Played once again at the classic course at St Andrews in Scotland, the first day of this year’s British open is televised live by ESPN – starting at 4 a.m. ET, and going all the way until 3 p.m. ET. The course is gorgeous (take that, this year’s parched and pockmarked U.S. Open), and so venerable, the first British Open played on this course was back in 1873. And at the time I write this, around 6:30 a.m. ET, both Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods have gotten off to streaky starts: Spieth, at age 21 trying to match Ben Hogan as the only golfer to win the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year, started the day with five birdies in his first eight holes. Tiger Woods? Three bogeys in his first five. For a full preview, see Gerald Jordan’s Crossing Jordan.

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