2009 British Open: Round 1 Thursday Tee Times and Live Open Championship Tracking

July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

2009 british open round 1 thursday tee times - Tiger Woods first round tee time at British OpenThe 2009 British Open begins tomorrow at Turnberry with 156 players in the field battling for the famed Claret Jug. This is the first Open Championship to be held at Turnberry since 1994 when Nick Price captured the championship. Padraig Harrington has won the last two British Opens, at Carnoustie in 2007 and then at Royal Birkdale last year.

Who will win this year?  We already chimed in with our British Open prediction. Feel free to chime in with yours in the comment section. The tee times for the first round are below, and first round action can be viewed on TNT (via this British Open TV Schedule).  If you’re getting to this post after the Open has already started and you’re at work, track it with the official Open Championship widget below:


And now, here are the first round Thursday tee times for opening round action at the 2009 British Open at Turnberry (courtesy of the official site of the Open Championship).



2009 British Open Round 1 Thursday Tee Times

Group Tee Time Player Player Player
1 6:30 Paul Broadhurst Michael Campbell Mark Calcavecchia
2 6:41 Jeff Overton Pablo Larrazabal Gary Orr
3 6:52 Anthony Wall Rory Sabbatini Jeev Milkha Singh
4 7:03 Graeme Storm Nick Watney Charl Schwartzel
5 7:14 Rafa Echenique Richard Finch Mark O'Meara
6 7:25 David Duval Nick Dougherty Adam Scott
7 7:36 Greg Norman Kenny Perry Oliver Wilson
8 7:47 Henrik Stenson Steve Stricker Wen-Chong Liang
9 7:58 Sergio Garcia Tom Watson Matteo Manassero
10 8:09 Peter Hanson Dustin Johnson Louis Oosthuizen
11 8:20 Vijay Singh Bubba Watson Graeme McDowell
12 8:31 Camilo Villegas Yuta Ikeda Sean O'Hair
13 8:42 Azuma Yano Luke Donald Darren Clarke
14 8:58 Robert Allenby Justin Leonard Anders Hansen
15 9:09 Tiger Woods Lee Westwood Ryo Ishikawa
16 9:20 Richard Green Chad Campbell Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
17 9:31 Stewart Cink David Howell Thongchai Jaidee
18 9:42 Raphael Jacquelin Ken Duke Mathew Goggin
19 9:53 Mark Brown Briny Baird Johan Edfors
20 10:04 Prayad Marksaeng DJ Trahan Markus Brier
21 10:15 Chris Wood Boo Weekley Rod Pampling
22 10:26 Bryce Molder Jaco Ahlers Richie Ramsay
23 10:37 Billy Mayfair Marc Cayeux Lloyd Saltman
24 10:48 Robert Rock Martin Laird Ben Crane
25 10:59 Branden Grace Thomas Haylock Brandt Snedeker
26 11:10 Daniel Wardrop Michael Wright Peter Ellebye
27 11:41 Damien McGrane Tim Stewart Matt Kuchar
28 11:52 David Higgins Jeremy Kavanagh Daniel Gaunt
29 12:03 Gaganjeet Bhullar Rhys Davies James Driscoll
30 12:14 Sandy Lyle Alvaro Quiros Steve Marino
31 12:25 Nick Faldo Soren Kjeldsen Brian Gay
32 12:36 Mike Weir Ben Curtis Ross Fisher
33 12:47 Tim Clark Stephen Ames Charles Howell III
34 12:58 Ernie Els Lucas Glover Martin Kaymer
35 1:09 Hunter Mahan Justin Rose Andres Romero
36 1:20 Colin Montgomerie Zach Johnson KJ Choi
37 1:31 Rory McIlroy Anthony Kim Retief Goosen
38 1:42 Todd Hamilton Soren Hansen Tomohiro Kondo
39 1:53 JB Holmes Ian Poulter Miguel Angel Jimenez
40 2:09 Ryjui Imada Paul Casey Angel Cabrera
41 2:20 Padraig Harrington Jim Furyk Geoff Ogilvy
42 2:31 David Love III Paul Lawrie Stuart Appleby
43 2:42 Paul McGinley Carl Pettersson John Daly
44 2:53 Stephan Gross David Toms Tom Lehman
45 3:04 James Kingston Charley Hoffman Fredrik Jacobson
46 3:15 Paul Goydos Francesco Molinari Richard Sterne
47 3:26 Richard S. Johnson Thomas Levet Kevin Sutherland
48 3:37 Thomas Aiken Peter Hedblom Peter Baker
49 3:48 Josh Geary Fredrick Andersson Hed David Drysdale
50 3:59 Kenichi Kuboya Bruce Vaughan Elliot Saltman
51 4:10 Timothy Wood David Smail Oliver Fisher
52 4:21 Terry Pilkadaris Steve Surry Koumei Oda

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British Open Preview: Betting Odds and Prediction

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2009 british open preview, betting odds, prediction, date, course - turnberry, tiger woodsBritish Open Betting Odds – The Americans are coming at Turnberry

Golfers from the United States have been British Open betting favorites for the last couple of years, especially with Tiger Woods on the scene, and they’ll be looking to take the Claret Jug back to America when the Open Championship tees off on Thursday. Here is a look at the top five American players to watch at Turnberry.

British Open Odds and Preview

Before we jump into the odds for this weekend’s Open Championship, here are the particulars for the event:


Tiger Woods is obviously the offshore sportsbook favorite at +185, and the three-time Open winner has won three of his nine stroke-play events this year, never finishing outside of the top 10. Woods hadn’t played at Turnberry before the weekend, and he may choose to employ the system that got him the 2006 title at Hoylake: no driver. Keeping your ball low and in the fairway is critical here.

Hunter Mahan is working on three straight top-six results, and he offers good value at +3000. His final-round exploits as of late have been mind-boggling, as he shot a 64 at the Travelers Championship, before a 62 almost won him Tiger’s tournament, the AT&T National. Mahan finished T-6 in 2007 before missing the cut at last year’s British Open, so he may be worth a look when making your sports picks.

Anthony Kim was paired with Woods in the final group on Sunday of the AT&T National before a Sunday 71 left him in third, but it’s still positive as he has three consecutive top-20s after an awful start to the year. Kim is rated at +3300 by betting software after finished T-7 in last year’s British Open, but he’ll need to be better off the tee: Kim is 188th in driving accuracy.

Steve Stricker has won two of his last four starts, and he has two top-10s in a row in the British Open. The way Stricker is playing right now, he’s a steal at +3300. Stricker is 50th in driving accuracy, and an amazing second on the PGA Tour in putting, which could be crucial when it comes to getting up and down at Turnberry.

Jim Furyk is the only player on this list besides Woods to have a major under his belt, and his grinding style of golf means he is usually around come Sunday. He’s got two top-fives in his last three starts in the British Open, and his other result was a 12th-place finish in 2007. Furyk has made the cut in 12 of 14 events, and he’s finished in the top 10 seven times. With British Open odds of +3300, offshore sportsbook players should definitely give him a chance. 

Here are the Top 10 favorites heading into this weekend’s British Open open according to DocSports’ British Open odds:

    tiger woods - 2009 british open odds, prediction, date, course - turnberry   

  1. Tiger Woods – 4/11
  2. Sergio Garcia – 4/1
  3. Padraig Harrington – 4/1
  4. Rory McIlroy – 4/1
  5. Paul Casey – 9/2
  6. Martin Kaymer – 9/2
  7. Ian Poulter – 9/2
  8. Hunter Mahan – 5/1
  9. Anthony Kim – 11/2
  10. Ernie Els – 11/2

Editor’s prediction: With no Phil Mickelson, and with the sting of his Master’s and U.S. Open struggles fresh in his mind, I see Tiger Woods putting on a great show and winning this weekend’s British Open.  I realize it is not going out on much of a limb to pick the greatest player in the world to win, but I think Tiger reasserts his dominance on the field this weekend and has it wrapped up heading into Sunday.  And we know if he enters Sunday with the lead that he’s not relinquishing it.

* – Tiger Woods photo credit: Alastair Grant/AP via Golf.com

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