2010 British Open TV Schedule

2010 British Open TV Schedules

Thursday, July 15
PGA
4:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ESPN
British Open Championship
The Old Course at St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland

Friday, July 16
PGA
4:00 AM - 3:00 PM
ESPN
British Open Championship
The Old Course at St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland

Saturday, July 17
PGA
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM
ESPN
British Open Championship
The Old Course at St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland

Sunday, July 18
PGA
6:00 AM - 1:30 PM
ESPN
British Open Championship
The Old Course at St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland



The top 20 Golfers for St. Andrews
1. Ernie Els 1. Same ol' story for the Big Easy: In two majors this year, he's already received his share of heartache and heartbreak, which has become the unfortunate norm for this three-time major champion. He's getting closer, though, and it may be only a matter of time before the 40-year-old pulls it all together on the back nine of a final round to capture that elusive fourth major title.

Don't be surprised if it happens this week, considering an Open record that shows top-30 finishes in 17 of his last 18 starts, including a dozen top-10s, eight top-5s, and a victory in 2002. Win, 2002
2. Ian Poulter He had a stirring runner-up performance in this tournament two years ago, he's now won on the PGA Tour, and he's established himself as one of the world's upper-echelon players. The next progression for Poulter is to claim a major championship.

Why could it happen at St. Andrews? With a premium on short-game abilities over ball-striking, his prowess on mid- and short-range putts could be a difference-maker. 2, 2008
3. Rory McIlroy Despite that this year's site is playing host to international superstars (Padraig Harrington), recent major champions (Graeme McDowell) and colorful characters (Ian Poulter), no European will draw more attention than the young McIlroy.

As he proved at Quail Hollow earlier this year -- when he made the cut on the number, then shot 66-62 on the weekend to win -- he has all the tools to make a significant impact any given week. T-42, 2007
4. Tiger Woods Call it the Year of Fore. Oh, sorry. Make that the Year of Four. Actually, both may work for Woods, as his oft-erratic swing has led to a winless season in six starts so far, with his best finishes being a pair of fourth-place results at the previous two majors.

Tiger is attempting to win a third consecutive title here on his favorite course in the world, but based on his recent putting stroke -- which will be accompanied by a new putter this week for the first time since 1999 -- a third-straight fourth-place finish is more likely.
Win, 2000, 2005
5. Justin Rose Expect the game's hottest player to receive plenty of support at the local betting parlors this week -- and for good reason. Rose has won two of his last three starts (Memorial Tournament and AT&T National), sandwiched around another during which he led after the first three rounds.

Five years ago, he was first alternate at St. Andrews but never made the field, later calling it his "Bogey Open." Now fully qualified, he might bounce back with a big-time birdie. T-4, 1999
6. Zach Johnson He is perhaps the best lag putter in the game -- and no, that isn't a backhanded compliment. With such large greens at St. Andrews, expect GIR numbers to be up, but leaving plenty of lengthy birdie opportunities.

Well, Johnson's ability to knock more 50-footers to within 2 feet may not win any skills competitions, but such consistency should eliminate many three-putts and keep him in contention.
T-20, 2007
7. Martin Kaymer Ask a casual golf fan to peruse the current Official World Golf Ranking, and there will likely be plenty of head-nodding over the first dozen players or so -- until Kaymer's name comes up.

The 25-year-old from Germany may not be a household name yet, but it's only a matter of time. And though the European Tour doesn't play links courses every week, he, as a full-time member, sees as many as anyone. T-34, 2009
8. Lee Westwood The optimist says it's only a matter of time until he wins a big one. The pessimist wonders how he's often gotten so close with such a balky putting stroke. Maybe they're both right.

Whatever the case, Westwood has proved himself as not only one of the world's best players, but one of the strongest major competitors, as well, with top-3 finishes in each of the four big ones over the past three years. Yes, he's injured, suffering from a ruptured plantaris muscle in his calf, but remember the old axiom: Beware the injured golfer. T-3, 2009
9. Adam Scott Consider this your dark-horse special. No, the Aussie isn't an unknown commodity, but his previous record at major championships has been downright despicable for a player of his pedigree. In three dozen previous starts, he owns just four top-10 finishes and no serious title contentions.

Scott is playing more consistent golf of late, though, and may finally be ready to take that next step toward the superstardom that has been expected for so long. T-8, 2006
10. Geoff Ogilvy Perhaps it's only fitting that Ogilvy is back-to-back with his buddy Scott on this list, as the two shared a handful of practice rounds on the Old Course before this week. For all of his talents, it's a wonder Ogilvy doesn't contend more often. When he does, however, he usually doesn't fade, and on a course where driving accuracy won't matter much, this could be another one of those times. T-5, 2005
11. Justin Leonard If the wind blows -- or maybe when the wind blows -- the former champ will hold a decided advantage due to his low ball flight. Win, 1997
12. Camilo Villegas Has proved he can make birdies in bunches over here, with rounds of 65 and 66 in each of the last two Opens. T-13, 2009
13. Thomas Aiken Surprise! Or maybe not. After all, he finished T-8 last year at Turnberry and owns a putting stroke that has earned him a reputation as the Steve Stricker of the Euro circuit. T-8, 2009
14. Ross Fisher After taking the outright lead early in last year's final round, he posted a quadruple-bogey on the fourth hole en route to a T-13 finish. Expect him to mature from that experience. T-13, 2009
15. Phil Mickelson Why the game's most creative player has been mostly a letdown on courses that require the most creativity remains a mystery -- one that most likely won't be solved this week. 3, 2004
16. Edoardo Molinari One half of the Molinari Bros. golfing duo, the former U.S. Amateur champ is coming off a Scottish Open victory that vaulted him into the top-20 on the world ranking. T-60, 2005
17. Tom Lehman He placed high on the pretournament U.S. Open rankings, and while that didn't come to fruition, Lehman's inclusion on the leaderboard would continue a current trend, as senior tour-eligible players (Greg Norman in 2008, Tom Watson in '09) have made serious title runs in each of the past two years. Win, 1996
18. Luke Donald Don't look now, but the plucky Brit has climbed all the way to No. 7 in the current world ranking. T-5, 2009
19. Ryan Moore One of the last men into the field, his homemade swing developed in Tacoma, Wash., should hold up well in windy conditions. T-42
20. Paul Casey It's only a matter of time before he breaks through and wins a big one, but his game might be better suited for Augusta National than St. Andrews. T-7, 2008

PGA Tour, U.S. Open: Here Comes Tiger!

Woods hits his stride and makes his move
By DOUG FERGUSON, AP Golf Writer
Tiger Woods hit his stride Friday at the U.S. Open.
It started with his feet on a concrete cart path and a shot that went under a tree and over a bunker to 18 feet for birdie. What followed was flawless golf and a 30 on the front nine at Torrey Pines that gave Woods a 3-under 68 and left him one shot behind Stuart Appleby going into the weekend.
Appleby holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 70 that gave him the lead in a major for the first time since he led Woods by one shot going into the final round of the Masters last year.
Appleby was at 3-under 139 and will play in the final group with Rocco Mediate, who seems to play his best golf in the toughest conditions. Mediate reached 4 under at one point before settling for a 71.
Woods will play with Robert Karlsson (70), whom he defeated in a meaningless singles match at the Ryder Cup two years ago.
“He wants to play some golf, we want to play some golf,” Appleby said, and then he joked: “I just know I’ll be doing the best I can to actually throw a club toward his sore knee. It’ll be an accident, of course.”
The others were jostling for the lead throughout the afternoon, and Appleby finally grabbed it on his final hole. He recovered from back-to-back bogeys early on his back nine with birdies on the par 5s, the last one from below the ridge that put him atop the leaderboard and left several players more than 10 shots out of the lead and out of the tournament.
Woods was on the opposite side of the course, and despite the famous “June Gloom” layer of fog that blanketed Torrey Pines, he was easy to find. A high-charged gallery, crammed in the bleachers and behind the ropes, rose to their feet with every birdie.
“All of a sudden, they just started flying in from everywhere,” Woods said.
After his approach shot just inches from the cart path on No. 1, he never missed another fairway or another green. Woods poured in a 20-foot birdie on the second hole, then rolled one in from 25 feet up the slope on No. 4, putting him at even par for the tournament.
One hole later, his downhill putt from 18 feet broke sharply toward the ocean over the final inches and dropped into the heart of the cup, bringing another light fist pump and a red number on the board. He was under par.
He finished his round with a fairway metal that hung in the gray skies and landed on the green at the par-5 ninth, running just over the back. Woods chipped to 6 feet and made the birdie, just moments after Appleby had made his on the 18th.
“I was just hanging around, hanging around,” Woods said. “This golf course will bite you quick. You’ve just got to hang in there and stay patient.”
Woods almost always bites back at Torrey Pines, where he has won the Buick Invitational a record six times. This one is far more meaningful, and his late charge left him in great position to chase a U.S. Open title that has eluded him since 2002 at Bethpage Black, the last time it was held on a municipal golf course.
Phil Mickelson, a hometown favorite and three-time winner at Torrey Pines, could not keep up in the featured pairing with Woods.
He again played without a driver in the bag, and this time it might have hurt him. Lefty could not reach the par-5 13th, where Woods got home in two and made eagle, and he was 30 yards behind Woods on the sixth hole, putting his approach on the tongue of a bunker that led to one of six bogeys in his round of 75.
Mickelson was at 4-over 146, seven shots out of the lead in a hometown U.S. Open he called his “once in a lifetime” chance.

John Daly Playing Golf Shirtless and Shoeless

Is this that big of a deal? How many times have you been on a golf course and wanted to take your shirt off? Don't tell me if you owned your own golf course that you wouldn't take your shirt off every now and then. If you watch the entire video clip of the interview you can tell he is not crazy or anything, just being comfortable on his course.
Leave JD alone and let him be himself. I think he is a great person and has a decent game. I guarantee you that if Tiger Woods was not at the course and John Daly was you would be following him around and enjoying yourself as a spectator.
I had the opportunity to do just that at Firestone (Akron, Ohio) Tiger was also there, but I enjoyed watching JD a lot more. He interacts with you and plays just like a lot of us except a lot farther down the fairway. Don't get me wrong Tiger is great to follow around and he will interact with the fans every now and then, but if you ever get a chance to follow Daly around the golf course, do it!