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The British Open, the third major of the year, got underway today under blue skies and very pleasant temperatures. There was a good bit of chatter regarding the pin placement on the holes, especially by the likes of Phil Mickelson who went out early and shot an opening round of 69, finishing at -2. He could have had an even better score were it not for the double bogey on the 18th. Lefty was pretty clear in expressing his displeasure with the difficult placement of the pins and expressed his concern for those going out in the afternoon session. One of those heading out was Tiger Woods. He matched Mickelson’s score of 69, also finishing at -2. Tiger also said that the pin placement with the drier conditions in the afternoon made for very difficult play. Well, he certainly did OK, given the circumstances. One top ranked golfer who did not fare so well, and also had the benefit of am play was Rory Mcilroy, finishing at a dismal +8. Rory is certainly struggling with his game. Super teen golfer, Jordan Spieth, the first teenager (18) to ever win a PGA tournament had an amazing day, also finishing at -2. The day two leaderboard is as follows: Zach Johnson -5 (the leader), Rafael Cabrero Bello -4, Mark O’Meara -4 (age 42), Miguel Jimenez, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Tom Lehman, Shir Kapur all at -3, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods along with 4 others (including Spieth) at -2.
So tomorrow coverage of round 2 gets underway at the very early hour of 4:00 am EST on ESPN. Don’t despair, it continues until 7:00 pm EST so we can all catch a good bit of it. Replay will of course be shown Friday evening on Golf Channel.
Nice opening round for Tiger Woods. Not too bad for Zach Johnson either!
