just like Adam Scott bit. But the breeze is

:40:20. > :40:34.catching a lot more. Ballooned up, needed one more. The leg action, it

:40:35. > :40:38.always fascinates me, the rotation on the right knee, and the right arm

:40:39. > :40:48.straightens, and then right through, the club head past the chin. Looked

:40:49. > :40:55.good, but not a great result. David Smith wants to know who we think the

:40:56. > :40:58.opium Championship -- wants to know if we think the Open Championship

:40:59. > :41:03.will ever go back to Royal St George. I don't know, they are

:41:04. > :41:06.trying to get it back to Porthcawl, it is going back to Royal Portrush,

:41:07. > :41:17.you never know. Over the years ahead. George Coetzee for par at 17.

:41:18. > :41:27.It was a good first shot, left him a tricky putt over the ridge. Taken

:41:28. > :41:28.his medicine. That will take back to 4-under par for the Championship, if

:41:29. > :41:41.he holds that. Now Kaymer, who started off so

:41:42. > :41:45.recently, he is up on the 11th, and he has had a messy time over the

:41:46. > :41:50.last five or six holes -- started off so brilliantly. Funny comedy was

:41:51. > :41:56.sailing along after four or five holes, and suddenly a wild tee shot

:41:57. > :42:01.and it has all been difficult since then -- funny, he was sailing along

:42:02. > :42:21.after four or five holes. That's a good finish. Next week the

:42:22. > :42:26.seniors are at Royal Porthcawl down on the south coast of Wales. Tenby

:42:27. > :42:36.is a lovely little course down there. If you ever have a chance to

:42:37. > :42:44.pop in there. Now George, come on, you dropped a couple of shots, don't

:42:45. > :43:00.drop any more. Oldest course in Wales, Tenby. 1888.

:43:01. > :43:07.Thongchai Jaidee hoping for his sixth birdie of the day. Couple of

:43:08. > :43:12.bogeys at seven and eight. 3-under par today, 3-under for the

:43:13. > :43:24.Championship. Bill Haas moving along fairly serenely. Haas is a couple

:43:25. > :43:32.under for the Championship. Jim and -- Miguel Angel Jimenez en plus six.

:43:33. > :43:38.Could be a short week for him. What do you fancy, around 147, 148? I

:43:39. > :43:51.think so, I can't see it being more than plus four. Dufner after that

:43:52. > :43:56.very wild tee shot. Now struggling. It would be a tremendous bonus if he

:43:57. > :44:05.gets that in. Very tenderly rough. Seemed to come out OK, then spewed

:44:06. > :44:10.away a bit to the right. The mistake was the tee shot. 6-iron to end up

:44:11. > :44:20.in that sort of stuff is a serious mistake. Justin Rose came back off

:44:21. > :44:25.that little hollow. A lovely. It's in. Well, that will break the day up

:44:26. > :44:34.a bit. Good save at the previous hole for par, and that is in 49.

:44:35. > :44:41.Extraordinary. To chip in, a beautifully played chip. You never,

:44:42. > :44:50.ever know what's going to happen in this game. Extraordinary.

:44:51. > :44:56.That sort of thing can change a whole Championship. Taken a couple

:44:57. > :45:06.off the course the last couple of holes, but his mindset will change.

:45:07. > :45:11.Just what he needs. Three par fives to come. Ten playing easy today.

:45:12. > :45:28.Tony Wood had a little wager on Mr Rose. Dufner, for a par. He has done

:45:29. > :45:33.it. No he hasn't. It looked good. I feel for them, somehow. You think,

:45:34. > :45:45.oh come on, you can hit the green with a 6-iron. He ambles about, you

:45:46. > :45:49.never know what he's up to, do you? He has that wonderful, well, well,

:45:50. > :46:00.tomorrow is another day. Three dropped shots, no birdies. But only

:46:01. > :46:13.1-over par. Keep going. Birdie attempt for Adam Scott. Oh, well. It

:46:14. > :46:21.was a golden opportunity. Now Bob. Yes, the chip ran on a bit, but

:46:22. > :46:24.there is not much in this putt. -- now Barbour.

:46:25. > :46:47.Now Bubba Watson. Back to the 10th. Now this would be the par of the

:46:48. > :46:58.week if this went in. Mickelson drove out of bounds. Write down a

:46:59. > :47:05.five. Eagle with the second ball, great escape. He is exciting to

:47:06. > :47:19.watch. You never know what's going to happen, do you? Now westward,

:47:20. > :47:24.this is just for a par. Quite a hump between him and the hole. He looks

:47:25. > :47:30.very confident with his putting, but it doesn't seem to work too well.

:47:31. > :47:38.Most extraordinary. If you watch, he looks very comfortable. The stands

:47:39. > :47:42.are empty at the moment, they are all having a bit of lunch and

:47:43. > :47:47.probably waiting for Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and go to come round.

:47:48. > :47:51.Coetzee, second shot. I think the wind has changed. I was up there

:47:52. > :47:59.early and it was almost straight into the wind. He has not gone out

:48:00. > :48:05.of bounds, that's certain. He will be in a fairly dense trot zone. He

:48:06. > :48:15.will have to go to one of the nearest ones. He was going so

:48:16. > :48:40.beautifully. -- drop zone. Shane Lowry, long putt for a three on the

:48:41. > :48:46.par-5 5th. We were talking yesterday about the rid of Lee Westwood, Ken

:48:47. > :48:51.saying it looked better. -- the rhythm. But that was not good. That

:48:52. > :49:06.was a slower backswing and a sharp acceleration than we saw yesterday.

:49:07. > :49:11.-- sharper acceleration. Well, the leaders will be going out in another

:49:12. > :49:16.two, two and a half hours before they strike off down the first.

:49:17. > :49:28.George Coetzee, who was 6-under par 40 minutes ago, dropped a couple of

:49:29. > :49:42.shots. He is finishing up his round. Cabrera-Bello has played five holes.

:49:43. > :49:45.Lowry for his birdie at the 5th. He bogeyed the previous hole, so this

:49:46. > :50:02.is to get it straight back. Well done. Gets back to 4-under par, how

:50:03. > :50:06.he started the day. Justin Rose's tee shot on the 10th, par-5, hit

:50:07. > :50:20.this fairway and you have a chance of getting their two. -- getting

:50:21. > :50:25.there in two. Left-to-right wind for right-handed golfers is one they

:50:26. > :50:30.like the least. But that has stayed on the fairway. Stay, stay, stay,

:50:31. > :50:49.stay, stay, stay. It's still going. It's OK. Oh, well. He has become a

:50:50. > :50:55.very good-looking player, don't you think? Yes. But I was surprised

:50:56. > :50:58.watching his left foot, just off the ground, it moved three or four

:50:59. > :51:05.inches. Don't know if that was normal. But he has certainly become

:51:06. > :51:09.a tremendous player. I don't know whether the shoes have anything to

:51:10. > :51:15.do with it. They are so comfortable now, golf shoes, so light. When I

:51:16. > :51:21.had golf shoes, they weighed a pound or two, solid leather with spikes.

:51:22. > :51:31.Beautiful shoes made by Saxone and Lotus and so on. Powerful shoes.

:51:32. > :51:48.Once again you have just got to hit a really good tee shot here.

:51:49. > :51:57.We will go up to the 10th, and look at the narrow entrance here. Ken

:51:58. > :52:01.Brown had a check on this earlier. The entrance to this 10th green, the

:52:02. > :52:06.par-5, is very narrow, it is between these cones, about eight yards wide.

:52:07. > :52:10.If you go down the left, it kicks off down the left, not too bad, you

:52:11. > :52:14.have half a chance of a chip, but down the right, this is trouble.

:52:15. > :52:16.have half a chance of a chip, but big bunker, and just watched the

:52:17. > :52:19.balls, they get gathered up like nobody 's business.

:52:20. > :52:22.balls, they get gathered up like where you land them, they will

:52:23. > :52:25.finish in this bunker, the deepest on the golf course.

:52:26. > :52:30.finish in this bunker, the deepest in. Just in the edge. Making very

:52:31. > :52:37.difficult on the chip out. This is called the elephant trap, one of the

:52:38. > :52:42.hardest bunkers. From here I can just see the top of the pin. Getting

:52:43. > :52:48.out of here, my goodness. Let's see if I can get one out. Ball is not

:52:49. > :52:53.sitting too well. Open the club face, you need a lot of luck. Not

:52:54. > :52:56.too bad. But if you get in this trap, it is very difficult, if you

:52:57. > :53:04.go up against the lip, not very nice lies. The elephant trap is to be

:53:05. > :53:08.avoided. Look at it, miserable. You thought you were going to make a

:53:09. > :53:10.birdie but you might make it six. COMMENTATOR: One of the features of

:53:11. > :53:14.links golf, roll off into the bunker. George has had a drop away

:53:15. > :53:23.from the grandstand, now playing three. It is a par-5, so up and on

:53:24. > :53:32.in two parts. Might get a four here. Looking good. Finish in a blaze of

:53:33. > :53:34.in two parts. Might get a four here. glory. Yes indeed, if you hole that,

:53:35. > :53:39.everything is forgotten on the previous two holes. Kaymer at 12.

:53:40. > :53:47.Didn't come out right. Running, stopping? Running.

:53:48. > :53:57.Reasonably judged. When you get in that sort of stuff down wind, you

:53:58. > :54:00.are struggling to control the ball. That bit in the middle bottom, I

:54:01. > :54:05.don't know, that's a strange patch of dark green, I would like to have

:54:06. > :54:11.a closer look at that. I think that's samphire grass or something.

:54:12. > :54:20.Is it? I don't know, it could be curly kale. Green stuff. You see

:54:21. > :54:27.those little tracks through there? Elephants go through there. They are

:54:28. > :54:38.bushes, of course. A little pond there, full of golden carp. All

:54:39. > :54:44.sorts of wildlife down there. Including wonder woman. I take it

:54:45. > :54:51.you are referring to me, Peter? I certainly am. Interestingly here,

:54:52. > :54:56.Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson resisted the temptation to go for

:54:57. > :55:01.the green, not so any else, who has knocked it away to the rough on the

:55:02. > :55:06.right. Bubba slat bang in the middle of the fairway. The green nestling

:55:07. > :55:16.down below the player, and inviting shot.

:55:17. > :55:22.That's pretty well played, he judged that nicely. The green runs quite

:55:23. > :55:30.severely, as you can see, from front to back. The pin is just four from

:55:31. > :55:38.the left edge, where that little bank is. The wind pushing the balls

:55:39. > :55:43.towards that bank as well. I noticed he changed his glasses, E has gone

:55:44. > :55:55.to dark once from the ordinary ones. -- he has gone to dark ones. Phil

:55:56. > :55:59.lifting this one up. It should track down, and head off slightly to the

:56:00. > :56:05.right. Not bad from where he was. Hard to control it in the semi. Yes,

:56:06. > :56:11.all right, just past pin high. He has had two Eagles today, sadly one

:56:12. > :56:20.of them was for three off the tee. But he has kept things together.

:56:21. > :56:30.This is to go 5-under par. This would be a round of 69. Come on,

:56:31. > :56:37.George. Yes, well played. Great four to finish with. Very well played

:56:38. > :56:46.indeed. Comfortably the clubhouse lead for George Coetzee. 12 hole,

:56:47. > :56:50.Martin Kaymer, long, long putt. Martin was going well, three birdies

:56:51. > :56:55.in the first five holes, then seven, eight, nine, he dropped three or

:56:56. > :57:00.four shots. Martin did start like a drain, like you said, this morning,

:57:01. > :57:06.but turned into a bit of an ambulance. -- he started like a

:57:07. > :57:17.train. Needs to get something to get back on track. My word, that's for

:57:18. > :57:24.five feet short. You can only just see the hole at 11 o'clock. The

:57:25. > :57:28.white paint beginning to wear off. I hate that white paint, it always

:57:29. > :57:34.makes the hole look smaller to me. Mind you, it does not take much to

:57:35. > :57:37.have that effect. Good for the viewers at home. But they have to be

:57:38. > :57:42.careful not to make it to crusty, making the ball spin out. Early in

:57:43. > :57:46.the day, the ball will go in and come up with white paint all over

:57:47. > :57:54.it, which is annoying as well. You have to wipe it on your caddies arm

:57:55. > :57:58.or something. Steve Williams there, carrying the bag. What years he had

:57:59. > :58:04.with Tiger Woods. And what a way to end an association. Saying daft

:58:05. > :58:11.things about your boss. Who was paying you a million a year or

:58:12. > :58:13.whatever. Is that a ballet position he is adopting on the right? Stage

:58:14. > :58:29.four or something? Six tee Shane Lowry, 4-under par.

:58:30. > :58:51.Crosswind. Off the left. Pin frontage, middle. That's right

:58:52. > :58:56.in the bunker -- front -ish. Tried to land soft over that track.

:58:57. > :59:06.Mickelson just waiting until the church bell has stopped ringing. He

:59:07. > :59:11.has got very good hearing. As you learn when you follow one of his

:59:12. > :59:23.matches. Hope they are not the bells of Saint Pauls or something. They

:59:24. > :59:28.are continuing. Is his hearing the equivalent of Colin Montgomery par

:59:29. > :59:32.peripheral vision? I can say that because he has just won the US

:59:33. > :59:37.senior open, so he can take a bit of flag. In good style, as well. Here

:59:38. > :59:48.we go, little bit from his right hand side. It was there if he had

:59:49. > :00:03.hit it. Just started to run out of pace. Adam Scott second to the par-5

:00:04. > :00:11.10th, going with a 3-iron. The breeze moving it a little. It has

:00:12. > :00:17.escaped right. We saw him change his shirt, any idea why? It was not a

:00:18. > :00:21.blue sweater he was wearing, taking it off, was that the case? I don't

:00:22. > :00:27.think so, I thought he had a blue shirt on. He wants to go in the red,

:00:28. > :00:33.doesn't he? Not a 2-stroke penalty for that, is it? I don't think that

:00:34. > :00:41.will be advanced, that will be left there somewhere, that's horrible.

:00:42. > :00:43.Everything looked lovely. It was OK, except he was

:00:44. > :00:49.Everything looked lovely. It was OK, except he a few yards short. Into

:00:50. > :00:54.the wind a drive and a 3-iron. Ken was telling us how narrow the

:00:55. > :00:57.entrance is, and how difficult. Bubba at 11. Lovely putt. Boy,

:00:58. > :01:00.entrance is, and how difficult. Bubba at 11. Lovely putt. he is

:01:01. > :01:05.rolling them in from everywhere. I don't know what putter that is but

:01:06. > :01:11.they will be selling like hotcakes if he does any more damage with it.

:01:12. > :01:19.Fourth birdie today. 1-over par. We think round about three or four over

:01:20. > :01:25.par will be the qualifying score. 65 players on ties going through to the

:01:26. > :01:33.final 36. Here is Rose. Also with a long iron.

:01:34. > :01:45.Oh, was that a bit heavy or did he get the ball first? Well, I don't

:01:46. > :01:51.know but dead online. Right in the mouth of the green. He looks a

:01:52. > :02:00.little surprise there is no applause up top. This looks an awkward one

:02:01. > :02:04.for Lowry. He came up short on the par-3. He got it out well. That

:02:05. > :02:12.played a little gem. That was a little gem. A little stab. A quick

:02:13. > :02:17.break of the wrist. Dab, in the very soft links-style sand.

:02:18. > :02:23.Rishi is down on soft links-style sand.

:02:24. > :02:26.ground. Come on, Rishi. Each year the RNL allow injured

:02:27. > :02:31.ground. Come on, Rishi. Each year Armed Forces to come along to the

:02:32. > :02:37.Open and enjoy a nice out. Alongside me is Paul. Off nickname? I'm

:02:38. > :02:45.referred to as Shove. It is a great occasion. A lot of people taking

:02:46. > :02:50.advantage of the R A's courtcy. It is a fantastic officer. A real tonic

:02:51. > :02:54.for the boys, whether or not they are passionate about golf. But they

:02:55. > :03:00.all have a passion about sport. Having ady out at this Premier

:03:01. > :03:04.League, calibre event is great. They are giving the boys a lot of love.

:03:05. > :03:09.Fantastic. How many people come down? We brought a whole minibus

:03:10. > :03:13.down. We have about 15 guys but in terms of the military guys, there is

:03:14. > :03:19.a good number. The whole week there have been people down here acting as

:03:20. > :03:25.martials and other aspects to do with the course -- as marshales.

:03:26. > :03:31.Andry alongside you. You benefited from the Help for Heroes, it must be

:03:32. > :03:40.a special occasion to be here It is brilliant. Golf is not my main sport

:03:41. > :03:45.I'm more a football fan but being a stone's throw away, and along with

:03:46. > :03:48.all the others, you can't say no. It is great to get this opportunity and

:03:49. > :03:57.recognition, really. It might not be your sport. But get up close to the

:03:58. > :04:01.stars. Might it turn golf into your sport I have found myself asking a

:04:02. > :04:07.few golf-related questions. It is kind of the event to be to if you

:04:08. > :04:11.are going to tip your toe in the water for any kind of golfing event.

:04:12. > :04:16.An amazing day. Amplts lot of people here have gone through a great deal

:04:17. > :04:20.of -- a lot of people here have gone through a great deal of trauma and

:04:21. > :04:24.tragedy in their own lives. Give us an idea of the morale when you come

:04:25. > :04:26.to something like this? You cannot underestimate the morale of a

:04:27. > :04:31.British forces individual. They are fantastic. The morale. To come out

:04:32. > :04:37.and have a day out - they are getting paid but there are avid fans

:04:38. > :04:42.who pay a for tour. The morale is fantastic. The key about being a

:04:43. > :04:45.serviceman, is the morale. The camaraderie. Different cap badges

:04:46. > :04:48.and different things but we have the same purpose, we work for the Queen

:04:49. > :04:52.and do the Queen's business worldwide. The morale is brilliant

:04:53. > :04:56.Enjoy the sunshine and golf. Thank you for talking to us.

:04:57. > :05:02.Pleasure. Cheers. Have a lovely day, gentlemen. As I

:05:03. > :05:08.move aside, Ken Brown and Frank Nobilo enter the arena.

:05:09. > :05:21.Thank you Peter, oh, what a time to join, Justin Rose, two in a row.

:05:22. > :05:26.That smartens your card up. Quick will to 2-under Ken. When you think

:05:27. > :05:30.these boys are starting to struggle, conditions. Well, they are perfect

:05:31. > :05:35.for us to watch. The best in the world often get conditions that are

:05:36. > :05:40.a little tame. Right now it is the links, the way you should play, it

:05:41. > :05:45.is as much a test of character as it is swing. This is an example here.

:05:46. > :05:49.Adam Scott extremely close to the lip.

:05:50. > :06:03.He really has to cut under this. The green is another yard above you. He

:06:04. > :06:08.might have caught it a bit clean. And Ken, there is enough breeze out

:06:09. > :06:15.there as we watch Mickleson at 12. The first time with an iron.

:06:16. > :06:33.You always have to favour the left side off the 12th. The green, the

:06:34. > :06:40.fairway slopes a lot from left-to-right.

:06:41. > :07:01.Scott, the 10th. Go on, uphill that last yard or so.

:07:02. > :07:10.So, that east wind continues to blow. Number one in the world. We

:07:11. > :07:17.said yesterday, four people with a chance to overtake him this week

:07:18. > :07:25.Henrik Stenson. Justin Rose, who he is playing alongside. And the 2013

:07:26. > :07:32.PGA champion, Dufner. Downhill and would have to move to

:07:33. > :07:42.the left. Right. It stayed straight. He read

:07:43. > :08:00.it far better. He remiends me of Bob Charles. You

:08:01. > :08:13.don't see a lot of smiles. Very business-like.

:08:14. > :08:26.He nudges it. 10 and 11 are birdie chances today.

:08:27. > :08:33.Hazel Irvine: Only two rounds competed, DA Points and George

:08:34. > :08:40.Coetzee. We have been thrilled to watch his progress since the turn.

:08:41. > :08:45.It has been eventful. He finished off picking up a shot at the last.

:08:46. > :08:50.It all adds up to a round of 69 for the birthday boy. I think we should

:08:51. > :08:55.hear from him with Russell Fuller. George, really well-played. Some run

:08:56. > :08:58.you put together at the start of the back nine in particular. Did you

:08:59. > :09:06.just find things very much to your liking? I don't know. I think the

:09:07. > :09:11.win kind of suited my game. I could come into my shape a bit easier. I

:09:12. > :09:19.guess I made a couple of nice putts. Asham bleled a bit as well for the

:09:20. > :09:26.pars but -- I sham belled a bit. Somehow important was it to bounce

:09:27. > :09:31.back we birdie at the 24th having bailed out down the left? I wasn't

:09:32. > :09:36.worried about where the ball would drop because you tend to get a drop

:09:37. > :09:42.from the stands and a decent lie. I would have been happy with a par but

:09:43. > :09:46.birdie is a nice bonus to get to 5-under. Happy birthday. Not unusual

:09:47. > :09:51.for you, you have your birthday in Open week every year. I do. No

:09:52. > :09:56.drinking for my birthday. You are in a great shape. Similar position at

:09:57. > :10:01.St George's a few years ago. Did you learn a lot from that occasion? I

:10:02. > :10:06.think I did. I think I kind of know what to expect. It is not too much

:10:07. > :10:09.of a surprise. Obviously, wanting to play good golf but a little bit of

:10:10. > :10:20.experience helps. A great weekend. Thank you very much.

:10:21. > :10:28.This is an awkward shot for Bubba. The ball above the feet. Very

:10:29. > :10:32.difficult to control with the club shaft getting tangled up. Well, it

:10:33. > :10:38.has gone down the bank but not bad from where he was. An awkward little

:10:39. > :10:46.chip from down there. He has glasses on. Perhaps to keep the wind out or

:10:47. > :10:48.maybe a bit of hay fever around. Mickleson after the iron off the

:10:49. > :11:06.tee. This is a flag you can go at. So, some 15 feet left for

:11:07. > :11:08.Mickleson's birdie. That's a fair breeze. Gusts close to 20 miles per

:11:09. > :11:24.hour. One of the more exposed areas of the

:11:25. > :11:29.golf course right at the far end of the course. Can you move back a bit.

:11:30. > :11:38.That's fine. What a lol lovely bill bonus there for Justin Rose, two,

:11:39. > :11:52.three, birdie, eagle around 9 and 10 and right back into the tournament.

:11:53. > :11:58.Debating strategy. There is a reef that runs across the top of the

:11:59. > :12:01.fairway. The top of it is 250 yards. It is whether you risk trying to get

:12:02. > :12:01.on top fairway. The top of it is 250 yards.

:12:02. > :12:08.It is whether you risk trying to of it. Once you do go over it, it is

:12:09. > :12:11.the humps and hollows, it is like a helter skelter ride. It is looking

:12:12. > :12:17.from the green end. Over that hump and the fairway narrows up. It is an

:12:18. > :12:23.easy tee shot if you lay back. If! Especially with today's wind, yeah.

:12:24. > :12:27.! He put a 2-iron in the bag. A strong, low-flighted 2-iron club

:12:28. > :12:34.which he got specially made for the week. I'm not sure he is going to

:12:35. > :12:42.hit that. The problem is if you lay back blind, second shot. So,

:12:43. > :12:47.decision made. It's just his regular preshot routine. He always tries to

:12:48. > :13:10.get the club in front of him, as we refer to.

:13:11. > :13:18.That's a cracker. Just the ridge down the other side. He has the

:13:19. > :13:23.perfect line to hold on to the fair ya. You will see it gathers down

:13:24. > :13:29.there. He is not in a divot, I don't think, either. I just saw Nick Faldo

:13:30. > :13:35.going through there. It is his 57th birthday day today. Uncle Nick, Sir

:13:36. > :13:39.Nick. A lovely view of impact. Remember, the breeze was coming from

:13:40. > :13:45.his right. He is allowing that and bringing it back to the fairway.

:13:46. > :13:48.Yeah, happy birthday Nick Faldo. Just positional play for Jason

:13:49. > :14:02.Dufner also on 11. He will just be a Sandown for the

:14:03. > :14:07.second shot. Conditions, Phil? Any change in the wind direction? Where

:14:08. > :14:11.I am right now, there are trees over on the left side of the 10th. I

:14:12. > :14:16.think they are just protecting us from the breeze. It seems like it is

:14:17. > :14:20.a little less than it has been but I think it is just the area golf

:14:21. > :14:35.course where I am. Five straight pars for Adam Scott.

:14:36. > :14:48.Over the ridge and he is going to be very close together when he is

:14:49. > :14:52.finished. Well, a but thefully controlled wedge has given Mickleson

:14:53. > :14:57.another good look at birdie. Up the hill, a long the top of a lip of a

:14:58. > :15:04.rivenlingt it shouldn't move much left or right.

:15:05. > :15:18.-- lip of a ridge. He hasn't quite had his putting form. One or two

:15:19. > :15:28.misreads. You have to be patient. 6-under. He is -- 6-under leads.

:15:29. > :15:36.Less 1-over. There is a long, long way to go.

:15:37. > :15:44.Well, there has still only been three birdies here, most players

:15:45. > :15:50.struggling to make, four, Maureen. Yes, it is playing easier than it

:15:51. > :15:55.normally does. This is a par-saving attempt by Bubba. He missed the

:15:56. > :16:01.green on the right. A bit of a clumsy chip. He was trying to bungle

:16:02. > :16:03.it into the right and he missed it but he should have learned a bit

:16:04. > :16:30.from Mickleson's putt. Shane Lowry. His approach to the

:16:31. > :16:40.7th, if he has driven that foor up, he has hit a mighty big one. -- fa

:16:41. > :16:44.far up. A lot of people have driven it into

:16:45. > :16:51.the rough. That was his third shot. The affable Dubliner. Well, the

:16:52. > :16:58.overnight leader yet to strike a blow. He is 6-under. A marvellous

:16:59. > :17:05.round for George Coetzee sees 69 today and 3-under. The best round of

:17:06. > :17:10.the leaders so far. A little flurry around the turn for Justin Rose has

:17:11. > :17:15.moved into him 2-under in that group tied for 19th. Interesting

:17:16. > :17:19.yesterday, from the morning players three players broke 70, from the

:17:20. > :17:23.afternoon players - sorry the other way around. From the morning, 14

:17:24. > :17:27.players broke par, in the afternoon, only 3. At the moment only two

:17:28. > :17:33.players have broken par and they are both rounds of 69. DA Points as well

:17:34. > :17:39.as obviously what we saw, Coetzee. And, there is the round of DA Points

:17:40. > :17:44.to get him back to even-par. You have to think the cut will be a

:17:45. > :17:48.little higher than probably what was predicted yesterday afternoon. Gary

:17:49. > :17:52.Woodland had it going there at one stage this morning and obviously

:17:53. > :17:58.you'd like to think he'd get it in under par. Mickleson, plus 1,

:17:59. > :18:02.struggling. Tom Watson, at his age, amazing, that round of 73 yesterday.

:18:03. > :18:08.Could have been a little better. Particularly since he only hit six

:18:09. > :18:15.fairaways. He must have scrambled, so delightfully well done. There are

:18:16. > :18:24.not so many red numbers from the morning's play as yesterday. A

:18:25. > :18:29.really friendly hole position here on 11. 120 yards left for Jason

:18:30. > :18:37.Dufner and enough green to be able to stop the ball. 22 yards back.

:18:38. > :18:49.Oh, it's good. The other thing, too, he will be putting a little uphill.

:18:50. > :18:53.Those three players, all teleballs within a yard or two of each other.

:18:54. > :19:00.Now let's go back to 7. The Irishman.

:19:01. > :19:09.A little test to the left. He got that breeze off the right and

:19:10. > :19:12.probably a fraction helping here at the 11th for Adam Scott. 119 yards

:19:13. > :19:23.left. Checking the flags up on the

:19:24. > :19:30.grandstands, making sure Steve Williams is right. Given these

:19:31. > :19:35.hollows, sometimes, Ken, it doesn't quite feel the same. A little

:19:36. > :19:41.protection. It always looks like a nice lie but it is generally not a

:19:42. > :19:46.very flat one. At bit of an upslope, downslope, all above the feet. Just

:19:47. > :19:53.going in a little lower than Jason Dufner's.

:19:54. > :19:59.Just a little unlucky. Often skids forward on a downslope off the front

:20:00. > :20:15.of the green. , we have had one going in really

:20:16. > :20:20.high and Adam Scott went in low. Let's see if Justin Rose goes right

:20:21. > :20:24.in between and ends up next to the hole. We have been watching Justin

:20:25. > :20:28.basically his entire career. The last two years he has been hitting

:20:29. > :20:47.the ball so much further. His timing has been great. The same today.

:20:48. > :20:52.All three with a good chance with a birdie here at the 11th. There you

:20:53. > :21:09.can see the winning streak. Now, Tiger Woods, that's seven in a

:21:10. > :21:22.row. That started here back in 2006. That was Bradley. Oh. I have seen

:21:23. > :21:27.one or two players mis-read this 10th green. So just a birdie for

:21:28. > :21:38.Keegan Bradley. 1-over.

:21:39. > :21:46.Just 150 yards, can Jaidee get it right? Oh, lovely little bounce but

:21:47. > :21:51.it is going to kick a little forward. That's a beauty of a flag

:21:52. > :21:58.there, Ken, just tempting. Came up short on that bunker. Oh, it's ugly.

:21:59. > :22:17.A lack at the 13th. Playing 191 yards. The flag today is on 22, #5

:22:18. > :22:23.five from the right. Let's have a lack at this hole. Plays into a

:22:24. > :22:27.little valley. The view down the left of the he is Stoury and an

:22:28. > :22:32.exposed tee. A pin towards that right back. A little hollow to the

:22:33. > :22:38.right. Coming across the angle of the green. Ten in front of it and

:22:39. > :22:42.four or five behind. Mo, there is a lot of looking at the clouds and

:22:43. > :22:46.throwing grass up here. Yes and a lot of walking to the front-right

:22:47. > :22:51.section of the tee which is less sheltered and because the players

:22:52. > :22:56.are ahead or leaving the green, Bones and Phil have had their usual

:22:57. > :23:02.time to have a conference over each club. It really is a testing hole.

:23:03. > :23:08.The wind completely downhill now. It is off the right, if nicks it is not

:23:09. > :23:14.quite as much a fearsome hole. It is only a 9-iron from Mickleson. He is

:23:15. > :23:16.absolutely staring down that line, which is now indicating that the

:23:17. > :23:32.wind is now directly behind them. Phil is a hard ball and high spin

:23:33. > :23:51.player. Still running on. Amazing. Take away the wind, soften

:23:52. > :23:56.the green. These guys wouldn't even blink. A little bounce, a little

:23:57. > :24:07.roll, a little wind, a different proposition.

:24:08. > :24:17.What a lovely sound it made off the face. Shoved it out. That's a long

:24:18. > :24:34.way left. A short iron. So, let's go back to the short 11th

:24:35. > :24:44.and then we will be first to putt here. He has hit a couple of weak

:24:45. > :24:53.ones today. Solid as a rock with the broomstick yesterday.

:24:54. > :25:02.Still, just hanging around and if he stays in the wreck, in the red, now

:25:03. > :25:10.Justin Rose. A little more pace.

:25:11. > :25:16.You never get any luck, do you? He just chipped in, twice. That had to

:25:17. > :25:34.go right. It did, yeah. Three for three. This is the easy

:25:35. > :25:38.one. Right edge and firm. He hasn't hit it hard enough. I wouldn't tell

:25:39. > :25:44.him right now it was the easier one of the three. He has not holed much,

:25:45. > :25:55.has he? And he has missed one or two shorties but he is still in there.

:25:56. > :26:06.Well, we saw the excellent tee shot, the par-3.

:26:07. > :26:15.He does so much for junior golf back in his homeland of Thailand. He has

:26:16. > :26:20.an academy there. You never know, in another 15 or 20 years, there might

:26:21. > :26:26.be a few more stars coming out of it.

:26:27. > :26:33.Oh, and what a lovely shot that is. I will be doing a question and

:26:34. > :26:46.answer on Twitter at 12. 45. If you have any questions to asked, you can

:26:47. > :26:55.do it at the addresses on the scene. -- screen. What was the hashtag?

:26:56. > :27:00.Kenonthecourse. I think it said Ken on the sauce? I

:27:01. > :27:02.have never seen you on the sauce. A few people out there might be having

:27:03. > :27:05.a few beverages. few people out there might be having

:27:06. > :27:09.a Anyway, that looks like the putting stroke of Zach Johnson. Look

:27:10. > :27:15.at the wind tugging at his trouser legs.

:27:16. > :27:25.You get the exposed greens with the wind whizzing across T It is good

:27:26. > :27:31.for us sitting in here, watching the guys struggling today. Hoylake

:27:32. > :27:38.playing like it should. -- whizzing across it. HAZEL IRVINE: There has

:27:39. > :27:42.not been a huge amount of change in the leaderboard in the early part.

:27:43. > :27:45.Two men in with scores under par A difficult day in shifting winds. The

:27:46. > :27:49.prevailing is westerly and it is blowing an easterly. So all change

:27:50. > :27:57.here. George Coetzee is the man had has made the biggest improvement

:27:58. > :28:06.today with that 3-under of 69. As for Rory McIllroy, out at 2.27.

:28:07. > :28:13.You have Edoardo Molinari just under way. Brooks Koepka he will be next.

:28:14. > :28:19.Jim Furyk has a 1.27 tee time after an opening round of 68. And he is

:28:20. > :28:23.fancied to do well, as he did eight years ago. He has been speaking to

:28:24. > :28:26.Rishi. Jim, excellent 68 yesterday.

:28:27. > :28:32.Different conditions today. How do you go about getting yourself ready

:28:33. > :28:36.for this wind? Well, I kind to tried to figure it out this morning, I

:28:37. > :28:40.watched a bit of it. V but didn't have too much time. I tried to go

:28:41. > :28:45.through my yard badge book and see how the holes might be playing. Whoa

:28:46. > :28:50.I went out to the ball, to flight it down and practised those shots to

:28:51. > :28:55.keep it down in the wind on the range. A lot of decisions will have

:28:56. > :29:00.to be made on the fly. I will have to use the experience of links golf

:29:01. > :29:04.and play a proper round. How much do you love the challenge of links golf

:29:05. > :29:11.EnI enjoy it. I don't know if I want to do it every week of the year. --

:29:12. > :29:13.I enjoy T it is a different style of the game and a different way to get

:29:14. > :29:26.the ball in the hole. Jim Furyk there. Four times he has

:29:27. > :29:34.finished in the top 5. Absolutely perfect. A nice bounce.

:29:35. > :29:38.That could well be a 2-iron that he got especially made for this week.

:29:39. > :29:59.He has got a good distance out of it, too. Lovely, Justin.

:30:00. > :30:05.The breeze should be coming off the bunkers on the right, making it a

:30:06. > :30:14.little easier. The quick won't. Oh, that extra

:30:15. > :30:16.yard, not so good. This is what the players see, though, from their

:30:17. > :30:35.angle. Oh, how about that, eh? You like

:30:36. > :30:40.that, don't you? That's beautiful A bit of draw to hit it into the slope

:30:41. > :30:44.of the fairway and that takes it down to the rightside for a sneaky

:30:45. > :30:49.view of the pin. Do you think that was draw or the wind? It could have

:30:50. > :30:58.been the wind. That's never a good sign. Well, we are hearing that

:30:59. > :31:03.Shane Lowry has hit it out of bounds. So obviously the officials

:31:04. > :31:07.in an effort to speed up play, they are allowed to take you back. It is

:31:08. > :31:23.the only time you are allowed to ride in a golf cart. On the 18th,

:31:24. > :31:33.the big hitting Gary Woodland. Up the hill from here. Just enough pace

:31:34. > :32:10.to hold its line. Closes with a four for a round of 60 94 -- round of 69.

:32:11. > :32:22.Robert Karlsson. He pops in a birdie for four. Mickelson. A little bit of

:32:23. > :32:46.a swing here. Down the hill. It still has to go though.

:32:47. > :32:58.APPLAUSE. Ashley Chesters was a round in 70

:32:59. > :33:04.yesterday, he's with us on the range. A great day, how are the

:33:05. > :33:09.nerves different from today? I did not get nervous until I got on to

:33:10. > :33:18.the first tee. Not too bad so far. I'm sure I will be nervous in the

:33:19. > :33:23.one-hour's time. Very different conditions today, a lot windier? It

:33:24. > :33:31.is definitely different on the range. I hit it decent in the warm

:33:32. > :33:37.up, looking forward to it. You have a lot of support, even your mum was

:33:38. > :33:44.around, although she was hiding? I don't know how much she saw. I said

:33:45. > :33:53.to my caddy, I'm sure she's not there. She must be nervous. Let's

:33:54. > :34:02.hope she comes out and watches you today. Good luck. Everybody is

:34:03. > :34:08.looking for his mum, including his dad. Your son is the leading

:34:09. > :34:11.Englishman, 2-under par, what is the state of mind from the rest of the

:34:12. > :34:16.family? The rest of them are slightly hyper, we cannot believe

:34:17. > :34:26.the score, tremendous achievement for the first round. We were wrong

:34:27. > :34:34.-- on cloud nine. We had a big crowd on the bus. You are the club

:34:35. > :34:40.captain? I am, and the wife is the ladies' captain. You have some

:34:41. > :34:53.golfing pedigree, you went to school with sandy -- Sandy Lyle? I did. He

:34:54. > :34:59.was a very talented golfer. Your son is in tournament mode, what will you

:35:00. > :35:05.say before he goes out? Just wishing him good luck, he gets in a little

:35:06. > :35:08.bubble, preparing himself. I spoke to him yesterday afternoon, he was

:35:09. > :35:11.chilled out, looking forward to another round. I will let you speak

:35:12. > :35:35.to your son, and find your wife. Opening tee shot. He has blitzed it.

:35:36. > :35:43.That looks like it was straight down the middle! My eyes may have

:35:44. > :35:51.deceived me. He will be hoping for a good lie. Sandy Lyle played in this

:35:52. > :36:01.Championship as an amateur. Turning that into quite a career. 1974, he

:36:02. > :36:17.was only around 16 when he appeared. We moved to the 12th. Good angle the

:36:18. > :36:44.breezes behind. Hit down on it, get it down softly.

:36:45. > :36:53.The pin is only 19, a little bluff in front of it. You have to let it

:36:54. > :37:08.go 3-4 paces on the green and stood up. -- skid out. He has gone the

:37:09. > :37:16.highway. He was not happy with the strike. That is the reason why, you

:37:17. > :37:32.can see the false front. You pitch it short, it will not kick up.

:37:33. > :37:49.Back-to-back wins for Justin, congressional was set up like a US

:37:50. > :38:09.Open. -- Congressional. Let's hope he has a good lie. One set of

:38:10. > :38:16.problems to another. That should be headed down the green. Lots of green

:38:17. > :38:28.to play with. He will be nervous, especially after that round of

:38:29. > :38:46.yesterday, 70 was quite some score was -- some score.

:38:47. > :38:58.Two over for his round, can get himself together on the back nine

:38:59. > :39:13.was not Keegan Bradley. Down the slope, pretty quick.

:39:14. > :39:23.From 2016 he will have to change his passing style, can still use the

:39:24. > :39:34.long putter, but cannot anchor it in his body. Good recovery, 190 out of

:39:35. > :39:50.the semi-rough, had no chance from there. Is that a wind freshening,

:39:51. > :39:55.Phil? Adam Scott's ball took a mighty big bounce. I thought it may

:39:56. > :40:00.have been dying, but that was the area of the golf course. It has been

:40:01. > :40:09.difficult all day, continuing to be difficult. The second shot into this

:40:10. > :40:21.hole, you don't have a short iron, impossible to keep it on the green.

:40:22. > :40:32.Adam Scott trying to aim, point, express. Putting up fingers for

:40:33. > :40:38.percentages of the slope. He has been using it for most of the year.

:40:39. > :40:46.Is it reading the greens by the feel under your feet. You practice to see

:40:47. > :40:56.what level it feels like, 1% or two percent. Holding a finger up for one

:40:57. > :41:08.two or three. Mickelson. The wind has got a lot stronger, these holes

:41:09. > :41:15.but how could the shoreline. That -- these holes that hug the shoreline.

:41:16. > :41:28.This is definitely the strongest that the wind has been all day, just

:41:29. > :41:30.picking up. You are right, Maureen. We have it over 20 mph at the

:41:31. > :41:51.moment. He liked the way you get it, what

:41:52. > :41:54.results will he get? Unlucky again. Same thing happened before, one

:41:55. > :42:04.little skid, leaving an awkward pitch. You can see him motioning it,

:42:05. > :42:21.I hit it, landed a short, still long. Uphill putt for Rose at 12.

:42:22. > :42:34.You could just see it tail off. Keeping his eyes on it. Coming back.

:42:35. > :42:46.A little bit of wind assistance. With the wind blowing to 20 mph,

:42:47. > :42:57.they get your attention. The cutting green. -- putting green. Rory

:42:58. > :43:09.McIlroy goes out at 2:27 p.m., still awhile before he goes. He has not

:43:10. > :43:23.done much wrong, just a little out. Not making those 6-8 length parts.

:43:24. > :43:28.-- putts. This is a real struggle, if the wind keeps up, they could

:43:29. > :43:34.have a problem. If you are feeling a little nervy... It could get blown

:43:35. > :43:53.around a little. He missed one about half the length

:43:54. > :43:57.of that on the second hole. The fact he has been hanging around on even

:43:58. > :44:07.par, testament to his tee to green clay. -- play. He has wasted a bunch

:44:08. > :44:16.on the greens. I remember Mark James from that sort of range. You know

:44:17. > :44:20.you're in trouble then. This will be the sort of putt you would hit it

:44:21. > :44:30.right of centre, walk to the next tee...

:44:31. > :44:46.The ball is definitely stationary. You just sort of feel, do I give it

:44:47. > :45:07.the edge? Deviated a bit firmer? -- do you hate it. -- do you hit it

:45:08. > :45:26.firmer? Well done. It is still very blustery out there.

:45:27. > :45:49.Quite a decent lie for them. He has plenty of green to work with. This

:45:50. > :46:01.is his most lofted club. Not even close. Normally he would go for the

:46:02. > :46:10.big flop. Misreading the putting surface. This is the par putt for

:46:11. > :46:28.the 24-year-old. He got away with it there. Just run to the second tee.

:46:29. > :46:38.Mickelson, you can see the wind is the ball down. Shane Lowry has gone

:46:39. > :46:44.six, six, double bogey, double bogey, back to level par. He's not

:46:45. > :47:11.from Dublin, he's from after. One or two of the early starters

:47:12. > :47:18.going reasonably well. Birdies are very hard to come by. The fifth and

:47:19. > :47:25.10th giving a few away, the rest, you have to play wonderful golf to

:47:26. > :47:38.make some red numbers. Bubba trying to make amends for that chip, which

:47:39. > :47:42.was a bit unlucky. The most exposed area, 11, 12, 13, across the river

:47:43. > :48:20.DS jury. -- River Dee estuary. He will not get a soft bounce, I

:48:21. > :48:36.know that. Like concrete now. There is a change in the box, Mark James.

:48:37. > :48:43.Thank you Ken. The wind is whipping across at the moment. Appearing to

:48:44. > :48:48.get stronger. Not following the forecast, seemingly. A big crowd

:48:49. > :49:01.here today, bustling all over the place. We headed out a minute ago,

:49:02. > :49:09.streams of people. What you want today is an ice cream van. To own

:49:10. > :49:23.one, not to buy an ice cream. 191 for Dufner.

:49:24. > :49:35.It was very good for a while, you can see the 13th flag being whipped

:49:36. > :49:45.along by the wind. The ball, likewise. Adam Scott, after that

:49:46. > :50:03.though Dion 12. -- that though Dion 12. -- after that bogey on 12.

:50:04. > :50:14.Only 169, down right to left. Certainly no more than eight, could

:50:15. > :50:25.be a nine. The greens are starting to play firm downwind. Even with a

:50:26. > :50:50.deep iron. He went with the lesser club, hitting it hard and high, it

:50:51. > :50:58.has gone wrong. A very good round from Justin Rose, in these

:50:59. > :51:08.conditions. This is Bubba Watson for bogey on 14. He was partying very

:51:09. > :51:19.well at the start of the round. -- he was putting very well at the

:51:20. > :51:30.start of the round. Manages to lessen the damage.

:51:31. > :52:21.Mickelson, you can see and hear the wind. It was supposed to drop after

:52:22. > :52:22.the starters. If anything, it is starting to pick up. Rory McIlroy

:52:23. > :52:23.out later on. Nice to see Robert Karlsson playing well after mental

:52:24. > :52:28.fragility in 2012. Sergio Garc?a, starting in the afternoon along with

:52:29. > :52:39.Jim Furyk. Ashley Chesters, just beginning his second round. What a

:52:40. > :52:57.test for him today. For the players without numbers in the yellow box,

:52:58. > :53:17.yet to go out. Darren Andrew Points. David Howell five holes into

:53:18. > :53:19.his second round. Darren Clarke later starter. Shane Lowry having

:53:20. > :53:24.all sorts of problems after his final round yesterday. -- final

:53:25. > :53:51.round. -- fine Down on the 15th tee, Phil

:53:52. > :54:05.Mickelson. A wedge, no point looking at the flag, not telling the story,

:54:06. > :54:11.this one will move sharp right to left. Absolutely right, amazingly

:54:12. > :54:25.that. . To I thought it was going to get sucked into the bunker. --

:54:26. > :54:37.amazingly that. . The. Amazingly that ball stopped, I thought it was

:54:38. > :54:51.going to get sucked into the bunker. Some dark clouds above. You can see

:54:52. > :55:02.them creeping in from the left. It really is howling all of a sudden.

:55:03. > :55:20.Coming in sharp gusts. It becomes difficult to judge, obviously. Still

:55:21. > :55:30.the same rhythm from Ernie, never changes. Still very early to judge

:55:31. > :55:41.the cut, three or four overlooks about right. They got rid of the ten

:55:42. > :55:45.shot a rule, it was in 1991, 130 in people made the cut, they decided

:55:46. > :56:18.enough was enough. Bubba, a funny people made the cut, they decided

:56:19. > :56:26.trajectory. He was trying to Hoke -- hook. Very tough out here, under the

:56:27. > :56:38.shadow of the grandstands, the only place not really affected. Rose for

:56:39. > :56:49.his birdie on the 13th. Got an idea from Dufner's, but not good. He is

:56:50. > :56:54.doing very well, getting a couple of breaks in the middle of the round.

:56:55. > :57:06.Gradually playing himself back into contention. If he can finish no

:57:07. > :57:23.worse then two, half a chance. This is his third, Scott.

:57:24. > :57:44.Shots are being wreaked -- leaked rapidly. The onset of the wind. You

:57:45. > :57:56.always wonder with the longer putter, when the wind begins to

:57:57. > :58:11.blow... I used to use one, I felt it was well anchored in the wind. Just

:58:12. > :58:16.checking the yardage. I've never been able to map a green accurately

:58:17. > :58:28.for every pin position will. I know some players do. You never get every

:58:29. > :58:37.little bit of it on the map. Justin Rose for his par. These putts to

:58:38. > :58:43.demand your attention in these conditions. He keeps it going. You

:58:44. > :58:45.can see how exposed this part of the courses these conditions. Down by

:58:46. > :59:08.the estuary. Something going on. We will pop down

:59:09. > :59:12.to the range, and Rickie Fowler. Well done yesterday, you are one of

:59:13. > :59:18.the Americans who has embraced links golf, today looks a challenge? It is

:59:19. > :59:27.going to be fun, true links, playing in these windy conditions. Yesterday

:59:28. > :59:34.was as easy as it is going to play. The team forward to the challenge, a

:59:35. > :59:40.bit different. -- looking forward to the challenge. If I go out and play

:59:41. > :59:45.a solid round of golf, I can make a big jump. Do you have a figure in

:59:46. > :59:50.your head, a lot of guys saying they're going to practice low punch

:59:51. > :59:57.shots? It is not so much heating it high or low, it is having more

:59:58. > :00:03.control. At times you may have to fly at a little lower or higher,

:00:04. > :00:07.downwind. Par is a good score, if you can sneak in a few birdies,

:00:08. > :00:10.salvaging a good round of golf, you will make a big jump.

:00:11. > :00:18.salvaging a good round of golf, you will Thank you but talking to us. So

:00:19. > :00:21.impressive at St George 's, when it blew. Dustin Johnson and him

:00:22. > :00:52.surprised us a little bit. Ernie Els.

:00:53. > :01:06.It's always a bit of mif, ta when Americans come over, windy golf is

:01:07. > :01:12.new to them. -- a bit of a myth. But when he had to go out and play in

:01:13. > :01:19.California, he was playing in pretty gusty winds. Bubba Watson. He has

:01:20. > :01:32.been holing out well so far. Oh, the kiss of death.

:01:33. > :01:37.He is hovering around about. Again, the long-projected cut mark. He is

:01:38. > :01:49.going to be close. Well, this for his par. He has hit a

:01:50. > :01:52.fairly steady patch the last few holes. A few fireworks in the front

:01:53. > :02:00.9. He could just do with a big finish,

:02:01. > :02:16.Phil. Dufner. Yes, come of these holes downwind.

:02:17. > :02:21.You think downwind holes are easy but it is not the case. It seems to

:02:22. > :02:27.be windier when you are up on the sand do you knows, like we are now

:02:28. > :02:28.on the back 9. The front 9 still feels protected, like it was

:02:29. > :02:39.earlier. A big draw on that from Dufner. It

:02:40. > :02:46.is up the fairway through the gap. Bunkers on both left and right on

:02:47. > :02:56.this hole. Scott going with the iron.

:02:57. > :03:04.275 to the bunkers on the left. 290-odd on the right. So, this maybe

:03:05. > :03:24.to just lay out short. Oh, he has got some filling in that

:03:25. > :03:33.sandwich. That's a scoobie snack. That was definitely home-made.

:03:34. > :03:42.It wasn't one of those sandwiches that you buy from a shop this is'

:03:43. > :03:48.largely bread, with a bit of lettuce. German sandwiches are the

:03:49. > :03:54.worse. Not very nice bread, with one skinny slice of ham in. You are

:03:55. > :04:01.besmirching a nation and their sandwiches. Only their sandwiches.

:04:02. > :04:06.Proud nation otherwise. Now, Robert Karlsson this is to drop just one

:04:07. > :04:16.shot on the 6th. He had bunker trouble there. Double

:04:17. > :04:18.bogey on the par-3. The par-5, 16th. Phil Mickelson. The wind must be

:04:19. > :04:33.coming off the right. He swabbed it away. Well into the

:04:34. > :04:42.air. The crowd like it. And quite rightly. I think that's nowhere here

:04:43. > :04:48.the bunkers on the left, 293, he's hit that about 260/270. There must

:04:49. > :04:52.be a bit of hurt in that wind off that tee, for certain. Back to the

:04:53. > :05:00.man on the first tee who was second on the opening round. He is about to

:05:01. > :05:07.get going alongside a group with Bradley Neil, the amateur from

:05:08. > :05:17.Perthshire and Mikko Illonen, the former amateur champion.

:05:18. > :05:26.On the tee for Italy, McTao Manassero. -- Matteo.

:05:27. > :05:34.Most of the players have been taking the driver and thumping them over

:05:35. > :05:39.there. You may feel not able to carry those bunkers at about 290,

:05:40. > :05:56.300. Such a beautiful swing. Bradley Neil now, the 18-year-old.

:05:57. > :06:00.Looking for his first Scottish win from the amateurs since Stewart

:06:01. > :06:03.Wilson. He won in the final at Portrush last

:06:04. > :06:31.month. He can give it a biff. APPLAUSE

:06:32. > :06:33.On the tee from Finland, ill ul ill. APPLAUSE.

:06:34. > :06:38.Turned into a very good player, Mikko Illonen. I played with him a

:06:39. > :06:42.long time ago when he was very young, one of my last couple of

:06:43. > :06:47.years on tour. He's got better and better over the years. Did he win in

:06:48. > :06:51.Ireland this year, was it, that he won? Yes. He gives it a ride as

:06:52. > :07:06.well. ! That was further right L that hang

:07:07. > :07:10.on to the fairway? No. -- will that hang on to the fairway?

:07:11. > :07:17.! Off we go, there is the coach and former tour player on the bag of

:07:18. > :07:47.Manassero. A still stop available, coming

:07:48. > :07:51.straight down wind. The green showing evidence of

:07:52. > :07:55.brownness there, for the first time, really, this week. A front moved

:07:56. > :08:00.through overnight. Dark clouds and the odd rumble of thunder but very

:08:01. > :08:04.little rain on this course. With today's temperatures and wind. Now

:08:05. > :08:09.that's Justin Rose's ball. What has been happening? He was in a gorse

:08:10. > :08:13.bush. He had tow take be a penalty drop two. Club-lengths side ways. He

:08:14. > :08:19.is still in the deep rough. drop two. Club-lengths side ways. He

:08:20. > :08:23.157 to go out of the rough. Probably can't stop on on it green, I

:08:24. > :08:28.wouldn't imagine. Adam Scott had 188 yards and hit a wedge. That's the

:08:29. > :08:32.wind of thing you have to do to try to get these balls stop downwind

:08:33. > :08:37.here in the do you knows. Some of these balls are difficult to

:08:38. > :08:42.pitch the ball ten yards short if you are hitting across the greens or

:08:43. > :08:46.the slopes at the front. Suddenly these holes at Hoylake become rather

:08:47. > :08:48.difficult. This looks like a blind shot, obviously. Which makes it even

:08:49. > :09:02.harder. He has got a good lie. I'm hoping for any stop if it lands

:09:03. > :09:05.on the putting surface. He threw it up into the air. He has gone well

:09:06. > :09:37.from there. A chance to save par. Dufner. Well-controlled. It was a

:09:38. > :09:40.fairly full shot. About a sand wedge, by the looks of it. Made sure

:09:41. > :09:53.he got spin. Well, this is all about placement.

:09:54. > :09:58.The green miles out of reach for all of these players. A few bunkers

:09:59. > :10:02.start to come into play about 50 yards short of the green. Those are

:10:03. > :10:08.the things really to be avoided. So, he issing sighting himself down the

:10:09. > :10:20.right-hand side of this fairway. The rough isn't bad out there, so lifts

:10:21. > :10:28.it in that direction, down the right-hand side, he should be OK.

:10:29. > :10:34.The fairway is in an S band. Up towards the far bunker on the left,

:10:35. > :10:39.bends right and up towards the green. So, visually it is not the

:10:40. > :10:46.easiest shot. And there is a howling wind into him now. A slight dogleg,

:10:47. > :10:50.this hole. More into the wind now than off the tee shot. This is what

:10:51. > :11:02.you have to be careful with. That's very nicely played. Only just

:11:03. > :11:19.past the corner there. Big scorers into today. Macpherson,

:11:20. > :11:26.who was 90 yesterday. 89. Sandy Lyle. 22 over, 84 today.

:11:27. > :11:36.Up at the mother pleasant end of the leaderboard. Manassero's second shot

:11:37. > :11:47.to the 1st. Just an iron off the tee. Settle down.

:11:48. > :11:53.That's the trouble with irons off tees on this course. Occasionally

:11:54. > :11:57.you leave yourself with a little bit too much to do on the second shot.

:11:58. > :12:09.That was a bit unlucky. It was his first hole.

:12:10. > :12:22.Oh, he tried to keep it lower, then a snapper. Well, he shouted "four"

:12:23. > :12:28.at least. I don't think it hit someone. Someone once said golf is a

:12:29. > :12:34.game where you shout four, take six and write down five. # Oh, we don't

:12:35. > :12:36.encourage that kind of behaviour. Adam Scott third from the back of

:12:37. > :13:06.the 14th. Rose par attempt. Can he make this,

:13:07. > :13:11.fill? It will be exceptional. The height he got on that third shot.

:13:12. > :13:15.That Sandown, or I should say it was a lofted iron, the most lofted club

:13:16. > :13:23.he could have, he hit it sky high. Incredible if he does.

:13:24. > :13:36.It was a good effort No, a shot goes. He has been scrapping along

:13:37. > :13:41.very nicely. Surviving in this wind. Back to 1-over. 1-under for his

:13:42. > :14:00.round as well. You You know we were talking about

:14:01. > :14:04.dangerous conditions, Jason Dufner hit a sand iron to this position. If

:14:05. > :14:06.you produce the shots you have a chance for birdie. You just have to

:14:07. > :14:18.produce the shots. Wonderful birdie from Jason Dufner.

:14:19. > :14:20.That's the way to play the 14th hole.

:14:21. > :14:26.APPLAUSE Back to level par.

:14:27. > :14:43.A strange position, Adam Scott, he had one foot either side of his

:14:44. > :14:45.line, I think. He must have been feeling which way the ground was

:14:46. > :14:55.lying. Tapped in. Such a finely-tuned

:14:56. > :14:58.pelvis that he can tell when one side is slightly lower

:14:59. > :15:02.pelvis that he can tell when one other. I think you have hit the head

:15:03. > :15:05.on the nail. So the 16th which is a full par-5

:15:06. > :15:15.today. A real three shotter. Well, wind right-to-left into it, it

:15:16. > :15:37.is quite an inviting pin. Can't be more than about 100 yards.

:15:38. > :15:42.The pin is only on 11. It's just controlling the flight. Maybe hit it

:15:43. > :15:45.low, try to keep it out of the wind? Maybe protected by that grandstand

:15:46. > :15:51.if he keeps it a little lower. He has hoicked it up and right. That

:15:52. > :16:26.was a poor attempt. Miguel Angel Jimenez and a birdie on

:16:27. > :16:31.the 17th. One at 16, one at 17, back to 4-over for the Championship. So,

:16:32. > :17:04.he has not given up hope of playing at the weekend.

:17:05. > :17:09.I have seen this hole has caused a few problems already with that wind

:17:10. > :17:25.blowing across. Just eight yards on the pin, five

:17:26. > :17:31.off the right. It is difficult to get it close to.

:17:32. > :17:43.APPLAUSE A well-defined shot. Keep bent over

:17:44. > :17:49.in front of the camera to get all the logos in vision in one shot.

:17:50. > :17:58.That Manassero ball ran down the back into this little hollow. A good

:17:59. > :18:03.day for the Italians yesterday, the Molinari brothers both up there on

:18:04. > :18:36.4-under. Scott himself saying, "No" and

:18:37. > :18:47."sit." It came back down a little bit.

:18:48. > :18:52.Well, all through this round Mickleson has done endless

:18:53. > :18:58.rehearsals of his putting stroke this. One should be coming across a

:18:59. > :19:11.number of ripples and a little bit right-to-left at the end.

:19:12. > :19:26.So to Rose, third member of this three-ball.

:19:27. > :19:33.Hitting hitting an 8-iron. The same as the other two. -- also hitting an

:19:34. > :19:35.8-iron. Trying to get it into the breeze. That's what they are trying

:19:36. > :19:40.to do. Dufner certainly with the best of

:19:41. > :19:58.the birdie opportunities. Interesting, in the Italian

:19:59. > :20:06.challenge yesterday, both Molinari brothers under way.

:20:07. > :20:15.Fran kes co-birdied the first, back to 3-under.

:20:16. > :20:24.Francessco. Just breezed past Dufner there,

:20:25. > :20:27.Scott, a different gear. For all Adam Scott fans, a bit of super

:20:28. > :21:00.slow-mo. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Scott.

:21:01. > :21:19.Now Bubba Watson. The very unpredictable Bubba Watson

:21:20. > :21:24.holes another one. That thing is glowing red hot today. It is a good

:21:25. > :21:32.job, the rest of his game is nothing special. Well done. Big groups

:21:33. > :21:38.coming out soon. Tiger is off in three-quarters of an hour at 2.05,

:21:39. > :21:47.playing with Cabrera and Stenson. McIlroy, 2.27. Poulter, Dustin

:21:48. > :21:54.Johnson, Jimmy Walker, 2.40pm. And Parky is down by this green. You

:21:55. > :21:58.know, guys, just as Justin Rose was hitting this little holed up 8-iron

:21:59. > :22:04.into the breeze, it is almost as though the breeze just died as soon

:22:05. > :22:08.as he made contact. I'm sure he was disappointed because he was dead on

:22:09. > :22:18.line but as a result it went a little bit too far. So unfour tune

:22:19. > :22:22.ate that happening. He has been consistent all day -- unfortunate

:22:23. > :22:26.that happening. This was initial. He still has a birdie attempt but a lot

:22:27. > :22:47.further away than what he was expecting.

:22:48. > :22:58.Obviously left-to-right. A touch down. Not given it enough.

:22:59. > :23:04.The greens are definitely looking a little speedier than they were

:23:05. > :23:08.yesterday. Tinges of brown. By the end of this afternoon, if this wind

:23:09. > :23:21.keeps up, it could be quite difficult putting. Too brown, that

:23:22. > :23:28.pin. He may have holed that birdie putt a few minutes ago. That didn't

:23:29. > :23:38.look the greatest roll. You can see there little tinges of brown

:23:39. > :23:51.appearing. This is links golf today, there is no question about that.

:23:52. > :24:24.We saw Ashley Chester start a few minutes ago. He parred the first

:24:25. > :24:26.from the rough but dropped shots 2 and 3, so back to level for the

:24:27. > :24:40.Championship. Dufner has this good figures. 'S great shot-maker,

:24:41. > :24:53.the reason he has given himself these chances. -- He's a great shot

:24:54. > :24:57.maker. He is go right-to-left, left-to-right. Hit them low or high.

:24:58. > :25:00.When you have that ability, continue doesn't matter the conditions, you

:25:01. > :25:05.have a chance of making birdies and this is' what he is proving:. That's

:25:06. > :25:09.how you get around a links course, shaping the ball. We saw Scott on

:25:10. > :25:15.either side of his marker, a 3-footer. It is like what you said

:25:16. > :25:23.Andrew, he is feeling the slope of the green in his pelvis. Let's see

:25:24. > :25:31.how he fairs. Well a good, confident stroke. Breathe for Scott. Just

:25:32. > :25:38.looking at an updated weather forecast. They are saying it'll drop

:25:39. > :25:43.by 5 miles or so, and the gusts dropping by six, seven or eight

:25:44. > :25:47.mourps. It doesn't sound much but it can make a difference and it is

:25:48. > :25:55.certainly blowing hard still just now.

:25:56. > :26:04.The second green, Francessco Molinari. A lovely putt.

:26:05. > :26:20.Putting around on the #1st, this group of Tom Watson, Jim Furyk and

:26:21. > :26:26.Darren Clarke. Scoring yesterday, Watson 1-over, 7 #3, Darren Clarke,

:26:27. > :26:31.level par. Jim Furyk 68 but Tom Watson, he is going to go on to St

:26:32. > :26:36.Andrew's next year. To have his final, final farewell but he

:26:37. > :26:42.deserves plenty of curtain calls. He played with Manassero in 2009 there.

:26:43. > :26:49.He was the leading amateur. He won the amateur chip not far from here,

:26:50. > :26:52.at Formby. He is having to dig one out here. He will do well to get it

:26:53. > :27:06.up towards the green. A wild drive by Manassero. Very high

:27:07. > :27:14.standards. He has his work cut out making par. USA - Tom Watson.

:27:15. > :27:55.APPLAUSE Another drive finds the fairway. 64,

:27:56. > :28:00.near enough 65 now, Tom Watson. USA - Jim Furyk. And in steps old

:28:01. > :28:17.Fluff. Not a long hitter, Furyk, but, he

:28:18. > :28:38.too going with the iron. Deep breath.

:28:39. > :28:47.Unable to clobber it over the bunkers. On the tee from Northern

:28:48. > :29:21.Ireland, Darren Clarke. APPLAUSE

:29:22. > :29:27.Very happy campers. Another great example of why Tom Watson can still

:29:28. > :29:33.compete, though, his drive bounding down there, nearly up with Darren

:29:34. > :29:37.Clarke. He gives it a fair whack. It takes the nous and experience of

:29:38. > :29:41.walking around. He certainly has that. For a man who didn't like

:29:42. > :29:47.links golf when he fist came over, but he won the Open at Carnoustie.

:29:48. > :29:51.He didn't appreciate it. It took him a few years to understand and

:29:52. > :29:56.appreciate it. -- when he first came over. Certainly I played with him in

:29:57. > :30:00.'83 at Birkdale the first too rounds. He was hitting the ball very

:30:01. > :30:04.high then. I think his came has changed quite a bit since then. That

:30:05. > :30:09.wonderful chipper and putter. You know you are going to miss greens on

:30:10. > :30:13.days like today so if you can get up and down consistently, a huge

:30:14. > :30:17.advantage. Mickleson, second to the 17th. Urging it it onward. He knew

:30:18. > :31:03.that stop was coming. Lowry. When goal Well done. There

:31:04. > :31:07.they are. -- well done. They have gone to the left-hand side of the

:31:08. > :31:15.range, more sheltered, easier to find your rhythm. I don't know what

:31:16. > :31:21.Rory wants to work on, he looked magnificent yesterday. We are all

:31:22. > :31:32.fascinated to see how he copes with the wind. That first round at Royal

:31:33. > :31:43.Aberdeen, shows it can be done. How much has he improved in those

:31:44. > :31:51.conditions. It will be in dressing to see. -- interesting to see. This

:31:52. > :32:00.for a birdie for Thomas Bjorn, for an ideal start. He has made it.

:32:01. > :32:20.Playing with Patrick Reed, good young American player. Stewart

:32:21. > :32:23.Cink, Svensson, Woods, McIlroy, Spieth, some great players there. --

:32:24. > :32:30.Stenson. That's why aid stance -- look at

:32:31. > :32:53.that wide stance of Stenson's. I am looking forward to seeing all

:32:54. > :32:55.of these players. Having got his round under way, Jim Furyk, from the

:32:56. > :33:03.middle of the fairway. You can round under way, Jim Furyk, from the

:33:04. > :33:49.where the wind is by watching Fluff's moustache.

:33:50. > :34:00.after it, follow through. Not sure what happened. There is not a huge

:34:01. > :34:06.amount of him. There is Fluff, the only other caddy apart from Steve

:34:07. > :34:14.Anderson who has had success with Tiger Woods. He lives near

:34:15. > :34:27.Congressional. Is that in Washington? Indeed. That is a fine

:34:28. > :34:38.moustache. There is a TPC course near there. I used to play down

:34:39. > :34:46.there, it used to be a bit easy for these guys. How did you find it? Not

:34:47. > :34:57.that easy. That one burned at the edge. He just wants a couple of

:34:58. > :35:06.putts to find their way to the bottom. He is not out of it,

:35:07. > :35:14.1-over, setting itself up OK if the tradition scooted you to be

:35:15. > :35:26.difficult. -- if the conditions continue to be difficult. Holding up

:35:27. > :35:50.OK. His caddy and him have been together for a few years. Justin

:35:51. > :35:59.Rose. Only 16. -- on the 16th. That is a very decent nudge with the

:36:00. > :36:05.iron. Opening up the pin. A marvellous shot from Justin, putting

:36:06. > :36:18.it in exactly the right position to get up and down. Inch perfect. Adam

:36:19. > :36:46.Scott, going for the green. Hoping it comes round. Not even

:36:47. > :37:03.close. Bouncing away. In the lap of the gods. A bit of green to play

:37:04. > :37:20.with. It does get very narrow to the entrance of the green. There they go

:37:21. > :37:25.to the 16th, then back down. This huge tented village. Split into

:37:26. > :37:34.three different towns, one at the top of the picture, behind the 18th.

:37:35. > :37:51.Manassero, to save par. Phil Mickelson, attempted recovery

:37:52. > :38:26.out of there. Jim Furyk, rather. That was brilliant, what a shot.

:38:27. > :38:36.Conjuring up a little treat for us there. Heading back to the tee, Luke

:38:37. > :38:46.Donald. Playing alongside Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garc?a.

:38:47. > :39:28.Not the best from Luke Donald. Rickie Fowler, wonderful golfer, 69

:39:29. > :39:30.yesterday. Out with the driver. Talking about high quality golf

:39:31. > :40:26.yesterday, 68 for Sergio Garcia. Off down the edge of the 18th. The

:40:27. > :40:30.problem is that everybody there walks in the opposite direction, so

:40:31. > :40:39.there is a chance the grass will be going against him. Very difficult to

:40:40. > :40:49.get it out and far. That does not augur well for the rest of the

:40:50. > :41:02.round. He will steady himself. But that was wild.

:41:03. > :41:11.Francesco Molinari, Dodi on the first, birdie on the second, this

:41:12. > :41:21.for another birdie on the third. Got to be. Oh, yes. Beautifully done. He

:41:22. > :41:33.is putting well, that was his weak area for a while. Looking good

:41:34. > :41:36.today. Dufner, little pitch into the par five, wonderfully judged. A tap

:41:37. > :42:03.in birdie. Scott from way right. Difficult to

:42:04. > :42:10.get that, it should hold up. Half a chance of a birdie. Dufner leaving

:42:11. > :42:24.his ball, no penalty if anyone else fits it. -- hits it. Martin Kaymer

:42:25. > :42:31.looking to finish off, birdie there, birdie on the 16th. Home in 36. Had

:42:32. > :42:41.a nasty run on seven, eight and nine, hanging in there, level par,

:42:42. > :42:43.72. 1-over for the Championship. For birdie, Watson at the 1st, a lovely

:42:44. > :43:11.putt. He still putts extremely well. Incredible, how old is he? 64, very

:43:12. > :43:23.nearly 65. A big draw for Darren Clarke -- a big roar from the crowd

:43:24. > :43:36.for Darren Clarke. Another crowd favourite. This for birdie for Adam

:43:37. > :43:47.Scott. No, too firm. He will remain 1-under. Free over today. -- 3-over

:43:48. > :43:52.today. Not the best of rounds, it has been tough, that he is capable

:43:53. > :43:57.of shooting a lot lower than that will stop to Rose. Very good shot to

:43:58. > :44:23.lay up. That is a shame. All three players

:44:24. > :44:41.in this group at 1-under. A high calibre trio.

:44:42. > :44:45.we saw some of him a while ago, plus four for the day. Keegan Bradley par

:44:46. > :45:52.for the Championship. Luke Donald. Thomas Bjorn, down in the sand.

:45:53. > :46:11.Nicely done. The problem is working out the yardage. He did turn that

:46:12. > :46:16.page a few times. If you are anywhere near the fence, you get a

:46:17. > :46:48.drop. Either inside or outside of it. If you happen to hit it, the rub

:46:49. > :47:43.of the green. When you have spectators and fences in the way. He

:47:44. > :47:56.should make a four there. Over the other side, Rickie Fowler. Not much

:47:57. > :48:03.green to operate with. Sit down, sit down, go in. A bit late to try and

:48:04. > :48:18.stop it. Working out well. That will be a nice way to start.

:48:19. > :48:26.Might still find a birdie. If it hit the flagstick square on, it might

:48:27. > :48:42.have dropped. Coming out of the rough, it might have been difficult

:48:43. > :48:49.to stop in time. Needed a dead on line. Brooks Koepka at the 5th, his

:48:50. > :49:08.third shot. He's at 4-under. should get him to 5-under. Watson

:49:09. > :49:16.found the rough at the 2nd. should get him to 5-under. Watson

:49:17. > :49:24.found the rough at the Just chase it in their stop chase it into the

:49:25. > :49:33.bunker. You can see what he was trying to do and he very nearly did.

:49:34. > :49:39.It was in 1994, when he played as well as he's ever played, but he had

:49:40. > :49:57.bad putting problems then. In that open of 1994 he got so close because

:49:58. > :50:08.of the way he hit tee to green. He's certainly played well from tee to

:50:09. > :50:17.green on a few Opens. If you've never seen Luke Donald before,

:50:18. > :50:27.nothing insulting about that. Jim Furyk now. He's also trying to chase

:50:28. > :50:50.it in by the looks of that action. And also failing.

:50:51. > :51:02.There he is, still practising away. Rory McIlroy will be out at 2:27pm.

:51:03. > :51:10.Since 1975 the only first-round open leaders who have gone on to win,

:51:11. > :51:17.Tiger in 2005, John Daly in 95, Seve in 88 and Tom Watson. Only five

:51:18. > :51:26.players since 1975 who led after the first round have gone on to win the

:51:27. > :51:38.Open. We'll see how he gets on today. STUDIO: As we look down the

:51:39. > :51:42.leaderboard, George Coetzee's score of 5-under is looking very good with

:51:43. > :51:47.the wind swirling around this afternoon. Brooks Koepka has made

:51:48. > :51:54.progress today after a birdie at the 5th and Molinari is going well from

:51:55. > :52:01.that group at 3-under. Tiger Woods will be out in about 15 minutes. He

:52:02. > :52:05.made a point of telling is in his pre-contest press conferences that

:52:06. > :52:10.his practice rounds had been played in four different wind directions.

:52:11. > :52:29.Four months after surgery yesterday, he came back. Described as golf's.

:52:30. > :52:37.On the tee, from the USA, Tiger Woods.

:52:38. > :52:47.This is not easy. That was not easy at all. Interesting start, but don't

:52:48. > :52:52.forget when he went back here at Hoylake in 2006, he bogeyed the

:52:53. > :52:56.first back then. Dropped a shot at the 1st, dropped a shot at the 2nd.

:52:57. > :53:04.Not good news. To make birdie for the first time. Things starting to

:53:05. > :53:11.shape up. Tiger Woods with a chance for three in a row. Three birdies in

:53:12. > :53:26.a row but then gave one back. That will annoy him. Genius. Absolute

:53:27. > :53:30.genius. What a shot. Hints of the old Tiger in merging. He's crafting

:53:31. > :53:49.the rounds, for certain. COMMENTATOR: Mickelson, with the

:53:50. > :53:56.lash of the fairway wood. Up in the stands.

:53:57. > :54:14.Things are starting to fire up. The green has got a bit more of a brown

:54:15. > :54:18.tinge. You can see the contrast in the green colours, those exposed are

:54:19. > :54:20.a bit more brown, this one is the green colours, those exposed are

:54:21. > :54:25.a bit more brown, this one greener in the hollow. It will be a very

:54:26. > :54:29.spicy afternoon. It just depends on the breeze. Will it die down?

:54:30. > :54:33.spicy afternoon. It just depends on the breeze. Will it If the storm

:54:34. > :54:38.comes through, will it pick up? Who knows what the course has for the

:54:39. > :54:41.afternoon players. An errant tee shot at the 1st, I think Garcia was

:54:42. > :54:47.trying to get it up the left-hand side but he hooked it and he has

:54:48. > :54:53.this to say is par. Dashed to save par.

:54:54. > :55:00.More polite applause. Just thousands of people around ready for a few

:55:01. > :55:16.fireworks. Back to the 17th green, Dufner has

:55:17. > :55:23.hardly made any thing today, but still is somehow in red numbers. If

:55:24. > :55:30.there was justice, he might just pop this one end.

:55:31. > :55:47.Well, Paul putting exhibition. The rest of the game is absolutely

:55:48. > :55:57.outstanding. Sneaked a birdie on 14 and 16, did Jason Dufner. One or two

:55:58. > :56:00.of the galleries are leeching off to the first tee with Tiger Woods and

:56:01. > :56:06.Rory McIlroy off this afternoon. The grandstand is not quite packed. It

:56:07. > :56:12.could be some seen this afternoon. With nobody taking over the lead,

:56:13. > :56:22.Rory will tee off, and George Coetzee will be feeling extremely

:56:23. > :56:30.good after his round of 69. Nicely, nicely done for Adam Scott. It has

:56:31. > :56:38.been an up and down day. Saved par previously, that found the bottom of

:56:39. > :56:43.the Cup at 17. 18 to come, it is a bit of a brute today, 18. The breeze

:56:44. > :56:53.blowing towards the stands and the out of bounds. The Italians played

:56:54. > :57:03.well yesterday, but what about today? Edoardo Molinari. A little

:57:04. > :57:12.bit like the World Cup, just missed the net.

:57:13. > :57:24.You see the pair shaped green at 17, narrow at the front wider at the

:57:25. > :57:41.back. The shortest opportunity for birdie.

:57:42. > :57:55.So, a final green for the defending champion. A wayward second, but got

:57:56. > :58:03.it up to here to get back to even. And there will be a raw... Yeah, why

:58:04. > :58:09.shouldn't there be? CHEERING He will be in the thick of things.

:58:10. > :58:14.He's struggled all year with his game but what a time to find it

:58:15. > :58:22.again. Could be a real tussle over the next couple of days. Ernie Els

:58:23. > :58:28.round in 75. Doesn't look like he will be here for the weekend. It was

:58:29. > :58:38.a neat and tidy back nine for Mickelson.

:58:39. > :58:44.The little brown area about six feet in front of Keegan Bradley, shows

:58:45. > :58:54.you how the greens are starting to speed up a touch. Must be good luck,

:58:55. > :59:00.spare starting to go in. Dashed they are starting to going. Tough to hit

:59:01. > :59:10.it close with the wind swirling around. Not very often, except on

:59:11. > :59:13.the fives, where you get birdie chances from inside 15 feet, you

:59:14. > :59:25.have to take them when they come along. This is at the 2nd green.

:59:26. > :59:37.Jim Furyk trying to be the fourth straight man over 40 to win the Open

:59:38. > :59:40.Championship. About two and a half feet left. If it was Match Play you

:59:41. > :59:49.would tell him to pick it up and quickly walked to the third. The

:59:50. > :59:54.Pied Piper of golf, Tiger Woods. Like Concorde, whenever it passes

:59:55. > :00:04.you just have to look up. A great analogy. His caddy for most of the

:00:05. > :00:06.last few years, has had plenty of victories with him on the bag, but

:00:07. > :00:19.would love to have a major. APPLAUSE

:00:20. > :00:30.69 yesterday for Tiger Woods. A slightly different day today. Angel

:00:31. > :00:38.Cabrera and Henrik Stenson. 40th year as a starter in a row, I think

:00:39. > :00:49.he started in 1975 will stop from Moffat in Scotland. Treats everybody

:00:50. > :00:56.the same. That's what the best do. Luke Donald is a bit too much in the

:00:57. > :01:04.rough. Fighting for a school with the ball sitting up a little bit. --

:01:05. > :01:09.fighting for a score. He's usually in the right rough rather than the

:01:10. > :01:13.left rough. Usually if they miss, most players tends to block it out

:01:14. > :01:20.to the right. You notice with the longer clubs he tends to stand

:01:21. > :01:26.further and further away. He's been working with Chuck Cook this year.

:01:27. > :01:33.That is something they will continue to work on and hopefully that will

:01:34. > :01:36.improve his driving. Played with Justin Rose at the U.S. Open

:01:37. > :01:40.Championship on the final day and Rose seemed to be able to produce

:01:41. > :01:45.the shots under pressure. He felt he could not do it so made the change.

:01:46. > :01:51.His short game, chipping and putting is the best there is. He has a good

:01:52. > :02:00.head on his shoulders, a good thinker. Good painter as well. An

:02:01. > :02:15.artist in his spare time. What can he come up with here?

:02:16. > :02:23.He's got to run it on to get it close. Relying on a decent bounce.

:02:24. > :02:26.The front of this screen is very awkward. In the old days you could

:02:27. > :02:38.run it on the elevated green straight onto the bank. -- the front

:02:39. > :02:45.of this green. The second hole, playing hard, back into the breeze.

:02:46. > :02:55.This is Rickie Fowler. Just taking his medicine.

:02:56. > :03:01.It doesn't look like it but it is quite humid out there, as if there

:03:02. > :03:09.will be a storm coming through. There is a great breeze. I see you

:03:10. > :03:13.are answering those Twitter questions over the last hour or so.

:03:14. > :03:22.One of the best wind players out here, Garcia. Can he give us an

:03:23. > :03:29.example of it? Low blow launch angle, always helpful, flighting the

:03:30. > :03:35.ball nicely. And yes, he does answer it! Smarter than the average bear!

:03:36. > :03:39.What a shot! CHEERING APPLAUSE

:03:40. > :03:51.That's the way to do it. Such a difficult hole to get close

:03:52. > :04:13.to at the best of times. He was just talking about the third

:04:14. > :04:20.round in 2006 where he holed a 9-iron for two. I heard him say

:04:21. > :04:26.something about a 9-iron. Same hole, different round. Unbelievable.

:04:27. > :04:33.I guess he is good in the wind! LAUGHTER

:04:34. > :04:45.Somebody asked me who was a good iron player in the breeze on the

:04:46. > :04:50.Tweety tweets. Manassero has a nice stroke going on. Has changed it's

:04:51. > :04:55.likely to get a nice peel off the face but looking comfortable on the

:04:56. > :05:04.greens. It is a natural stroke, opening and closing.

:05:05. > :05:17.The 1st hole, what will Tiger Woods do today?

:05:18. > :05:31.This is game number 41. On the tee, from the USA, Tiger Woods. APPLAUSE

:05:32. > :05:41.One driver on his way to victory last time. That was a driver at the

:05:42. > :05:45.1st. Over the years, the opening tee shots, they have always been the

:05:46. > :06:00.issue. In Garcia country. He rough is not

:06:01. > :06:05.too bad over there... But that doesn't look too friendly. Trying to

:06:06. > :06:11.started down the left with a bit of cut but held on to it. On the tee,

:06:12. > :06:36.from Argentina, Angel Cabrera. APPLAUSE

:06:37. > :07:13.Nice. On the tee, from Sweden, Henrik Stenson. APPLAUSE

:07:14. > :07:25.Such a powerful swing from Stenson. Two beauties. That's fine. Not too

:07:26. > :07:36.deep. And Tiger Woods is a long way left. The move is still powerful,

:07:37. > :07:43.just short of parallel sometimes. Has the tendency off the first, and

:07:44. > :07:49.I don't know what it is, his worst tee shots all day, the opening

:07:50. > :07:51.hole. But he birdied his first two holes yesterday but did not seem to

:07:52. > :08:15.affect his round. This curved path they have to follow

:08:16. > :08:20.from the first. The cameras are clicking away, phone cameras. Can

:08:21. > :09:08.Justin Rose reach with an iron. Steve Williams is telling him that

:09:09. > :09:15.he can land it short and it will kick forward. See if he can follow

:09:16. > :09:20.instructions. You think the perfect shot would be to lay at the gap at

:09:21. > :09:24.the front of the green and put a bit of cut to hold it into the right to

:09:25. > :09:26.left breeze. Don't miss the green to the right, it would be tricky from

:09:27. > :09:43.there. Rickie Fowler, he was in trouble at

:09:44. > :10:25.the 2nd. Luke Donald, his second shot came up

:10:26. > :10:43.short and he pitched to hear. Just five birdies at the 2nd hole

:10:44. > :10:52.today, playing well over-par. Right now it is the third hardest hole on

:10:53. > :11:03.the golf course. Tough start at Hoylake. What drove straight par

:11:04. > :11:09.fours. -- four straight par fours. Tiger has not moved anybody back

:11:10. > :11:12.from that rough just yet. You can never tell, sometimes it looks worse

:11:13. > :11:19.than it is but that doesn't look too kind. Ira member the PGA

:11:20. > :11:24.Championships one day, I went out to try to recreate one of the shots he

:11:25. > :11:32.had, and I saw the divot that he had, it was about a foot and a half

:11:33. > :11:38.long. It was amazing. He has given that they lash. That is horrible

:11:39. > :11:52.over there. He would do well to make five on

:11:53. > :11:59.this hole. You don't often see a player carrying two clubs, his caddy

:12:00. > :12:07.gave him two clubs, try one of those.

:12:08. > :12:14.Bunker shot of Francesco Molinari at the par-5. You would think down

:12:15. > :12:20.breeze and downhill, it would run out a little more.

:12:21. > :12:32.Three Italians in the top ten, I don't know the last time I ever saw

:12:33. > :12:42.that. Here is the other brother. Edoardo. This has a chance...

:12:43. > :12:46.Birdies at the 7th are like birdies at the 2nd. If you could put the two

:12:47. > :12:50.together, Edoardo Molinari doing the short game, Francesco Molinari doing

:12:51. > :13:03.the long game, they would be winners. Coming out of this straw

:13:04. > :13:10.like rough, it is difficult, just 12 paces wide. Like landing it down the

:13:11. > :13:20.deck of an aircraft carrier. Perfectly, this could be yummy.

:13:21. > :13:24.Delightfully played. Slopes away from you, it can be extremely

:13:25. > :13:36.awkward. Must have a new shaft in that wedge. We won't bring that up.

:13:37. > :13:38.A little longer off the tee. A little sloppy. He was lucky it

:13:39. > :13:56.stopped on the downslope. Garcia, fresh from the Eagle two at

:13:57. > :14:03.the 2nd. Out of bounds down the right, keep it left. A low kicking

:14:04. > :14:13.forward shot. Well, just

:14:14. > :14:21.this was Garcia, his second Well, just

:14:22. > :14:26.the 2nd, starting out to the right, Well, just

:14:27. > :14:36.into the breeze. The 2000 6/3-round comic he holed a iron. CHEERING

:14:37. > :14:44.Did it again. -- the 2006 third round.

:14:45. > :15:01.If anybody is due for a major Championship it has to be that man.

:15:02. > :15:30.Molinari. He ties the lead. 6-under par, the joint leader, Molinari, has

:15:31. > :15:37.got off to a flying start. The only thing there is it avoided the next

:15:38. > :15:40.lot of thick stuff. Really had nothing from there. You see the

:15:41. > :15:52.hollow between him and the flag, ball sitting right down. Just trying

:15:53. > :16:01.to chop it out. So, the 69 yesterday, at least one of those

:16:02. > :16:06.shots is going to go here. Once the grass is that long and gets bent

:16:07. > :16:13.over, it is mean stuff. Now where has he gone? The flag on the first

:16:14. > :16:18.is 33 on, five from the right, probably got six yards to land it

:16:19. > :16:26.on, extremely awkward. He is going to give it the other and under

:16:27. > :16:33.again. -- the up and under. He could pitch it short, let it run out.

:16:34. > :16:40.Trying to get one of those low spinning once, by the way he is

:16:41. > :16:45.addressing it and looking at it. Got to sit down. That has got to sit

:16:46. > :17:15.down. That's going to go again. Oh, OK. We saw Rose's second shot.

:17:16. > :17:29.Normally an excellent bunker player. Well, formality you would think.

:17:30. > :17:32.Just a couple of feet left. His tee shot down the left at the 3rd makes

:17:33. > :17:46.his second shot a little longer, for Ricky. Anything you can do, anything

:17:47. > :17:59.you can do... I can nearly do. Cracking shot. They are so difficult

:18:00. > :18:05.to judge. Amateur Paul Dunne has just birdied the 13th, 14th and

:18:06. > :18:10.15th, to go to 5-over par, the young lad from Greystone in Ireland. He

:18:11. > :18:26.goes to college in America. Second shot for McDonnell at the 3rd.

:18:27. > :18:30.Breeze behind and from his left. You can see how close that out of bounds

:18:31. > :18:52.is to the right side. Only four or five yards. Now, Garcia. Clean lie.

:18:53. > :18:58.If that pitched up another yard or so, it would have skipped on. Now

:18:59. > :19:04.back to the first. He holed a good one yesterday. Oh, thought he hit

:19:05. > :19:10.it. Now, he does not do that very often, take a stride. Well, it's

:19:11. > :20:11.half a dozen. Six at the 1st. Now the second shot of Stenson.

:20:12. > :20:27.Seven feet left. Well, that was peculiar. Almost like it was in a

:20:28. > :20:32.hole or something. Possible, yes. We always assume a perfect lie on the

:20:33. > :20:36.green, sometimes there is a little cup you have to put your ball back

:20:37. > :20:45.into. It was certainly an indecisive stroke. Now Cabrera, trying to make

:20:46. > :20:58.is par. Good chip to hear from over the back. 4-over par, you have got

:20:59. > :21:03.to think the cut mark is going to be roughly around there. Now back to

:21:04. > :21:33.18, Adam Scott, from long, long range. He will have that for a round

:21:34. > :21:42.of 73. Amazing putter he has got, isn't it? Great big clubhead. Garcia

:21:43. > :22:06.from a good 40 feet, here at the 2nd. He is going to have to grind.

:22:07. > :22:29.This is for a birdie-birdie finish. So, recovered the round. That will

:22:30. > :22:30.be well positioned. 70, four Rose, 70 four Scott, and level par for

:22:31. > :22:37.Jason Dufner. Championship leader overnight, Rory

:22:38. > :22:42.McIlroy walking to the tee for his start. He had a Thursday to

:22:43. > :22:49.remember, but he has had a few of those since his debut in the open in

:22:50. > :22:53.2007. He has had a few Fridays to forget as well. He says he has even

:22:54. > :23:00.chatted to Jack Nicklaus about what he hopes is not becoming a major

:23:01. > :23:06.habit. Wonderful, wonderful. 6-under par for Rory McIlroy. Eagle at nine,

:23:07. > :23:12.birdie at ten, birdie at 11, birdie at 12. When he gets going, McIlroy,

:23:13. > :23:17.he is something special to watch. Oh, just caught the right edge. So,

:23:18. > :23:23.McIlroy's first structure of the day. That's another drop shot.

:23:24. > :23:32.That's another shot gone. Very much a confidence player. When he is on,

:23:33. > :23:42.he is breathtakingly good. No, another shot goes. Just slipping

:23:43. > :23:46.away. Double bogey. Oh. There have been so mini low scores on the first

:23:47. > :23:52.day, and not quite backing it up. -- so many. It is just limiting the

:23:53. > :23:59.damage if I get on a bad run. 66 for Rory McIlroy. Rory McIlroy, out in

:24:00. > :24:03.front. STUDIO: Yes, and let's hope the mood music is positive, if you

:24:04. > :24:11.do the maths, average score in his opening round in Open Championship

:24:12. > :24:17.appearances, compared to day two. No doubt this is a significant round

:24:18. > :24:20.for Rory. And in fact he has company before he even set out, because

:24:21. > :24:23.Francesco Molinari has been tearing it up in the opening few holes.

:24:24. > :24:27.Three birdies in his first five holes, and a man who is not yet in

:24:28. > :24:33.the automatic standings for the Ryder Cup, certainly making Paul

:24:34. > :24:39.McGinley looked twice. Could be making a significant move in that

:24:40. > :24:42.direction. Code leaders, out we go. Sergio.

:24:43. > :24:57.COMMENTATOR: Just one behind. Oh. Gives with one hand and immediately

:24:58. > :25:05.takes it away with the other. Three putts for Sergio, back to 4-under

:25:06. > :25:10.par. So, Francesco Molinari, 6-under par. Rory just about to go off, and

:25:11. > :25:17.of course George Coetzee, well positioned, the South African. They

:25:18. > :25:21.have done well in this Championship many a time, Gary Player, obviously

:25:22. > :25:26.Ernie Els. Italians doing well. A lot will depend on whether this

:25:27. > :25:29.afternoon. We have had two different forecasts, one it would lay down,

:25:30. > :25:34.the other said it would continue to blow. Past champion there, Adam

:25:35. > :25:42.Scott. What he would do to add another major. Of course it all

:25:43. > :25:54.happens down the bottom. Jason Day still looking for his first, as we

:25:55. > :26:06.go out on the golf course. Molly -- Molly -- Molinari just trickling off

:26:07. > :26:14.the back. He works with Denis Pugh. Excellent swinger of the golf club,

:26:15. > :26:21.which you need on a day like today. Manassero, chance at the 5th, par-5.

:26:22. > :26:26.Given away plenty of birdies. And going to give another one away. It

:26:27. > :26:45.pulled from one side to the other. The old Italians are on a charge.

:26:46. > :26:48.6-under par, co-leader. Have you ever watched groundhog day? It is

:26:49. > :26:57.all about the same day over and over. I hope that's the movie Rory

:26:58. > :27:01.watched last night. Yes. He is sort of grappling with it slightly.

:27:02. > :27:10.Normally you say, just one of those runs. Big day for Rory. Maybe to

:27:11. > :27:27.Thursdays a row. On the tee from Northern Ireland, Rory McIlroy.

:27:28. > :27:35.I thought he got his strategy really good yesterday. Out with the big

:27:36. > :28:01.stick here. That's it, take it a little slower, don't rush.

:28:02. > :28:24.Good bounce forward, it's a beauty. It sounded like a fire forward to

:28:25. > :28:36.macro, you knew it. Bounds over the back of the green. -- it sounded

:28:37. > :28:51.like a flyer for Woods, he knew it. Very happy with that one, Matsuyama,

:28:52. > :29:01.Japan's top golfer. On the tee from the USA, Jordan Spieth. Three of

:29:02. > :29:08.golf 's young studs all playing together. All free shot under-par

:29:09. > :29:33.yesterday. -- all three of them. That's going to peel a little to far

:29:34. > :29:39.right. Oh but a nice soft bounce will keep it straight. Rory has got

:29:40. > :29:51.to be at least 40 yards past that. Sneaky narrow target, but nice to be

:29:52. > :29:57.hitting half a wedge in there. Rickie Fowler has found the right

:29:58. > :30:05.rough, pretty good lie. He has got 154 from where he is. The breeze has

:30:06. > :30:10.freshened considerably. We will get back to Rickie Fowler, as we see one

:30:11. > :30:16.of the co-leaders. Manassero. Should have funnelled back into that front

:30:17. > :30:29.bunker. Just 21 years of age. First played in the Open Championship as a

:30:30. > :30:36.16-year-old, tied for 13th. Low round yesterday, round in 67.

:30:37. > :30:41.Delightful, softly spoken young man. Good chance to look at the swing

:30:42. > :30:56.Francesco Molinari. Very simple action. Nothing to go wrong. It's a

:30:57. > :31:19.lot of greens, a lot of fairways. Going with a little fairway wood.

:31:20. > :31:28.Should be more than polite applause after that. Beautiful tee shot. This

:31:29. > :31:43.stands have filled up. Good atmosphere now. Back to Rickie

:31:44. > :31:50.Fowler. Very awkward lie. Oh, what a shot! How did he get that to me like

:31:51. > :31:59.that? Landing at an the downside, getting it to check sideways -- how

:32:00. > :32:06.did he get it to nip like that? Landing it on the downslope. This is

:32:07. > :32:11.did he get it to nip like that? spot. Not sure he is going to be

:32:12. > :32:18.able to make the green from here. Well, you moved heaven and earth to

:32:19. > :32:23.get that out -- he moved. Some shots. Even if it just settles on

:32:24. > :32:32.the back edge of the green. Carried those front bunkers. Woods from the

:32:33. > :32:41.back of the second. He has played a nice little shot. Under a, this one,

:32:42. > :32:50.not many flat spots on it. -- and undulating green, this one. Luke

:32:51. > :33:09.Donald, centre of the fairway. He wants it to bounce. He will have a

:33:10. > :33:14.chance to birdie the fourth. It is exactly the way you would like links

:33:15. > :33:18.golf, today. Yes, pretty strong breeze blowing this afternoon, but

:33:19. > :33:23.warm conditions. Testing afternoon. STUDIO: Now what of the defending

:33:24. > :33:27.champion? Add a few problems going out, but an eagle at the 5th, a real

:33:28. > :33:35.fillip for him. This is how he finished, with a birdie at the last,

:33:36. > :33:38.tidy back nine, and a round of 70. The eternal optimist, you will

:33:39. > :33:43.always believe he will be a factor, as do we, this weekend. -- he will

:33:44. > :33:47.always believe. A very eventful round, eagle at the 5th, nine

:33:48. > :33:52.straight pars, birdie at the 18th, how do you look back on your days

:33:53. > :33:58.work? Well I played really, really well today, but again I let a few

:33:59. > :34:05.critical shots slide. And that is ultimately what has cost me. But I

:34:06. > :34:08.fought hard, and tee to green I am striking the ball better than I have

:34:09. > :34:13.in well over a year. With the weather coming in tomorrow, I

:34:14. > :34:17.actually like my chances. The weather is supposed to come down

:34:18. > :34:21.this afternoon, and the scores will probably end up with me seven or

:34:22. > :34:24.eight shots back, but with the condition is coming you never know

:34:25. > :34:28.what can happen. You feel increasingly comfortable when it is

:34:29. > :34:32.wet and windy, as we saw last year, in Open Championship surroundings?

:34:33. > :34:37.This week are specially. I have been able to keep it down, get the ball

:34:38. > :34:42.on the fairway, and have pars that are not as much work as they would

:34:43. > :34:47.be out of the rough. I will have to shoot a low round, shoot under-par

:34:48. > :34:51.in tough conditions. But I actually really enjoyed the challenge. How

:34:52. > :34:54.has it been walking the fairways for the first time as an open champion

:34:55. > :35:00.in an Open Championship? The best feeling. The best feeling to have

:35:01. > :35:03.won this tournament teeing off and playing this golf course, this

:35:04. > :35:09.tournament as a past champion. It is the best feeling. We all want to win

:35:10. > :35:12.this tournament. Knowing that I have already won it takes a lot of

:35:13. > :35:16.pressure off me. And the way the people here treat the past

:35:17. > :35:19.champions, it is incredible. You can feel the difference and I love it.

:35:20. > :35:26.Thanks for your time, enjoy the weekend. Thank you. He did play

:35:27. > :35:30.someone before golf today, and a little unlucky at times, couple of

:35:31. > :35:41.shots skidding over the back of the green. -- he did play some wonderful

:35:42. > :35:56.golf. Living under it, won't get much stop. Nicely done. -- zipping

:35:57. > :36:10.under it. Welcomer huge tee shot for Rory, just a sand iron in. -- well,

:36:11. > :36:25.huge tee shot. It is going to kick forward. Something about Friday.

:36:26. > :36:33.Well, you carried it at least ten yards to far. -- he carried it. We

:36:34. > :36:41.saw Henrik Stenson mandate five yards on, and that was plenty to get

:36:42. > :36:48.it down by the flag -- land it. Bit of Garcia magic from the back of the

:36:49. > :36:56.fourth? Rolls his hand through impact to get it to run. That's a

:36:57. > :37:02.big putt for him, having eagled and bogeyed, you does not want to throw

:37:03. > :37:15.another one away. -- he does not want to. Speaking of big parts.

:37:16. > :37:29.3-over par through the first two holes, back to even par. Manassero,

:37:30. > :37:41.one slipping by the edge. Back to 5-under par. Got his mentor on the

:37:42. > :37:45.bag, and his coach, who used to play on the Tour in the old days,

:37:46. > :37:56.Alberto. He had a lovely swing. Good demeanour. Up ahead, that looks like

:37:57. > :38:05.Thomas Bjorn, at the par-5. Managed to get on here in two, birdie at

:38:06. > :38:16.one, one at three. Little bit of effort needed to get that back in.

:38:17. > :38:32.Nudging into that little upslope, not easy. Always comes up short,

:38:33. > :38:45.just released the club through. Now Rickie Fowler. Well, he is not

:38:46. > :38:54.frightened of the links. Royal Saint George is a few years ago, when it

:38:55. > :39:00.was blowing a gale. Good putt by Garcia, he manages to get it up and

:39:01. > :39:08.down. The par-5 5th to come, which he can definitely reach. Five has

:39:09. > :39:19.been offering plenty of birdie chances today. 528 yards, well in

:39:20. > :39:36.range for two. Playing the easiest hole on the course. If Rory could

:39:37. > :39:45.just get off to a couple of pars, settle down. This is a good 12, 15

:39:46. > :39:54.feet left. After such a good drive, sand iron in. Just got to resist the

:39:55. > :40:09.urge to rush. You've just got to take that one extra breath.

:40:10. > :40:17.Got to shake it off. He will have been answering questions about

:40:18. > :40:27.Friday 's. Just get them out of the forefront of your mind. Play what's

:40:28. > :40:31.in front of you. Well the mistake was his pitch into the green.

:40:32. > :40:48.Francesco Molinari now leads, by one. 6-under par, on his own.

:40:49. > :40:59.Matsuyama played extremely well in the Majors last year. It's still the

:41:00. > :41:04.litmus test. For professionals. And some say he will be the first

:41:05. > :41:16.Japanese player to eventually win a major Championship. And that's one

:41:17. > :41:25.of the reasons why. Might be this week. Recent winner of the Memorial

:41:26. > :41:39.tournament on the PGA Tour. Big boost to the confidence. Woods,

:41:40. > :41:52.third tee, just got to shunt it up the fairway with one of his low cut

:41:53. > :41:55.is. -- one of his low cutters. 250 odd yards to the corner of the

:41:56. > :42:04.dogleg. Back in his stance, driving the ball down. Hardly any foot

:42:05. > :42:13.action at all. Just a three quarters punch with a 4-iron, or some such

:42:14. > :42:23.club. Now Francesco Molinari. We saw his tee shot, which was perfect, but

:42:24. > :42:24.the second shot missed the green. A little closer. Yeah, beautiful

:42:25. > :42:59.pitch. Look at the leaderboard, see your

:43:00. > :43:05.name on top. As Ken Brown was just referring to, the fifth is the

:43:06. > :43:09.easiest hole on the golf course. The players have been slicing across the

:43:10. > :43:14.corner of the dogleg, you hit over the course Bush and hope the ball

:43:15. > :43:24.does not run through the corner. -- gorse bush. Look where he is aiming.

:43:25. > :43:33.Almost going over the grandstand. Heh.

:43:34. > :43:39.So difficult to actually get it on the fairway, just run through across

:43:40. > :43:58.that walk into some kindly stuff. Bit patchy, there.

:43:59. > :44:07.As Luke Donald beats one away, Peter Alliss and Andrew Cotter return.

:44:08. > :44:13.COMMENTATOR: Thank you, Ken. A provisional ball, we are being

:44:14. > :44:18.informed, for Luke Donald. Many trials and chub elation is going on

:44:19. > :44:24.at the moment. -- trials and tribulations. Still a number of

:44:25. > :44:28.players to come out before we get to the end of play. Speith, second

:44:29. > :44:42.hole. They get some respite from the wind,

:44:43. > :44:46.these few opening holes, because the clubhouse and the buildings around

:44:47. > :44:51.protect them. That does not mean they are a pushover. I witnessed

:44:52. > :44:57.Tiger Woods takes six at the 1st and five at the 2nd, so he is back to

:44:58. > :45:02.level par. Rory taking five, only a little pitch up onto the first

:45:03. > :45:04.green. But he cannot continue to play bold shots right into the green

:45:05. > :45:36.and hope they stop. Find tee shot. -- a find tee shot.

:45:37. > :45:42.He's hit a couple of good tee shots down there, that was Rory McIlroy,

:45:43. > :45:52.but what can Tiger Woods now do at the 3rd? Back to level par.

:45:53. > :46:05.Missed another one and into that clumpy stuff. Dear me. Well, what

:46:06. > :46:15.can you say? The first three Mac holes, he's obviously had his

:46:16. > :46:25.problems. This is including the last open in 2006 here. But goes on to

:46:26. > :46:30.play his next in 28-under par. I'm not sure he will fare as well over

:46:31. > :46:36.the remaining holes today but who knows. Francisco Molinari going

:46:37. > :46:43.about his business, not a great putter, but steady. Keeping the ball

:46:44. > :46:46.in play, not too many mistakes. I think he's becoming better. It

:46:47. > :46:53.always used to be that Edoardo Molinari was the better putter, and

:46:54. > :47:06.he was better tee to green. Darren Clarke. Eagle putter... No.

:47:07. > :47:31.Just 170 odd acres here. The complete acreage of the golf course.

:47:32. > :47:41.Not a huge acreage. An awkward stance of former NASA Aero. -- for

:47:42. > :47:53.Manassero. Hopped away from those nasty clumps. Not bad at all there.

:47:54. > :47:55.I think you will be pleasantly surprised when he finds that one

:47:56. > :48:09.just off the green. The eight is becoming more

:48:10. > :48:25.difficult. A tough little stretch, seven and eight.

:48:26. > :48:31.Not a very appetising lie for Tiger Woods here but he will try to land

:48:32. > :48:41.it on the putting surface. He has to be so delicate. That's very well

:48:42. > :48:49.played indeed from Tiger Woods. He may well get his first par.

:48:50. > :48:59.He's got the experience, even though he had that long lay-off, he's gone

:49:00. > :49:03.through the jungle enough times to know there is a long way to go. The

:49:04. > :49:10.first couple of holes, they were almost elementary mistakes. The same

:49:11. > :49:18.for Rory. Has that young man put his fingers in the light socket? He's

:49:19. > :49:34.like a young Don King. Jim Furyk now. He's done that if you times in

:49:35. > :49:40.his life. -- done that a few times. Back to the third green and Stenson

:49:41. > :49:44.with a long birdie attempt. Everything on this green, along with

:49:45. > :49:51.the wind, can tend to drift the ball off to the right. As it did. It

:49:52. > :50:11.tailed away. Kept on going. Still the outward nine is causing

:50:12. > :50:19.many problems. Very few players of better than par, and that is 35 for

:50:20. > :50:23.the first nine. Molinari at eight. A blind tee shot here. A generous

:50:24. > :50:31.fairway when you get over the hedges and trees. Or perhaps you don't,

:50:32. > :50:35.that will be out of bounds. We were saying how straight he hits, and

:50:36. > :50:43.then he goes out of bounds. Back to Garcia.

:50:44. > :50:55.Looks as if he's just trying to manoeuvre up the fairway out of the

:50:56. > :51:02.heavy stuff. No he's not, he put a pitch in the greenside bunker. This

:51:03. > :51:16.hole is 528 yards longer so eight supercharged tee shot. Surprised

:51:17. > :51:17.that he has an iron back there. That's not Molinari hitting

:51:18. > :51:23.that he has an iron back there. Did not look like his swing. Let's

:51:24. > :51:36.check Molinari... I think that was Ryan Moore with that swing. But

:51:37. > :51:40.Molinari took an iron. The leader is out of bounds at the moment on eight

:51:41. > :51:48.and he will reload from the tee eventually. Adam Scott on 73, that

:51:49. > :51:58.doesn't look too good, but 3-under is not a bad score to take into the

:51:59. > :52:03.weekend. STUDIO: We can bring you up-to-date for the round of Justin

:52:04. > :52:08.Rose. Began at level par, he has won back-to-back events coming into Paul

:52:09. > :52:22.-- into Hoylake. A second round of 70 for him.

:52:23. > :52:26.Justin, you were the man with the golden touch around the turn with

:52:27. > :52:33.the wedge in your hand. Tell others about those chip ins at the 9th. It

:52:34. > :52:40.happened at an important time in the round for me. I came off the par put

:52:41. > :52:52.at nine. I made my first bogey at nine. -- made my first birdie at

:52:53. > :52:56.nine. I had a 60 foot pitch online, a straightforward shot but it's

:52:57. > :53:01.always a bonus if it goes in. Ten was similar. One you hope to get up

:53:02. > :53:05.and down but when they fall it is a big boost. The second of those was

:53:06. > :53:08.for eagle and what a difference it made to your score. You'd been

:53:09. > :53:13.playing well but had not been able to explode into life and it made

:53:14. > :53:18.such a big difference to your score and position. Absolutely. It's kept

:53:19. > :53:26.me within touch. I'm playing quite well this week, well enough to think

:53:27. > :53:29.I can go on and have a good weekend but I've not had my run yet. That is

:53:30. > :53:33.often what happens. Tough to have 72 holes where everything goes your

:53:34. > :53:36.way. Do you feel confident going into the weekend bearing in mind

:53:37. > :53:42.that you are now a major champion and you have won on your last two

:53:43. > :53:46.starts? Sure, but it does not make it easier, you still have to play

:53:47. > :53:50.good golf. The golf course does not know I've won my last two

:53:51. > :53:56.tournaments. It does not give me anything. I have to scored good

:53:57. > :54:01.scores, and I can only do that being committed to my game. It is nice to

:54:02. > :54:05.be through two grounds, I think we had a slightly harder end of the

:54:06. > :54:10.draw so keeping myself in touch was important.

:54:11. > :54:26.COMMENTATOR: Tiger started rather shakily yesterday but even worse

:54:27. > :54:33.today. This for a park what -- par four.

:54:34. > :54:50.Garcia with an awkward stance. Can just about get in there.

:54:51. > :54:55.Very awkward shot. As to stab it out and hope for the best. Very soft and

:54:56. > :55:17.beautiful sand here. Manassero, not a bad second shot,

:55:18. > :55:23.worked its way to the rights but came back to here. Any time you get

:55:24. > :55:32.a par or better at the 7th today, that is very good. Rory. Colourful

:55:33. > :55:56.shoes. A hat to match. The eyes of the golfing world are on

:55:57. > :56:05.him. The second round, he's had some bad scores in the second round, and

:56:06. > :56:13.they keep reminding him. Fluorescent green, yellow? What would you call

:56:14. > :56:21.it? Fluorescent something. Bright. Very good. Rickie Fowler with an

:56:22. > :56:25.Eagle putter. He will tap in for birdie at the 5th and that will be

:56:26. > :56:28.back-to-back birdies to move him to four under-par. Dropped a shot at

:56:29. > :56:57.the 2nd but has come back well. Garcia. And, yes back Tory all what

:56:58. > :57:06.a wonderful mixed bag. -- and, yes! What a wonderful mixed bag. Luke

:57:07. > :57:18.Donald playing in the same group. Taps in for birdie.

:57:19. > :57:23.Ryder Cup partners, they had a good partnership in foursomes and four

:57:24. > :58:31.balls. They head off to the six. A big putt for McIlroy to avoid a

:58:32. > :58:42.couple of dropped shots to start. APPLAUSE

:58:43. > :58:58.A par on the card. Can move on to the third. Stays 5-under.

:58:59. > :59:12.Molinari now, down in the bunker, playing five at the 8th. Played out

:59:13. > :59:23.of bounds. Seems to be right up close to the face.

:59:24. > :59:37.Out she comes and... Well, good shot but eight feet left. This is now the

:59:38. > :59:44.hardest hole on the second day. Averaging 4.45 today. It is a tough

:59:45. > :59:50.one and Molinari will add to that total. Back to the first and Dustin

:59:51. > :59:59.Johnson and he has started off nicely.

:00:00. > :00:12.Hello, the old... Have you ever tried that, Andrew? I have not. They

:00:13. > :00:17.make it look easy. Like most things, if you can do it it is easy. You

:00:18. > :00:25.have to walk a long way out there to get to water. You do. Between two

:00:26. > :00:34.and eight metres of rise in the tide here. All up the north-west coast of

:00:35. > :00:40.England, massive tides. Will we see Tiger sparkling? You'll have to dig

:00:41. > :00:44.down into all his resources. He's trying to flight in a medium-sized

:00:45. > :00:57.8-iron, banking up in the wind but a friendly bounce forward. Very good.

:00:58. > :01:03.Playing alongside Angel Cabrera and Henrik Stenson, Tiger Woods. He is

:01:04. > :01:17.going the right direction. Six, five, four start. That is for three.

:01:18. > :01:30.The loping figure of Cabrera at the front. Manassero cracks one away at

:01:31. > :01:39.eight. Still only in his early 20s. How close was that to carrying two

:01:40. > :01:41.out of bounds? The edge of the orchard. They used to be an old

:01:42. > :01:55.orchard there, I seem to remember. Actually opens up quite a lot down

:01:56. > :02:02.there and that rough is not bad. You have a bit of wriggle room. Molinari

:02:03. > :02:11.paid the price and we go back to Garcia at six.

:02:12. > :02:19.Garcia with an 8-iron here. Reza very strong off the left. To get

:02:20. > :02:27.close to this pin you have to pitch it pretty close to the front of the

:02:28. > :02:37.green. -- breeds very strong -- breeze very strong. 200 yards, near

:02:38. > :02:47.enough, 190 plus yards. What sort of trajectory will this be?

:02:48. > :03:08.Launched himself at that. Lucky boy.

:03:09. > :03:17.Francesco Molinari, this is for double bogey. That's something. He

:03:18. > :03:22.was out of bounds so par with the second ball after visiting the

:03:23. > :03:27.greenside bunker. Still just a shot off the lead which is now held by

:03:28. > :03:35.George Coetzee, Manassero, Garcia and McIlroy. This is an Eagle putt.

:03:36. > :03:41.The American made his progress initially on the European challenge

:03:42. > :03:50.Tour, playing in America again, yes! Coached by Claude Harmon, not

:03:51. > :03:55.part of the Butch Harman Stadium. But a big hitting American, a big

:03:56. > :04:04.move up to four under-par, after bogeys and seven, eight and nine,

:04:05. > :04:09.into within one shot off the lead. Tiger Woods stalking this putt,

:04:10. > :04:15.still playing the game of keeping a par off the card. Eight feet for

:04:16. > :04:17.birdie. Slightly uphill. He can afford to be firm with it and keep

:04:18. > :05:23.it inside the hole. It has gathered so many balls in

:05:24. > :05:30.this bunker on the front right of six today. Wonderful shot from

:05:31. > :06:17.Fowler. In about one hour's time, the final

:06:18. > :06:23.three ball will go off. For oh 6pm. -- six minutes past four. A lot of

:06:24. > :06:25.golf to come before the decision comes for the score to qualify for

:06:26. > :06:41.the final 36. Good three. Always happy with a

:06:42. > :06:45.three here. Just two birdies here today, Bill Haas and Gary Woodland

:06:46. > :07:12.both managed two. Very good angle for McIlroy with his

:07:13. > :07:18.second shot to the third. A little bit down breeze off the left. What

:07:19. > :07:26.sort of club was that? It looks an 8-iron. Really? He keeps going to

:07:27. > :07:36.the back or through the greens... That won't hold on either. Time and

:07:37. > :07:38.time again. Play for the front of the green if you can. Making hard

:07:39. > :07:49.work of it. Francesco Molinari and his tee shot

:07:50. > :08:12.at nine. Double bogey at eight. More trouble. That could be very

:08:13. > :08:17.difficult indeed. George Coetzee, he came in halfway through the

:08:18. > :08:27.morning, dropped two strokes on the last three holes, but at the moment

:08:28. > :08:31.he is head of the pack. STUDIO: The world number one, Adam Scott, says

:08:32. > :08:35.he's been targeting the Open Championship at Hoylake as his main

:08:36. > :08:40.priority this season after a tie for third last year at Royal Lytham. He

:08:41. > :08:46.finished with back-to-back birdies keeping him in the red numbers at

:08:47. > :08:51.3-under, a round of 73, and still a potent force for the weekend. We

:08:52. > :08:55.have sought a word with him. Adam, well done on a strong finish, a

:08:56. > :09:01.tough start this morning but you're in good shape at 3-under par. It was

:09:02. > :09:06.a good finish. I played lots of good golf today and made some errors from

:09:07. > :09:09.good spots which is kind of the cardinal sin on a day like today

:09:10. > :09:14.when you have to take advantage of being in a good spot and I did not

:09:15. > :09:18.do that. Hard to make putts out there and it one of those grinding

:09:19. > :09:25.days on the links. Did it seem much tougher than yesterday? It was a

:09:26. > :09:28.little tough. Slight change in wind direction but it was certainly

:09:29. > :09:32.strong at times and you had to control your ball flight. As you

:09:33. > :09:35.approach the 17th tee, you know you're in good shape but are you

:09:36. > :09:42.finishing of the importance of finishing strongly as you had to the

:09:43. > :09:45.weekend? Yeah, of course. Being under-par is good, but being a

:09:46. > :09:51.little bit closer to the lead would be nice. To finish birdie, birdie,

:09:52. > :09:55.after not birdieing at 16 was very satisfying today. I'm in pretty good

:09:56. > :10:00.shape at will have to play a good weekend. Do you feel confident in

:10:01. > :10:05.how you're playing? I'm playing well but have to eliminate those mistakes

:10:06. > :10:14.and play a little tougher over the weekend. We can't wait to see what

:10:15. > :10:18.the weather does. Thanks Adam. Seems frustrated that he wasn't a couple

:10:19. > :10:24.of shots better off but he want be too far away at the weekend. -- you

:10:25. > :10:32.won't be too far away. Manassero now, what can he do? He made that

:10:33. > :10:36.look very simple. Once again, when the camera goes in, you are looking

:10:37. > :10:48.into the grass and seeing the quality of the course. Tiger,

:10:49. > :10:51.blasting it. He is happy enough. But will he be happy when he gets up

:10:52. > :11:02.there and makes his way through the crowd into that cleared out area? Is

:11:03. > :11:09.he lucky? Book of the draw -- look of the draw. Could be lucky there,

:11:10. > :11:18.might not be. Looks like Thomas Bjorn. I think that's a shot gone at

:11:19. > :11:32.the 7th hole. 2-under par for the Championship.

:11:33. > :12:14.Matsuyama, electing to putts. Jordan Spieth, the shot of Matsuyama

:12:15. > :12:16.a moment ago, Jordan Spieth on a very similar line. Look at that

:12:17. > :12:32.speed up. They are all over in the same sort

:12:33. > :12:40.of area. They all missed the green on this side.

:12:41. > :13:00.Rory electing to chip. Back into the wind, it makes it a little easier.

:13:01. > :13:23.couldn't get that to land so softly then.

:13:24. > :13:31.The flag seemed to be getting a little bit. May have dropped a

:13:32. > :13:40.whisker. Coming out of the one per to hear, this is for par. -- coming

:13:41. > :13:42.out of the bunker to hear. Boy, we've seen a lot of these length of

:13:43. > :13:59.putts missed today. A couple of bogeys in the last three

:14:00. > :14:12.holes. Jim Furyk. Second shot, 7th hole. 480 yards, this hole. Tries to

:14:13. > :14:20.get back, and does. This has ended up quite good. They are not really

:14:21. > :14:21.stretching as they were earlier. Still enough to make you

:14:22. > :15:02.concentrate. is 480 yards. That is about as good

:15:03. > :15:07.as we have seen. The wrath comes in quite close to the edge of the

:15:08. > :15:37.fairway. Martin Kaymer was down there earlier. It is a tough driving

:15:38. > :15:54.hole. Thank goodness. Hearts were beating faster.

:15:55. > :16:14.That was to save par. He can not get up and down.

:16:15. > :16:23.Edoardo Molinari has had his problems, he has dropped three

:16:24. > :16:49.shots. Another shot goes here for his younger brother. Three baldies,

:16:50. > :16:53.three birdies. -- bogeys. He appeared like a bolt from the blue

:16:54. > :17:01.from the South African circuit. He has killed off since then.

:17:02. > :17:15.That was nice. 2-under par now. A couple of bogeys, and a couple of

:17:16. > :17:19.birdies. Tiger missed the fairway but he went through the gallery. You

:17:20. > :17:28.can see to the edge of the walkway and he has been very fortunate.

:17:29. > :18:02.Quiet please. Picture camera phones away. Put them away now.

:18:03. > :18:10.about cameras. No cameras were used in the tournament days. He hit this

:18:11. > :18:14.beautifully. He exploded behind the ball. Obviously not quite back to

:18:15. > :18:38.his wonderful best. That was to go 5-under. Brooks

:18:39. > :18:49.Koepka matches the leader in the clubhouse.

:18:50. > :19:19.He had to negotiate his way past the sprinklers. Which he did with ease.

:19:20. > :19:28.He does not waste much time which is very refreshing. Some players have

:19:29. > :19:33.came up shot here and if you give it too much, it goes through the back.

:19:34. > :20:44.His shot judgement is very precise, it has to be precise.

:20:45. > :20:52.The wind is down to 12 mph and it was up at 20 earlier. It is

:20:53. > :20:57.definitely fluctuating up and down but you expect that by the seaside.

:20:58. > :21:04.If it does drop, the late starters will have got a very lucky break. I

:21:05. > :21:06.think that accounts for the frustration of Adam Scott. He was

:21:07. > :22:09.very subdued in his interview. I wonder what he is really thinking

:22:10. > :22:18.at this minute? I would love to know. I kept that one too hard?

:22:19. > :22:26.Probably. Maybe more sophisticated than that.

:22:27. > :23:08.Sergio Garcia has backed off now. He is out with a 5-iron.

:23:09. > :23:39.Beautiful shot from Sergio Garcia. Stay there! Wonderful iron player.

:23:40. > :23:47.You can hear the difference in the wind. The edges came off of it. I do

:23:48. > :23:52.not know about great Championships like this, people become wary, they

:23:53. > :23:58.expect to see the green is going down or become faster. They are not.

:23:59. > :24:02.The wind us up and down, swirling around. A lot of players are

:24:03. > :24:06.frightening themselves at the moment. They are not able to play

:24:07. > :24:30.the best game. Good effort but that was a very

:24:31. > :24:47.clumsy first putt on the par-5. He hit two in a shots onto the edge of

:24:48. > :24:51.the green. -- nice shots. Looking at the cut, it will probably be for the

:24:52. > :25:07.over. Lee Westwood finished on 3-over.

:25:08. > :25:14.So far the weather has been quite caned. We had a little bit of rain

:25:15. > :25:19.this morning but not enough to water your begonias. It has stayed away

:25:20. > :25:52.but the black clouds rolling over. He is a very dangerous player

:25:53. > :25:53.winning big events at the last -- at the end of last year. Big

:25:54. > :26:36.tournaments. First birdie today. That is a tap in birdie for

:26:37. > :26:38.Cabrera. Back-to-back birdies. Quite a lot of people have had a wager on

:26:39. > :26:47.him. He is that sort of player. He is a dangerous man if he gets his

:26:48. > :27:45.parting boots on. -- putting boots. He looks quite comfortable with that

:27:46. > :27:46.drip. It would take me a lot of practice to feel comfortable with

:27:47. > :28:15.that right hand. Rickie Fowler to get to fight. He is

:28:16. > :28:19.giving himself some chances but there are a few not dropping. -- to

:28:20. > :29:21.get to five. He doesn't want any help weeks

:29:22. > :29:28.today, he once a steady round, he does not want to be left out the

:29:29. > :29:32.during the weekend. On Friday, he left himself too much to do. In the

:29:33. > :29:34.battle for the leading amateur, it is a strong go for somebody to meet

:29:35. > :30:09.the cut. -- it is a struggle. That was just a little unfortunate.

:30:10. > :30:29.It did not release when you hoped it would. That is a good view of these

:30:30. > :30:31.two holes at this end. There is a little parting area just in that

:30:32. > :31:06.bottom left corner. -- putting. You cannot afford a miscue on the

:31:07. > :31:11.left-hand side because you can be out of bounds very easily. That is

:31:12. > :31:13.OK. They are making sure that they are staying away from the bunkers at

:31:14. > :31:58.288 yards. That may be a shade to the right.

:31:59. > :32:04.Yes. There is more room down the left than you think. If you are

:32:05. > :32:08.going take down the left, if you slightly misjudge it, you may not be

:32:09. > :32:21.able to carry it. Good par! -- putt. It went at a

:32:22. > :33:27.lovely piece into the hole. He just rolls along, old German. --

:33:28. > :33:28.Jim. He had missed five cuts before but he seems to have a good game for

:33:29. > :34:29.links. Sometimes I think if these players

:34:30. > :34:32.would do better took the flags entered the green so they just had

:34:33. > :34:48.to aim at the green. That would be an interesting tournament.

:34:49. > :34:53.Again, that is encouraging. steady enough. No dramatics after

:34:54. > :35:29.that bogey at the 1st. If you are wondering what the silver

:35:30. > :35:40.and blue badges are on the player 's hat, it is the player 's badge. It

:35:41. > :35:44.denotes him as a player. The player 's and knows little badges to the

:35:45. > :36:02.hat or the belt and gains them access to the clubhouse.

:36:03. > :36:50.I never tire at looking at this view of the golf course, the shoreline.

:36:51. > :36:53.On the right is the television compound, lots of stuff, millions of

:36:54. > :37:34.pounds worth of kit tucked away. Better they are than sticking it on

:37:35. > :37:38.the top. -- better there. Sergio Garcia has had a few opportunities

:37:39. > :38:08.to win this Championship. Best of all at Carnoustie.

:38:09. > :38:22.That is typical of so many shots here today. It can't stop, won't

:38:23. > :38:24.stop, through the back. Leaking shots after what looks like a good

:38:25. > :38:49.second shot into the green. I think that is in the elephant

:38:50. > :39:00.bunker, the elephant trap. Liverpool is about eight miles away. I went

:39:01. > :39:05.along the docks coming down from Birkdale yesterday. It was

:39:06. > :39:12.fascinating. Some very handsome buildings. He cannot see the

:39:13. > :39:13.Cathedral and the Protestant and Catholic churches linked by Hope

:39:14. > :39:31.Street. There is Batman in the background.

:39:32. > :39:40.Surely Robin did not know his own cigarettes, did he?

:39:41. > :39:44.Do you think they are happy wondering about like that or perhaps

:39:45. > :39:58.they are all judo experts? Rudely taking a little refreshment.

:39:59. > :40:42.-- Rory McIlroy. around to make sure that other

:40:43. > :40:59.debunkers are painted up. They all belong to the organisation of

:41:00. > :41:06.British green keepers. The head green keeper here who was it

:41:07. > :41:10.Muirfield, it was 2006, he has just let nature take its course and he

:41:11. > :41:22.has not done anything artificially. It is worked out wonderfully well.

:41:23. > :41:30.He got away to a quick start. And suddenly he is eight or nine feet

:41:31. > :41:38.past. He played quite a good tee shot and now he is struggling.

:41:39. > :41:46.He did very well to get that up and out. The only good thing about that

:41:47. > :42:00.bunker is that the sand moves up the slope to the face. There is Tiger.

:42:01. > :42:07.Has he got his driver out? I think he has got a 3-wood in his hands.

:42:08. > :42:16.He backs off a lot now. Whether he has supersonic here in or is

:42:17. > :42:30.disturbed by a lot of light. I think that was a butterfly that went past.

:42:31. > :42:53.-- supersonic hearing. Everything looks fine to me. I am

:42:54. > :42:58.not sure he swings as he did a year or two back. He has his hips open as

:42:59. > :43:01.if he is trying to play some sort of specific shot. Lee Trevino did it

:43:02. > :43:34.very successfully for years. There is an awful lot of bogeys as I

:43:35. > :43:54.look down our scoring sheets. Quite a lot of birdies as well.

:43:55. > :44:34.We can see that par of that took Jim Furyk into the group on 5-under. --

:44:35. > :44:51.that putt. These potters not quite doing what

:44:52. > :45:09.they should. A missed opportunity on a gentle par-5 10th.

:45:10. > :45:49.floating over the green. Par-5, two putts for birdie. Daryl Clark going

:45:50. > :45:54.along nicely. He made a good recovery after a bad time. He had

:45:55. > :46:06.three birdies, one bogey, out in 33 and he's two underpar for the

:46:07. > :46:07.Championship. Rickie Fowler now. 6-iron for Fowler. The breeze is

:46:08. > :46:27.strong from the left. Quick rhythm, whips the handles the

:46:28. > :46:28.room. And nicely done. Sometimes they just stop and sometimes they

:46:29. > :46:51.just gallop on. Look of the draw. Just in time, we have a new couple

:46:52. > :47:01.in the commentary box. James and Frank, Frank and Jesse, what 18. --

:47:02. > :47:06.what a team. Thank you, Peter. It's that time of the day where somebody

:47:07. > :47:13.can make a bit of a move. It could change the complexion of this.

:47:14. > :47:14.Absolutely. You could get a good score despite the breeze. Players

:47:15. > :47:26.struggling, especially Tiger. He has changed his swing but it

:47:27. > :47:48.still very within him. How are conditions, Scott? The

:47:49. > :47:53.breeze has picked up a bit, it seems to be on the ninth, 10th and 11th

:47:54. > :47:58.hole, furthest from the clubhouse, where the breeze has laid relatively

:47:59. > :48:06.strong. Sergio taking extra time here to compose himself and work out

:48:07. > :48:17.his ball flight for the wind. It is the hardest wind for right-handed