The 150th Anniversary British Open Championship: Preview (The Old Course at St Andrews)

The Open Championship ^ | 7/14/10

[airborne]

I watched some of the action today, but I’m not much of a golf expert.

I was fascinated by the way the course looked. Some of the holes even share greens, and the sand traps with stone walls is insane!

I think I’m going to watch more of this event. Between the crazy course, the potentially nasty weather and so many golfers posting low scores today, it looks to be interesting.

[Frantzie]

Just the first round. Still it will be fun to watch the Streriod/HGH pimp boy when Rory is in the zone. Good luck with that. The kid just missed shooting 62 today like he did in NC a few months ago.

[budwiesest]

Thanks for the ping, Zuben. Andrews’ sand traps look like craters or open-pit mines.

[cleveland gop]

Yes watch the next 3 days. This is the best of the 4 majors by far. And besides, we have to see what John Daly’s outfit is tomorrow anyway.....

[Rembrandt]

“Still it will be fun to watch the Streriod/HGH pimp boy when Rory is in the zone.”

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Finally, something we agree on, but the ‘S/H p b’ sure missed a lot of tough putts today - failed to even break par.

You seem very angry - you must be a Democrat.

BTW, that’s spelled Steroid, not Streriod - I can’t even pronounce that.

Ta ta

[GRRRRR]

Just ignore ‘him’...

WIND WIND WIND...blowing at 40 mph with gusts even higher that are blowing the players balls around on the greens!!

R&A is very reluctant to suspend play because of the winds. Years ago at Royal Berkdale, they did suspend play because of wind.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Don’t know which tourney I like more...The Master’s or The Open...

I have to lean Master's because I'm a Georgia boy....but The Open at St. Andrews is special. Watson teeing off now.

[GRRRRR]

PLAY SUSPENDED cuz it’s too windy...awwww woosies!! I played in wind and rain blowing sideways so hard my balls went sideways...

STOP IT...you KNOW what I mean!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Lolol...

[Zuben Elgenubi]

What's with the Euroweenies singing about milk?

They're chanting "Au Lait, Au Lait, Au Lait, Au Lait. Awwwwww Layyyyy, Awwwwww Layyyyyyyyyy"!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Louis Oosthuizen shot a -5 today thru 18 holes. He's now -12 for the tournament and the clubhouse leader.

[GRRRRR]

The wind is back up and blowing PEOPLE around now...Ernie Els standing wide with pants flapping...

I actually played several times in winds like this. Up at Fox Hills in Mishicot, WI. Very close to Lake Michigan on a links course.

The National is always windy and a fun round!

Fox Hills - The National

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I scored my one and only double eagle on a 585yd par-5 with 40 mph winds at my back, playing with my brother-in-law. Boomed a driver about 350 (wind assisted) and then had about 230yd approach shot, downhill and downwind, to a postage stamp green. It's hazardous to hit it over the green, so I played a 6-iron. The ball bounced just short of the green and I thought I could see the ball rolling across the surface. When we got to the green, I couldn't see the ball and thought the worse (that it went across the green into the hazard, like it has so many times before).

My brother-in-law said, "What are you playing?" and I replied Pro V-1, #3.

He said, "It's in the cup, a$$hole."

Double-eagle with brother-in-law as witness? Priceless.

[cleveland gop]

That’s a great story!!

So not suprisingly scores are rising and those who were done before the delay are happier than happy. That being said, I imagine scotres will keep going up in rounds 3 and 4 so don’t expect the winner to be lower than -4 or so.

An am at -5 in these condotions? That’s worth keeping an eye on....

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Through 36 holes, Phil Mickelson is even par at the Open Championship.

[NormsRevenge]

McIlroy got skooled today, Daly twarn’t too thrilled either with his 76 and sir nick faldo was ‘shell-shocked’

[NormsRevenge]

I see my fave is in the hunt.. Lehman.. -5 . One more Brit Championship would be nice especially here. Some of the golf he experienced was ‘links’, cow pastures and country lanes intermixed with rolling hills , sloughs, brush and heavy woods occasionally.. Minniesoda.

[NormsRevenge]

missing da cut so far..

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2010/29

Faldo Gone!

Furyk Gone!

Lawrie Gone!

Duval Gone!

[cleveland gop]

And my fav, Darren Clarke isn’t playing so badly either.
Tom Watson has stopped at the bridge for 1 last walk. You wouldn’t think he plays St. Andrews again in 2015, but who knows.

Horn has gone off suspending play until 6:30 tomorrow morning. Play will continue for the next few minutes as players can complete the hole they are playing....

[GRRRRR]

1 Louis Oosthuizen 65 67 - - -5 F -12 132
2 Mark Calcavecchia 70 67 - - -5 F -7 137
T3 Paul Casey 69 69 - - -3 F -6 138
T3 Lee Westwood 67 71 - - -1 F -6 138
T3 Steven Tiley 66 40 - - E 10 -6 106
T6 Tom Lehman 71 68 - - -4 F -5 139
T6 Ricky Barnes 68 71 - - -1 F -5 139
T6 Peter Hanson 66 73 - - +1 F -5 139
T6 Miguel Angel Jimenez 72 67 - - -5 F -5 139
T6 Graeme McDowell 71 68 - - -4 F -5 139
T6 Retief Goosen 69 70 - - -2 F -5 139
T6 Nick Watney 67 72 - - E F -5 139
T6 Sean O’Hair 67 72 - - E F -5 139
T6 Jin Jeong 68 67 - - -1 17 -5 135
T6 Alejandro Canizares 67 47 - - E 12 -5 114
T16 Ignacio Garrido 69 71 - - -1 F -4 140
T16 Robert Karlsson 69 71 - - -1 F -4 140
T16 Toru Taniguchi 70 70 - - -2 F -4 140
T16 Martin Kaymer 69 71 - - -1 F -4 140
T16 Tiger Woods 67 73 - - +1 F -4 140
T16 Darren Clarke 70 58 - - -2 15 -4 128
T22 Shane Lowry 68 73 - - +1 F -3 141
T22 Vijay Singh 68 73 - - +1 F -3 141
T22 Y.E. Yang 67 74 - - +2 F -3 141
T22 Dustin Johnson 69 72 - - E F -3 141
T22 Ryo Ishikawa 68 73 - - +1 F -3 141
T22 Fredrik Andersson Hed 67 58 - - +2 14 -3 125
T28 Jeff Overton 73 69 - - -3 F -2 142
T28 Bradley Dredge 66 76 - - +4 F -2 142
T28 Alvaro Quiros 72 70 - - -2 F -2 142
T28 Adam Scott 72 70 - - -2 F -2 142
T28 Sergio Garcia 71 71 - - -1 F -2 142
T28 Marcel Siem 67 75 - - +3 F -2 142
T28 John Daly 66 76 - - +4 F -2 142
T28 Trevor Immelman 68 74 - - +2 F -2 142
T28 Bo Van Pelt 69 44 - - +1 11 -2 113
T28 Kyung-Tae Kim 70 43 - - E 11 -2 113
T38 Simon Khan 74 69 - - -3 F -1 143
T38 Andrew Coltart 66 77 - - +5 F -1 143
T38 Lucas Glover 67 76 - - +4 F -1 143
T38 Rory McIlroy 63 80 - - +8 F -1 143
T38 Camilo Villegas 68 75 - - +3 F -1 143
T38 Henrik Stenson 68 67 - - +3 16 -1 135
T38 J.B. Holmes 70 57 - - +1 14 -1 127
T38 Zane Scotland 70 48 - - +1 12 -1 118
T46 Peter Senior 73 71 - - -1 F E 144
T46 Marc Leishman 73 71 - - -1 F E 144
T46 Kevin Na 70 74 - - +2 F E 144
T46 Phil Mickelson 73 71 - - -1 F E 144
T46 Thomas Aiken 71 73 - - +1 F E 144
T46 John Senden 68 76 - - +4 F E 144
T46 Simon Dyson 69 75 - - +3 F E 144
T46 Ian Poulter 71 73 - - +1 F E 144
T46 Stephen Gallacher 71 52 - - +1 13 E 123
T46 Tano Goya 70 45 - - +2 11 E 115
56 Heath Slocum 71 74 - - +2 F +1 145
57 Stewart Cink 70 74 - - +2 F E 144
T58 Colm Moriarty 72 73 - - +1 F +1 145
T58 Scott Verplank 72 73 - - +1 F +1 145
T58 Luke Donald 73 72 - - E F +1 145
T58 Steve Stricker 71 74 - - +2 F +1 145
T58 Colin Montgomerie 74 71 - - -1 F +1 145
T58 Edoardo Molinari 69 76 - - +4 F +1 145
T58 Steve Marino 69 76 - - +4 F +1 145
T58 Robert Allenby 69 76 - - +4 F +1 145
T58 Hunter Mahan 69 76 - - +4 F +1 145
T58 Ross Fisher 68 77 - - +5 F +1 145
T58 Jason Day 71 62 - - +2 15 +1 133
T58 Mark O’Meara 69 55 - - +4 13 +1 124
T58 Gregory Havret 73 47 - - E 12 +1 120
Projected Cut