Ah, yes, it’s finally here. The Open Championship. Need we say more? The official site for The Open Championship is here. If you are not across the Pond for the tournament but want some cool hats and memorabilia, here’s the only site in the U.S. selling official stuff. Man, my wallet’s going to be a lot lighter after this weekend. Oh, well…
Real time Open leaderboard is here. As of Day 1, the leaderboard looks like this (with the Big Five in bold):
-6 Tiger
-5 Mark Hensby
-4 Retief, Jose Maria Olazabal, Luke Donald, Peter Lonard, Eric Ramsay (A), Scott Verplank, Tino Schuster, Chris Riley, Trevor Immelman
-3 Vijay, Fred Couples, Michael Campbell, Thomas Levet, Bob Tway+ others
-2 Sergio, Adam Scott, Ian Poulter + others
-1 John Daly, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Mark O’Meara, Thomas Bjorn + others
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+1 Justin Leonard + others
+2 (T-73) Ernie, Phil, Todd Hamilton + others
+3 (T-104) Jack, Tom Watson + others
+6 (T-140) Ben Curtis, Chad Campbell, Jim Furyk + others
+8 (T-150) David Duval + others