Day 1

:00:37. > :00:43.Hello. After the most happy and glorious of great British summers,

:00:43. > :00:50.a couldn't get better, it could it? That is the hope. To continue the

:00:50. > :00:52.sporting momentum into the last golfing event of the year. This is

:00:52. > :00:57.the Women's British Open championship and it looks a bit

:00:57. > :01:02.different down here to when we were last at Hoylake six years ago. Then,

:01:02. > :01:12.the course looks more like a burnt offering. It was dry and bouncy and

:01:12. > :01:12.

:01:12. > :02:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:02:00. > :02:10.Tiger Woods famously used his champion for the... He is free of

:02:10. > :02:13.

:02:13. > :02:17.the pack again. Fantastic! And that Tiger Woods and company are due

:02:17. > :02:24.back here in two years, but this is the first time the women's best

:02:24. > :02:29.golfers have tackled this course. We have some amazingly precocious

:02:29. > :02:39.youngsters mixing with some 20 major champions. Led by the world

:02:39. > :02:49.number one. At 21, Yani Tseng pit Tiger to the post being the player

:02:49. > :02:50.

:02:50. > :02:58.to win five majors. I am really enjoying it right now. Katrina

:02:58. > :03:06.Matthews kept the ball rolling for British sport. I have won it in the

:03:06. > :03:16.past and really like this course. Stacey Lewis is on heroin this year

:03:16. > :03:22.

:03:22. > :03:32.rocketing up to number two. Carry it Webb is always a threat. Sinn it

:03:32. > :03:34.

:03:34. > :03:39.is fresh off a win at the weekend. -- Shin. Then there is the self-

:03:39. > :03:49.styled Pink Panther who is always a draw. It will be an interesting

:03:49. > :03:50.

:03:50. > :04:00.tournament. Revealed in Japan, her every move will be watched by

:04:00. > :04:01.

:04:01. > :04:11.photographers. Never rule out the terrier Cezanne

:04:11. > :04:11.

:04:11. > :05:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:05:14. > :05:21.If it is lists you want, here is As you have seen and heard, some of

:05:21. > :05:26.the most accomplished male golfers in the world have all won at Royal

:05:26. > :05:30.Liverpool. Over the next four days, it will be fascinating to find out

:05:30. > :05:36.which woman can be the first professional to do the same thing.

:05:36. > :05:46.The last golfing major of the year. Kenny Brown will tramp the fairways

:05:46. > :05:46.

:05:46. > :05:51.for us and will be joined by the captain of last year. It is almost

:05:51. > :05:59.a year since that triumph in Scotland. I am sure the memories

:05:59. > :06:03.are still fresh. Absolutely, Hazel. It was unbelievable. You couldn't

:06:03. > :06:07.write the script any better and I can only thank the players for

:06:07. > :06:13.their passion and hard work. So many people have said it was the

:06:13. > :06:19.best golf they have ever seen on TV. I am still smiling and I will smile

:06:19. > :06:23.for ever because of that fantastic win. Obviously, a huge number of

:06:23. > :06:27.women who played their part in the US and the European team are in the

:06:27. > :06:34.field this week. What conditions can they expect and what about this

:06:34. > :06:38.course? It is the longest course they have tackled in this British

:06:38. > :06:44.Women's Open champion in history. am just glad I am not playing

:06:44. > :06:49.because it is really tough. The rough is high and you have to hit

:06:49. > :06:53.the fairways. Some of those are not very wide. They have a big test

:06:53. > :06:58.this week and they will need patience. The scores will be high

:06:58. > :07:03.just because of the weather, I think. Tomorrow is not meant to be

:07:03. > :07:10.good. Today is not too bad but there is a stiff breeze. They will

:07:10. > :07:20.have to be really patient and work hard for their birdies and past.

:07:20. > :07:29.Who do think will best suit these conditions. Kylie wet springs to

:07:29. > :07:39.mind. -- Scylla springs to mind. I would like to see some of the

:07:39. > :07:40.

:07:40. > :07:43.Catriona Matthew is is one of my favourite players. She is so placid

:07:43. > :07:50.and you have to be that this week because you can lose your head

:07:50. > :07:57.around here when things go wrong. The Japanese players, the Korean

:07:57. > :08:03.players, a lot of them are playing really well so it is a bit open.

:08:03. > :08:06.But I think Yani Tseng wants to get back to playing well. She feels she

:08:06. > :08:13.is ready to win this tournament after playing well a couple of

:08:13. > :08:23.weeks ago. One final thought, Alison, we talked about the

:08:23. > :08:26.

:08:26. > :08:30.Sondheim cup and the Curtis Cup was won by GB earlier this summer. So

:08:30. > :08:34.we are talking about these caps all in Great Britain and Northern

:08:34. > :08:39.Ireland and European hands which is unprecedented. These are special

:08:39. > :08:44.times for golf on this side of the Atlantic, aren't they? The Curtis

:08:44. > :08:49.Cup was incredible. After the first morning, it looked grim, but they

:08:49. > :08:57.came back and fought hard. It is amazing we have won all four cups.

:08:57. > :09:00.Europe, GB and Ireland 4, America 0. But watch out because the Americas

:09:00. > :09:07.will want to change that very quickly. The Ryder Cup is in a

:09:07. > :09:12.couple of weeks so we will see what happens there. Indeed. Great to

:09:12. > :09:17.have you with us over the next four days. Enjoy it out there. Don't get

:09:17. > :09:24.too buffeted by the wind! Thanks a lot. As long as I can stay at right

:09:24. > :09:34.all week I will be happy. strong fields began their week at

:09:34. > :10:13.

:10:13. > :10:23.7am this morning and these are the So, what would the world's best

:10:23. > :10:42.

:10:42. > :10:51.women make of Royal Liverpool? We is featuring largely on this

:10:51. > :11:01.feature board. Lydia Ko is going very well indeed also. Let us pick

:11:01. > :11:10.

:11:11. > :11:17.are some rather beautiful residences. The wind had -- is well

:11:17. > :11:21.known to blow here but also it can be delightful. This is an absolute

:11:21. > :11:29.gem of a golf course. One of the few way you have a big internal out

:11:29. > :11:38.of bounds. It is a very, very fine test. Here is Pauline -- Paula

:11:38. > :11:42.Creamer. She is one of the pre- tournament favourites. This is how

:11:43. > :11:50.it eight attempt to lift this great title. This group started at the

:11:50. > :11:55.10th and this is the second hole so there 12th of the day. A very high-

:11:55. > :12:05.profile group. The defending champion going for three titles in

:12:05. > :12:05.

:12:06. > :12:11.a row. And Ai Miyazato, the sweetheart from Japan. Up ahead,

:12:11. > :12:21.Stacey Lewis. They are delighted to see the breeze has dropped a

:12:21. > :12:32.

:12:32. > :12:42.Nicholas is there. How has it been? It is tough into the wind. Stacy --

:12:42. > :13:21.

:13:21. > :13:26.you get used to getting the putter nine. A solid enough start. The

:13:26. > :13:31.front nine has been playing more difficult. These players have to

:13:31. > :13:41.make hay while the sun shines because the wind will reach 30

:13:41. > :13:41.

:13:41. > :14:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:14:33. > :14:43.rain yesterday with high winds. Hello, hello! A look of horror

:14:43. > :14:45.

:14:45. > :14:54.appeared on this young woman's face. He did that? -- who did that?

:14:54. > :15:01.just missed that putt for par. A shame. Yes, she was in a perfect

:15:01. > :15:06.position off the tee opening up the green but it is two good hits

:15:06. > :15:16.slightly into the wind for the second. Precision and part required

:15:16. > :15:31.

:15:31. > :15:40.those. She had a good finish in America, finishing 5th. Her husband

:15:40. > :15:50.stayed at home at last week to see their elder daughter off to school.

:15:50. > :15:50.

:15:51. > :16:00.A very sound golfer. Cream or raced this first touch. This is for a par.

:16:01. > :16:12.

:16:12. > :16:18.12ft past the hole. A first look at 15-year-old Lydia

:16:18. > :16:26.Ko, the number one amateur in the world. What a three weeks she has

:16:26. > :16:35.had. She is level par. She won the US Amateur, then she won the

:16:35. > :16:45.Canadian women's open. You have to be almost a baby to play in this

:16:45. > :16:46.

:16:46. > :16:51.group, Lexi Thompson, only 17 herself. Her caddie and coach

:16:51. > :16:59.looking anxiously on. A delightful character, engaging in her press

:16:59. > :17:07.conferences, completely unfazed. Old before her time, Peter. Well,

:17:07. > :17:17.that seems to be the way of the world now, 15-year-old are very

:17:17. > :17:36.

:17:36. > :17:46.last two years, and you would not bet against her doing it again.

:17:46. > :17:47.

:17:47. > :17:57.There is a familiar name at the top, Karrie Webb. Charley Hull, the

:17:57. > :17:58.

:17:58. > :18:07.first of the 10 amateurs to be appearing in this championship. But

:18:07. > :18:10.this will all change very quickly indeed. The two-tee start, the

:18:10. > :18:20.first time it has ever been utilised in the Women's British

:18:20. > :18:48.

:18:49. > :18:58.of colour. Everybody is dressed up, but it is not actually that cold.

:18:59. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:28.Those look like a cross between hand corner. She stands quite a

:19:28. > :19:28.

:19:28. > :19:37.long way from the ball, to get a smoother stroke. Here's our leader,

:19:37. > :19:47.Karrie Webb, she stays at two under par. And what a record she has got

:19:47. > :20:14.

:20:14. > :20:22.of them, some hate them. Here's Lewis. The members' first hole is

:20:22. > :20:28.now the 3rd. For people who are not used to this course, they do not

:20:28. > :20:38.mind which holes they play, as long as they get round 18. Absolutely.

:20:38. > :20:38.

:20:38. > :20:43.It is a tough links course, and I am glared I am watching this week.

:20:43. > :20:52.It is in beautiful condition, but this is a proper, proper, proper

:20:52. > :21:02.championship course. This is a difficult shot. Middle left the tee

:21:02. > :21:30.

:21:30. > :21:35.green, but I cannot believe that it how receptive the greens are. It

:21:35. > :21:44.rained yesterday until the middle of the afternoon, but it was really

:21:44. > :21:54.heavy rain. Catriona is in the rough, so this may release a little

:21:54. > :22:15.

:22:15. > :22:25.Sweet shot. Catriona, one of the few players to have played around

:22:25. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:37.here competitively, 20 years ago, in the 1992 Curtis Cup. Caroline

:22:37. > :22:37.

:22:37. > :22:47.Hedwall, from Sweden. Going with the seven-iron. Also nicely on the

:22:47. > :22:50.

:22:50. > :22:58.green. A very aggressive player, Hedwall, but nice to watch. Almost

:22:58. > :23:04.a slow-motion swing, as the ball soars away. What about that?!

:23:04. > :23:09.That's a wonderful shot. With the swing as slow as that, the timing

:23:09. > :23:19.has got to be absolutely spot on. Rather like if you have a short

:23:19. > :23:22.

:23:22. > :23:27.backswing, the timing is essential. Over on the right, that normally

:23:27. > :23:31.the practice ground, and that's out of bounds, so Paula Creamer keeping

:23:31. > :23:38.well out of trouble with her tee shot. These people are facing

:23:38. > :23:43.second shots of about 190 yards, all of them playing rescue clubs in.

:23:43. > :23:49.The wind had got a bit, but she is playing into the wind, and that's a

:23:49. > :23:56.good shot. Great accuracy from long distance. Wonderful shot making.

:23:56. > :24:03.You see that little bang, left-hand side, on the left of that is out of

:24:03. > :24:13.bounds. You can see how very close it is when you're coming in to the

:24:13. > :24:18.

:24:18. > :24:28.green. One of the few you will see playing an iron for her second shot.

:24:28. > :24:45.

:24:45. > :24:48.the fourth green, down in the corner. This is the view from

:24:48. > :24:58.behind the green. A lot of new houses have been built around the

:24:58. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:14.more in America this year. She had a wonderful year last year, she won

:25:14. > :25:20.four times on the Tour. She was also voted Players' Player of the

:25:20. > :25:23.Year, which was unprecedented for rookie. So, she was a very valuable

:25:23. > :25:27.member of your Solheim Cup team, Allison.

:25:27. > :25:30.ALISON NICHOLAS: She loved it, she loves matchplay, she always plays

:25:30. > :25:40.very aggressively. She was a wonderful member of the team, and

:25:40. > :25:53.

:25:53. > :26:03.Rolex world rankings. She has got a couple of victories already this

:26:03. > :26:17.

:26:18. > :26:27.year. It is hard to find a weakness They are just not getting the line

:26:28. > :26:51.

:26:51. > :26:55.across the green for Yani Tseng. The greens might be a bit slower

:26:55. > :27:05.than the players would have expected, but you could not cut

:27:05. > :27:12.them down any more. Although the greens look flat, they are not, and

:27:12. > :27:16.at the moment, they are falling the players. We have not have the best

:27:16. > :27:24.practice conditions, because of the high wind, and you do not really

:27:24. > :27:34.get a chance to concentrate when you're getting blown inside out.

:27:34. > :27:38.

:27:38. > :27:48.Catriona Matthew has, for a birdie, but she remains one over par. Two

:27:48. > :28:13.

:28:13. > :28:22.Creamer on the 3rd. Well, that was a better pace, but she just shaved

:28:22. > :28:27.the edge again. She was a late arrival here at Hoylake this week.

:28:27. > :28:34.She was taking part in the longest play-off in LPGA history against

:28:34. > :28:38.Jiyai Shin. Nine extra holes they went, to sort out the winner of the

:28:38. > :28:41.tournament in Virginia last week. In fact, they had to finish it on

:28:41. > :28:51.Monday morning. They played eight holes on Sunday night and called it

:28:51. > :28:51.

:28:51. > :28:55.a day, and then Jiyai Shin won the opening hole on Monday morning.

:28:55. > :29:05.That was different golf, different challenges, and this is a different

:29:05. > :29:05.

:29:05. > :30:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:30:19. > :30:24.week. Miyazato, what a wonderfully looks rather severe. You do not

:30:24. > :30:28.often see too many smiles, and she has got a bonny face. Lovely teeth,

:30:28. > :30:38.I don't know why she doesn't show them a bit more. That's her game

:30:38. > :30:55.

:30:55. > :31:05.times throughout the week. The flag in the background shows you what

:31:05. > :31:28.

:31:28. > :31:34.the players have to contend with. here for the first time. Here it is

:31:34. > :31:42.Karrie Webb. What a wonderful record she has had. An interesting

:31:42. > :31:51.swing. Not perfect leap up and down. A bit out and a bit in. -- not

:31:51. > :32:01.perfectly. It looks like she has extra long clubs. I don't think she

:32:01. > :32:01.

:32:01. > :33:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:33:07. > :33:17.has but it just gives that Kaori Ohe. So she is delighted to

:33:17. > :33:46.

:33:46. > :33:51.be here. She really likes this golf field, qualifying for this as the

:33:51. > :33:57.US amateur champion. It won't be long before she turns professional,

:33:57. > :34:07.do you think? She was saying she would like to continue on at school.

:34:07. > :34:18.

:34:18. > :34:28.She is in no hurry, of which is pushed on to young and do not have

:34:28. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:51.she made reasonably good contact, but she looks a little concerned.

:34:51. > :34:59.

:34:59. > :35:09.She may have missed the fairway. It almost as if she feels it is lost

:35:09. > :35:20.

:35:20. > :35:30.for ever, but I don't think that is bit of power. I wonder if that took

:35:30. > :35:44.

:35:44. > :35:48.a flower. -- a flyer. It certainly Andrew? I have. I don't live too

:35:48. > :35:58.far away now and I know plenty of people who are members. It gets

:35:58. > :36:06.more undulating around the 11th, 12th etc. It is a very Fay course.

:36:06. > :36:14.Alexis Thompson back to level. It is beautifully presented. The green

:36:14. > :36:24.looks superb. This summer, a lot of links courses have taken a huge

:36:24. > :36:31.

:36:31. > :36:38.amount of rain and they are very school and then College in the

:36:38. > :36:48.States and carry on before she turned professional. Creamer. Into

:36:48. > :37:24.

:37:24. > :37:31.usually plays five of 28 or so. They have shortened things a bit

:37:31. > :37:41.with the conditions. The wind has dropped a bit but the full yardage

:37:41. > :37:57.

:37:57. > :38:04.is 6,600 and a half. It is a bit of do your best to make solid contact.

:38:04. > :38:10.You need a bit of hope. Stacey Lewis here. Catriona Matthews went

:38:11. > :38:15.away to the right. They are still looking for it in the bushes on the

:38:15. > :38:20.right hand side. It doesn't look good. She had a poor lie when I

:38:20. > :38:25.went to see her second shot. I think she has given it up maybe.

:38:25. > :38:32.Stacey Leigh - Mike Stacey Lewis gave that a good nudge but it

:38:32. > :38:39.doesn't sound good for Catriona Matthews. It is in trouble down

:38:39. > :38:49.there. It is that clump of bushes. I don't think she went as wild as

:38:49. > :39:07.

:39:07. > :39:12.that. Shots can creeping any time. Out of bounds it threatens on this

:39:12. > :39:19.course more than any other. internal out of bounds and also

:39:19. > :39:25.when they play the course their way round, the 17th hole to is just a

:39:25. > :39:31.couple of strands of wire from the green. There were some frightening

:39:31. > :39:41.holes here. You can see how she is practising because the ground is

:39:41. > :40:01.

:40:01. > :40:11.to be horrid lie. Chance for a par there. On the 5th, she has about

:40:11. > :40:11.

:40:11. > :41:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:41:31. > :41:40.Matthews after the other shot was macro -- struggling for her par on

:41:41. > :41:47.the 4th and here she is. That is why you go on winning championships

:41:47. > :41:57.and tournaments. Sometimes, for a long period in your golfing career

:41:57. > :42:08.

:42:08. > :42:14.season. She was saying it is a bit similar to Rory McIlroy. After the

:42:14. > :42:22.mid-season, he came bounding back. Newspapers wonder why they can't

:42:22. > :42:30.keep going and going, but you can't. All games are the same. You go

:42:30. > :42:40.through periods of not scoring goals for bad periods in cricket.

:42:40. > :42:53.

:42:53. > :43:01.You have to think your way through under. And a smile! Look at the

:43:01. > :43:11.little bag. What has she got in there? Sandwiches? A bit of make-

:43:11. > :43:40.

:43:40. > :43:50.becoming more recognisable now, Andrew. They are not all wearing

:43:50. > :44:22.

:44:22. > :44:32.dark water proofs. The wind has youngest player to play in the US

:44:32. > :44:33.

:44:33. > :45:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:45:43. > :45:49.you know that? Ginger McCain told That will go into a double bogey.

:45:49. > :45:53.Or caused by a slightly wayward tee shot. Driving is so important, and

:45:54. > :46:03.they talk about putting, but driving, the shots from the hundred

:46:04. > :46:04.

:46:04. > :46:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:46:45. > :46:53.yards in, that is what you need to more red figures appearing on the

:46:53. > :47:03.cards now. Conditions are easing up slightly. A big group on 1-under

:47:03. > :47:12.

:47:12. > :47:22.conditions where Catriona Matthew should revel in them, but this is

:47:22. > :47:31.

:47:31. > :47:36.back to level par because the course doesn't get any easier. But

:47:36. > :47:46.at this moment the winds have dropped a bit. They are still fresh

:47:46. > :47:54.

:47:54. > :48:00.and they say will be stronger this she six behind. Or all sorts of

:48:00. > :48:07.problems with a hip injury. -- all sorts of problems. So, still

:48:07. > :48:16.feeling her way back after that. What an enormous hat. You don't

:48:16. > :48:20.think that is all head under there? A conical shaped head? That is a

:48:20. > :48:30.juicy bit of rough there. If you go off the fairway in the wrong place,

:48:30. > :48:44.

:48:44. > :48:54.you are in trouble. Carin Koch, the Cup. Play for a few years in the

:48:54. > :49:05.

:49:05. > :49:15.LPGA Tour. -- Sol Hine Cup. Played Inkster. One of the great players,

:49:15. > :49:29.

:49:29. > :49:39.tiptoeing into middle-age now. And has done it again, has she? It had

:49:39. > :49:47.

:49:47. > :49:57.definitely stopped. That breeze can him her little salt water on his

:49:57. > :50:19.

:50:19. > :50:25.feet. It will do him the world of has gone 6 ft by. -- the pace is

:50:25. > :50:35.calling them. Alexis Johnson has missed three of her last four cuts

:50:35. > :51:01.

:51:01. > :51:11.putt is in a similar sort of to keep your eyes open. That is a

:51:11. > :51:36.

:51:36. > :51:46.dreadful putt. From a decent player, and. -- good one. A very tough

:51:46. > :51:47.

:51:48. > :51:52.the links courses had had, and a lot of them are taking pitch marks

:51:52. > :52:02.on the greens like never before. Normally you would expect them to

:52:02. > :52:12.

:52:12. > :52:16.be firm and fast. Lydia Ko, this four or five yards too far, and now

:52:16. > :52:26.she is struggling not to drop a couple of shots. It happens so

:52:26. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:46.quickly. You have to keep your wits The screen was moved back a few

:52:46. > :52:56.years and used to be tight along to the road -- and this Green was

:52:56. > :53:21.

:53:21. > :53:29.first putt, which was not the was no more than 20 feet away to

:53:29. > :53:35.start off with. A pity. I don't like this habit of them walking off

:53:35. > :53:40.the green apparently taking no interest in their fellow players.

:53:40. > :53:50.We were taught to stand and watch, even if it was painful, not walk 40

:53:50. > :54:04.

:54:04. > :54:14.have had a little bit of help. This Green has not seen the finest

:54:14. > :54:39.

:54:39. > :54:47.Slips it in for four and goes back and it is still pleasant, even

:54:47. > :54:57.though it is windy. The powers that be have given them for a half hours.

:54:57. > :55:13.

:55:13. > :55:23.That went in at a night -- nice to figure in the Women's British

:55:23. > :55:33.

:55:33. > :55:37.Open. A very long, slow swing. Her beware that cyclist is, that sort

:55:37. > :55:46.of area. Just three strands of wire and it was so easy to run out of

:55:46. > :55:56.bounds. It is still a very formidable hole. This is playing as

:55:56. > :56:00.

:56:00. > :56:10.the first hole this week due to Championship a few years ago when

:56:10. > :56:18.

:56:18. > :56:25.group behind her that Alexandre Peters, who was just 18, has moved

:56:25. > :56:35.to 2-under par -- Alexandre Peters. She wonder Women's Open in Aston.

:56:35. > :56:45.And Becky Morgan has moved up to the top group. Better scoring now,

:56:45. > :56:57.

:56:57. > :57:02.and a two-way tie -- four way tie - a little limply. It does seem to

:57:02. > :57:12.have dropped a little bit. Tuesday's conditions were venomous.

:57:12. > :57:50.

:57:51. > :57:54.14 mph winds. So perhaps they have bit left. Hang on. That might go.

:57:54. > :58:04.It is cruel, isn't it? The that almost landed in the middle of the

:58:04. > :58:16.

:58:16. > :58:23.green as well. Almost very, very Miyazato. Yes, right in the middle.

:58:23. > :58:33.A very sound putting stroke. Absolutely super. Level par, two

:58:33. > :58:51.

:58:51. > :59:00.in a row? Her form at the moment is not the same as it was going into

:59:00. > :59:10.the last two women's British opens. She won those at Birkdale and

:59:10. > :59:22.

:59:22. > :59:29.Carnoustie. She won them in some Brown is going to be watching this

:59:29. > :59:35.match for us. Conditions little chilly, but has the winds East?

:59:35. > :59:40.would say perhaps it has. Over by the coast there is a light breeze.

:59:40. > :59:43.The sun has gone in, but fairly pleasant conditions. First thing,

:59:43. > :59:53.it was extremely chilly and the ball wasn't going very far, so this

:59:53. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:29.might be the best conditions of the bit agitated. She has done all

:00:29. > :00:39.sorts of repair work on the green. She is obviously not all that happy.

:00:39. > :00:48.

:00:48. > :00:55.were a little slow, although they have caught up now. But she does do

:00:55. > :01:04.things in a ponderous fashion. That was for a birdie. I thought she was

:01:04. > :01:09.a bit agitated. Now, someone who is not agitated, Maureen Madill.

:01:09. > :01:18.MAUREEN MADILL: Yes, it is never a good sign when you see a player

:01:18. > :01:20.thinking so technically on the green. Usually you have your best

:01:20. > :01:23.putting rounds when you're so much in the process of doing it, not

:01:23. > :01:30.when you're thinking about your hands, or any of that sort of

:01:30. > :01:34.malarkey. I think you will find these players that will now on the

:01:34. > :01:39.front nine are just trying to get into a holding pattern and almost

:01:39. > :01:49.protect their scores. There are many more birdies being garnered on

:01:49. > :02:27.

:02:27. > :02:32.here just a moment ago... And that's much better. That is

:02:32. > :02:42.delightful, from Catriona. Beautifully lobbed up on to the

:02:42. > :02:43.

:02:43. > :02:47.green, judged to perfection. That should be a tap-in for a par. We

:02:48. > :02:52.can see the leader board now, the jostling for position in this early

:02:52. > :03:02.part of the Championship. Some very good, experienced players, along

:03:02. > :03:20.

:03:20. > :03:26.with some amateurs, tasting this obviously falling a few people. It

:03:26. > :03:36.is just on the edge of the slope. We saw the group ahead really

:03:36. > :03:46.losing it beyond the hole. MAUREEN MADILL: Good vantage points

:03:46. > :03:49.

:03:49. > :03:59.out on this part of the golf course. Alison, we have seen this in the

:03:59. > :04:02.

:04:02. > :04:12.group ahead, they boast laugh it left. -- they both lost it left.

:04:12. > :04:31.

:04:32. > :04:41.From stroke required. And she got course, Jiyai Shin. She has reached

:04:42. > :04:43.

:04:43. > :04:48.the 15th, a delightful par three, with an elevated tee. It is very

:04:48. > :04:58.easy to read too much into these greens, just to give it a debate

:04:58. > :04:59.

:04:59. > :05:09.too much on the outside of the hole. So, Lydia Ko, who stands a long way

:05:09. > :05:17.

:05:17. > :05:26.from the ball. That is going to run off - down she goes. A spot of

:05:26. > :05:32.bother here for Lexi Thompson. That is a long way left off the tee. I

:05:32. > :05:38.think this is a case of advancing it back to the fairway... Well, she

:05:38. > :05:48.has gone way left, she turned right over on it. Yes, in danger of

:05:48. > :06:00.

:06:00. > :06:10.hybrid to the 6th. And it was a good choice. She is deadly with

:06:10. > :06:11.

:06:11. > :06:21.those hybrids, isn't she? Now, from Paula Creamer's view on the tee,

:06:21. > :06:21.

:06:21. > :06:31.you can see that this one goes slightly uphill. Ideally, you just

:06:31. > :07:04.

:07:04. > :07:14.is the 6th. We have seen a couple of players going beyond those two

:07:14. > :07:28.

:07:28. > :07:38.bunkers on the left. It falls away get at on this one. She has gone

:07:38. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:19.with a five-iron. It looks good. green to work with, and she might

:08:19. > :08:24.just escape from this one with a par four. It is so difficult to

:08:24. > :08:29.control out of the rough like that, even on those short ones. When you

:08:29. > :08:39.think back to 2006, the whole course was brown and yellow, but it

:08:39. > :08:41.

:08:41. > :08:51.has been a very different summer, things are a lot more lush. We go

:08:51. > :09:06.

:09:06. > :09:10.to the 7th, and Catriona Matthew. at the 7th. Normally you get the

:09:10. > :09:14.wind off the left-hand side, so aiming at that left-hand bunker is

:09:14. > :09:21.not a bad line. But you want to finish on the right, to give you an

:09:21. > :09:26.easier line into the green. You can see those two bunkers on the left

:09:26. > :09:36.and side of the green. There is quite an upslope, but after that,

:09:36. > :10:09.

:10:09. > :10:14.very flat. And up on that green now, an extended trip away from home,

:10:14. > :10:19.taking in all of those tournaments in the States and in Canada, and

:10:19. > :10:24.really going up a few leagues in world golf. It is interesting, the

:10:24. > :10:30.way the women often come on much earlier, they are growing before

:10:30. > :10:36.the boys turn into men. So you have 15-year-olds almost able to compete

:10:36. > :10:42.in professional events. KEN BROWN: Coming up the little

:10:42. > :10:52.slope for a two. That was well judged, the pace, but even that

:10:52. > :11:01.

:11:01. > :11:06.trickled on a little bit past the all fours. She did not even have a

:11:06. > :11:15.sniff of the fairway. She was deep in trouble. And she has done it, a

:11:15. > :11:25.four on the card. That's classy. Got away with that, she says!

:11:25. > :11:38.

:11:38. > :11:45.placed today, it is a very awkward putting surface. There is the

:11:45. > :11:51.caddie, Colin, from a GUM, who lives in America now, that regular

:11:51. > :12:01.caddie for Paula Creamer. He was out last night checking the

:12:01. > :12:16.

:12:16. > :12:19.placement of the pins. This would advantage to the players sitting in

:12:19. > :12:29.the clubhouse, because this is very difficult to read. It might just

:12:29. > :12:32.help them when they are out there facing it themselves. I know

:12:32. > :12:42.certainly in the open Championship, the men keep an eye on the

:12:42. > :12:43.

:12:43. > :12:53.broadcasts before going out onto the course. Lydia Ko fails to save

:12:53. > :12:56.

:12:56. > :13:06.par. The diminutive Ai Miyazato. That was tricky, going up the

:13:06. > :13:17.

:13:17. > :13:27.just about to play her second shot into the 7th. She has got about 150

:13:27. > :13:56.

:13:56. > :14:05.ALISON NICHOLAS: Yes, and she has got to pitch it a little bit left,

:14:05. > :14:10.because the green kicks from left to right a slightly at the front.

:14:11. > :14:20.She has got a nine iron in her hand. The view partly obscured by the

:14:21. > :14:21.

:14:21. > :15:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:15:11. > :15:15.the applause for that is not a bit the pain -- pin. Now hanging back

:15:15. > :15:20.from Caroline Hedwall. She is stepping up a gear. She made birdie

:15:20. > :15:28.at the first, and the third, getting back to 4-over par. A

:15:28. > :15:35.decent chance of another one here. Paula Creamer, a short putt, but a

:15:35. > :15:45.fiddly one. And you can see the break, even in that tiny little

:15:45. > :16:11.

:16:11. > :16:21.putt. And everybody has struggled struggling now. Back to level par.

:16:21. > :16:21.

:16:21. > :17:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:17:18. > :17:23.disappears off the first page of the 7th. Bunkers right and left. A

:17:23. > :17:33.bit of breeze does help. One of the easier holes on the front nine.

:17:33. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:53.that a lot of the top players don't -- have that a lot of the other

:17:53. > :17:56.women players don't. It helps when you can hit an iron that distance.

:17:56. > :18:06.Catriona Matthew for birdie. This should be down the hill, slightly

:18:06. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:27.5th hole, but other matter has been quite workmanlike. -- other than

:18:27. > :18:32.

:18:32. > :18:38.that it has been. Paula Creamer in there. If she gets a good

:18:38. > :18:48.position it is not a bad line in. The pin is towards the back and the

:18:48. > :19:06.

:19:06. > :19:13.right. Stacy Lewis taps in. A par amazing, very graceful. That is

:19:13. > :19:16.scampering on down there. The 7th fairway is more generous than it

:19:16. > :19:26.appears from the tee. A lot of the ground is hidden from the players'

:19:26. > :19:33.

:19:33. > :19:40.head well. That is her third birdie on this nine. -- Caroline Hedwall.

:19:40. > :19:49.Her sister caddied for her last year. He s, her twin, Jackie.

:19:49. > :19:59.Anything like 74 or better is going to put someone in very good shape.

:19:59. > :20:10.

:20:10. > :20:18.She has perked up. 35 out, 37 back, she has dealt with that well. That

:20:19. > :20:23.is for birdie. The hype preceded her, but she is impressive. The new

:20:23. > :20:28.see a player coming out that young, you wonder how they will push on --

:20:28. > :20:33.when you see a player coming out. You wonder if they will just be a

:20:33. > :20:36.phenomenon or carry on for a good few years to come. Just hanging

:20:36. > :20:46.onto the fairway there. A little bit more movement off the tee than

:20:46. > :20:56.

:20:56. > :21:05.their looks. That is a very good time in Japan, Kaori Ohe. But she

:21:05. > :21:14.finds herself in heady company. is the old lady of the group at 20.

:21:14. > :21:24.Lydia Ko only 15. Here is Thomson. -- Thompson. This might be her

:21:24. > :21:39.

:21:39. > :21:43.third shot to hear. Possibly found holding more than normal. And a

:21:43. > :21:53.regular conditions this would be difficult to get close. -- and a

:21:53. > :22:18.

:22:18. > :22:24.Wirral peninsula just south of Liverpool. Birkenhead, and the

:22:24. > :22:34.Mersey. At a great piece of golfing coastline as well. -- and a great

:22:34. > :22:56.

:22:56. > :23:06.at the moment, Amy Hung from Chinese Taipei. She headed the

:23:06. > :23:35.

:23:36. > :23:45.the last three. Very nice to have a steady score up there. An awkward

:23:46. > :23:54.

:23:54. > :24:04.on towards the flag. She judged that very well. Behind those

:24:04. > :24:13.

:24:13. > :24:18.A good angle to get at the flag. If you get down the wrong side it is a

:24:18. > :24:28.little easier to get out, but this has to be the easiest pin on the

:24:28. > :24:36.

:24:36. > :24:43.can see from the way the ball tracks in at the green tilts left

:24:43. > :24:47.to right as the players tackle the whole. -- tackle the hole. Amazing

:24:47. > :24:57.to think that with three victories under her belt we are still talking

:24:57. > :24:57.

:24:57. > :25:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:25:42. > :25:52.threatening presence at the top of off the tee and that will be a

:25:52. > :26:12.

:26:12. > :26:16.bit better. You had a bad ankle earlier this season. Yes, I broke

:26:16. > :26:23.my ankle, so it is doing pretty well now. I'm pleased to be able to

:26:24. > :26:33.walk properly for a change. A very good. Flitting around very quickly.

:26:34. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :27:00.Lydia Ko. Who knows? Early days, scene, Michelle Wie is playing this

:27:00. > :27:12.

:27:12. > :27:18.Some bits of the rougher juicy, others are not. And you can take

:27:18. > :27:28.advantage, just like that. In the process of rescuing her around very

:27:28. > :27:38.nicely indeed. -- her round. And joined once again by Peter Alliss

:27:38. > :27:45.

:27:45. > :27:55.watching disappear. Very simple. Only a little tot, but very

:27:55. > :28:25.

:28:25. > :28:30.swept into Americans won in golf is amazing. -- American women's golf.

:28:31. > :28:36.The defending champ for birdie. That was nice. She has worked very

:28:36. > :28:46.hard on her putting of late. Always been a good ball striker. Just

:28:46. > :29:00.

:29:00. > :29:08.trying to tidy things up around the untidy holes but has been battling

:29:08. > :29:13.away. Yes, the tee shot gobbled up by one of those famous bunkers, and

:29:13. > :29:20.you do not advance too far out of those. Good, Hardie Gallery is

:29:20. > :29:26.gathering on the opening day of the Championship. -- Hardy galleries.

:29:26. > :29:28.They are well wrapped up. There come prepared for all weathers.

:29:28. > :29:34.When our visiting friends come they must think we always dress like

:29:34. > :29:44.this. When the sun shines, most of the males run out with an ill-

:29:44. > :29:57.

:29:57. > :30:02.fitting pair of shorts, but that is bunkers are Verdi for liberal. --

:30:02. > :30:06.very formidable. You could be in there for a long time if you do not

:30:06. > :30:16.know what you're doing. I did that once and hit my ankle, I was in bed

:30:16. > :30:29.

:30:29. > :30:39.the out of bounds... That was always considered a very difficult

:30:39. > :30:53.

:30:53. > :31:03.and it was a long carry to get over there. The course has changed quite

:31:03. > :31:25.

:31:25. > :31:35.dramatically over the last 30 years Drifting a little right, needs a

:31:35. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:50.decent bounce, and should be OK. MAUREEN MADILL: That is a colossal

:31:50. > :31:58.tee shot from Tseng. This is for par, for Catriona Matthew. That

:31:58. > :32:04.could not have been closer. But it is another bogey on to the card.

:32:04. > :32:13.Catriona will slip back to four over par. You do not want to put

:32:13. > :32:19.yourself too far back. Climbing back up to the top is almost

:32:19. > :32:29.impossible if you get too far behind. A few old-stagers there,

:32:29. > :32:30.

:32:30. > :32:40.they have seen it all before. Creamer picks the tee up rapidly,

:32:40. > :32:41.

:32:41. > :32:45.which is usually a good sign. Quite recovered now from her thumb

:32:45. > :32:55.surgery of a couple of years ago. She does not quite have the same

:32:55. > :33:10.

:33:10. > :33:15.range of movement, she says, but birdie of this nine. Some good

:33:15. > :33:21.stuff going on out there, Ken, but it is not easy. You're looking a

:33:21. > :33:26.bit windswept. Yes, but it is quite nice conditions, rather nice to be

:33:26. > :33:30.playing, actually. The course is definitely drying out, the ball is

:33:30. > :33:35.running a bit further on the fairways. But some of these greens

:33:35. > :33:45.are quite tough, very difficult to make a birdie, particularly on the

:33:45. > :34:07.

:34:07. > :34:11.United States. Ken has got his Ryder Cup jacket on, I see, today,

:34:11. > :34:18.Maureen. He is always first in the queue, I don't know how he manages

:34:19. > :34:23.to get all of the kit before everybody else. We will be there in

:34:23. > :34:33.a few weeks' time. That's a bit of a monster course as well, but it

:34:33. > :34:47.

:34:47. > :34:53.should be a cracking set of matches. in some of that sand, but not

:34:53. > :34:57.allowed to move it. I don't know why they would not consider having

:34:57. > :35:07.someone with something to get rid of that sand. It is really quite

:35:07. > :35:08.

:35:08. > :35:13.unfair, in my opinion. I was mistaken, when she is on the green,

:35:13. > :35:23.she is allowed to move it. If you were chipping from just off it, you

:35:23. > :35:50.

:35:50. > :36:00.a lot of power. Particularly off the tee. A very slow swing. She is

:36:00. > :36:25.

:36:25. > :36:33.all right. There's nothing wrong trousers on, she is well wrapped up.

:36:33. > :36:43.The wind is still blowing. Particularly when you get out near

:36:43. > :37:04.

:37:04. > :37:12.the estuary, it is quite a strong good. She turned away with a look

:37:12. > :37:22.of disgust, I don't know why. It is not a bad result, except she is

:37:22. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:36.about eight yards too far. Yani Tseng with a huge tee shot, just 92

:37:36. > :37:36.

:37:36. > :38:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:38:39. > :38:44.and she has a chance to get at this plummeted down. A putt for a birdie.

:38:44. > :38:50.Length is always such an advantage, when you can hit it such a long way,

:38:50. > :38:59.and reduce some of these long holes, it just means you can attack some

:38:59. > :39:09.flags which other players cannot hope to get out. If you can drive

:39:09. > :39:14.

:39:14. > :39:21.straight and far, it makes the game a very creditable level-par round

:39:21. > :39:31.for the 15-year-old. The number one amateur in the world. Very

:39:31. > :39:34.

:39:34. > :39:44.impressive, not one dropped shot. Very well played. Here's Karrie

:39:44. > :40:07.

:40:07. > :40:13.well-struck irons today. Alexandra Peters, the amateur, one of three

:40:13. > :40:22.players leading the field, halfway through the first day. The scoring

:40:22. > :40:28.is not bad at all. Lydia Ko, the young girl from New Zealand, round

:40:28. > :40:33.in 72. Well played, a very solid start - what are your impressions

:40:33. > :40:37.of Royal Liverpool and of this Championship? This is definitely a

:40:37. > :40:42.tough golf course. It is one of the hardest golf courses I have ever

:40:42. > :40:47.played. But I was going to expect that because it is a Major. It was

:40:47. > :40:54.really tough, but shooting even par, it is not bad. I think it is a

:40:54. > :40:59.pretty good start. I could have produced a few bogeys, but I saved

:40:59. > :41:03.them. You have had a remarkable year, two professional titles, and

:41:03. > :41:07.you come here as a 15-year-old amateur and the reigning Canadian

:41:07. > :41:12.open champion - what expectations do you think people will have on

:41:12. > :41:18.you now? I think some people will say that she will be able to win

:41:18. > :41:24.again. But you never know. You can be playing good one day, and not so

:41:24. > :41:29.good the following day. That's golf, it is different for every shot and

:41:29. > :41:34.every round. They will probably be expecting big things from me, but I

:41:34. > :41:38.am not going to take much interest in it, I will just play my own game.

:41:38. > :41:42.It is not like I'm going to play any better by thinking that they

:41:42. > :41:51.want me to play really good. Tell me about growing up in New Zealand

:41:51. > :41:56.and how you got involved in golf. started golf in Korea, and because

:41:56. > :42:01.of golf, we moved to New Zealand. It is quite a comfortable place to

:42:01. > :42:04.play golf, and there is pretty much a good golf course somewhere nearby.

:42:04. > :42:14.I guess that is why my parents chose New Zealand. It has been

:42:14. > :42:19.pretty good from the start, there has not been any up and downs.

:42:19. > :42:23.Miyazato has holed several putts over the previous few holes. She

:42:24. > :42:33.has got a beautiful putting stroke. She had a good go at that one as

:42:34. > :42:37.

:42:37. > :42:41.well. I watched her in the pro-am, she was so small, I thought she was

:42:41. > :42:46.going to take off, I could not see how she was going to remain

:42:46. > :42:56.anchored to the ground. Her father, who coaches her, was in close

:42:56. > :43:03.

:43:03. > :43:07.attendance. They are a great interview yesterday, Peter, and two

:43:07. > :43:12.years ago, she could speak hardly any English at all, and she

:43:12. > :43:16.conducted a lengthy interview, and was so engaging. She had everybody

:43:16. > :43:21.eating out of the palm of her hand. She was absolutely delightful.

:43:21. > :43:25.Amazing how her command of English has come on. I think it is

:43:25. > :43:31.remarkable of all overseas sporting men and women, how they learn to

:43:31. > :43:41.speak some English. You see all these young golfers and footballers

:43:41. > :43:58.

:43:58. > :44:06.who come over and manage to believe it! I thought gravity might

:44:06. > :44:12.have taken over there. But I don't think it will. A puff of wind might

:44:12. > :44:21.do it. There's a fair proportion of that ball hanging over the hole,

:44:21. > :44:31.but it is not going to go. And by such margins, tournaments,

:44:31. > :45:03.

:45:03. > :45:13.below the surface, but this one looked to be a bit less than that,

:45:13. > :45:13.

:45:13. > :45:17.when I walked around this morning. Oh, she is having a miserable day.

:45:17. > :45:24.She has certainly dropped three shots on the greens from not very

:45:24. > :45:32.far away. It is all part of the game, but putting somehow is a game

:45:32. > :45:42.within a game. A person who can putt is a match for anyone. But she

:45:42. > :46:09.

:46:09. > :46:16.I've ever seen. Her last shot of the day. It is easy to over think

:46:16. > :46:21.things. You don't quite roll it as you want and you start looking for

:46:21. > :46:31.too much. A lot of these players have never seen Peter like this --

:46:31. > :46:57.

:46:57. > :47:07.full of roles and runs that are not wasn't even in this championship

:47:07. > :47:10.

:47:10. > :47:20.and now she is top of the leader board. There she is! At the top.

:47:20. > :47:41.

:47:41. > :47:47.ugly seven damaging her hopes. Just a couple of birdies, both in her

:47:47. > :47:57.opening six holes. By her standards, untidy. She is a neat and tidy

:47:57. > :47:57.

:47:57. > :49:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:49:08. > :49:18.It was a bit harder, wasn't it? She million miles from the top of the

:49:18. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:56.leaderboard but three or four too against? Off right and slightly in

:49:56. > :50:04.the player's face. Sometimes it can affect the players, but it is very

:50:04. > :50:09.pleasant playing conditions at the moment. It was heavily downwind

:50:09. > :50:19.there in the two practise days. Bear was a seven iron here on

:50:19. > :50:29.Tuesday. A slope behind the flag gathers it to the hole if you get

:50:29. > :50:45.

:50:45. > :50:55.obviously distracted. This is quite near the estuary, over the top and

:50:55. > :50:55.

:50:55. > :52:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:52:24. > :52:34.tucked in the corner, it should be A feisty player. She gets on with

:52:34. > :52:34.

:52:34. > :53:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:53:38. > :53:43.This might be awkward, Ken. I think she is just or right. She is in the

:53:44. > :53:53.flat of the bunker so a slightly awkward stance. Six inches nearer

:53:54. > :54:20.

:54:20. > :54:26.not played slowly but came out a bit shop. Could do better! You are

:54:26. > :54:33.a tough taskmaster. When I played, there were only about four or five

:54:33. > :54:41.it decent bunker players. It is part of the game that has been

:54:41. > :54:46.totally mastered by men and women. Mostly the men, I have to say. But

:54:46. > :54:50.there is a lot to workout. The texture of the sand and the

:54:50. > :54:58.position of the ball and the texture of the green. Getting out

:54:58. > :55:08.of a bunker at is very frustrating. But getting out is really the

:55:08. > :55:18.

:55:18. > :55:28.easiest shot in golf when you can Ken? Not too inviting to chip. Not

:55:28. > :55:49.

:55:49. > :55:59.the week, she was not going to a three iron but keeping with her

:55:59. > :55:59.

:55:59. > :56:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:56:40. > :56:50.been the top of the tree for 70 not swung at the end. A bonny wee tot

:56:50. > :57:12.

:57:12. > :57:22.wouldn't want to have given Liverpool Jack a hug in my day. You

:57:22. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:43.had to hat -- stand downwind of him. makes lunch taste a bit better,

:57:43. > :58:03.

:58:03. > :58:09.I don't think we will see many 67s today, and to, do you? I think the

:58:09. > :58:15.wind has dropped and it has got warm. Usually the afternoon players

:58:15. > :58:25.find things more difficult with things spiking up but deep there

:58:25. > :58:53.

:58:53. > :59:03.might be some decent scores this should definitely bring this into

:59:03. > :59:03.

:59:03. > :00:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:00:14. > :00:21.for her to win it. This is Amy Hung. We were talking with Maureen a

:00:21. > :00:27.earlier, Andrew, about her long career, Karrie Webb. That Woburn

:00:27. > :00:31.all those years ago, it was a very successful await -- event, the

:00:31. > :00:38.women's championship. Thousands used to come. It was a tremendous

:00:38. > :00:48.event and they decided to move it. A couple of very good ones at

:00:48. > :01:00.

:01:00. > :01:10.championship courses in the men's game. Sinn won it, didn't she --

:01:10. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :01:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:01:55. > :02:05.pathway, so she must have been in at the end. But still, a very

:02:05. > :02:07.

:02:07. > :02:11.decent start. That's a round of one under par. Three birdies, two

:02:11. > :02:21.dropped shots, and the champion from four years ago is in good

:02:21. > :02:38.

:02:38. > :02:41.going very well. She is one under. But it was a bad start for her

:02:41. > :02:50.caddie this morning, who had his motorcycle stolen outside his

:02:50. > :02:58.Liverpool hotel. He had to get a taxi here this morning. But I have

:02:58. > :03:05.been joined by two very special guests, not least, the European

:03:05. > :03:11.Solheim Cup team captain, and our second special guest, the Solheim

:03:11. > :03:20.Cup itself. It is your job to try and keep our hands on it. Yes,

:03:20. > :03:25.that's my job. How do you rate your chances? I think we have a good

:03:25. > :03:31.chance. Obviously, the girls house and it last year, and they have

:03:31. > :03:40.great confidence. It will be our goal to win it on US soil for the

:03:40. > :03:43.first time. We have got some work to do, that we can do it. We have

:03:43. > :03:47.got Alison Nicholas out on the fairways for us this week, and we

:03:47. > :03:51.had a chat with her about what it had a chat with her about what it

:03:51. > :04:01.meant to hurt to be the captain. In terms of the style of captaincy,

:04:01. > :04:03.

:04:03. > :04:07.how would you describe your style? First of all, I have just picked my

:04:07. > :04:12.vice-captains, and next, it is for the three of us to build a really

:04:12. > :04:16.good team. We want to provide good support for the players. We have a

:04:16. > :04:24.lot of experience between us. We have played in a lot of Solheim

:04:24. > :04:29.Cups. If we can provide a good base and a solid team for the players,

:04:29. > :04:34.they will be able to focus on their game and just go out and play. We

:04:34. > :04:38.will take care of all the other stuff which has to be done.

:04:38. > :04:46.Obviously, this competition has become huge in women's golf, and

:04:46. > :04:55.indeed, so has this Championship. 18 years ago, you won at Woburn.

:04:55. > :04:59.How would you rate the development of the game in nearly 20 years?

:04:59. > :05:08.There's your moment of triumph. You have not changed a bit. My caddie

:05:08. > :05:14.has changed, he is a lot more grey now! It has been a big difference,

:05:14. > :05:19.hasn't it, moving on to the links courses? Yes. It is great, that we

:05:19. > :05:24.get to play all of these great golf courses, anywhere from St Andrews.

:05:25. > :05:29.I have not played Hoylake, but it looks beautiful. We have played

:05:29. > :05:33.live them, Turnberry, all of those beautiful golf courses. It means a

:05:33. > :05:37.lot to the Championship. You get the best players in the world, and

:05:37. > :05:45.they should play the best courses in the world. We have seen a huge

:05:45. > :05:48.revolution in golf. You were part of the Swedish revolution, which

:05:48. > :05:55.comes all the way through to Caroline Hedwall now. But now, we

:05:55. > :06:00.are seeing a shift towards the Far East. We have had Shanshan Feng of

:06:00. > :06:04.China, and people like that. What do you make of the way that more

:06:04. > :06:07.Chinese players might be inspired to come forward? I'm sure there

:06:07. > :06:13.will be many more to come. With golf getting into the Olympics,

:06:13. > :06:19.that will be a huge boost to women's golf. We will see a lot of

:06:19. > :06:27.countries trying to get more support from their a Olympic

:06:27. > :06:33.Committee in their country, and we will seek gulf growing, maybe into

:06:33. > :06:38.Russia and different parts of the world. It is only good. Is there

:06:38. > :06:44.room for another team competition? We have got the President's Cup in

:06:44. > :06:49.the United States, and now we have got China and Korea -- and Korea,

:06:49. > :06:53.is there room for another one? would think so, as long as they

:06:53. > :07:00.keep this one. For me, the Solheim Cup has got so much tradition and

:07:00. > :07:09.history. It would be great for the players from Asia and Australia to

:07:09. > :07:14.be able to experience something like this. Finally, you as a 15-

:07:14. > :07:18.year-old, some years ago, came through and won the Swedish

:07:18. > :07:26.Strokeplay, as an amateur. We have seen so many more teenage

:07:26. > :07:31.phenomenon coming through - what is your advice to the likes of Lexi

:07:31. > :07:38.Thompson and one of these kids coming through? They have already

:07:38. > :07:45.won on the LPGA. Lydia Ko as well. They are obviously phenomenal

:07:45. > :07:49.players. You see them, they seem so grown up. As long as they get great

:07:49. > :07:54.support, and as long as they have fun with the game, and just really

:07:54. > :07:59.enjoy it, they can go a long way. Lydia Ko has already shown us what

:07:59. > :08:05.she is capable of today. But from what you have seen, and you will

:08:05. > :08:09.obviously be having a look out on the course, whose game do you think

:08:10. > :08:14.this course will suit best? Well, they are talking about the wind

:08:14. > :08:20.picking up, and it is going to get pretty tough tomorrow, so I would

:08:20. > :08:24.say so one that can work the ball, and keep it low, with good

:08:24. > :08:29.imagination around the greens. If you hit it out in the rough, it is

:08:29. > :08:33.really thick, so you have just got to take your medicine. I know

:08:33. > :08:37.you're watching, but do you fancy getting out there and playing

:08:37. > :08:41.yourself? Not necessarily to compete in the tournament, but I

:08:41. > :08:45.would not mind teeing it up on Monday and playing the golf course,

:08:45. > :08:55.it looks beautiful. You have got some work to do before that. We

:08:55. > :08:56.

:08:56. > :08:59.wish you all the best. Thank you. Well, it is forecast for us to have

:08:59. > :09:04.some increase in wind speed, maybe even this afternoon, actually. As

:09:04. > :09:12.we continue with our coverage, let me tell you who we will be focusing

:09:12. > :09:18.on this afternoon. Suzann Pettersen of Norway is a Major winner. But

:09:19. > :09:23.the best she has ever produced in this event is a tie for 14th.

:09:23. > :09:28.Cristie Kerr was runner-up six years ago. Michelle Wie has been

:09:28. > :09:34.featuring in this event since she was a 14-year-old amateur. And also

:09:34. > :09:39.in that trio, Carly Booth, she has made a storming break through, the

:09:39. > :09:49.19-year-old from Perthshire, who has who are twice, and leads the

:09:49. > :10:01.

:10:01. > :10:08.As we head to live play, this is the 21-year-old who moved to

:10:08. > :10:18.Australia from Korea when she was at high school. That made sure she

:10:18. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :10:31.got a par, and a round of 72, the best of anyone to this point. So,

:10:31. > :10:46.

:10:46. > :10:54.that's two under par, the current The movement behind those leaders

:10:54. > :10:59.will be interesting to see. We just going to keep touching this thing,

:10:59. > :11:08.and hope we will bring it some luck for the next 12 months. Meanwhile,

:11:08. > :11:12.we can go over to our, cheating. I know we're expecting some wind

:11:12. > :11:18.later on today, but tomorrow, I have been looking at the forecast,

:11:18. > :11:23.and is none too pleasant - 50 miles an hour gusts tomorrow morning.

:11:23. > :11:31.could be the end of the world, but I hope not!

:11:31. > :11:38.ANDREW COTTER: here's Michelle Wie. Ken Brown is about there, and he

:11:38. > :11:44.can tell us what her lie is like. can tell us what her lie is like.

:11:44. > :11:54.The well, it could be worse. Brilliant. That worked out very

:11:54. > :12:05.

:12:05. > :12:15.potential so far in her career. A she was a teenager with so much

:12:15. > :12:17.

:12:17. > :12:21.talent, and she has has some injury problems. This is Morgan Pressel.

:12:21. > :12:30.She hits someone on the head with her tee shot, and that person is

:12:30. > :12:39.still receiving treatment. Meanwhile, that was for a birdie.

:12:39. > :12:49.MAUREEN MADILL: and regular visitor to our shores, and she is playing

:12:49. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :13:03.the newly crowned US Open champion, Choi. Alison Nicholas is down there

:13:03. > :13:06.

:13:06. > :13:16.watching this one. ALISON NICHOLAS: Yes, this is a

:13:16. > :13:46.

:13:46. > :13:53.great chance to get one back for player's who are used to sunnier

:13:53. > :14:03.climes are feeling it a bit more. You can almost guarantee that Laura

:14:03. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:31.Davies will be out there in be running superbly. Not quite at a

:14:31. > :14:36.pace that some of these players are used to. I think they might leave

:14:36. > :14:40.them without double cutting them tomorrow morning. With the winds

:14:40. > :14:50.forecast to be getting up, you do not want the balls blowing around

:14:50. > :14:54.

:14:54. > :15:04.has around her wrist. She has had to withdraw from a couple of events

:15:04. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:29.the right. Beautifully done by Katie Futcher for distance. You can

:15:29. > :15:32.

:15:32. > :15:39.see how difficult the putt is. The after that stunning approach shot,

:15:39. > :15:46.what you she left with? It was a brilliant approach. The line and

:15:46. > :15:52.distance about right. 7 ft up the hill. If she lay down flat, she

:15:52. > :16:02.would not quite reach the whole. Basically up the slope. Starting to

:16:02. > :16:14.

:16:14. > :16:19.make a bit of a recovery. This What a wonderful three from

:16:19. > :16:27.Michelle Wie. I was chatting with her earlier in the week and she

:16:27. > :16:31.said it was the first time I'd seen her her play without study

:16:31. > :16:41.following her around the world. She is really enjoying that, being free

:16:41. > :16:45.

:16:45. > :16:55.Booth? The bit up and down. She's under a lot of pressuring her first

:16:55. > :17:11.

:17:11. > :17:17.recovery. Hanging in there at the moment. Her mother's families from

:17:17. > :17:23.Liverpool. She is staying with relatives this week. Her father was

:17:23. > :17:26.a bouncer down in Liverpool and was a bodyguard for the Beatles at some

:17:26. > :17:36.point when he worked at the Cavern Club. Strong connections to

:17:36. > :17:49.

:17:49. > :17:59.game. She has played well this year. Her coach is over at the moment so

:17:59. > :18:06.

:18:06. > :18:14.is on hand for any last minute bits play as the opening hole. A four is

:18:14. > :18:24.always welcome to put on the tart - - on the card after this one.

:18:24. > :18:36.

:18:36. > :18:46.players. -- confusing the players. A lot of them seem to be missing

:18:46. > :18:46.

:18:46. > :19:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:19:50. > :20:00.from New Zealand. Finishing with a Most before her let that drift to

:20:00. > :20:07.

:20:07. > :20:12.the left. It seems to be box. Yes, an interesting period of

:20:12. > :20:18.golf going on. Yesterday was a dreadful day. The winds have stayed

:20:18. > :20:22.about the same, just moved around a point or two. Play has been around

:20:22. > :20:27.even as far as the conditions are concerned. But there are an awful

:20:27. > :20:33.lot of bogeys about, dropped shots. This is a big course, even though

:20:33. > :20:38.they are playing only 6,000 yards. A lot of trouble round here. This

:20:38. > :20:41.woman has been around almost as long as me, Laura Davies, one of

:20:41. > :20:51.the great characters in the world of golf, let alone just women's

:20:51. > :20:51.

:20:51. > :20:59.golf. No red numbers unfortunately for her. An outward nine of 6-over

:20:59. > :21:05.par. A pretty horrific run of bogeys. Seven in a row? That is not

:21:05. > :21:15.good. But a bit more of an opportunity to pick up a few

:21:15. > :21:35.

:21:35. > :21:39.Miyazato. -- Nick Ai Miyazato. -- Mika Miyazato. Confident riding

:21:40. > :21:49.high for her. Any indication of that? She has hit some very good

:21:50. > :22:02.

:22:02. > :22:06.shots so far and has got 143 into and they will be pleasantly

:22:06. > :22:16.surprised when they get up there. The green is nestled in amongst the

:22:16. > :22:24.

:22:24. > :22:28.humps and hollows, at a lower level pin. They are just throwing up the

:22:29. > :22:38.grass to see how strong the winds are. Having a discussion with her

:22:39. > :23:13.

:23:13. > :23:23.think she will take a 99. That is a will be no grass left in a minute.

:23:23. > :23:30.There will be a bald patch like the back of my head. Play shall be

:23:30. > :23:40.continuous. Well, they say it is better to be decisive than it is to

:23:40. > :24:12.

:24:12. > :24:22.Everything was right. Excellent concerned about the way it -- the

:24:22. > :24:32.

:24:32. > :24:42.Stop! Unfortunate. Looking for a bit of spin. We talk about spin

:24:42. > :25:00.

:25:00. > :25:08.control, but it's not as easy as right. Exactly right. It was over

:25:08. > :25:18.the top of the marker -- it was over the top of the mark and she

:25:18. > :25:24.

:25:24. > :25:34.never saw it. The wind might be cleanse her mind and get on with

:25:34. > :26:09.

:26:09. > :26:17.playing golf instead of fiddling here. That was a good solid hit

:26:17. > :26:27.there. A lot of very difficult, testing par-fours out here. This

:26:27. > :26:39.

:26:39. > :26:47.one is 397 yards up the hill. Quite tide is out. I know about these

:26:47. > :26:57.things. Just making sure she has the shape and the picture of the

:26:57. > :27:17.

:27:18. > :27:27.Once you missed these greens it's not a cinch to get up and down in a

:27:28. > :27:56.

:27:56. > :28:06.11th green, a Punchbowl green. is a small group. You would not

:28:06. > :28:11.

:28:11. > :28:21.feel out of place here. I have they are all quite tall! Quite

:28:21. > :28:34.

:28:34. > :28:39.right, Allison. You are a woman of many years. Six victories on the

:28:39. > :28:49.LPGA. Took her time to get going, but so consistent. A good shot

:28:49. > :29:17.

:29:17. > :29:20.golfers, men in particular, learned a lot more watching good women

:29:21. > :29:26.golfers than Tiger Woods. They will never hit a ball like Tiger Woods.

:29:26. > :29:29.Chip and putt like him, maybe. But the way the women time and make the

:29:29. > :29:36.most of their balance is very important. How about this for a

:29:36. > :29:40.lofted one? Yes, she has moved to the TV cables out of the way. The

:29:40. > :29:44.breeze going into her face. If she had a nice position it would be

:29:44. > :29:50.easy, but the grass is laying down left to right so it will grab the

:29:50. > :30:00.club as she strikes the ball. She can get on the back of the green.

:30:00. > :30:35.

:30:35. > :30:45.It is running away from her there. will be a birdie to save her. Just

:30:45. > :31:11.

:31:11. > :31:20.hit it through the break. Birdies ever. She is only 19 or 20 now.

:31:20. > :31:29.She's not old at all. 19, I think. Being so good so young at 14 or 15,

:31:29. > :31:36.you suddenly realise... Of is it a function of us getting older?

:31:36. > :31:39.don't think so. So much depends on the parents. Rory McIlroy it must

:31:39. > :31:44.have the most magnificent parents and school teachers and anyone else

:31:44. > :31:54.he has mixed with because he seems the calmest boy I have seen. So

:31:54. > :32:06.

:32:06. > :32:16.much depends on how things are at the other side of the golf course

:32:16. > :32:35.

:32:35. > :32:42.at 10 and worked her way around to pace. Are they are rolling nicely?

:32:42. > :32:52.They are near-perfect. I could take some more grass of them to make

:32:52. > :32:52.

:32:52. > :34:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:34:18. > :34:28.has called. Smoothly dones -- she she could get out of this around

:34:28. > :34:57.

:34:57. > :35:02.much fussing around? Well, she first played here when she was 14 a

:35:02. > :35:06.week before the Curtis Cup. She was unbelievable. I think she got a bit

:35:06. > :35:12.technical thinking about things too much. Only had one top-ten this

:35:12. > :35:22.year. For this stature of player, she should do better than that.

:35:22. > :35:55.

:35:55. > :36:05.putter heads seem to be getting bigger and bigger. On a mission.

:36:05. > :36:05.

:36:05. > :36:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:36:59. > :37:09.Ko's performance this season. There are 20 Korean players in this field.

:37:09. > :37:23.

:37:23. > :37:33.Such a dominant force in women's The US Open champion is also one

:37:33. > :37:33.

:37:33. > :38:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:38:51. > :39:01.nice lie and she has to be careful because there ball could move above

:39:01. > :39:01.

:39:01. > :39:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:39:58. > :40:08.you have now. That was beautiful. Quite a number of Japanese players

:40:08. > :40:08.

:40:08. > :40:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:40:58. > :41:07.wind. The fighting Maguires. It is amazing how women's golf has come

:41:07. > :41:14.on in the last 20 or 30 years. I noticed that at Ferness golf club

:41:14. > :41:20.overlooking the Irish Sea, they are celebrating 140 years of golf. It

:41:20. > :41:30.has its first lady President. Another bit of golfing history

:41:30. > :41:30.

:41:30. > :41:40.being made. Congratulations to all there. 140 years of agony and

:41:40. > :41:59.

:41:59. > :42:08.you can offer one of those infernal down to the corner and how close it

:42:09. > :42:18.is to the water. It looks very still at the moment. Tomorrow, it

:42:19. > :42:46.

:42:46. > :42:56.promises to be a little dusty, but this shot? It is a bit left to

:42:56. > :42:56.

:42:56. > :43:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:43:59. > :44:07.right, but it should help in some Miyazato. It is wearing though when

:44:07. > :44:12.you're leaving yourself fighting all the time. Every hole is a

:44:12. > :44:19.challenge on this course. At most of the great links courses it is

:44:19. > :44:24.the same, but it is so exposed. You cannot getting behind the woods or

:44:24. > :44:34.a tree line fairway. You have to think all the time. It is a very

:44:34. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :45:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:45:36. > :45:46.different game now two before the course, the 13th green. With

:45:46. > :45:58.

:45:58. > :46:08.wins at 50 mph, they may blow putts made today. That one look

:46:08. > :46:09.

:46:09. > :46:19.good all away. Act - look good all the way. -- looked good of all the

:46:19. > :46:35.

:46:35. > :46:39.Tucked behind the sand dunes. A very natural golf course, this.

:46:39. > :46:45.1869, along all time ago, that they made the golf course and followed

:46:45. > :46:55.the natural contours of the ground. Or horse and cart and some hand

:46:55. > :47:03.

:47:03. > :47:13.tools. None of those tractors and all. Perhaps they are not sure

:47:13. > :47:31.

:47:31. > :47:41.where they are. A well, they are on quite extraordinary how she has

:47:41. > :47:57.

:47:57. > :48:04.you're a good putter, Maureen? -- and were you a good putter,

:48:04. > :48:09.Maureen? I was until I started thinking about it. How will I

:48:09. > :48:14.hated? How my going to grip it? thought so much about it I went

:48:14. > :48:24.down the plughole. Morgan Pressel has been a good putter for a long

:48:24. > :48:34.

:48:34. > :48:42.Enough anyway. -- most of the whole affair. She has one Major under her

:48:42. > :48:45.belt. Desperate for another. Very dramatic scenery. Every direction

:48:46. > :48:55.you. To camera, you can see something of great natural beauty.

:48:56. > :49:12.

:49:12. > :49:18.That is the fascination of golf. -- on the right half of the fairway.

:49:18. > :49:27.You can see the flag is tucked away. Karen Stupples is taking dead game.

:49:27. > :49:37.She is even better at that angle -- Karen Stupples is taking a dead

:49:37. > :49:53.

:49:53. > :49:56.birdie. Angela Stanford is 1-over. A dog-leg from right to left, the

:49:56. > :50:06.long par four. The widest fairway on the course. Still not an easy

:50:06. > :50:31.

:50:31. > :50:37.intriguing is the edge of the fairways are dead straight on a lot

:50:37. > :50:40.of holes, but not particularly on this one. It is almost like an

:50:40. > :50:45.aircraft carrier, a little bit of movement and shaping down the side

:50:45. > :50:50.of the fairway. Wentworth used to be a bit like that. Straight lines

:50:50. > :51:00.on the fairway, but then they shake them a little. Just adds a little

:51:00. > :51:18.

:51:18. > :51:21.Maureen, if that is the big bunker. Indeed. There are two sets of

:51:21. > :51:31.bunkers, one set on the left and one on the right, guarding the

:51:31. > :51:56.

:51:57. > :52:06.the victorious Curtis Cup team. -- a long putt. She has left

:52:07. > :52:13.

:52:13. > :52:23.delivered a fantastic singles point in the Curtis Cup and her

:52:23. > :52:39.

:52:39. > :52:44.experience from the previous time that fine state, where the big one

:52:44. > :52:54.is being played -- some of Majestic courses. Alphabetical scores

:52:54. > :53:22.

:53:22. > :53:27.she remains one behind the leaders as we go back to Russian --

:53:27. > :53:36.Michelle Wie. She has avoided the bunker by six inches, but some

:53:36. > :53:42.tufted rough and an awkward stance. The pin is back to the left. 170

:53:42. > :53:52.yards to the front, so can she get the stance to get the ball to go

:53:52. > :54:01.

:54:01. > :54:11.She has to catch it just right. A bit of a miscue, and you will drill

:54:11. > :54:17.

:54:17. > :54:22.Verities. Not bad from there. -- their ease. But it could easily be

:54:22. > :54:32.another shop dropped. You cannot keep getting down in a pitch and

:54:32. > :54:44.

:54:44. > :54:54.putt if you keep missing the green good save. Some times the par putts

:54:54. > :54:54.

:54:54. > :55:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:55:58. > :56:08.give you as much momentum as the Green Left or Right. Well done. A

:56:08. > :56:21.

:56:21. > :56:25.quite high. Not conducive to helping you cheat the wind.

:56:25. > :56:35.unless you can flick it off the top, almost like a forehand drive at

:56:35. > :56:37.

:56:37. > :56:41.table tennis, but that is an easiest of places. They are towards

:56:41. > :56:51.the corners of the green. They have not made the course a pushover. No

:56:51. > :56:59.

:56:59. > :57:03.reason why they should, but on the tremendously added to the quality

:57:04. > :57:09.of all sorts of things in women's golf, not only here that around the

:57:09. > :57:13.world. Yes, and some welcome news that they are renewing their

:57:13. > :57:23.sponsorship and continuing until 2016. Very welcome news for the

:57:23. > :57:28.

:57:28. > :57:38.this must be her third. certainly is, Peter. Lovely tight

:57:38. > :57:38.

:57:38. > :58:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:58:34. > :58:44.Wie. She has a good angle to the this gentleman here. Thank you very

:58:44. > :59:23.

:59:23. > :59:29.things. They look a lot closer there than they actually are.

:59:29. > :59:39.always reminds me of the day of the triplets. They are multiplying --

:59:39. > :00:02.

:00:02. > :00:11.going down that slope. This is Na Yeon Choi, with a chance to get

:00:11. > :00:19.back to level. She has got a classic putting style, compared to

:00:19. > :00:24.the collection we have seen. I have seen that Phil Mickelson has gone

:00:24. > :00:34.to the clause style now. PETER ALLISS: Yes, I saw that, I

:00:34. > :00:44.

:00:44. > :00:54.could not believe it. Hit it, wind. That's what they cried. I think we

:00:54. > :00:58.

:00:58. > :01:08.needed a hurricane to get that one back onto the green. Morgan Pressel.

:01:08. > :01:15.The greens are rolling very, very well here. Morgan takes advantage.

:01:15. > :01:21.Yes, we have seen some nice putts in the last half an hour or so.

:01:21. > :01:31.KEN BROWN: Again, a lot of circling of the putt. Michelle Wie, not much

:01:31. > :01:32.

:01:32. > :01:42.in this. Using the Cross handed technique. She has tried a lot of

:01:42. > :01:43.

:01:43. > :01:53.different styles to see if she can find a bit of inspiration. And in

:01:53. > :02:09.

:02:10. > :02:19.it goes. There will be a few trying par three 15th, right down in the

:02:20. > :02:20.

:02:20. > :02:28.corner of the course. You can see the big wide beach. You can walk

:02:28. > :02:34.out to the island, but do not get caught out there. Here's the 15th,

:02:34. > :02:40.a dainty little par three, surrounded by bunkers. It depends

:02:40. > :02:47.on which way the wind is blowing. It is often down wind. The green

:02:47. > :02:57.slopes from the front, up towards the back. It is a very nice par

:02:57. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:09.three. You can see from the raised tee, it drops down a little bit

:03:09. > :03:14.

:03:14. > :03:20.towards the green. The gallant colonel, he gives us all of the

:03:21. > :03:30.scores and the yardages. I don't know what we would do without him,

:03:31. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:12.really. Stupples is in the bunker. Coming down wind today. I think

:04:12. > :04:18.this is one of the prettiest par threes you will see anywhere in the

:04:18. > :04:25.world. The lovely backdrop of the bay behind. The glorious bunkers,

:04:25. > :04:32.and this tiny little putting green. You're always flirting with the

:04:32. > :04:42.bunkers, it is a delightful hole. On the green, you have a birdie

:04:42. > :04:48.chance, misssverb it, and it is very difficult to get down in two.

:04:48. > :04:58.Might have got a little bit lucky. You do not want to stop there. You

:04:58. > :04:58.

:04:58. > :05:47.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:05:47. > :05:57.actually. Carly Booth, come on, has got to get the pace right. That

:05:57. > :06:12.

:06:12. > :06:22.is a lovely putt. But she pays the watching the golf, prepared for all

:06:22. > :06:58.

:06:58. > :07:08.winning a Major back in 2003, in the Women's US Open. She finished

:07:08. > :07:30.

:07:30. > :07:34.a little down slope. It is manageable, but not easy. It is

:07:35. > :07:44.just that down slope that Ken was talking about, she could not get it

:07:45. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:06.not get any forward momentum at all. She has got to make sure she gets

:08:06. > :08:16.

:08:17. > :08:26.upslope made all the difference. Downwind, it is not along par three,

:08:27. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:53.cannot see the pain, because it is tucked away to the left. There are

:08:53. > :09:03.a number of blind or semi-blind shots here. It depends where they

:09:03. > :09:03.

:09:03. > :09:13.put the flag, of course. It is similar to Tiger Woods' second in

:09:13. > :09:13.

:09:13. > :09:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:09:55. > :10:05.good shot, from long range. A good longer tee shot, so you get a

:10:05. > :10:05.

:10:05. > :10:15.better view of the pin. Yes, she can pretty well see writing to the

:10:15. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :10:26.green. Angela Stanford, just about to put it in. That was for a bogey.

:10:26. > :10:33.Everyone is struggling with that pin position on the 6th.

:10:33. > :10:41.MAUREEN MADILL: Yes, I think the 6th hole is winning the battle

:10:42. > :10:51.today. Now, Wie trying to save bogey on the 15th. Two bunker shots,

:10:51. > :11:01.remember. KEN BROWN: All a bit of a struggle.

:11:01. > :11:15.

:11:15. > :11:21.comfortable with her putting. But yet another shot gets away. However,

:11:21. > :11:31.two par fives in the last three GLX, so the chance to make up a bit of

:11:31. > :12:10.

:12:10. > :12:20.Recari, that's a par. She stays shot. She was in the bunker. That's

:12:20. > :12:49.

:12:49. > :12:54.for Mika, one over nine Japanese Curtis Cup players, one of 10

:12:54. > :13:00.amateurs in this field, equalling the record of amateurs taking part

:13:00. > :13:04.in the Women's British Open Championship. The record is seven,

:13:04. > :13:12.having made the cut, so far, in previous years. We will have to see

:13:12. > :13:17.how many make it to the weekend this time. Paula Creamer, the Pink

:13:17. > :13:27.Panther, one over par, but she will certainly be there or thereabouts

:13:27. > :13:28.

:13:28. > :13:33.over the coming days. Back out we go to the US Open champion, Na Yeon

:13:33. > :13:39.Choi. ANDREW COTTER: This, her third shot.

:13:39. > :13:44.What has she been up to? ALISON NICHOLAS: She was in the

:13:44. > :13:50.rough on the left, and had to play just short of those bunkers. 53

:13:50. > :14:00.yards out, she goes right for the flag. That one just got away from

:14:00. > :14:01.

:14:01. > :14:11.Harrogate. Working hard for her par. So to me in 2006, in very different

:14:11. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:50.if it is shaping up to do exactly This putt goes away to the right.

:14:50. > :14:54.Again, Mellissa Reid has said she once this season to end. It has

:14:54. > :14:59.been horrible in many ways. Her mother was tragically killed in a

:14:59. > :15:04.car accident in Germany. Remarkably, four week later, she came back to

:15:04. > :15:14.win in Prague. She walked off the course in Ireland and she said her

:15:14. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:46.head was all over the place. A beautifully prepared for this week.

:15:46. > :15:56.A little bit greener than we are accustomed to, but I think that is

:15:56. > :16:08.

:16:08. > :16:18.here for Morgan Pressel. ALISON NICHOLAS: At the caddy is helping

:16:18. > :16:36.

:16:36. > :16:42.with the line. It is going to be kept at the lower half of her body

:16:42. > :16:48.absolutely still, just swinging Tehran's freely. Not the longest of

:16:48. > :16:57.hitters on the LPGA, but when you counted all up she is usually in

:16:57. > :17:03.the mix. -- count it all up. She is very keen on photography and always

:17:03. > :17:13.has her camera with her. I wouldn't bet that she will be on the beach

:17:13. > :17:43.

:17:43. > :17:52.she get there? There are 40 or 50 yards of secondary bit of fair way

:17:52. > :17:59.before the green. At the only other option is to really just punched it

:17:59. > :18:05.on sideways. When you get a marginal applied like this, it is

:18:05. > :18:15.so easy for the grass too rapid sell for around before the ball

:18:15. > :18:39.

:18:39. > :18:49.dives off left. You have to hang on contact. You can see it just there.

:18:49. > :18:49.

:18:49. > :20:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:20:40. > :20:49.Not a bad lie there. A little bit long way back. Cristie Kerr at

:20:50. > :21:18.

:21:18. > :21:23.because there was a huge hole their full of nasty stuff and she managed

:21:23. > :21:33.to fly it over that. That was a terrific shot from the angle she

:21:33. > :21:33.

:21:33. > :22:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:22:17. > :22:23.Choi. She has a nine iron. A great shot.

:22:23. > :22:28.MAUREEN MADILL: It is hard to find a weakness in her game. She had a

:22:28. > :22:35.fantastic run about 18 months ago when she made 62 consecutive cuts.

:22:35. > :22:43.Any player would welcome that. We go back to Karen Stubbles. A bit of

:22:43. > :22:53.room to work with here. Trying to save par. That is tasty. Come on!

:22:53. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :24:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:24:09. > :24:19.iron on this 15th green. Looking leave it short but she left herself

:24:19. > :24:25.

:24:25. > :24:35.with a longer part. -- putt. Tomorrow, the wind is supposed to

:24:35. > :24:35.

:24:35. > :25:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:25:17. > :25:21.ago, these Korean and Japanese players would be expected to do

:25:21. > :25:28.well in sunny Dale, but to come here in windy conditions and

:25:28. > :25:38.produced the golf and shots they are producing, their games are

:25:38. > :25:56.

:25:56. > :26:01.than not had a 5th major. A five Major's it will be for next year

:26:01. > :26:11.and not one in the East yet. You would think that would be addressed

:26:11. > :26:11.

:26:11. > :28:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:28:07. > :28:17.victory in July. That was at the US Spaniards who has made her home in

:28:17. > :28:38.

:28:38. > :28:48.the States but originally from putting, that is an

:28:48. > :28:48.

:28:48. > :29:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:29:54. > :30:00.we nearly had the champagne corks presence at the top of this leader

:30:00. > :30:10.board and we should not be surprised, because if you look back,

:30:10. > :30:19.

:30:19. > :30:29.it it has been dominated by golfers feel to this particular

:30:29. > :30:33.

:30:33. > :30:40.Championship, the last Major of the year. Lydia Ko, of Korean

:30:40. > :30:50.extraction, now living in New Zealand, is leading the way for the

:30:50. > :30:56.

:30:56. > :31:06.amateurs. Becky Morgan and Lydia Hall, representing Wales. Natalie

:31:06. > :31:10.

:31:10. > :31:14.Gulbis, great to see her back in the reckoning. The Dutch player,

:31:14. > :31:24.one of an emerging pack of Dutch golfers in the women's game at the

:31:24. > :31:24.

:31:24. > :31:32.moment. Lexi Thompson, at 17, one of the teenage sensations. Speaking

:31:33. > :31:42.of which, this was one of them, Michelle Wie, now in her 20s.

:31:43. > :31:44.

:31:44. > :31:49.ANDREW COTTER: Heading left. She is down the previous were way. -- the

:31:49. > :31:57.previous fairway. She's on the fairway, not the right one, but it

:31:57. > :32:05.might be OK. In 2006, Tiger Woods only used his driver once, and that

:32:05. > :32:12.was on the 16th, and he put it on the 17th. I meant to do that, she

:32:12. > :32:22.says. KEN BROWN: Such a difficult fairway

:32:22. > :32:27.to find this one, left to right. This hole has a dog-leg to the left.

:32:27. > :32:35.And the wind is blowing in the opposite direction. I am pretty

:32:35. > :32:45.sure Michelle Wie was actually aiming out there. It will be an

:32:45. > :32:46.

:32:46. > :32:53.interesting play if it was full stop -- if it was. Yes, I think

:32:53. > :33:03.you're right, Ken. You might see more of the same on the 18th. She

:33:03. > :33:05.

:33:05. > :33:15.goes way left of the bunkers on the 18th as well. It did seem to be a

:33:15. > :33:20.

:33:20. > :33:24.decent strike. It makes it a bit tight coming in over those bunkers.

:33:24. > :33:34.She still has that power that a lot of players in the women's game do

:33:34. > :33:38.

:33:38. > :33:48.not have. Very tall, 6ft 1. Yes, she really does have the ability to

:33:48. > :34:04.

:34:04. > :34:07.keep the ball low, to shape her far, in terms of the weather

:34:07. > :34:14.conditions. The scoring has been pretty even between the morning and

:34:14. > :34:24.the afternoon. Of course, having a two-tee start evens things out a

:34:24. > :34:25.

:34:25. > :34:29.bit more. Decent crowds coming in today as well. They will be coming

:34:29. > :34:35.along to see some very, very good golfer over the next few days. We

:34:35. > :34:40.had huge crowds here for the Open in 2006, because it is so close to

:34:40. > :34:50.Liverpool, and not too far away from Manchester. Seven-iron for

:34:50. > :34:50.

:34:50. > :35:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:35:32. > :35:42.Holly Clyburn. The flag is fairly central today, only 10 paces on.

:35:42. > :35:47.

:35:47. > :35:49.And that's a good one. KEN BROWN: Michelle Wie's caddie is

:35:50. > :35:56.circumnavigating the area to try to get a yardage, which is very

:35:56. > :36:02.difficult to do. Because they are on the wrong fairway. If that

:36:02. > :36:05.strategy was deliberate, do you think it is worth it? Well, if

:36:05. > :36:15.you're going to hit a driver, I think that is the angle. It takes

:36:15. > :36:19.

:36:19. > :36:29.out some of the big bunkers. So, it is not a bad play. Off the first

:36:29. > :36:33.

:36:33. > :36:38.tee, you can actually hit it up the 18th, if you wanted to. When she

:36:38. > :36:48.pops it out, it is not going to bother her too much if she is in a

:36:48. > :37:07.

:37:07. > :37:17.bunker by the side of the green, out to the first cut. Into the wind,

:37:17. > :37:18.

:37:18. > :37:26.she will have no problems stopping that. A little rescue club in the

:37:26. > :37:33.hands of Morgan Pressel. She is pretty good with these. She hits a

:37:33. > :37:43.great number of them. And it is off like a tracer bullet. Take it

:37:43. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:56.easy... Following wind here at 16. And even with the tee up, it is 500

:37:56. > :38:06.yards or more. That's horrible down there. It is a nasty little shot

:38:06. > :38:25.

:38:25. > :38:32.she has left herself. She just had the lie. That's not too bad.

:38:32. > :38:42.Michelle Wie, an unusual angle. This could prove to be a good play.

:38:42. > :38:42.

:38:42. > :38:52.I'm not sure she has got enough yardage, though. The pain is at the

:38:52. > :38:54.

:38:54. > :39:03.front left, which is not the best. -- the chillander. Just hope she

:39:03. > :39:13.has got enough club on this one. Maybe a five-iron, that was. It was

:39:13. > :39:40.

:39:40. > :39:45.through the Forest of Dean to get back to the fairway. Holly Clyburn,

:39:45. > :39:55.lovely second shot in here to the eighth. This will put her back to

:39:55. > :40:25.

:40:25. > :40:35.level par. The leader at the moment delighted to see so many of her

:40:35. > :40:45.team performing well. Still virtually a full pitching wedge for

:40:45. > :41:21.

:41:21. > :41:31.that nicely. That was very good, that looked a little bit thick down

:41:31. > :41:46.

:41:46. > :41:53.there. Just about the toughest hole a great shot ING, but it just ran

:41:53. > :42:03.through the back. She has got plenty of green to work with, and

:42:03. > :42:17.

:42:17. > :42:27.the wind in her favour. She has the penultimate hole. She started

:42:27. > :42:27.

:42:27. > :42:37.on the back nine today. Karen Stupples holed her putt after

:42:37. > :42:51.

:42:51. > :42:59.coming out of the bunker, to get any measure of control on that one.

:42:59. > :43:09.It ends up well past the flag. It is a very well placed little hole

:43:09. > :43:12.

:43:12. > :43:15.here on the 16th. Final hole, Suzann Pettersen. It has not been

:43:15. > :43:24.an entirely satisfactory day's work for her. Can she finish with a

:43:24. > :43:34.birdie? D-Day season so and coming up? She might be in that bunker

:43:34. > :43:38.

:43:38. > :43:44.just to the left of the picture. -- did I see some sand coming up?

:43:44. > :43:54.she could make a birdie at the last, or even an eagle, she can save her

:43:54. > :44:32.

:44:32. > :44:41.plenty of chance of getting a birdie on the 18th. Leona Maguire,

:44:41. > :44:49.one of the twins from Ireland. She got into this Championship courtesy

:44:50. > :44:59.of being the British Amateur strokeplay champion. She is playing

:45:00. > :45:02.

:45:02. > :45:12.very well. That Curtis Cup performance really was something,

:45:12. > :45:29.

:45:29. > :45:39.coming back from a big deficit was 3-over after her opening six.

:45:39. > :46:08.

:46:08. > :46:18.has got in dialled in it now. Miyazato. A strong finish with that

:46:18. > :46:18.

:46:18. > :46:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:46:59. > :47:08.par-five 18th to come, although 17 short and left to solve a lot to do

:47:08. > :47:11.for birdie at 16. -- left herself a lot to do. That is good. Very, very

:47:11. > :47:17.gratifying to get one in the bank, especially when you are facing such

:47:17. > :47:27.a tough par for, as 17 is proving to be. Your most mentally have to

:47:27. > :47:37.reverse the pars of those two holes. -- you almost mentally have to

:47:37. > :47:37.

:47:37. > :48:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:48:22. > :48:28.reverse the parts of those two from stage left as Peter Alliss

:48:28. > :48:38.comes back. It is a bit crawl when they squirt off the edge of the

:48:38. > :49:01.

:49:01. > :49:06.par. A nice part of the day now, the late-afternoon sunshine but

:49:07. > :49:11.still the same winds. I don't think it's anything to do with us, but

:49:11. > :49:21.we've done very well with the weather. When you look at what was

:49:21. > :49:21.

:49:21. > :49:26.happening yesterday, it's a minor oblique 10 on the 7th and has been

:49:26. > :49:36.fighting a rearguard action ever since -- Suzann Pettersson. She has

:49:36. > :49:36.

:49:36. > :50:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:50:55. > :51:05.done well to keep it to 4-over, but right. And with good reason. That

:51:05. > :51:34.

:51:34. > :51:44.could be very clumpy and there. Act You have to keep your nerve

:51:44. > :51:47.

:51:47. > :51:56.completely. You just have to keep a round of 72. The former world No.

:51:56. > :52:06.1. A tidy card. She never gives up, does she? Not too many blemishes on

:52:06. > :52:26.

:52:26. > :52:36.didn't get the Phil Mickelson stop. That dragging action he seems to be

:52:36. > :53:06.

:53:06. > :53:10.able to do and am very few other Well, it wasn't a very good tee

:53:10. > :53:19.shot. The wind was right to left, and she week it to the left and it

:53:19. > :53:27.went away on the wind. You must not miss it on the left. It could well

:53:28. > :53:35.mean she drops a couple of shops here. Meanwhile, Holly Clyburn,

:53:35. > :53:45.whose ball hung on, she has that to be a handful of players who broke

:53:45. > :54:16.

:54:16. > :54:24.is in the rough. She has a good position but she won't be able to

:54:24. > :54:34.reach the green in two. She chased it out well. It may get a hop, skip

:54:34. > :54:49.

:54:49. > :54:52.and jump. No, it just died. It may A fantastic hole with the out of

:54:52. > :54:59.bounds down the right. Coming in from the right side gives you an

:54:59. > :55:09.entry to the green, particularly where the flag is cut today. You

:55:09. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :55:32.have to hit over the edge of the By golly, it is good. Steady,

:55:32. > :55:45.

:55:45. > :55:55.create problems on a number of holes. Yes, he gives plenty of

:55:55. > :56:02.

:56:02. > :56:10.got away with it. Just held on long enough to get the club head back to

:56:10. > :56:20.the ball, and not a bad result. little fortunate, Michelle Wie. In

:56:20. > :56:26.

:56:26. > :56:36.the perfect spot but she wasn't air and have not too firm a first

:56:36. > :56:47.

:56:47. > :56:52.it's in. I remember standing behind a screen in a matchplay

:56:52. > :56:57.championships -- Championship, and Derek Brown made his second, the

:56:57. > :57:07.only albatross that I have ever seen. A beautiful shot. Over and

:57:07. > :57:17.

:57:17. > :57:21.into the hole. Poor old John went out to the right. That is not to

:57:21. > :57:25.her usual standard. I think a lot of these players are getting a bit

:57:25. > :57:30.tired. They have been out there, battling the wind, and they are

:57:30. > :57:34.beginning to look weary. That is the word, a battle. It is the

:57:34. > :57:38.mental focus, dealing with the elements. It is the mental

:57:38. > :57:48.toughness with the wind blowing around, picking the right shot. The

:57:48. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :58:03.disappointment when you think you Very nice, 72. She is handily

:58:03. > :58:13.placed. They started at 11:40pm, so that is five hours and 20 minutes

:58:13. > :58:31.

:58:31. > :58:34.or so. A bit higher than the recover more if it happens in the

:58:35. > :58:44.middle of around, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth at the final

:58:45. > :59:07.

:59:07. > :59:17.hole of the day. Holly Clyburn, distance right. You can take an

:59:17. > :59:31.

:59:31. > :59:37.extra spoonful of sand and you go but Michelle Wie has found a

:59:37. > :59:43.reasonably flat line. Carly Booth, slightly awkward stance. Looks like

:59:43. > :59:53.she may be going first. Hard to tell. All about the same distance

:59:53. > :00:11.

:00:11. > :00:19.again. I think it rather spoils the headed putters? I don't know enough

:00:19. > :00:26.about it. They have gone from the ordinary size, and some of them are

:00:26. > :00:30.getting up towards the size of a lovely. But I never thought I would

:00:30. > :00:40.see such weird and wonderful designs. There was a period 10 or

:00:40. > :00:40.

:00:40. > :01:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:01:33. > :01:43.15 years ago they used to call them like the right sort of line on it.

:01:43. > :02:15.

:02:15. > :02:20.wasn't lying as Queen -- cleanly on You frequently find these bunkers

:02:20. > :02:30.and you have to aim well away from the flag. No chance of going

:02:30. > :02:30.

:02:30. > :03:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:03:49. > :03:59.test today. That is a very good score. In my opinion, everything

:03:59. > :04:00.

:04:00. > :04:05.like 74 or down is very good. Especially this morning. It is not

:04:05. > :04:12.a closing birdie for the young Scots girl. It has been a little

:04:12. > :04:22.bit of a baptism of fire for her in her first ever British Women's Open.

:04:22. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :04:56.started at 7 o'clock this morning, which is a pretty ungodly hour.

:04:56. > :05:06.There are still a few gained -- games to come in so it is a long

:05:06. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:25.girls hit the ball wonderfully well. They generate incredible speed.

:05:25. > :05:25.

:05:25. > :06:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

:06:35. > :06:42.bogeys, two bogeys which add up to 72. I don't think I have seen this

:06:42. > :06:48.lady play before. She has won on both tours, Peter, and spent her

:06:48. > :06:56.time mostly in America. She hasn't missed a single cut there. Very

:06:56. > :07:04.impressive! She is a quietly efficient operator. Well, 73 is a

:07:04. > :07:14.good opening round. Another one of those tomorrow and 73 would be

:07:14. > :07:44.

:07:44. > :07:52.magical tomorrow, we are told play one shot separates the leader from

:07:52. > :08:00.the top of the field. Ai Miyazato only the second he's Japanese --

:08:00. > :08:03.second Japanese woman in history to reach this far. Four of the Curtis

:08:03. > :08:13.Cup players have qualified to be here this week which is really good

:08:13. > :08:17.

:08:17. > :08:24.going. Further down, Lydia Ko has been creating headlines.

:08:24. > :08:33.Extraordinary stuff from her. Cristie Kerr the former world

:08:33. > :08:40.number one who shot 72 and level par for the day. Holly Clyburn

:08:40. > :08:50.played on the last two Curtis Cup teams and is a star in the making.

:08:50. > :09:06.

:09:06. > :09:16.winners in the last five years. Alexis Thomson is a 17-year-old

:09:16. > :09:16.

:09:17. > :09:23.star in the making from America. The French player is a former

:09:23. > :09:33.European and number-one. Caroline Hedwall one in Austria at the

:09:33. > :09:49.

:09:49. > :09:59.weekend, but home at with a three four over today. A former champion

:09:59. > :10:02.

:10:02. > :10:12.at Royal Lytham. Perhaps she was the last person to win. Karen

:10:12. > :10:23.

:10:23. > :10:33.the big numbers now, including Carly Booth. I mentioned Karen

:10:33. > :10:33.

:10:34. > :10:38.Stubbles who is now with Andrew How was that for you? A bit of a

:10:38. > :10:44.struggle to be honest. I found myself trying to save par for most

:10:44. > :10:49.of the day. I can't be too disappointed, however. The wind up

:10:49. > :10:56.-- last won killed me. It has been a craft sometimes trying to find

:10:56. > :11:00.your form? Yes, I had surgery at the start of the year and it has

:11:00. > :11:04.been catch-up all year. When you come here as someone who grew up by

:11:04. > :11:09.the seaside as well and as a former champion, this is the one you

:11:09. > :11:14.really want to show what you can do at? Absolutely and that is why a

:11:14. > :11:20.more disappointed than anything else. I didn't produce the shots I

:11:20. > :11:27.know I can play. I didn't have any low par shots. It wasn't good for

:11:27. > :11:32.me. A good round tomorrow? The wind will pick up. Yes, 50 miles an hour

:11:32. > :11:39.winds. That is why I will head to the range and work on that low shot.

:11:39. > :11:45.Thank you. She has one top-ten finish in a

:11:45. > :11:50.major at the -- earlier this year. Who could forget that eagle

:11:50. > :11:55.albatross start a few years back at Sunningdale. One of the most

:11:55. > :12:02.memorable moments in women's golf. That is just about it for our

:12:02. > :12:09.coverage. We will be back with live coverage tomorrow at the same time

:12:09. > :12:18.at 1 o'clock on BBC Two and the aged the Channel. A bit further

:12:18. > :12:23.ahead, -- for high definition channel. We will be in Chicago for

:12:23. > :12:33.the wonderful match between Europe's top golfers and those from

:12:33. > :12:42.

:12:42. > :12:46.the United States. That is on computer. And 5 Live will be doing

:12:46. > :12:56.their considerably brilliant thing with live radio coverage through

:12:56. > :12:56.

:12:56. > :13:05.the entire weekend. Can Europe keep the cap against the US. We are

:13:05. > :13:15.looking forward to that -- keep the cup against the US? Are forced --

:13:15. > :13:21.

:13:21. > :13:25.first visit to Royal Liverpool is affairs: There is a considerable

:13:25. > :13:35.Far Eastern presence at the top of the board but let us hear it for

:13:35. > :13:37.

:13:37. > :13:41.the amateurs today. Holly Clyburn and Lydia Ko and Webb, never to be