2023 Open Championship - Royal Liverpool

[cshea]

Final major of the season.

TV Schedule (Easten time zone):

Thursday/Friday
1:30am-4:00am Peacock
4:00am-3:00pm USA
3:00pm-4:00pm Peackock

Saturday
5am-7am USA
7am-finish NBC

Sunday
4-7am USA
7am-finish NBC

Odds as of this morning:

Scheffler +650
Rory +700
Rahm +1200
Brooks +1800
Cam Smith +2000
Hovland +2200
Cantlay +2300
Rickie +2500
Hatton +2500
Xander +2500
Tommy +2800
Morikawa +3000
DJ +3300
Spieth +3300
Lowry +4000

There's a lot of Rory buzz given he's coming off a win, won here in 2014 and has had major close calls recently.

 

[TheGazelle]

Here are the tee times. It looks like there is a typo in the am/pm labeling - everything is labeled as an am start, but they aren't using split tees. Rory is playing with Rahm and Justin Rose in what is probably the second best group at 9:59 am EST. The best? Brooks, Hideki, and Patrick "I can't play in less than 5 hours" Cantlay. I expect some great shots of Brooks death staring Cantlay throughout the round.

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/2023-tee-times-british-open-championship-royal-liverpool-hoylake-pairings-groups

 

[cshea]

I think the tee times they listed are all Eastern, not local, hence all am. The forward slash splits Thursday and Friday tee times. So the Rory group is 9:59 am Thursday / 4:58am on Friday.

 

[Ale Xander]

11 hours on USA on Thu and Fri each? Good god

 

[TheGazelle]

I think the tee times they listed are all Eastern, not local, hence all am. The forward slash splits Thursday and Friday tee times. So the Rory group is 9:59 am Thursday / 4:58am on Friday.

Thanks. That makes a lot more sense than my dumbass way of reading it.

 

[cshea]

I don't remember a ton of the course from 06 or 14. I know Tiger famously only hit 1 driver all week in 2006 when he won. Rory won in a relative romp in 2014, had a 6-shot lead heading into Sunday. Rickie and Sergio gave him a run that day but he ultimately won by 2.

It looks like they have tweaked the course a bit. 17 is a short par 3 now that apparently has some of the players grumbling. Tiny landing area, death bunkers surrounding the green. Hopefully it plays better than 15 at LACC. 18 is a par 5 they have stretched out to over 600 yards. There's also OB down the right, apparently moved 20 yards closer to the fairway than in 2014. From the picture, the stakes are no more than 10 yards right of the fairway. Could be fireworks on the closing hole.

View: https://twitter.com/PGATOURSMartin/status/1681327739716919296?s=20

 

[canderson]

Weather shouldn't be horrible - light rain probably but winds don't look to be anything too strong or close to last weekend's event in Scotland.

 

[TimNJsoxfan]

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

It's just dawning me I'm landing in Vegas on Saturday and can drop a few bets and start watching the final round before bedtime early Sunday AM. Great times.

 

[ernieshore]

Who is up for the early tee times?!

(I’m about to crash).

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

As predicted I have never heard of the leader. Wow!

 

[Zomp]

Big Randy in the lead with 5 under

 

[cshea]

Kinda surprised at the early scoring. Pretty much pristine conditions, little wind. I know they changed par from 72 to 71 but I would've thought we'd see a few more rounds in the mid 60's this morning. Spieth and Tommy might get to 67 or lower.

 

[cshea]

Wyndham Clark hopefully ejecting here. Thank the lord.

 

[cshea]

NBC is already driving me nuts. Their broadcast is criminal.

I mean Jordan Spieth gets to 18 at -3 in 2nd place and we don't see him again until he is hitting a 12 foot par putt and the walking reporter tells us about bunkers and shanks instead of showing it. Just a nightmare of a production.

 

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

Looks like Rham, Rose and Rory in the upcoming feature group coverage on the app.

 

[TFP]

NBC is already driving me nuts. Their broadcast is criminal.

I mean Jordan Spieth gets to 18 at -3 in 2nd place and we don't see him again until he is hitting a 12 foot par putt and the walking reporter tells us about bunkers and shanks instead of showing it. Just a nightmare of a production.

Add that plus Faldo's return and it's featured group coverage for me.

 

[cshea]

Scott finds the internal OB on 18. Then his 3rd predicatbly goes way left into the crowd. I'm a fan of the internal OB.

 

[Average Reds]

Adam Scott would be hard pressed to hit two drives farther apart than he just did on 18.
Was predictable after the first one went OB.

edit: dammit …

 

[cshea]

Tommy's layup from the hay on the left misses the OB by a few feet. Love that the OB hugs the fairway and doesn't cut the dog leg.

No idea what happened with Scott. Sigh. I'll stop complaining.

 

[canderson]

Is there any way to watch this online without a Peacock membership? Like, the Masters and US Open you can watch groups on some websites.

 

[cshea]

https://www.theopen.com/watch

Doesn't have the full broadcast but has featured groups (Finau/Hovland/JT and Rory/Rahm/Rose).

 

[canderson]

https://www.theopen.com/watch

Doesn't have the full broadcast but has featured groups (Finau/Hovland/JT and Rory/Rahm/Rose).

Thank you!

 

[cshea]

I'm sold on the internal OB. We need more of it. Rickie just pumped 2 out on 18 to finish with a snowman.

Screw rolling back the ball, just paint white lines 5 feet off the fairways!

 

[ifmanis5]

Awful U-turn putt for Rory on the 8th costs him a stroke.

 

[cshea]

I think I'm ready to leave JT at home in September.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I'm sold on the internal OB. We need more of it. Rickie just pumped 2 out on 18 to finish with a snowman.

Screw rolling back the ball, just paint white lines 5 feet off the fairways!

I second this.

 

[cshea]

Links golf is the best. Rahm doinks a fan, ball bounces right up against the side lip of a bunker, Rahm has to play out backwards.

 

[cshea]

Taichi Kho just made a 10 on 18 without taking a penalty stroke. Looks like he had a calamity in a greenside bunker.

 

[cshea]

Rory gets a bomb to drop on 14 and a bird just pooped on Hovland.

 

[mostman]

The bird shit was awesome. “What the fuck was that?”

 

[ernieshore]

Yelling "mushy peas!!" after a drive is way better than "mashed potatoes!"

 

[cshea]

I think I'm ready to leave JT at home in September.

+7 headed into 18 and hasn't reached the green in 6 shots so far.

 

[ernieshore]

Bones may be back on NBC as early as tomorrow.

 

[canderson]

Justin Thomas ends the day with a 9 on #18 to finish 11 over.

How do they put in on the Ryder Cup at this rate? He's beyond terrible right now.

 

[cshea]

18 at Royal Liverpool is my new favorite hole in golf.

 

[cshea]

Leave the pin on the front left all 4 days please.

 

[canderson]

Watching the best players in the world lose their shit at 18 is great, great entertainment.

 

[ifmanis5]

Watching the best players in the world lose their shit at 18 is great, great entertainment.

It really is, especially after the lenient setup at the LACC a month ago.

 

[cshea]

Daly beat JT by 5.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Is anyone just playing 18 as a 3 shot hole with something conservative off the tee?

 

[Gunca]

Big Randy in the lead with 5 under

Good one!

 

[mostman]

Is anyone just playing 18 as a 3 shot hole with something conservative off the tee?

I think the hole gets played differently tomorrow. Either stop going for it or just fly the green and play it from the back. Those bunkers are nasty.

 

[fletcherpost]

The greenkeepers have raked the bunkers this morning, effectively raising them up by one revette on the face, so they're less penal. They just showed the front green bunkers on 18 - they do look less severe.

But as the announcers already said, nature has picked up the slack.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Harman is on a heater, -4 for the day, -8 for the championship, and a 3 stroke lead

Meanwhile, it's windy, and Rahm is +3, currently on the wrong side of the cut line.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Rory is -2, but he's scrambling.

 

[cshea]

Can we get Vik a new clothing sponsor?

 

[cshea]

Tough start for Big Randy

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Lamprecht (A) might be melting down. Bogeyed the first. Now knee deep in grass on the 2nd with a bunch of spectators helping look for his ball.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

It wouldn't be at all surprising if he pulled a Pampling. Led after the first, then missed the cut.