The Open Championship - Carnoustie

anportmorforjfc · July 15, 2007, 07:58:10 PM

Tiger Woods 7/2
Ernie Els 12
Phil Mickelson 14
Vijay Singh 25
Jim Furyk 25

tyroneboi · July 15, 2007, 08:01:35 PM

The majors have become a bit of a lottery these days - so many good players about and all capable of winning the big tournaments. Would love a European to win just to break this long wait dating back to the last Open held at Carnoustie. Of the Europeans i think Donald, Casey, Harrington, Stenson and Garcia have the best chance. Darren Clarke is due a good week but might be a bit much to expect him to be in contention.

Bogball XV · July 15, 2007, 09:36:36 PM

Quote from: tyroneboi on July 15, 2007, 08:01:35 PM
The majors have become a bit of a lottery these days - so many good players about and all capable of winning the big tournaments.

Which is why Woods and Mickelson have bagged 6 of the last 10

I'd fancy the same two lads to fight this one out between them - would like to see Mickelson take this one, but whether he'll ever truly manage links golf?? The word is he threw todays scottish open, as it's unlucky to win it the week before the Open!!
Might have a wee punt on Sergio too.

tyroneboi · July 15, 2007, 10:12:25 PM

i stand by my comment bout many players capable of winning majors - the likes of Ogilvy, Campbell, Curtis, Cabrera, Johnson - shows that the majors are wide open for a lot of players to win it. Dont think it will be a straight fight between Mickleson and Woods either by the way and you can quote me on that this day next week and i will gladly eat humble pie!

Tony hawks · July 15, 2007, 11:06:01 PM

I have a fiver on Carl Petterson to win has made 13 straight cuts,good track record at the the open.

Spiritof98 · July 16, 2007, 11:50:33 AM

Always back Harrington and will be doing so today, made a few quid on Di Marco last year and might go there again (150/1 with totesport). Novelty bet Brett Quigley 300/1

anportmorforjfc · July 16, 2007, 11:54:12 AM

noticed that nearly everyone played last weekend before the open. never seen tiger woods play anywhere. i heard he plays royal portrush or royal county down before the open

magickingdom · July 16, 2007, 12:07:10 PM

cant wait for thursday. 'working' at home in front of the telly all thur/fri this week! as for a bet.. david higgins to make the cut. he's playing really well and will be under most bookies radar...

anportmorforjfc · July 16, 2007, 12:15:00 PM

Thursdays tee times

1 06:30
Joe DURANT
Oliver WILSON
Ben BUNNY

2 06:41
Kevin STADLER
Graeme STORM
David HIGGINS

3 06:52
Adilson DA SILVA
Gregory BOURDY
Matt KUCHAR

4 07:03
Vaughn TAYLOR
Peter FOWLER
David COUPLAND (A)

5 07:14
Ross BAIN
Duffy WALDORF
John BICKERTON

6 07:25
Scott DRUMMOND
Rod PAMPLING
Steve STRICKER

7 07:36
KJ CHOI
Richard STERNE
David HOWELL

8 07:47
Stuart APPLEBY
John ROLLINS
Raphaël JACQUELIN

9 07:58
Chad CAMPBELL
Darren CLARKE
Chris DiMARCO

10 08:09
Retief GOOSEN
Thomas BJÖRN
Justin LEONARD

11 08:20
Geoff OGILVY
Anthony WALL
Todd HAMILTON

12 08:31
Drew WEAVER (A)
Paul CASEY
Stephen AMES

13 08:42
Nick FALDO
Trevor IMMELMAN
Carl PETTERSSON

14 08:58
Adam SCOTT
Davis LOVE III
Hideto TANIHARA

15 09:09
Tiger WOODS
Paul LAWRIE
Justin ROSE

16 09:20
Ian POULTER
Scott VERPLANK
Mike WEIR

17 09:31
Colin MONTGOMERIE
Toshi IZAWA
Stewart CINK

18 09:42
Tom LEHMAN
Jeev Milkha SINGH
Nick O'HERN

19 09:53
Michael PUTNAM
David SHACKLADY
Tomohiro KONDO

20 10:04
Paul McGINLEY
J J HENRY
John SENDEN

21 10:15
Markus BRIER
Gregory HAVRET
Rich BEEM

22 10:26
Ryan MOORE
Pelle EDBERG
Dong-Hwan LEE

23 10:37
Adam GROOM
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED
Hunter MAHAN

24 10:48
Peter BAKER
Mark FOSTER
Spencer LEVIN

25 10:59
Mattias ELIASSON
Justin KEHOE
David GLEESON

26 11:10
Won Joon LEE
Douglas McGUIGAN
Toshinori MUTO

27 11:41
Jerry KELLY
Paul BROADHURST
Mark HENSBY

28 11:52
Sandy LYLE
Shaun MICHEEL
Andres ROMERO

29 12:03
Charl SCHWARTZEL
Mark CALCAVECCHIA
Ross FISHER

30 12:14
Peter HANSON
Brett WETTERICH
Matthew ZIONS

31 12:25
Anders HANSEN
David FROST
Richard GREEN

32 12:36
Robert KARLSSON
Ernie ELS
Lucas GLOVER

33 12:47
John DALY
Bradley DREDGE
Robert ALLENBY

34 12:58
Luke DONALD
Charles HOWELL III
Llewellyn MATTHEWS (A)

35 13:09
Angel CABRERA
Rory SABBATINI
Sean O'HAIR

36 13:20
Padraig HARRINGTON
Richie RAMSAY (A)
David TOMS

37 13:31
Jim FURYK
Niclas FASTH
Nick DOUGHERTY

38 13:42
Rory McILROY (A)
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
Henrik STENSON

39 13:53
Vijay SINGH
Arron OBERHOLSER
Brian DAVIS

40 14:09
Aaron BADDELEY
Ben CURTIS
Paul WARING (A)

41 14:20
Phil MICKELSON
Toru TANIGUCHI
Lee WESTWOOD

42 14:31
Graeme McDOWELL
Zach JOHNSON
José Maria OLAZABAL

43 14:42
Sergio GARCIA
Chad CAMPBELL
Johan EDFORS

44 14:53
Achi SATO
Brett QUIGLEY
Francesco MOLINARI

45 15:04
Mark O'MEARA
Loren ROBERTS
Tony JACKLIN

46 15:15
Boo WEEKLEY
Jon BEVAN
Paul SHEEHAN

47 15:26
Pat PEREZ
Yong-Eun YANG
Kevin HARPER

48 15:37
Ewan PORTER
Jonathan BYRD
Alastair FORSYTH

49 15:48
Steven ALKER
Nick WATNEY
Desvonde BOTES

50 15:59
Charley HOFFMAN
Chih Bing LAM
Steve PARRY

51 16:10
Scott LAYCOCK
Anders HULTMAN
Seung-Ho LEE

52 16:21
Jose-Filipe LIMA
Terry PILKADARIS
Benn BARHAM

anportmorforjfc · July 16, 2007, 12:16:25 PM

Fridays tee times

1 06:30
Jerry KELLY
Paul BROADHURST
Mark HENSBY

2 06:41
Sandy LYLE
Shaun MICHEEL
Andres ROMERO

3 06:52
Charl SCHWARTZEL
Mark CALCAVECCHIA
Ross FISHER

4 07:03
Peter HANSON
Brett WETTERICH
Matthew ZIONS

5 07:14
Anders HANSEN
David FROST
Richard GREEN

6 07:25
Robert KARLSSON
Ernie ELS
Lucas GLOVER

7 07:36
John DALY
Bradley DREDGE
Robert ALLENBY

8 07:47
Luke DONALD
Charles HOWELL III
Llewellyn MATTHEWS (A)

9 07:58
Angel CABRERA
Rory SABBATINI
Sean O'HAIR

10 08:09
Padraig HARRINGTON
Richie RAMSAY (A)
David TOMS

11 08:20
Jim FURYK
Niclas FASTH
Nick DOUGHERTY

12 08:31
Rory McILROY (A)
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
Henrik STENSON

13 08:42
Vijay SINGH
Arron OBERHOLSER
Brian DAVIS

14 08:58
Aaron BADDELEY
Ben CURTIS
Paul WARING (A)

15 09:09
Phil MICKELSON
Toru TANIGUCHI
Lee WESTWOOD

16 09:20
Graeme McDOWELL
Zach JOHNSON
José Maria OLAZABAL

17 09:31
Sergio GARCIA
Chad CAMPBELL
Johan EDFORS

18 09:42
Achi SATO
Brett QUIGLEY
Francesco MOLINARI

19 09:53
Mark O'MEARA
Loren ROBERTS
Tony JACKLIN

20 10:04
Boo WEEKLEY
Jon BEVAN
Paul SHEEHAN

21 10:15
Pat PEREZ
Yong-Eun YANG
Kevin HARPER

22 10:26
Ewan PORTER
Jonathan BYRD
Alastair FORSYTH

23 10:37
Steven ALKER
Nick WATNEY
Desvonde BOTES

24 10:48
Charley HOFFMAN
Chih Bing LAM
Steve PARRY

25 10:59
Scott LAYCOCK
Anders HULTMAN
Seung-Ho LEE

26 11:10
Jose-Filipe LIMA
Terry PILKADARIS
Benn BARHAM

27 11:41
Joe DURANT
Oliver WILSON
Ben BUNNY

28 11:52
Kevin STADLER
Graeme STORM
David HIGGINS

29 12:03
Adilson DA SILVA
Gregory BOURDY
Matt KUCHAR

30 12:14
Vaughn TAYLOR
Peter FOWLER
David COUPLAND (A)

31 12:25
Ross BAIN
Duffy WALDORF
John BICKERTON

32 12:36
Scott DRUMMOND
Rod PAMPLING
Steve STRICKER

33 12:47
KJ CHOI
Richard STERNE
David HOWELL

34 12:58
Stuart APPLEBY
John ROLLINS
Raphaël JACQUELIN

35 13:09
Michael CAMPBELL
Darren CLARKE
Chris DiMARCO

36 13:20
Retief GOOSEN
Thomas BJÖRN
Justin LEONARD

37 13:31
Geoff OGILVY
Anthony WALL
Todd HAMILTON

38 13:42
Drew WEAVER (A)
Paul CASEY
Stephen AMES

39 13:53
Nick FALDO
Trevor IMMELMAN
Carl PETTERSSON

40 14:09
Adam SCOTT
Davis LOVE III
Hideto TANIHARA

41 14:20
Tiger WOODS
Paul LAWRIE
Justin ROSE

42 14:31
Ian POULTER
Scott VERPLANK
Mike WEIR

43 14:42
Colin MONTGOMERIE
Toshi IZAWA
Stewart CINK

44 14:53
Tom LEHMAN
Jeev Milkha SINGH
Nick O'HERN

45 15:04
Michael PUTNAM
David SHACKLADY
Tomohiro KONDO

46 15:15
Paul McGINLEY
J J HENRY
John SENDEN

47 15:26
Markus BRIER
Gregory HAVRET
Rich BEEM

48 15:37
Ryan MOORE
Pelle EDBERG
Dong-Hwan LEE

49 15:48
Adam GROOM
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED
Hunter MAHAN

50 15:59
Peter BAKER
Mark FOSTER
Spencer LEVIN

51 16:10
Mattias ELIASSON
Justin KEHOE
David GLEESON

52 16:21
Won Joon LEE
Douglas McGUIGAN
Toshinori MUTO

anportmorforjfc · July 16, 2007, 05:43:36 PM

Seve Ballesteros has announced his retirement from golf.
The 50-year-old Spaniard, who won three Open and two Masters titles, said: "This has been the most difficult decision of my life."

Ballesteros played in four successful European Ryder Cup sides and captained the team to victory in 1997.

anportmorforjfc · July 17, 2007, 03:13:38 PM

Darren Clarke hopes his performance in the Open this week will show his golfing rehabilitation is complete.
The Ulsterman's focus understandably slipped after the death of his wife Heather last year and he missed eight cuts until three weeks ago.

However, his joint 49th at the Buick Open was followed by an impressive tied 19th finish at the Scottish Open.

"I've put my head down to come through this and I'm very comfortable with my game," said the Ryder Cup star.

anportmorforjfc · July 17, 2007, 05:08:02 PM

did anyone hear the weather for the first 2 days? will it help the earlier starters or late

Gabriel_Hurl · July 17, 2007, 05:47:47 PM

I hate the British Open - have to get up early to watch it

magickingdom · July 17, 2007, 05:56:16 PM

Quote from: anportmorforjfc on July 17, 2007, 05:08:02 PM
did anyone hear the weather for the first 2 days? will it help the earlier starters or late

forcast for the end of the week is 'mixed' whatever that means...