The British Open 2013 starts on Thursday with huge excitement at who will claim the coveted title with the world's best golfers coming together to fight it out. Tiger Woods is the favorite but there are a host of other top golfers challenging, and any one of them could come out on top.
The British Open 2012 starts on Thursday and can be watched online through ESPN live stream via the link provided below.
Englishman Justin Rose is the main local hope at Muirfield for Britain, coming fresh from his win at the U.S. Open. He has said ahead of the tournament that he hopes they curse has been broken – referring to the drought to plague English golfers who are always among the favorites but who fallen short consistently in recent times at major tournaments.
Rose, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter have all been tipped as potential champions in recent years, but have all fallen short when the time came to step up.
Rose's recent win at the U.S. Open was the first major success for an Englishman since Nick Faldo won the Masters in 1996. Rose held his nerve last month at the Merion to finally break that "curse."
"Hopefully it has broken the curse," said 32-year-old Rose, speaking ahead of the Open. "I have faced questions for years about who the next English guy to break through will be. I feel fortunate it was me who broke through first but I am sure it will give the others a little extra burst of enthusiasm."
He added, "It probably gives them that added bit of belief. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the other guys follow in the not too distant future."
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Here are the tee-off start times and schedule:
Tee-off times and groupings for Thursday and Friday (all times BST)
06:32 & 11:33 Peter Senior (Aus), Lloyd Saltman (Sco), Oliver Fisher (Eng)
06:43 & 11:44 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Todd Hamilton (US), Ben Stow (A)
06:54 & 11:55 Thomas Aiken (SA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha), Bud Cauley (US)
07:05 & 12:06 Mikko Ilonen (Fin), Brooks Koepka (US), Ashun Wu (Chn)
07:16 & 12:17 David Duval (US), Bernd Wiesberger (Aut), Chris Wood (Eng)
07:27 & 12:28 Scott Stallings (US), Stewart Cink (US), Richard McEvoy (Eng)
07:38 & 12:39 KJ Choi (Kor), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Jimmy Walker (US)
07:49 & 12:50 Ben Curtis (US), Shane Lowry (Ire), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa)
08:00 & 13:01 Jonas Blixt (Swe), Brian Davis (Eng), Graham Delaet (Can)
08:11 & 13:12 Robert Garrigus (US), John Senden (Aus), Marc Warren (Sco)
08:22 & 13:23 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Garrick Porteous (Eng - am), Jason Day (Aus)
08:33 & 13:34 Carl Pettersson (Swe), Jason Dufner (US), David Lynn (Eng)
0844 & 13:45 Bubba Watson (US), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), Dustin Johnson (US)
09:00 & 14:01 Nick Faldo (Eng), Tom Watson (US), Fred Couples (US)
09:11 & 14:12 Justin Rose (Eng), Ernie Els (SA), Brandt Snedeker (US)
09:22 & 14:23 Ian Poulter (Eng), Keegan Bradley (US), Billy Horschel (US)
09:33 & 14:34 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Richard Sterne (SA), Nick Watney (US)
09:44 & 14:45 Rory McIlroy (NI), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Phil Mickelson (US)
09:55 & 14:56 Scott Piercy (US), Tim Clark (SA), Kevin Streelman (US)
10:06 & 15:07 Zach Johnson (US), Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Thomas Bjorn (Den)
10:17 & 15:18 Angel Cabrera (Arg), Camilo Villegas (Col), Tano Goya (Arg)
10:28 & 15:29 George Coetzee (SA), Ken Duke (US), Mark Calcavecchia (US)
10:39 & 15:40 John Huh (US), Brendan Jones (Aus), Hyung-Sung Kim (Kor)
10:50 & 15:51 Josh Teater (US), Steven Tiley (Eng), Jimmy Mullen (Eng - am)
11:01 & 16:02 KT Kim (Kor), Steven Jeffress (Aus), Luke Guthrie (USA)
11:12 & 14:13 John Wade (Aus), Gareth Wright (Wal), Makoto Inoue (Jpn)
11:33 & 06:32 Danny Willett, YE Yang (Kor), Johnson Wagner (USA)
11:44 & 06:43 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Lucas Glover (USA), Oscar Floren (Swe)
11:55 & 06:54 Boo Weekley (USA), Sandy Lyle (Sco), Niclas Fasth (Swe)
12:06 & 07:05 Marcus Fraser (Aus), Grant Forrest (Sco - am), Mark O'Meara (US)
12:17 & 07:16 Tom Lehman (US), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Fredrik Jacobsen (Swe)
12:28 & 07:27 Justin Leonard (US), Rhys Pugh (Wal - am), Marc Leishman (Aus)
12:39 & 07:38 Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Kyle Stanley (US), Alexander Noren (Swe)
12:50 & 07:49 Russell Henley (US), Jordan Spieth (US), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng - am)
13:01 & 08:00 Padraig Harrington (Ire), Michael Thompson (US), Richie Ramsay (Sco)
13:12 & 08:11 Vijay Singh (Fij), Darren Clarke (NI), Martin Laird (Sco)
13:23 & 08:22 Ryan Moore (US), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Steven Fox (US - am)
13:34 & 08:33 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Jim Furyk (US), Paul Lawrie (Sco)
13:45 & 08:44 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Harris English (US), Stephen Gallacher (Sco)
14:01 & 09:00 Lee Westwood (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (SA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
14:12 & 09:11 Adam Scott (Aus), Matt Kuchar (US), Luke Donald (Eng)
14:23 & 09:22 Rickie Fowler (US), Matteo Manassero (Ita), Hunter Mahan (US)
14:34 & 09:33 Peter Hanson (Swe), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn), Bill Haas (US)
14:45 & 09:44 Tiger Woods (US), Graeme McDowell (NI), Louis Ooshuizen (SA)
14:56 & 09:55 Webb Simpson (US), Branden Grace (SA), Jamie Donaldson (Wal)
15:07 & 10:06 Francesco Molinari (Ita), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Bo Van Pelt (US)
15:18 & 10:17 D A Points (US), Brett Rumford (Aus), Marcel Siem (Ger)
15:29 & 10:28 George Murray (Sco), Mark Brown (NZ), Justin Harding (SA)
15:40 & 10:39 Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Scott Jamieson (Sco), Shiv Kapur (Ind)
15:51 & 10:50 Scott Brown (USA, Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn), Gareth Maybin (NI)
16:02 & 11:01 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Eduardo De La Riva (Spa), Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn)
16:13 & 11:12 Stephen Dartnall (Aus), Darryn Lloyd (SA), Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn)
