R&A The Open Championships 2014 Starts Thursday!

And the major season is back on with the R&A Open 2014, held this year at Royal Liverpool course beginning Thursday. Last year it was Phil Mickelson who won this event, with the best looking trophy in golf. Will Leftie do it again?

Notable tee times of interest
(Thursday/Friday, times local to course)
David Duval 6:25am/11:26am
Robert Karlsson 6:25am/11:26am
Erik Compton 6:58am/11:59am
Brooks Koepka 7:20am/12:21pm
Edouardo Molinari 7:20am/12:21pm
Fredrik Jacobson 7:31am/12:32pm
Justin Leonard 7:42am/12:43pm
Ben Curtis 7:42am/12:43pm
Paul Lawrie 7:42am/12:43pm
Francesco Molinari 7:53am/12:54pm
Thorbjorn Olesen 7:53am/12:54pm
Thomas Bjorn 8:15am/1:16pm
Stewart Cink 8:15am/1:16pm
Tom Watson 8:15am/1:27pm
Jim Furyk 8:15am/1:27pm
Darren Clark 8:15am/1:27pm
Luke Donald 8:37am/1:38pm
Rickie Fowler 8:37am/1:38pm
Sergio Garcia 8:37am/1:38pm
Paul Casey 8:53am/1:54pm
Henrik Stenson 9:04am/2:05pm
Angel Cabrera 9:04am/2:05pm
Tiger Woods 9:04am/2:05pm
Charl Schwartzel 9:15am/2:16pm
Padraig Harrington 9:15am/2:16pm
Choi KJ 9:15am/2:16pm
Jordan Spieth 9:26am/2:27pm
Rory McIlroy 9:26am/2:27pm
Ian Poulter 9:37am/2:38pm
Dustin Johnson 9:37am/2:38pm
Jimmy Walker 9:37am/2:38pm
Graeme McDowell 9:48am/2:49pm
Matt Kuchar 9:48am/2:49pm
Louis Oosthuizen 9:48am/2:49pm
Hunter Mahan 9:59am/3pm
Sir Nick Faldo 10:10am/3:11pm
Nick Watney 11:48am/6:47am
Shawn Stefani 11:48am/6:47am
DA Points 11:59am/6:58am
Yang Ye 11:59am/6:58am
Brendan de Jonge 12:32pm/7:31am
Kevin Streelman 12:32pm/7:31am
Kevin Stadler 12:43pm/7:42am
Sandy Lyle 12:43pm/7:42am
Brandt Snedeker 12:54pm/7:53am
Boo Weekley 1:05pm/8:04am
Jonas Blixt 1:16pm/8:15am
Miguel Angel Jimenez 1:27pm/8:26am
Martin Kaymer 1:38pm/8:37am
Jason Day 1:38pm/8:37am
Zach Johnson 1:38pm/8:37am
Webb Simpson 1:54pm/8:53am
Phil Mickelson 2:05pm/9:04am
Bubba Watson 2:05pm/9:04am
Ernie Els 2:05pm/9:04am
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 2:16pm/9:15am
Billy Horschel 2:16pm/9:15am
Adam Scott 2:27pm/9:26am
Justin Rose 2:27pm/9:26am
Jason Dufner 2:27pm/9:26am
Lee Westwood 2:38pm/9:37am
Keegan Bradley 2:38pm/9:37am
Joost Luiten 2:49pm/9:48am
John Senden 2:49pm/9:48am
John Daly 3pm/9:59am

For those who haven't heard by now, ESPN3 will have a dedicated streaming channel that is exclusive when and only Tiger Woods is on the course. In other words, good for the first two rounds only and even the final two, that if he makes the cut. This is Tiger's first major since the back surgery that forced him to miss tournaments including the US Open and the Masters.

As far as the rest of the tournament goes, ESPN will have exclusive coverage of the Open beginning Thursday morning here in the states. Just like the Championships at Wimbledon, the Open once again 'start and end on ESPN.' There is probably radio coverage once again streamable at TheOpen.com, which is great for people here in the states who are at work and want something to listen to the next two days other than craptacular pop music on the radio.