THE 139th British Open has begun and it will give golf lovers a treat at the famous Old Course from today onwards. The stakes this year will be the precious Claret Jug. The tournament started off on a good note with John Daly, who won the championship fifteen years back, started with seven of the first eleven holes on Thursday to climb ahead on the leaders board.
Though the climatic conditions were not that favourable with a possible downpour and winds, John readily capitalised on the opportunity and gave a cold shudder to defending champion Stewart Cink.
Although, Cink will be looking forward to win back to back championships his plans might hit the hard spot with three times world champion Tiger Woods. The latter will be cashing in on the opportunity of playing in St Andrews as he has already won it twice. The stakes are equally high on golfing legend Tiger Woods whose fans believe that he will win this year's British Open 2010. Justin Rose of England will be playing the first two rounds with Tiger Woods.The three day championship that will start from July 15 to July 18 will see the participation of many golfing legends like Phil Mickelson, world number three Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell, who won the US Open last month. The other sought after players are 21 year old Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, defending champion Stewart Cink, Luke Donald, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Tom Watson.The British Open 2010 will be telecast live on ESPN in the United States. The telecast schedule of British Open 2010 in U.S. is as follows:July 15, Thursday ( 4AM to 3PM)July 16, Friday ( 4AM to 3PM)July 17, Saturday ( 7AM to 2:30 PM)July 18, Sunday ( 6AM to 1:30 PM)