British Open Leaderboard 2009

british open leaderboard 2009

Another day, another early morning of golf coverage as the British Open 2009 TV schedule on TNT starts at 7:00 a.m. EST. TNT will have 12 straight hours of the Open Championship as 59 year old Tom Watson tries to remain at the top of the leaderboard after his 5 under 65 on Thursday. He’ll start his round 2 just one stroke behind the leader Miguel Jimenez.
 

Tiger Woods has to play a lot better in round 2 than he did on Thursday as he stands at +1, tied for 68th place and seven shots behind the leader. Tiger has to make sure he gets his swing back as he had a few shots go way right and land in the long grass in round 1. Another day of swings like that and he could find himself watching the third and fourth rounds instead of battling for the Open Championship trophy.

 

It was a beautiful day at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry and hopefully round 2 will have more of the same conditions so we get to watch some low golf scores.

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John Senden wasn't even supposed to be playing this week. On Thursday, he was leading the British Open. The 38-year-old Australian claimed the top spot in the clubhouse on the opening day at Turnberry, taking advantage of the pristine conditions to shoot a 4-under 66.

Senden failed to qualify for the Open and started out as the seventh alternate. He moved to the top of the list, then got in Tuesday when Jeev Milkha Singh withdrew with a rib injury. "I was lucky enough to be in the field, so that was a bonus," said Senden, who stayed away from bogey and birdied four of the last six holes.

He wasn't the only one going low. Mark Calcavecchia went out in the first group of the day with his wife on the bag and shot a 67 — two decades after he won his only major title just up the road in Troon. The conditions along the picturesque Scottish coast were ideal for posting red numbers — the sun peeking in and out of the clouds, the Ailsa Craig easily visible offshore, the flags hanging limply above the grandstands, barely the hint of a breeze."It was perfect out there," Calcavecchia said. "The course couldn't possibly play any easier. I don't know how long it's going to stay like that."