Thursday TEE TIMES 151st Open...Wet, windy weekend in store for Liverpool.

R&A : Open Championship Tee Times

There are just 2 Canadians who have qualified for this 151st Open at Royal Liverpool. It is a spectacular field, almost every "Game" has an interesting storyline, all your favourites both rookies and seasoned veterans alike will begin play at 6.35am with the last pairing off at 4.16pm the northern latitude of Liverpool in the summer provides long hours of daylight a feature at the Open every year.

This week Mother Nature will be front and center. Rain and wind in play everyday except Thursday will make this another classic test of endurance.

McIlroy waves during the presentation of his silver medal at The 136th Open

Coming off his spectacular finish in North Berwick to snatch the Scottish from Scot Bob McIntyre, Rory will be the bookies favourite (winner here in 2014), McIntyre will get a huge boost, Scheffler was ho hum 3rd yet again last week, his consistent play this year is unmatched.

There are many others who will write this chapter in Open history over the coming 4 days, I hope you will join me, add your comments at the bottom of my blog if you enjoy it as much as the rest of us do. 

Canadians

Game 34 12.53  Corey Conners, Billy Horschel, Alex Noren

Game 47  3.10  Nick Taylor, Phil Mickelson, Adam Schenk

My Notables

Game 3 6.57  Ryan Fox, Lucas Herbert, Ben An (Kiwi, Aussie, Korean any of whom can win on their day)

Game 14  9.03  Jordan Spieth, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jason Day (all 3 of these guys can show little form but seem to find a way to compete at the Open)

Game 17  9.36  Patrick Cantlay, Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama ( 3 giants of this generation of players all in their own way)

Game 18  9.47  Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood, Adam Scott ( no surprise if the winner is in this pairing)

Game 19  9.58  Cam Smith, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark  (not my favourite guys, but the Aussie and Xander are so damn good)

Game 20 10.09  Shane Lowry, Rickie Fowler, Bob McIntyre ( fan favourites all, the Scot gets a huge following this week)

Game 44  2.48  Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Justin Thomas ( The Norwegian is special and will win an Open, maybe this week...)

Game 45  2.59  Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose  ( the feature late wave pairing for good reason, big Jon has been lying in the weeds recently..)

Others like John Daly who will never win another event and just looks like a carnival clown these days. keep showing up as past winners, and just because they still love to be part of the Open week with their peers, and all the atmosphere that goes with it.

WEATHER

All of the above will be topped by Mother Nature. It's raining today and rain showers are forecast every day except Thursday particularly heavier on the weekend and the wind at 25kph Saturday and Sunday will separate the men from the boys.

Bryan Angus

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