2013 British Open – Live Stream, TV Schedule, Tee Times and Leaderboards on Day 2: Tiger Woods Looks To Move Up on Leaderboard
The 142nd edition of the British Open Championship is underway and the golfers didn't like what the Grand Slam tournament in store for them on the first day Thursday.
From four-time Grand Slam winner Phil Mickelson to veteran Ian Poulter, almost all participants shared reverberating qualms about the degree of difficulty the legendary Muirfield Golf Links provided on the opening round of play.
Mickelson, fresh from a fourth round collapse at the US Open Championships last month, fired at the tournament organizers for setting up an impossibly difficult course with very fast surface on the greens and dozens of traps all over the field.
"R&A should let go of [its] ego ... and just set the course up the way the best players can win." Mickelson told reporters right after he finished his first round at 2-under, according to ESPN. "The greens are dying and the holes are on the edges of slopes that the ball just simply won't stay."
All in all, the first day of the British Open left some of the participants with sleepless nights while others had that sort of relief after a very busy day on the course.
Former Grand Slam winners Rory McIlroy (8-over-79), Nick Faldo (8-over 79), Ernie Els (3-over 74) and Justin Rose (4-over 75) all had forgettable opening rounds. Meanwhile, Zach Johnson calmly took the top spot on the leaderboard with a fluid game, finishing the first round with 5-under-66 score.
The Spanish tandem of Rafael Cabrera Bello (4-under 67) and Miguel Jimenez (3-under 68) also put up a strong effort in the first round. The Americans quartet of Mark O'Meara (4-under 67), Dustin Johnson (3-under 68), Brandt Snedeker (3-under 68), and Tom Lehman (3-under 68) kept themselves at pace to take the lead from their countryman on the second day.
Tiger Woods, who enters the tournament as the favorite to win his fourth British Open Championship, struggled through the first eight holes but he picked it up on the back nine to finish just three strokes behind the leader at 2-under 69.
Day 2 of the British Open
The second day of the British Open won't be the same. It will be carnage on the course with lots of changes on the leaderboard. At this stage of the tournament, anyone still has a shot at making a run for it. However, they have to pick things up now before it's too late.
T.V Schedule and Online Streaming
T.V Coverage of the 2013 British Open will start at 4:00 a.m ET on ESPN with Live Online Streaming available on ESPN3. Radio Coverage will start at 7:00 a.m ET on ESPN Radio.
Tee Times and Leaderboard
Running scores and second round results of the 2013 British Open is available on ESPN British Open Coverage while Tee Times of each pairing is listed below:
First Round Tee Times/Pairings
| 1:32 a.m. | Johnson Wagner | Danny Willett | Y.E. Yang |
| 1:43 a.m. | Oscar Floren | Lucas Glover | Thaworn Wiratchant |
| 1:54 a.m. | Niclas Fasth | Sandy Lyle | Boo Weekley |
| 2:05 a.m. | Grant Forrest | Marcus Fraser | Mark O'Meara |
| 2:16 a.m. | Freddie Jacobson | Thongchai Jaidee | Tom Lehman |
| 2:27 a.m. | Marc Leishman | Justin Leonard | Rhys Pugh |
| 2:38 a.m. | Kyle Stanley | Alvaro Quiros | |
| 2:49 a.m. | Matthew Fitzpatrick | Russell Henley | Jordan Spieth |
| 3:00 a.m. | Padraig Harrington | Richie Ramsay | Michael Thompson |
| 3:11 a.m. | Darren Clarke | Martin Laird | Vijay Singh |
| 3:22 a.m. | Steven Fox | Ryan Moore | Henrik Stenson |
| 3:33 a.m. | Jim Furyk | Paul Lawrie | Thorbjorn Olesen |
| 3:44 a.m. | Harris English | Stephen Gallacher | Geoff Ogilvy |
| 4:00 a.m. | Sergio Garcia | Charl Schwartzel | Lee Westwood |
| 4:11 a.m. | Luke Donald | Matt Kuchar | Adam Scott |
| 4:22 a.m. | Rickie Fowler | Hunter Mahan | Matteo Manassero |
| 4:33 a.m. | Hiroyuki Fujita | Bill Haas | |
| 4:44 a.m. | Graeme McDowell | Tiger Woods | |
| 4:55 a.m. | Jamie Donaldson | Branden Grace | Webb Simpson |
| 5:06 a.m. | Francesco Molinari | Toru Taniguchi | Bo Van Pelt |
| 5:17 a.m. | D.A. Points | Brett Rumford | Marcel Siem |
| 5:28 a.m. | Mark Brown | Justin Harding | George Murray |
| 5:39 a.m. | Gregory Bourdy | Scott Jamieson | Shiv Kapur |
| 5:50 a.m. | Scott Brown | Satoshi Kodaira | Gareth Maybin |
| 6:01 a.m. | Eduardo De La Riva | Tyrrell Hatton | Kenichi Kuboya |
| 6:12 a.m. | Steve Dartnall | Darryn Lloyd | Daisuke Maruyama |
| 6:33 a.m. | Oliver Fisher | Lloyd Saltman | Peter Senior |
| 6:44 a.m. | Todd Hamilton | Robert Karlsson | Ben Stow |
| 6:55 a.m. | Thomas Aiken | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Bud Cauley |
| 7:06 a.m. | Mikko Ilonen | Brooks Koepka | A-Shun Wu |
| 7:17 a.m. | David Duval | Bernd Wiesberger | Chris Wood |
| 7:28 a.m. | Stewart Cink | Richard McEvoy | Scott Stallings |
| 7:39 a.m. | K.J. Choi | Miguel A. Jimenez | Jimmy Walker |
| 7:50 a.m. | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | Ben Curtis | Shane Lowry |
| 8:01 a.m. | Jonas Blixt | Brian Davis | Graham DeLaet |
| 8:12 a.m. | Robert Garrigus | John Senden | Marc Warren |
| 8:23 a.m. | Jason Day | Martin Kaymer | Garrick Porteous |
| 8:34 a.m. | Jason Dufner | David Lynn | Carl Pettersson |
| 8:45 a.m. | Nicolas Colsaerts | Dustin Johnson | Bubba Watson |
| 9:01 a.m. | Fred Couples | Nick Faldo | Tom Watson |
| 9:12 a.m. | Ernie Els | Justin Rose | Brandt Snedeker |
| 9:23 a.m. | Keegan Bradley | Billy Horschel | Ian Poulter |
| 9:34 a.m. | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano | Richard Sterne | Nick Watney |
| 9:45 a.m. | Hideki Matsuyama | Rory McIlroy | Phil Mickelson |
| 9:56 a.m. | Tim Clark | Scott Piercy | Kevin Streelman |
| 10:07 a.m. | Thomas Bjorn | Zach Johnson | Shingo Katayama |
| 10:18 a.m. | Angel Cabrera | Tano Goya | Camilo Villegas |
| 10:29 a.m. | Mark Calcavecchia | George Coetzee | Ken Duke |
| 10:40 a.m. | John Huh | Brendan Jones | Hyung-Sung Kim |
| 10:51 a.m. | Jimmy Mullen | Josh Teater | Steven Tiley |
| 11:02 a.m. | Luke Guthrie | Steven Jeffress | K.T. Kim |
| 11:13 a.m. | Makoto Inoue | John Wade | Gareth Wright |
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