Starts tomorrow.
The way the players are talking, this course is a beast if the wind gets up.
As always Tiger Woods will have my full support but one player I think who has a massive chance is Harrington.
Delighted we have an official thread after the ham fisted attempt at one earlier in the week by larrybluff
Who dya fancy to win it Puke.
Hoping to stick a few wagers on at lunchtime myself
Peter Hanson
Jacobson 90/1
Zach Johnson 80/1
Mickelson 35/1.
Of the favourites Donald at 20/1 looks the best bet.
Harrington 18/1
Els 40/1
Dufner 40/1
Harrington @ 20/1 for me
McIlcunt to miss the cut.
I’ll 
to that Totti
I have selected Donald and Harrington in the office sweep. Most popular with the punters in here is Woods. Surprisingly no one has picked Rory.
Robert Karlsson has pulled out of the tournament.
You may have read on an alternative thread that we will get under way at 06.19 in the morning.
Unsurprisingly that information is incorrect. The tournament starts at 06.30.
A short hitter like Donald will surely struggle. He’s a flat track Parkland course bully.
Thought they just called this ‘the open’ now? I fear the thread title is wrong and/or misleading.
brits call it the open Dunph. Everyone else would/should refer to it as the british open
I should probably lock the other thread with its confusingly inaccurate thread title chosen by larrybluff.
We’re under way at Lytham & St Anne’s
Kodai Ichihara and Jeev Milkha Singh are the early leaders on -1
Jeev Milkha Singh leads the british open on -2 after 4
Some of the tee times to keep a note of.
Masters champion Bubba Watson is under way shortly at 9.20
The favourite, Tiger Woods begins his british open at 9.42
Ireland’s great hope, Padraig Harrington should get the best of the conditions today (if forecast is correct). He is off at 14.32
I expect Rickie Fowler to win this.
Ireland’s Alan Dunbar pars the first. I fully expect him to be leading amateur.