Tuesday, July 18, 2006

British Open weather forcast?

Tim Herron sauntered around the putting green in front of the Royal Liverpool clubhouse, soaking up a glorious day and marveling at what he had seen out on the course.

'They were sunbathing over there,' he said, motioning off into the distance with his club.
Sunbathing? At the British Open?
Indeed.

During Tuesday's practice round at this historic course along the Irish Sea, the temperature was climbing into the 80s beneath a brilliant blue sky, with nary a cloud to be had.

There were no fearsome gusts whipping in off the water, just a refreshing breeze. Instead of bundling up in sweaters and jackets, most fans milled around the links wearing shorts and T-shirts.

If conditions stay anything close to this through the weekend, Tiger Woods' record 19-under score while winning at St. Andrews six years ago could be in jeopardy. FULL STORY

2 comments:

JS said...

What are the Tiger Philp and New Texan picks for the side action?

New Texan said...

We are going to do the picks tonite/tomorrow, through the blog... i am going to make a post for us, and Tiger gets first pick... stay tuned.