2011 Open Championship

[Starvinho]

Tee's off Thursday, can Rory do it again?

Group 	Time 	Player 1	        Player 2		Player 3	 

1	06:30	Jerry KELLY	        Nathan GREEN		Danny WILLETT	 

2	06:41	Thongchai JAIDEE	Mark CALCAVECCHIA	Graeme STORM	 

3	06:52	Gregory HAVRET	        Charley HOFFMAN		Markus BRIER	 

4	07:03	Todd HAMILTON	        Simon KHAN		Prayad MARKSAENG	 

5	07:14	Rhys DAVIES	        Fredrik JACOBSON	Mark OMEARA	 

6	07:25	Vijay SINGH	        Simon DYSON		Gary WOODLAND	 

7	07:36	KT KIM			Ryan MOORE		Alvaro QUIROS	 

8	07:47	Bo VAN PELT	        KJ CHOI			Martin LAIRD	 

9	07:58	Stephen GALLACHER	Bill HAAS		Hiroyuki FUJITA	 

10	08:09	Geoff OGILVY	        Peter UIHLEIN		Miguel Angel JIMENEZ	 

11	08:20	Francesco MOLINARI	Tetsuji HIRATSUKA	Stewart CINK	 

12	08:31	Nick WATNEY	        Matteo MANASSERO	Angel CABRERA	 

13	08:42	Yuta IKEDA	        Ian POULTER		Dustin JOHNSON	 

14	08:58	Ben CURTIS	        Paul CASEY		Aaron B ELEY	 

15	09:09	Ernie ELS	        Rory McILROY		Rickie FOWLER	 

16	09:20	Luke DONALD	        Ryo ISHIKAWA		Sergio GARCIA	 

17	09:31	Retief GOOSEN	        Hunter MAHAN		Anders HANSEN	 

18	09:42	Brian DAVIS	        Camilo VILLEGAS		David DUVAL	 

19	09:53	John DALY	        Ross FISHER		Peter HANSON	 

20	10:04	Gregory BOURDY	        Jason DUFNER		Craig HINTON	 

21	10:15	Alexander NOREN	        Paul LAWRIE		Kevin NA	 

22	10:26	Sean OHAIR	        Seung-Yul NOH		Thorbjorn OLESEN	 

23	10:37	Simon EDWARDS	        Bob ESTES		Richard McEVOY	 

24	10:48	Francis McGUIRK	        Matthew MILLAR		Kevin STREELMAN	 

25	10:59	Mark LASKEY	        Thomas SHADBOLT		Rick KULACZ	 

26	11:10	Simon LILLY	        Chris TIDLAND		Neil SCHIETEKAT	 

27	11:31	Peter WHITEFORD	        Spencer LEVIN		Thomas AIKEN	 

28	11:42	Prom MEESAWAT	        Martin MARITZ		Harrison FRAZAR	 

29	11:53	Chad CAMPBELL	        Kenneth FERRIE		Scott JAMIESON	 

30	12:04	Raphael JACQUELIN	Mark WILSON		Kyle STANLEY	 

31	12:15	Steve MARINO	        Richard GREEN		Pablo LARRAZABAL	 

32	12:26	Rory SABBATINI	        Sandy LYLE		Anthony KIM	 

33	12:37	Edoardo MOLINARI	Charles HOWELL III	Joost LUITEN	 

34	12:48	Brandt SNEDEKER	        Lucas BJERREGAARD	Trevor IMMELMAN	 

35	12:59	Darren CLARKE	        Jonathan BYRD		YE YANG	 

36	13:10	Lucas GLOVER	        Hiroo KAWAI		Robert KARLSSON	 

37	13:21	Bryden MACPHERSON	Matt KUCHAR		Padraig HARRINGTON	 

38	13:32	Zach JOHNSON	        Adam SCOTT		Justin ROSE	 

39	13:43	Graeme McDOWELL	        Jason DAY		Bubba WATSON	 

40	13:59	Jim FURYK	        Bernhard LANGER		Tadahiro TAKAYAMA	 

41	14:10	Lee WESTWOOD	        Steve STRICKER		Charl SCHWARTZEL	 

42	14:21	Louis OOSTHUIZEN	Martin KAYMER		Phil MICKELSON	 

43	14:32	Henrik STENSON	        Tom LEWIS		Tom WATSON	 

44	14:43	Robert ALLENBY	        Davis LOVE III		Fredrik ANDERSSON HED	 

45	14:54	Nicolas COLSAERTS	JB HOLMES		SM BAE	 

46	15:05	Webb SIMPSON	        Robert ROCK		Alejandro CANIZARES	 

47	15:16	Kurt BARNES	        Justin LEONARD		Jeff OVERTON	 

48	15:27	Lee CORFIELD	        Ben CRANE		Floris DE VRIES	 

49	15:38	Ryan PALMER	        Tom LEHMAN		Adam WOOTTON	 

50	15:49	Jung-Gon HWANG	        Gary BOYD		Robert GARRIGUS	 

51	16:00	George COETZEE	        Andy SMITH		Brad KENNEDY	 

52	16:11	Jason KNUTZON	        Andrew JOHNSTON		Chih-Bing LAM

[Baddar]

No, he can't. He'll probably have similar success to G-Mac for a while after winning the US. He's been too busy being a celebrity these last few weeks.

[Starvinho]

I'm hoping for Westwood to win as always, he's been so close these last few years. I think Rory will be up there again but can he win it? Maybe...

[Baddar]

Els, McIlroy and Fowler is an awesome grouping. Fowler is basically the American McIlroy. Also, groups 41 and 42 are tasty. What's the TV coverage of this gonna be like?

[Starvinho]

Between BBC 1 and 2 they'll cover most of it Live, and probably red button for anything else.

[Matt]

You know, I have absolutely no idea who I think will win this. I'd like to see Donald or Westwood win, but I don't think they will. I might go for Simon Dyson as a cheeky outside bet, then Watney and Dustin Johnson each way and my standard Snedeker to finish top 10 bet. Tempeted to stick some on Fowler too but i keep doing that and he keeps doing shit.

[gunnar hendershow]

Rory's gonna crash and burn here, his win at the US was like Tiger's win at the 97 Masters. Instant celebrity doesn't usually help, McIlroy will take a step back for a year and then likely hit his stride. That said, I feel like the time is finally Westwood's. He's got to win a major at some point.

[Starvinho]

Thomas Bjorn has replaced Vijay Singh who has pulled out due to injury.

[Matt]

So anyone got any bets on this? I went and put quite a few bets on, so hopefully I'll win something after my poor showing at the US Open.

Nick Watney @ 35/1 - each way.

Phil Mickelson @ 45/1 - outright.

Justin Rose @ 50/1 - each way.

Dustin Johnson @ 66/1 - each way.

Rickie Fowler @ 80/1 - each way. (Also @ 7/1 to come top 10)

Brandt Snedeker @ 125/1 - each way. (Also @ 10/1 to come top 10)

Simon Dyson @ 175/1 - each way.

Each way pays 1/4 price down to 6 places.

Probably would've been as well shoving that score on a bonfire, but who knows it might finish Dyson, Snedeker, Fowler, Johnson, Rose, Watney and I'll be up about 350 quid

[Liam]

I dunno how anyone could want Westwood to win a Major. He is one of the more unlikeable sportsmen around at the moment in my eyes.

[sahyder1]

Really interested to see what McIlroy does here. He hasn't played since the US Open and obviously will be under a lot of pressure because how loved he is over there. I would definitely not be surprised to see him in the hunt. Actually I think he has a really good shot to win here.

I'll throw two more names out there. Westwood is the first one. Surely the time is now right? Also for somewhat of a long shot how about Sergio Garcia? He's been playing a lot better lately.

Have to say that I look forward to seeing Duval out on the course again as well. He was my guy back in the day. Would love to see him have a decent weekend.

I won't take credit for this if he ends up being in the hunt but I think I heard on Morning Drive yesterday that Luke Donald has spent a ridiculous amount of time on that course in the past couple of weeks. Definitely one to watch.

[Starvinho]

Dustin Johnson has just got a hole in one at the 16th.

[Starvinho]

Tom Lewis sharing the lead with Thomas Bjorn at five-under, Lewis is an English amateur for anyone wondering!

[Matt]

Come on Dyson, son, go out and build a lead.

He's going to end up falling away, I know, there's no way that my 175/1 outsider is going to win, but it's nice that he's up there

[Starvinho]

Still wide open at the moment, anyone could still win this. It'll be interesting to see what the cut will be, +3 is the number going around at the moment and that would mean Westwood would miss the cut.

[Matt]

Well they're expecting the wind to pick up more and more this afternoon, I heard, so if that's the case, the cut is likely to be higher than that I'd think - +4 maybe

[Starvinho]

Expect some high scores today with this shite weather...

[Matt]

Generally, I like Darren Clarke but for the sake of earning some money, I wish he'd drop some shots.

[Baddar]

So, Clarke leads - Dustin Johnson is a shot back, and I'd love him to win it after the nightmare at the PGA (?) last year. Kaymer won me money back then, but I still felt sorry for Johnson.

[Matt]

So, Clarke leads - Dustin Johnson is a shot back, and I'd love him to win it after the nightmare at the PGA (?) last year. Kaymer won me money back then, but I still felt sorry for Johnson.

Same situation, except I've also got money on Johnson this time A Fowler win would be preferably though for the extra 14 quid.