The Open Championship
With the rough apparently as thick and juicy at Royal St George's as many have seen it in many years, hitting the fairways will be a priority at the old course down in south eastern England in Sandwich, as opposed to sand wedge, which the players will be using a lot from some phenomenal bunkers to those quirky greens.
The TEE TIMES for Thursday and Friday have just been announced and I have posted them below. The UK is 5 hours ahead so my tee times are all EST, so the telly will be on all night long.
There are 4 Canadians.
Mac Hughes Brian Harmon Dylan Frittelli are off at 4.36am (est)
Adam Hadwin, Billy Horschel, Tony Finau are off at 7.53am
Corey Connors, Collin Morikawa, Sebastien Munoz are off 8.26am
Richard T Lee, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Keegan Bradley are off at 9.04am
Shane Lowry is the defending champion, remember this event was cancelled in 2020.
Richard Bland the rejuvenated English veteran hits the first drive at 1.35am.
Weather: There isn't much rain in the early forecast, temperature in the low 20*c, but the wind from the north will be a factor 20-25kph.
Past winners at Royal St George's include Darren Clarke 2011, Ben Curtis 2003, Greg Norman 1993, Sandy Lyle 1985, Bill Rogers 1981, then you have to go back to Bobby Locke in 1949.
In 1894 Harry Taylor won the first of 14, and was paid 30 guineas, this years champion will get over $2m.
Korean Aussie, Min Woo Lee who won the Scottish Championship last week in a 3 man playoff is rewarded with a place in the field,
Dustin Johnson returns to world #1 after Jon Rahm's top10 last week in Scotland.
There are 156 different story lines, I'll be talking about them all week here.
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