The PGA Tour returns to the birthplace of golf.
Seventy-nine of the top 80 golfers will be in attendance at St. Andrews this weekend—the one outlier being an injured Rory McIlroy. The current world No. 1 and defending champion was forced to skip the tournament after rupturing a ligament in his left ankle. All eyes will be on Jordan Spieth, who is looking to win his third consecutive major.
Preview
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Date |
Time (ET) |
Channel |
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Thu, July 16 |
4 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
ESPN |
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Fri, July 17 |
4 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
ESPN |
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Sat, July 18 |
7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
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Sun, July 19 |
6 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
ESPN |
Where: Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland
Purse: $10 million (winning share: $1.8 million)
FedEx Cup Points: 600 to winner
Odds
If you win four tournaments in 2015, including the first two majors on the calendar, you're going to be the odds-on favorite. Spieth enters the weekend a 9/2 favorite according to OddsShark.com. His closest competition, Dustin Johnson, enters at 11/1. Other potential favorites include Rickie Fowler (16/1), Justin Rose (18/1) and Henrik Stenson (20/1).
An irrelevant Tiger Woods opens at 25/1.
Prediction
Romanticism leans toward Spieth, but winning a third consecutive major is a tough ask. Louis Oosthuizen will be able to take advantage of the mounting pressure heaped on his 21-year-old counterpart. Oosthuizen has five top-10 finishes this year and put on a solid showing in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.
Notable Thursday Tee Times
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Golfer |
Tee Time (ET) |
|
Victor Dubuisson |
3:11 a.m. |
|
Webb Simpson |
3:22 a.m. |
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Tom Watson |
3:33 a.m. |
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Bubba Watson |
4 a.m. |
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Sergio Garcia |
4:11 a.m. |
|
Lee Westwood |
4:11 a.m. |
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Patrick Reed |
4:11 a.m. |
|
Dustin Johnson |
4:33 a.m. |
|
Hideki Matsuyama |
4:33 a.m. |
|
Jordan Spieth |
4:33 a.m. |
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Tiger Woods |
4:55 a.m. |
|
Louis Oosthuizen |
4:55 a.m. |
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Jason Day |
4:55 a.m. |
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Adam Scott |
9:12 a.m. |
|
Martin Kaymer |
9:12 a.m. |
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Jimmy Walker |
9:12 a.m. |
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Matt Kuchar |
9:34 a.m. |
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Phil Mickelson |
9:34 a.m. |
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Henrik Stenson |
9:34 a.m. |
|
Justin Rose |
9:45 a.m. |
|
Rickie Fowler |
9:45 a.m. |
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Jim Furyk |
9:56 a.m. |
|
Paul Casey |
9:56 a.m. |
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