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Reports From The British Open
Aired July 19, 2003 - 14:22 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: Well for one well known golfer things are looking up at the British open at the worlds St. Georges Club in Sandwich.
Blustery weather kept the scores high in the first couple of rounds, but today lower numbers were popping up in various areas. Several players bunched together vying for the tournament lead. Among those Tiger Woods, he had two eagles early on, in his round today and his one over. He is right now tied with a group in third place. Davis Love who started today at 1 under is at even par. There you see Tiger celebrating after one of his eagles and Thomas Bjorn is leading at 1 under.
Some fine weather finally greeting the players today in the southern English coast, the weather there is almost as unpredictable as the golf scores at times. Joining us for the course and the results so far we go to Kevin Cook editor of "Golf Magazine." He is in our New York Bureau. Kevin thanks a lot for joining us. I'm sure you got a chance to watch every bit of it today.
KEVIN COOK, EDITOR "GOLF MAGAZINE": I did Sean and it is quite a show isn't it.
CALLEBS: It is. Tell me before we get to Tiger and the leaders we have to talk about this is -- people are going to be talking about this in years to come, Mark Roe incredible British golfer, had a phenomenal round 67, worked his way back into contention I think he was one over. He played with Jesper Parnevik, the Swede, who had just a miserable round, 81, but what happened at the end of the round? They were both d'qed.
COOK: Oh, it was inspiring to see Mark Roe. He comes off the course after a terrific 67, blows 3 kisses to his wife and twin daughters, and then we find out that he the wrong score card. If we played tournament golf I'll carry your scorecard and you'll carry mine. We sign each others scores. They did sign and write down each other scores, signed the score cards as they should, turned out they had the wrong score cards. Roe was carrying his own scorecard. Jesper Parnevik was carrying his own. So nothing works, those are the wrong scorecards. They are both disqualified and it really is a shame.
But those are the rules as Roe said. Roe stood up and said these rules are here for the good of the game and he abided by them.
CALLEBS: And British hearts are breaking across the pond aren't they. I mean they had a chance to see one of their own. COOK: They are and we'll see how it shapes up tomorrow, I think it is just going to be just a fabulous tournament on fascinating venue. The kind of golf that our America golf fans don't usually see.
CALLEBS: It is great to watch that leagues golf really come to life. And Tiger Woods has really looked human. I mean he started out today he got his round to 5 under on the front nine, but that back nine is killing every body.
COOK: It is very tough to come in and Tiger had two fabulous eagles. I think this becomes a real test of mental resilience. We are not use to this, you know, they were dragons lurking out there in the rough at St. George. And, in the bunkers, we're not use to seeing a ball bounce in front of the green all the way through the green, it goes over the back of the green and around a medieval castle, and then finds it way into a bunker where you have to stand sideways.
I think it really is a test of mental strength and that probably bodes well for Tiger tomorrow.
CALLEBS: Yes, here in the U.S. with these lovely manicured greens, fairways, everything. These pros get into the sand and it's nothing for them, but they get into a bunker here and it really is a penalty.
COOK: It is true and you may find some skeletons of previous British Open contestants down in there. It is a remarkable kind of golf. And I think that it makes it very entertaining. Our players are not really accustomed to it. It is a test of resilience, you are not going to get through that day tomorrow with out strange things occurring in miraculous things too.
CALLEBS: What about Davis Love bogey the first hole, got off to a disappointing start, but he came in at level par?
COOK: He put it back together, he is right there, part of a really interesting international leader board. He would be a popular champion in this event. He is one of the Americans who really reveres the British Open. You know we are not at the exact birth place of gold. This is as far away from Scotland as you can get, and be on the same island. It is the course where Goldfinger and James Bond played their match. Ian Fleming disguised it as Royal St. Marks in his novel Goldfinger, but he was a member here.
It is really an interesting thing to see the fairways are crowns so the ball takes unexpected bounces. It is a test of how you react to it adversity as much as any thing else.
CALLEBS: Exactly, quickly, give me a prediction who is going to win and who do you expect is going to play well?
COOK: This is an unpredictable place, so a person would be crazy to make a prediction. I say Tiger Woods is going to be the last one standing. It would be effective, his father Earl Woods, could then be called the Earl of Sandwich. Since that is where we are playing this event. CALLEBS: You said that not me. Kevin thanks very much. I will be watching along with you tomorrow and we will see.
COOK: Thanks it will be a great Sunday.
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Aired July 19, 2003 - 14:22 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: Well for one well known golfer things are looking up at the British open at the worlds St. Georges Club in Sandwich.
Blustery weather kept the scores high in the first couple of rounds, but today lower numbers were popping up in various areas. Several players bunched together vying for the tournament lead. Among those Tiger Woods, he had two eagles early on, in his round today and his one over. He is right now tied with a group in third place. Davis Love who started today at 1 under is at even par. There you see Tiger celebrating after one of his eagles and Thomas Bjorn is leading at 1 under.
Some fine weather finally greeting the players today in the southern English coast, the weather there is almost as unpredictable as the golf scores at times. Joining us for the course and the results so far we go to Kevin Cook editor of "Golf Magazine." He is in our New York Bureau. Kevin thanks a lot for joining us. I'm sure you got a chance to watch every bit of it today.
KEVIN COOK, EDITOR "GOLF MAGAZINE": I did Sean and it is quite a show isn't it.
CALLEBS: It is. Tell me before we get to Tiger and the leaders we have to talk about this is -- people are going to be talking about this in years to come, Mark Roe incredible British golfer, had a phenomenal round 67, worked his way back into contention I think he was one over. He played with Jesper Parnevik, the Swede, who had just a miserable round, 81, but what happened at the end of the round? They were both d'qed.
COOK: Oh, it was inspiring to see Mark Roe. He comes off the course after a terrific 67, blows 3 kisses to his wife and twin daughters, and then we find out that he the wrong score card. If we played tournament golf I'll carry your scorecard and you'll carry mine. We sign each others scores. They did sign and write down each other scores, signed the score cards as they should, turned out they had the wrong score cards. Roe was carrying his own scorecard. Jesper Parnevik was carrying his own. So nothing works, those are the wrong scorecards. They are both disqualified and it really is a shame.
But those are the rules as Roe said. Roe stood up and said these rules are here for the good of the game and he abided by them.
CALLEBS: And British hearts are breaking across the pond aren't they. I mean they had a chance to see one of their own. COOK: They are and we'll see how it shapes up tomorrow, I think it is just going to be just a fabulous tournament on fascinating venue. The kind of golf that our America golf fans don't usually see.
CALLEBS: It is great to watch that leagues golf really come to life. And Tiger Woods has really looked human. I mean he started out today he got his round to 5 under on the front nine, but that back nine is killing every body.
COOK: It is very tough to come in and Tiger had two fabulous eagles. I think this becomes a real test of mental resilience. We are not use to this, you know, they were dragons lurking out there in the rough at St. George. And, in the bunkers, we're not use to seeing a ball bounce in front of the green all the way through the green, it goes over the back of the green and around a medieval castle, and then finds it way into a bunker where you have to stand sideways.
I think it really is a test of mental strength and that probably bodes well for Tiger tomorrow.
CALLEBS: Yes, here in the U.S. with these lovely manicured greens, fairways, everything. These pros get into the sand and it's nothing for them, but they get into a bunker here and it really is a penalty.
COOK: It is true and you may find some skeletons of previous British Open contestants down in there. It is a remarkable kind of golf. And I think that it makes it very entertaining. Our players are not really accustomed to it. It is a test of resilience, you are not going to get through that day tomorrow with out strange things occurring in miraculous things too.
CALLEBS: What about Davis Love bogey the first hole, got off to a disappointing start, but he came in at level par?
COOK: He put it back together, he is right there, part of a really interesting international leader board. He would be a popular champion in this event. He is one of the Americans who really reveres the British Open. You know we are not at the exact birth place of gold. This is as far away from Scotland as you can get, and be on the same island. It is the course where Goldfinger and James Bond played their match. Ian Fleming disguised it as Royal St. Marks in his novel Goldfinger, but he was a member here.
It is really an interesting thing to see the fairways are crowns so the ball takes unexpected bounces. It is a test of how you react to it adversity as much as any thing else.
CALLEBS: Exactly, quickly, give me a prediction who is going to win and who do you expect is going to play well?
COOK: This is an unpredictable place, so a person would be crazy to make a prediction. I say Tiger Woods is going to be the last one standing. It would be effective, his father Earl Woods, could then be called the Earl of Sandwich. Since that is where we are playing this event. CALLEBS: You said that not me. Kevin thanks very much. I will be watching along with you tomorrow and we will see.
COOK: Thanks it will be a great Sunday.
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