The Open Championship 2013 - *** no gambling/streams ***

A.Partridge

This is the current field as at 11am Monday 15th July 2013:

(Apologies to Mods if there is another thread planned or already open - AP)


Thomas AIKEN South Africa
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT Thailand
Thomas BJORN Denmark
Jonas BLIXT Sweden
Gregory BOURDY France
Keegan BRADLEY USA
Scott BROWN USA
Mark BROWN New Zealand
Angel CABRERA Argentina
Rafael CABRERA-BELLO Spain
Mark CALCAVECCHIA USA
Bud CAULEY USA
KJ CHOI Korea
Stewart CINK USA
Tim CLARK South Africa
Darren CLARKE Northern Ireland
George COETZEE South Africa
Nicolas COLSAERTS Belgium
Fred COUPLES USA
Ben CURTIS USA
Stephen DARTNALL Australia
Brian DAVIS England
Jason DAY Australia
Eduardo DE LA RIVA Spain
Graham DELAET Canada
Luke DONALD England
Jamie DONALDSON Wales
Jason DUFNER USA
Ken DUKE USA
David DUVAL USA
Ernie ELS South Africa
Harris ENGLISH USA
Sir Nick FALDO England
Niclas FASTH Sweden
Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO Spain
Oliver FISHER England
Matthew FITZPATRICK (A) England
Oscar FLOREN Sweden
Grant FORREST (A) Scotland
Rickie FOWLER USA
Steven FOX (A) USA
Marcus FRASER Australia
Hiroyuki FUJITA Japan
Jim FURYK USA
Stephen GALLACHER Scotland
Sergio GARCIA Spain
Robert GARRIGUS USA
Lucas GLOVER USA
Tano GOYA Argentina
Branden GRACE South Africa
Luke GUTHRIE USA
Bill HAAS USA
Todd HAMILTON USA
Peter HANSON Sweden
Justin HARDING South Africa
Padraig HARRINGTON Republic of Ireland
Tyrrell HATTON England
Russell HENLEY USA
Billy HORSCHEL USA
John HUH USA
Mikko ILONEN Finland
Makoto INOUE Japan
Fredrik JACOBSON Sweden
Thongchai JAIDEE Thailand
Scott JAMIESON Scotland
Steven JEFFRESS Australia
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ Spain
Zach JOHNSON USA
Dustin JOHNSON USA
Brendan JONES Australia
Shiv KAPUR India
Robert KARLSSON Sweden
Shingo KATAYAMA Japan
Martin KAYMER Germany
KT KIM Korea
Hyung-Sung KIM Korea
Satoshi KODAIRA Japan
Brooks KOEPKA USA
Kenichi KUBOYA Japan
Matt KUCHAR USA
Martin LAIRD Scotland
Paul LAWRIE Scotland
Tom LEHMAN USA
Marc LEISHMAN Australia
Justin LEONARD USA
Darryn LLOYD South Africa
Shane LOWRY Republic of Ireland
Sandy LYLE Scotland
David LYNN England
Hunter MAHAN USA
Matteo MANASSERO Italy
Daisuke MARUYAMA Japan
Hideki MATSUYAMA Japan
Gareth MAYBIN Northern Ireland
Graeme MCDOWELL Northern Ireland
Richard MCEVOY England
Rory MCILROY Northern Ireland
Phil MICKELSON USA
Francesco MOLINARI Italy
Ryan MOORE USA
Jimmy MULLEN (A) England
George MURRAY Scotland
Alexander NOREN Sweden
Geoff OGILVY Australia
Thorbjorn OLESEN Denmark
Mark O'MEARA USA
Louis OOSTHUIZEN South Africa
Carl PETTERSSON Sweden
Scott PIERCY USA
D A POINTS USA
Garrick PORTEOUS (A) England
Ian POULTER England
Rhys PUGH (A) Wales
Alvaro QUIROS Spain
Richie RAMSAY Scotland
Justin ROSE England
Brett RUMFORD Australia
Lloyd SALTMAN Scotland
Charl SCHWARTZEL South Africa
Adam SCOTT Australia
John SENDEN Australia
Peter SENIOR Australia
Marcel SIEM Germany
Webb SIMPSON USA
Vijay SINGH Fiji
Brandt SNEDEKER USA
Jordan SPIETH USA
Scott STALLINGS USA
Kyle STANLEY USA
Henrik STENSON Sweden
Richard STERNE South Africa
Ben STOW (A) England
Kevin STREELMAN USA
Toru TANIGUCHI Japan
Josh TEATER USA
Michael THOMPSON USA
Steven TILEY England
Bo VAN PELT USA
Camilo VILLEGAS Colombia
John WADE Australia
Johnson WAGNER USA
Jimmy WALKER USA
Marc WARREN Scotland
Nick WATNEY USA
Tom WATSON USA
Bubba WATSON USA
Boo WEEKLEY USA
Lee WESTWOOD England
Bernd WIESBERGER Austria
Danny WILLETT England
Thaworn WIRATCHANT Thailand
Chris WOOD England
Tiger WOODS USA
Gareth WRIGHT Wales
Ashun WU China
YE YANG Korea

SnowDrifts

Can't wait. Wonder how many 300+ yard irons we will see with the fairways being so burnt up.

Tee times for rounds 1 and 2 are here http://scores.theopen.com/TeeTimes.aspx

A.Partridge

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Can't wait. Wonder how many 300+ yard irons we will see with the fairways being so burnt up.

Tee times for rounds 1 and 2 are here http://scores.theopen.com/TeeTimes.aspx

The Group for 300+ yard irons is out at 8:44 (Watson, Colsaerts & Johnson).

I think Shane Lowry is out at a nice time and with good players (Cabrera Bello and Curtis). Could it be his year?

seligehgit

Hoping Phil can make it 2 wins in a row.

DuckSlice

Hope Woods or Mickleson win it.

Ilik Urgee

Hope the place is burnt brown and plays tougher than the US Open did. Watched the Scottish Open yesterday and flicked over to the John Deere Classic afterwards, was like watching paint dry in comparison to links golf.

Speak Now

Cant wait, my favourite major by a mile. Going over for first 2 rounds, really like the look of the draw for opening 2 days

razorblunt

Heading along to the Saturday for this, tell me, would getting the train or driving be better? Thinking of going from 8am until 3pm or so and beating the rush.

Has anyone much experience of the Open travel (not just Muirfield), I'm living in Edinburgh so traffic notwithstanding it should be 30 mins travel either way.

Not too worried about drinking so will happily avoid and drive.

Trampas

A.Partridge wrote: »

The Group for 300+ yard irons is out at 8:44 (Watson, Colsaerts & Johnson).

Faldo, Watson and Couples will be able to tee off while Watson, Colsaerts & Johnson are waiting to hit their 2nd shots

bigtimecharlie

Hopefully the house and TV all to my self on Friday, can't wait.

Speak Now

razorblunt wrote: »

Heading along to the Saturday for this, tell me, would getting the train or driving be better? Thinking of going from 8am until 3pm or so and beating the rush.

Has anyone much experience of the Open travel (not just Muirfield), I'm living in Edinburgh so traffic notwithstanding it should be 30 mins travel either way.

Not too worried about drinking so will happily avoid and drive.

Train surely better, traffic will be murder. Car parks 15 quid so you might as well spend it on the train (14.40 return). Trains are going to Drem with shuttle then to the course. Train journey is only 15/20 mins from Waverley station.

Wombatman

Stricker, you can't be skipping work just coz its your Wedding Anniversary buddy.

slave1

Over in Florida at the minute and the golf channel are already all over The Open, live feeds of the caddies out marking the course etc. In other news saw a lad shoot a 59 in the web.com tour yesterday and the LPGA was low scores too.
Ha, just seen a golf Ireland advert, can't beat all the skiddely iddely music in the background :rolleyes:

John Divney

Trampas wrote: »

Faldo, Watson and Couples will be able to tee off while Watson, Colsaerts & Johnson are waiting to hit their 2nd shots

Not sure about that, Freddy would bash one onto Bubba's head, he can match the young lads still.

Martin567

A.Partridge wrote: »

The Group for 300+ yard irons is out at 8:44 (Watson, Colsaerts & Johnson).

If they were playing fourballs they could have thrown Quiros in there as well and it would have been really fun.

Jimmy Iovine

razorblunt wrote: »

Heading along to the Saturday for this, tell me, would getting the train or driving be better? Thinking of going from 8am until 3pm or so and beating the rush.

Has anyone much experience of the Open travel (not just Muirfield), I'm living in Edinburgh so traffic notwithstanding it should be 30 mins travel either way.

Not too worried about drinking so will happily avoid and drive.

Train every day of the week.

I've been to three before and we've taken the train each time. Don't expect to get a seat though.

You won't have a hope of getting a car near, finding a spot and getting out in time.

There will be a shuttle bus from the train station to the course. They run it to perfection over there.

Oh and you won't avoid the rush. There will always be people on the go. There are going to be 50/60,000 people there after all.

I'm really jealous of you. I'm hoping to get to the weekend golf next year. I'm actually going over to England tomorrow night but won't be able to get up to Edinburgh in time. I'll be all right for the Royal Liverpool next year. Definitely going to have to take a visit back up to St. Andrews in '15. There's nothing better than an Open in St. Andrews.

razorblunt

Thanks for the replies guys, had the car park booked for a tenner, but I'll happily forego if the train is easier.

Looking forward to it, first live tournament I've been to!

Jimmy Iovine

razorblunt wrote: »

Thanks for the replies guys, had the car park booked for a tenner, but I'll happily forego if the train is easier.

Looking forward to it, first live tournament I've been to!

Make sure to buy the hand-held radio just inside the front gate. It's about £10 but it's the best money you'll spend all weekend, and that includes the train ticket.

Tune it in to BBC Radio 5 and you'll get a brilliant discussion about the tournament and the day's play. You'll be listening to experts discussing the difficulty of a putt that you are standing beside. It's a surreal experience.

The radios themselves are very good. My dad bought one about four years ago and he used it at the recent Kilkenny/Tipperary match.

Wear golf shoes if you have them. It'll help you to get a good grip when climbing up the side of a bank.

Also, dress for every kind of weather. It is highly likely that in the space of an hour you may go from wearing a t-shirt to having waterproofs on before going back to your t-shirt. As such, make sure that the waterproofs are light and can be taken off easily and quickly. It is links golf and it is on in Scotland after all.

RikkFlair

Interesting to see how Muirfield will play, seen some pics of the rough and it looks brutal, course isn't extremely long....all depends on the wind or lack thereof.

I recall the scoring being pretty good for 3 days in 2002, except for the Saturday when a storm blew in and Tiger shot 81 and Monty 84!

Addictedtogolf

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Make sure to buy the hand-held radio just inside the front gate. It's about £10 but it's the best money you'll spend all weekend, and that includes the train ticket.

Tune it in to BBC Radio 5 and you'll get a brilliant discussion about the tournament and the day's play. You'll be listening to experts discussing the difficulty of a putt that you are standing beside. It's a surreal experience.

The radios themselves are very good. My dad bought one about four years ago and he used it at the recent Kilkenny/Tipperary match.

Wear golf shoes if you have them. It'll help you to get a good grip when climbing up the side of a bank.

Also, dress for every kind of weather. It is highly likely that in the space of an hour you may go from wearing a t-shirt to having waterproofs on before going back to your t-shirt. As such, make sure that the waterproofs are light and can be taken off easily and quickly. It is links golf and it is on in Scotland after all.

Great advice. I am going over Wednesday night for the Golf on Thursday and have hired a car as I need somewhere to keep the suitcase Thursday but I think that I will park in the train station and travel in and out that way as I don't want to get stuck in traffic for 2hrs.

dball

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Make sure to buy the hand-held radio just inside the front gate. It's about £10 but it's the best money you'll spend all weekend, and that includes the train ticket.

Tune it in to BBC Radio 5 and you'll get a brilliant discussion about the tournament and the day's play. You'll be listening to experts discussing the difficulty of a putt that you are standing beside. It's a surreal experience.

The radios themselves are very good. My dad bought one about four years ago and he used it at the recent Kilkenny/Tipperary match.

Wear golf shoes if you have them. It'll help you to get a good grip when climbing up the side of a bank.

Also, dress for every kind of weather. It is highly likely that in the space of an hour you may go from wearing a t-shirt to having waterproofs on before going back to your t-shirt. As such, make sure that the waterproofs are light and can be taken off easily and quickly. It is links golf and it is on in Scotland after all.

if its the same type of radio as the match referee radio you get at rugby internationals you should be able to tune in on Fm on your phone.
Dont know if they allow phones though, and dont know if it will be on MW or if 5live or 5 live extra. that might be on the bbc website - Im sure somebody can advise.

big_drive

Anyone download the iPhone app?

Doesn't seem to be working great

Jimdagym

big_drive wrote: »

Anyone download the iPhone app?

Doesn't seem to be working great

Working fine for me? Whats going wrong your end?

big_drive

It keeps displaying message on each page of app "a network problem occurred. Please check your connection or try again later"

Can't understand it as Internet on phone is working perfectly well

Jimdagym

big_drive wrote: »

It keeps displaying message on each page of app "a network problem occurred. Please check your connection or try again later"

Can't understand it as Internet on phone is working perfectly well

Delete that mother and reinstall.

Jimmy Iovine

dball wrote: »

if its the same type of radio as the match referee radio you get at rugby internationals you should be able to tune in on Fm on your phone.
Dont know if they allow phones though, and dont know if it will be on MW or if 5live or 5 live extra. that might be on the bbc website - Im sure somebody can advise.

The pocket radio is an AM/FM one. The Ashes will be on as well so I'm not really sure how that's going to work. That might actually lessen the crowds to the course which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Speak Now

Phones are allowed. Obviously must be on silent and calls can only be made in designated areas.

Jimmy Iovine

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Phones are allowed. Obviously must be on silent and calls can only be made in designated areas.

Fair enough. I haven't been there in three years. A lot has changed since then. Phones aren't blocks anymore for one thing.

Not sure if I think that's a great idea.

Benny Cake

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Phones are allowed. Obviously must be on silent and calls can only be made in designated areas.

Things much have changed, I was there in Turnberry for the open and they were extremely strict on phones. They had to be handed in at the turnstiles and saw them being confiscated out on the course...

Speak Now

With social media things have changed, of course you must have their app downloaded or phone will be confiscated. If phone is not on silent and you're caught then you will be ejected.













I made up the bit about the app ;-)

Sandwlch

One for those of you experienced on getting there.

Driving over so had planned to take the car all the way to Muirfield and park and ride. But reading the thread on the benefit of the train, would you say its still worthwhile leaving the car somewhere else and getting the train ? Even if its slow to get in an out would it really save any time (not to mention the extra few quid for 4 of us in train tickets versus parking fee). Thanks.