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held this year at Royal Birkdale...traditionaly one of the most difficult venues the Open is held at.
Defending Champion is Paddy Harrington who is attempting to defend withan injured wrist...he may not make it to the finish.

Many are picking GARSE to win this year...not a bad pick but I'm still not convinced he has the tempermant to win this big one...we shall see.Guys like Justin Rose, Lee Westwood, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Davis Love and others may have something to say about who wins.


This year, between TNT and ABC many,many,many hours will be televised...starting @ 6:30 Am Thursday on TNT.


The field:

Robert ALLENBY, Australia
Stephen AMES, Canada
Stuart APPLEBY, Australia
Woody AUSTIN, USA
Aaron BADDELEY, Australia
Rich BEEM, USA
Bart BRYANT, USA
Mark CALCAVECCHIA, USA,
KJ CHOI, Korea
Stewart CINK,
Tim CLARK,
Ben CURTIS, USA,
John DALY, USA,
David DUVAL, USA,
Ernie ELS, South Africa,
Jim FURYK, USA,
Sergio GARCIA, Spain,
Lucas GLOVER, USA,
Retief GOOSEN, South Africa,
Todd HAMILTON, USA,
Padraig HARRINGTON, Republic of Ireland,
JB HOLMES, USA,
Charles HOWELL III, USA,
Trevor IMMELMAN, South Africa,
Zach JOHNSON, USA,
Jerry KELLY, USA,
Anthony KIM, USA,
Matt KUCHAR, USA,
Tom LEHMAN, USA,
Justin LEONARD, USA,
Davis LOVE III, USA,
Hunter MAHAN, USA,
Scott MCCARRON, USA,
Rocco MEDIATE, USA,
Phil MICKELSON, USA,
Geoff OGILVY, Australia,
Sean O'HAIR, USA,
Rod PAMPLING, Australia,
Pat PEREZ, USA,
Tim PETROVIC, USA,
Ian POULTER, England,
Jeff QUINNEY, USA,
John ROLLINS, USA,
Andres ROMERO, Argentina,
Justin ROSE, England,
Rory SABBATINI, South Africa,
Adam SCOTT, Australia,
Vijay SINGH, Fiji,
Brandt SNEDEKER, USA,
Henrik STENSON, Sweden,
Steve STRICKER, USA,
Scott VERPLANK, USA, 7, 15, 19
Camilo VILLEGAS, Colombia, 7
Boo WEEKLEY, USA, 7
Mike WEIR, Canada, 1, 7, 19