Pairings to Watch at the Open Championship

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Britain’s Open Championship begins on Thursday at Royal Birkdale in North West England. This is the ninth time that the Open has been played there; the first was in 1954.

Below are some of the pairings to be watching for the first two days:

- Padraig Harrington, Retief Goosen, and Justin Leonard (758am)

- KJ Choi, Lee Westwood, and Ben Curtis (909am)

- Rocco Mediate, Paul Lawrie, and Angel Cabrera (1245pm)

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