The Open 2014 - Hoylake

[Rotterdam]

Who are you kids on?

I really think Rose can win it, but may be jinxed by winning this week (I know Phil did it last year...). I also think McDowell or Bjorn as an outsider, with a bit on Lowry and Zach Johnson.

[Comrade Blitz]

Anyone but Tiger Woods or Rickie Fowler.

[DesBremner]

Fighting start by Tiger
Would like to see Rory McIlroy win it
If not him anyone but an American

[UK Redsox]

Its the second round that's been Rory's undoing. He needs something solid but not necessarily spectacular tomorrow.

Due to the Test, I won't be paying much attention this year.

I'll have to rely on UKR Sr. to keep me up to date. His new tablets mean that he's banned from the sun at the moment, so I expect he'll be glued to the golf on TV.

[PeterWithesShin]

[Dave Cooper please]

That happened just after he had hit, and fairly seriously injured, an elderly man with his tee shot. His head was all over the place.

[Chris Smith]

I am not a big golf fan but if you are it must take some serious commitment to watch it either on the course or on the box. Is it a case of just dipping in and out or is it marathon sessions interrupted only by having to eat and go to the bog?

[taylorsworkrate]

I am not a big golf fan but if you are it must take some serious commitment to watch it either on the course or on the box. Is it a case of just dipping in and out or is it marathon sessions interrupted only by having to eat and go to the bog?

I love it, but then I play a bit myself, so it's interesting to see all the the things these guys do right that I do wrong!

[Dave Cooper please]

I am not a big golf fan but if you are it must take some serious commitment to watch it either on the course or on the box. Is it a case of just dipping in and out or is it marathon sessions interrupted only by having to eat and go to the bog?

Not that much different from  a five day Test I suppose, I can watch those and golf all day but it's not for everyone!

[silhillvilla]

Just back from hoylake. Very enjoyable day. Was there from approx 10am to 430pm. Saw all the top players close up and saw lots of great golf and some duff shots too. Ticket price was £75 adult, U16s £0 . Parking was £15.
Hoylake is a typical English links course, tough conditions, a bit rough around the edges not perfectly manicured like your parkland courses in the US. That in mind was surprised to see the yanks do so well (bar TW).
All in all great day.

[silhillvilla]

Oh and just to add shay given was there today

[bertlambshank]

The scheduled tee off times have been revised because of weather warnings. The 72 players who made the cut will now go off in 3 balls (instead of the usual 2 balls) and from the 1st and 10th tees. The top half of the field will tee off from the 1st and the bottom half from the 10th.

Tee times are much earlier - 0900 to 1101

http://www.theopen.com/transcripts/OC-RA-DrawRound3.pdf

As a round in good weather would take about 5 hours this means without weather intervention the Third Round will finish around 4pm. However, the revised timings allow for up to 5 hours of delays and stoppages to account for the weather.

So Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Francesco Molinari are last off the 1st tee at 11.01am.

[Dave Cooper please]

Bad weather on Sunday please, it's what links golf is all about.

I remember Paul lLawrie's Open win, loads moaned about it but basically he played the awful conditions better than all those other mollycoddled PGA golfers who only knew how to play manicured park courses in nice sunny America.

[silhillvilla]

Currently tossing it down in hoylake with thunder and lightning due about 2pm.

[Rotterdam]

Bring on the weather! Rory to have a meltdown ala Augusta and Lowry to shoot a 62 course record please.