The 'Official - Unofficial' (British) Open Championship thread

[iQuest Golfer]

IBF... not worth the time to listen too.

[under_par]

We gotta rout for Rocco and Norman. I would love to see Rocco bounce back from the US Open and win this one. This would be an absolute dream for him!! Go ROCCO!!!

[tonyy]

The conditions looked brutal in the morning. It's hard to imagine anyone playing well in that weather but the pros made it look somewhat easy.

[hurley9192]

when will Sergio thank the golf gods for letting him play in the best weather? who will he have to blame this year?

[ganjagolfer]

would like to see rocco do it but we all know guys named rocco don't win opens

[Cody]

Anthony Kim had a nice finish at +2.

I'm rooting for Kim and Rocco!

[Lemay427]

Go Norman!!

[Young Golf Prodigy]

Well the first round is concluded and I'm sure that no one saw Rocco as the guy to contend with, though I love the guy after going against Tiger for 91 holes. My favorite right now is definately Adam Scott or Sergio Garcia. Both have swings and games meant to challenge a course like Royal Birkdale.

Another surprise of the day, as if Adam was not the only Aussie playing great you have Greg Norman and Robert Allenby either leading or one shot off. Great news for the countrynent that deserves another major winner. I think it would be something else if Norman pulled this off this late in his career.

Well, it was a good day to watch and I can't wait to see how the second round turns out

[bogeyhitter25]

Wow. Sad way for Adam Scott to finish. +2 on the last 3 holes. Rocco played great. Especially on the back 9 (-3). Right now I like Graeme McDowell, and Adam Scott (even after his rocky ending).

[CG031]

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that Rocco Mediate was LEADING the British Open. I figured it was not really lucky, well kind of, but more of he got "hot", like real hot, during the U.S. Open, but now he's showing for the British - damn.

It's like he only plays well in the big ones all of a sudden, haha.

[Harry Longshanks]

Hell, Tom Watson was one of the earliest groups out (worst weather) and is only +4.

[BallStriker]

Anyone have a weather report for tomorrow -- I have heard that the guys going out early today will also have it bad tomorrow.

So, is the weather supposed be be poor in the afternoon???

[Harold]

While there is quite a bit of golf to be played I'm backing Rocco in this major for one reason: All the talk of the asterisk goes by the wayside because of his and only his showing in the US Open. Grab that Claret Jug Rocco!

[Anand]

Great to see Rocco start so well. He's clearly loving every minute of these past few weeks. It's amazing what confidence can do for you in sport ...

Pretty shocked at some of the big guns faring so poorly - Singh, Els and Mickelson are the obvious names.

I thought KJ Choi played very well having started relatively early and had to contend with much of the worst weather.

Looking forward to R2.

[Kevin04]

Here is a weather update from the BBC page

"It looks as though there will be little improvement on Friday for the second day of the Open at Royal Birkdale. It will be a mostly cloudy and windy day with some rain at times, the high a cool 16C (61F). "

So could be more of the same tomorrow.

As for the golf, It was on for around 12 hours in total here through BBC and their Interactive channel, amazing stuff.

Delighted for Mediate, He comes across really well in his interviews, a true pro and does not throw his clubs down when he duffs a shot etc.
Also great to see 'Sharkie' as Wayne Grady calls him, amazing thing about him and Goosen is apparently they've not played that much golf in the past few weeks, Goose even said in his post match interview something like ''chilling out at home, spending time with family, watching movies'' or something.

Only a few hours til tomorrow, bring it on the action

[DDBowdoin]

I had to pull for tiger in the us open... just with the knee and all, he also happens to be my favorite golfer

but in the case of the british, with tiger out and all, I am pulling for Rocco

how can you not like the guy, I'd love to tee it up with him in a pro am

[DDBowdoin]

has anyone noticed how AWESOME "live at the open" is on the golf channel

they have the best post coverage of the majors! fires me the hell up

[Kevin04]

Hey DDBowdoin, I totally agree with you about Rocco. The man seems as sound as a pound, His interview today was really refreshing, he seems like one of us, doing a job that he knows many folk would love to do but goes out and enjoys himself.

a bit off topic but ''Ciamar a tha thu?'' I speak Scots Gaidhlig and noticed some Gaelige underneath your avator, always nice to see.