Golf: Early start for Woods

Tiger Woods does not have to wait long to begin his defence of The Open title at Royal Lytham on Thursday.

Golf: Early start for Woods
Tue, 17 Jul, 2001 - 12:01

Tiger Woods does not have to wait long to begin his defence of The Open title at Royal Lytham on Thursday.

A runaway eight-stroke winner at St Andrews last year, the world number one tees off in the first round just after 9am partnered by big-hitting Argentinian Angel Cabrera and France’s Thomas Levet.

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