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A Special GoforGOLF Newsletter for THE 139th OPEN ************************************************************************** *** THE OPEN *** OLD COURSE - ST ANDREWS *** *** THE OPEN *** OLD COURSE - ST ANDREWS *** The Open will celebrate its 150th anniversary at the Home of Golf THIS WEEK, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland - 15th to 18th July North of Edinburgh, just south of Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland. http://www.uk-golfguide.com/scotland/26229.html Use the controls on the map to enlarge and explore. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Official Website is, of course: http://www.opengolf.com Includes Leaderboard, teetimes, players, the course, history and webcams . . . For course coverage there is the Club website: http://www.standrews.org.uk/ and St Andrews is a public links, and has 7 courses including the original, the Old Course. You can book a round on any of the courses, or go in the ballot to play the Old Course. Also try the Royal and Ancient website http://www.randa.org/ For a youtube by Renton Laidlaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJyxBUJdRLM The PGA Coverage http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2010/ 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 . . . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *** 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 Check out all the tee times on http://www.opengolf.com * * AND the neat "floating local time indicator" * * 07:25 John Daly, Andrew Coltart, Seung-Yul Noh 07:36 Martin Laird, Sir Nick Faldo, Soren Kjelden 08:20 Lucas Glover, Rory McIlroy, Tim Clark 08:42 Ian Poulter, Ernie Els, Stewart Cink 09:09 Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Camilo Villegas 09:20 Padraig Harrington, Ryo Ishikawa, Tom Watson 09:53 Mike Weir, Darren Clarke, Davis Love III 10:04 Thongchai Jaidee, Fredrik Andersson Hed, J B Holmes 12:36 Simon Khan, Vijay Singh, Scott verplank 12:47 Luke Donald, Y E Yang, Ricky Barnes 13:31 Paul Casey, Angel Cabrera, Rickie Fowler 13:42 Miguel Angel Jiminez, Lee Westwood. Adam Scott 13:53 Jim Furyk, Graeme McDowell, Geoff Ogilvy 14:09 Hiroyuki Fujita, Steve Stricker, Sergio Garcia 14:20 Colin Montgomerie, Phil Mickelson, retuef Goosen 14:31 Rhys Davies, Edoardo Mollinari, Justin Leonard 14:42 Zach Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Eric Chun Highlight the group of interest, and it tells you the Tee Time for your own TV coverage. Adam Scott tees off at 13:42 pm UK Time, which is 1:42 am 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 showers & partly cloudy on saturday http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-St-Andrews-UKXX0976 http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ta/ District: For a map of the close district http://www.scottish-places.info/councils/region15.html Click the arrows to view surrounding districts http://www.britinfo.net/index_St_Andrews.htm For all sorts of local contacts History: St Andrews http://clyde-valley.com/standrews/index.htm St Andrews has a unique place in Scotland’s heritage. It takes it’s name from one of Christ’s apostles and was an important religious centre in medival Scotland from where the bishops wielded great influence over Church and State. It's Priory was a centre of learning; Scotland’s first university was established here. And Fife http://www.visitdunkeld.com/fife-history.htm And for something a little different: Claires Voyance shop includes Crystal Balls. Helpfull for determining the Open winner http://www.clairesvoyance.co.uk/ and Speed Cameras http://www.scottishsafetycameras.com/camfindermap.aspx?regionId=2 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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