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A Special GoforGOLF Newsletter for THE 138th OPEN ************************************************************************** *** THE OPEN *** AT TURNBERRY *** *** THE OPEN *** AT TURNBERRY *** THIS WEEK, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland - 16th to 19th July Just South of Glasgow, Liverpool, on the west coast, not far from the Glasgow Rangers and Glasgow Warriors rugby. http://www.uk-golfguide.com/scotland/26709.html Use the controls on the map to enlarge an explore. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Official Website is, of course: http://www.opengolf.com Includes Leaderboard, teetimes, players, the course, history and webcams . . . TRY the World Map Link, right hand side of Home page. An Interesting look at the world distribution of the entries to this years OPEN. Zoom out a little to get the whole world covered. Then play with the on off switches, and zoom in on the countries to click on the indivdual markers. A bit of fun, as well as informative . . . For course coverage there is the Club website: http://www.turnberrygolfclub.net/ and http://www.turnberry.co.uk/ and for a live webcam http://www.turnberryview.com/ From youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch"v=PM9PFz9cArO The PGA Coverage http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2009/ Great coverage including a Full Course Tour, with video and commentary THESE WEBSITES COVER EVERYTHING YOU WANT OR NEED TO KNOW Including Some terrific course coverage . . . Where is Turnberry . . . try this and click "show Labels" http://www.golfworldmap.com/europe/england/turnberry/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Some Interesting Facts Oldest Winner - Old Tom Morris - 1867 - 46 years & 99 days Youngest Winner - Young Tom Morris - 1868 - 17 years, 5 mths, 8 days Champions in 3 Decades - Harry Vardon - 1896, 1903 & 1911 J H Taylor - 1894, 1900 & 1913 Gary Player - 1959, 1968 & 1974 Most Victories 6 - Harry Vardon 5 - James Baird, J H Taylor, Peter Thomson & Tom Watson Check out the http://www.opengolf.com for the full player list An usual coverage of players, a little difficult to negotiate but still intreging. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Some FIRST DAY Tee Times worth following 06:30 Paul Broadhurst, Michael Campbell, Mark Calcavecchia 07:25 David Duval, Nick Dougherty, Adam Scott 07:58 Sergio Garcia, Tom Watson, Matteo Manassero 08:20 Vijay Singh, Bubba Watson, Graeme McDowell 08:31 Camilo Villegas, Yuta Ikeda, Sean, O'Hair 09:09 Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood, Ryo Ishikawa . . xx note 09:53 Mark Brown, Briny Baird, Johan Edfors 12:58 Ernie Els, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer . . xx note 13:31 Rory McIlroy, Anthony Kim, Retief Goosen . . xx note 14:20 Padraig Harrington, Jim Furyk, Geoff Ogilvy . xx note 15:48 Josh Geary, Fredrik Andersson Hed, David Drysdale 16:10 Timothy Wood, David Smail, Oliver Fisher Check out all the tee times on http://www.opengolf.com * * AND the neat "floating local time indicator" * * Highlight the group of interest, and it tells you the Tee Time for your own TV coverage. Adam Scott tees off at 8:09 am UK Time, which is 7:09 pm New Zealand Time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Memorabilia and History: First place to visit http:/www.britishgolfmuseum.co.uk/ http://www.opengolf.com/history/timeline.sps For another version http://www.standrewsgolf.co.uk/british_open_history.php News and Coverage: The usual http://www.europeantour.com/ http://www.pgatour.com/ and news sites http://british-open-news.newslib.com/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/ Weather: Looking like light rain, light rain and . . . http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Ayrshire-UKXX2087 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/st/ District: For a map of the close district http://www.golfworldmap.com/europe/scotland/turnberry/ Zoom IN to see each fairway and bunker, or Zoom OUT, to see the surrounding towns and district http://www.britinfo.net/index_turnberry.htm For all sorts of local contacts History: Robert the Bruce This wbesite is worth a visit. Born at Bruces Castle, Turnberry, this guys history is worth a read. Click the "Read More" button http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collection.aspx/robert_i_the_bruce For Photos that really show you the course http://golf.about.com/od/golfcoursepictures/ig/turnberry-ailsa-pictures/ And for something a little different: Have a look at this business website for trophies for your club http://www.birkdale-trophies.co.uk/ and Speed Cameras http://www.scottishsafetycameras.com/camfindermap.aspx?regionId=1 If you are there, please take some photos and send them to me. greg@goforgolf.com If you loose this email you will find it on http://www.goforgolf.co.nz/links.newsletters.asp __________________________________________________________ *** A TIP "A free piece of advice offered by a fellow player, which is the only thing in the entire game of golf that is worth exactly as much as you paid for it." 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