The opening round of the British Open has a name outta the past at the top of the leader board. Tom Watson holds the first round lead early on with a 65. Watson has won 5 times at the British ('75, '77, '80, '82 and '83).

I'm going to be rooting for Tom all weekend, but they have had excellent weather today....that is supposed to change tomorrow......

Did you see what John Daly was wearing......

Miguel Jimenez shoots a 64 to become the new leader......

Tiger got tamed.. It seemed like the weather was to good for a Open Championship... If and when the weather changes so will the leaders.

It's gonna change tomorrow.....If you have DirecTv you can watch several different things going on on 701 - 705.....

Got Dish... lol

lol....DirecTv takes care of the sports fan......But back on topic.....TNT is re-airing the opening round if anyone missed the early players......

Tiger struggles today and may miss the cut.....Watson still kicking....

Leaderboard as of 11:30 Local Time

Steve Marino.... -5
Mark Calcavecchia.... -4
Tom Watson..... -4

Vijay Singh is -1
Ernie Els is +1
Tiger has dropped to +5

Watson sinks a LONG birdie putt on 18 to tie for the lead with Marino at -5....He shot a 70 on the day......Way to go, Tom....Meanwhile, Tiger double-bogied two straight holes and is struggling at +7 and tied for 107th.....he probably won't make the cut.....Vijay just eagled the 17th to go to -3.......

Tiger finishes at +5 and must wait for the end today to see if that makes the cut....as of now, it won't......He was at even par at one time and next time I looked up he was +7.......he salvaged a little on the last few holes......I'm definitely going to jump on the Tom Watson bandwagon for the weekend.....

Tiger missed the cut, according to the latest reports.

Isn't that "old" man Watson awesome???? He has made it exciting to watch this Open.

Tiger will be back. I just don't think he's found his rhythm yet.

Yep....I hope he doesn't fade like Greg Norman did last year......

Even if he does, it's been fun to watch him. There are so many on the leader board I like and would easily be happy if they won. This has been a good tournament.

that was some amazing stuff by watson today, almost brought a tear to tha eye

Early on, Tom Watson now has the lead by himself....he's got off to a decent start after 2 holes....more to come as I get by a computer and TV.....

Watson is alone in 1st place with a -5. He is sinking those putts, the one area that has always been his downfall. Simply fun.

He just teed off at the 8th.

Looks like the closest ones are Fisher and Calcavecchia at -3.

Goggin, Goosen, Jiminez, and Marino at -2.

Finishing the 10th hole, Watson is at -4.

Fisher is alone at -3.

At 2 under: Calcavecchia, Goggin, Goosen, Jiminez, Marino, and Westwood.

Finishing the 11th, Watson still at -4.

Marina (29 years old, first Open) birdied to get to -3, along with Fisher.

Jimenez, Goggin, Goosen, Calcavecchia, and Westwood at -2.

Cink is alone at -1.

I THINK Singh, Furyk, Kyboya, and Molder at Even.

Watson has a pretty solid round going right now......Hopefully he can keep it going.....

Watson, Marino, and Goggin all share the lead now at -3.

Marino just dropped to -2.

**69 degrees and 21 mph winds.**

Watson, Goggin, and Westwood are all tied now still at -3.

Marina and Fisher at -2.

Goggin just finished his round - stayed at -3.

They are interviewing him right now about his sprint up one fairway.....lol....
Westwood just messed up big time.....he won't be up there for much longer......lol....I hit em like he just did all the time...haha

Stewart Cink finishes at -1, as does Furyk.

Lee Westwood at 2 under.

Goggin's sprint was classic! I would have run, too, and I try not to ever have to run! LOL!!!

Watson with the putt at 14th - WHEW!!!!!

How quickly fortune turns ~ with an eagle, Goosen goes to 2 under.

The lead belongs to Goggin right now at 3 under.

Ross Fisher just finished at -3.

Goosen at -2.

Watson BARELY missed making that eagle on the 17th, but ... WOW ... he's got the lead at -4.

Watson finishes at -4.

Marino at +1.


Let that magic continue for the Huck Finn from Kansas City.

I won't get to see it tomorrow....we'll be on the way to Austin.....Go Tom.....

Thank goodness for DVR! Have a safe trip, Colmes.

Thanks....

What a final round! Colmes, I really hope you recorded it. How disappointing for Watson. Throughout this tournament, he seemed to have overcome the biggest flaw in his game - the putt - and that's what bit him in the butt. It just seemed that today was Cink's day. Who knew?

With the intensity of the day - missed opportunities, inches costing leads - I never saw any display of poor sportsmanship. These men - all of them who had a chance today and saw it slip away - showed the true character of being gentlemen. Not one club "slipped" from the hand - nor were any tossed. It was refreshing to see the game of emotion and nerve being played with such class.

Seldom does anyone remember the guy that finished second, but Watson's second in the British Open will not be forgotten soon. It's one of the best feel-good stories I can remember. If he had won, I still wouldn't believe it.

yeah good stuff, unlucky hop on the 18th, the golf gods had something to do with that

I caught it on SportsCenter when we got to Austin...what a bad break for Tom......