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British Open 2012: Tee Times And Pairings For Saturday

The third round of the 2012 Open Championship will once again tee off in the middle of the night for those hoping to catch the action live stateside. The first group, Dutch golfer Joost Luiten by his lonesome, is set to tee off 3:10 a.m. ET, with pairings going off in 10 minute spreads over the next seven hours through 10:20 a.m. ET.

Brandt Snedeker is the current leader at 10-under overall. Tiger Woods is in the second-to-last pairing to tee off on the day at four strokes off the lead.

Here is the full list of tee times for Saturday, all times Eastern.

1) 3:10 Joost Luiten
2) 3:20 Tom Watson, Lee Westwood
3) 3:30 Chad Campbell, John Daly
4) 3:40 Adilson Da Silva, Rickie Fowler
5) 3:50 Keegan Bradley, SM Bae
6) 4:00 Ross Fisher, KJ Choi
7) 4:10 Gary Woodland, Charles Howell III
8) 4:20 Pablo Larrazabal, Juvic Pagunsan
9) 4:30 Brendan Jones, Troy Matteson
10) 4:45 Aaron Baddeley, Vijay Singh
11) 4:55 Rafa Echenique, Matthew Baldwin
12) 5:05 Justin Hicks, Alexander Noren
13) 5:15 Fredrik Jacobson, Jim Furyk
14) 5:25 Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy
15) 5:35 Nicolas Colsaerts, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
16) 5:45 Harris English, Branden Grace
17) 5:55 Richard Sterne, Greg Owen
18) 6:05 Warren Bennett, Dustin Johnson
19) 6:20 Yoshinori Fuhimoto, Nick Watney
20) 6:30 Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Jeev Milkha Singh
21) 6:40 Francesco Molinari, John Senden
22) 6:50 Hunter Mahan, Lee Slattery
23) 7:00 Bob Estes, Dale Whitnell
24) 7:10 Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter
25) 7:20 Jamie Donalson, Miguel Angel Jimenez
26) 7:30 Thongchai Jaidee, Garth Mulroy
27) 7:45 Anirban Lahiri, Ted Potter Jr.
28) 7:55 Retief Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy
29) 8:05 Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Laird
30) 8:15 Thomas Bjorn, Zach Johnson
31) 8:25 Bill Haas, Kyle Stanley
32) 8:35 Simon Khan, Greg Chalmers
33) 8:45 Mark Calcavecchia, Andres Romero
34) 8:55 Peter Hanson, Toshinori Muto
35) 9:10 Simon Dyson, Carl Petterson
36) 9:20 James Morrison, Steve Stricker
37) 9:30 Luke Donald, Steven Alker
38) 9:40 Ernie Els, Thomas Aiken
39) 9:50 Jason Dufner, Graeme McDowell
40) 10:00 Matt Kuchar, Paul Lawrie
41) 10:10 Thorbjorn Olesen, Tiger Woods
42) 10:20 Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker

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2012 British Open Tee Times And Pairings For Saturday

With Round 2 of the 2012 British Open coming to a close, the tee times for Round 3 have been released.

Tiger Woods is down just four strokes from the lead with a 6-under and will be teeing off on Saturday at 10:10 a.m. ET. Woods will be trying to chase down the leader, fellow American Brandt Snedeker, who's sitting at 10-under through the first two rounds of play. Snedeker will be teeing off at 10:20 a.m. ET.

Some other notable times for Round 3 of the 2012 British Open are below:

3:20 a.m. ET - Tom Watson, Lee Westwood
3:30 a.m. ET - Chad Campbell, John Daly
3:40 a.m. ET - Adilson Da Silva, Rickie Fowler
5:15 a.m. ET - Frederik Jacobson, Jim Furyk
9:20 a.m. ET - James Morrison, Steve Stricker
9:40 a.m. ET - Jason Duffner, Graeme McDowell
10:10 a.m. ET - Thorbjorn Olesen, Tiger Woods
10:20 a.m. ET - Adam Scott, Brent Snedeker

For the full list of tee times visit the British Open's official website.

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2012 British Open Cut Line: 3-Over Number Frees Up Phil Mickelson's Weekend

A number of players are deep into red numbers at the 2012 British Open. Phil Mickelson was not one of them over the first two days of the tournament, and as a result, he ended up well below the cut line, which landed at 3-over.

The top 70 players and ties make it to the weekend at the Open Championship, meaning that the 16 players tied for 68th place at 3-over made the cut at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.

Mickelson, who was 3-over after his Thursday first round, struggled through a miserable 8-over 78 in his second round. He was nowhere near the cut line, ending up at 11-over for the Open. That means he's just as far from the 19-over mark that Ian Keenan posted to end up dead last as he was from playing the weekend.

It's Mickelson's fourth missed cut at the British Open, and first since 2007.

Fortunately for Phil, he was far from the only major champion to bow out before the weekend: Y.E. Yang, Charl Schwartzel, Tom Lehman, David Duval, Stewart Cink, Todd Hamilton, Martin Kaymer, Darren Clarke, Trevor Immelman, Justin Leonard and Angel Cabrera all joined Mickelson in making early exits.

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2012 British Open: Results And Scores For Friday's Second Round

Brandt Snedeker matched Adam Scott's record-tying feat on Friday at the 2012 British Open, and Scott nearly kept up with Snedeker. But Tiger Woods' brilliant birdie on his 36th hole means he will be the talk of the tournament heading into the weekend at the Open Championship.

Snedeker tied the Royal Lytham & St. Annes course record that Scott tied on Thursday with his 6-under 64 on Friday, and moved to 10-under for the tournament and a one-shot lead. Snedeker has yet to make a bogey in two days on the course, and has 10 birdies.

Scott, who shot a 64 on Thursday, followed it with a 3-under 67 on Friday, thanks in part to three back nine birdies. He's at 9-under for the Open.

Woods' chip-in birdie on No. 18, by contrast, only got him to within four strokes of Snedeker. But consecutive 67s by Tiger have him at 6-under entering the weekend, and in sole possession of third place — more than enough reason to wonder if he won't finally come from behind in a major.

Thorbjorn Olesen is one shot back of Tiger, at 5-under, after a Friday 66, and five golfers, including British Open champ Paul Lawrie and U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell, are tied for fifth at 4-under through two days.

The cut line fell at 3-over, eliminating Phil Mickelson, defending champion Darren Clarke, Y.E. Yang, Charl Schwartzel, Martin Kaymer, and both of Woods' playing partners from the first two rounds, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia.

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British Open 2012: Tiger Woods Breathing Down Adam Scott's Neck

After following an early bogey with four birdies -- including an amazing one on the par-4 18th -- Adam Scott conceded he had a case of the jitters as he realized he was taking aim at clubhouse leader Brandt Snedeker.

“A bit of a shaky start,” Scott told ESPN after following his opening-round 6-under 64 with a 67 to move into second place, just one shot back of Snedeker’s 10-under. “I got a little nervous after 11 and I made a birdie and started moving up the leaderboard a little bit and understanding what kind of position I was moving because the leaderboard was separating.

“But I managed to calm myself down pretty well to play the last few holes,” added Scott, who will be in the last group in a major for the first time in his career. “They’re tough holes in any condition.”

Perhaps even tougher with Tiger Woods breathing down your neck. Woods, with just two bogeys on his two-day scorecard, birdied the par-4 16th to break a logjam of a gaggle of golfers at 4-under and move into third place by his lonesome -- just four shots back of Scott.

Then came a signature Tiger Woods moment -- a holed wedge shot for a birdie-3 from a green-side pot bunker at No. 18 followed by the obligatory fist pump and, suddenly, in with a second straight 67 and at three shots back of Scott, the game was on for the weekend.

“It wasn’t that bad because I was on the upslope,” Woods said about his lie in the sand. "I pulled it off."

Speaking of Woods, Scott -- with Tiger’s former caddy on his bag -- acknowledged he would lean on Steve Williams for his major championship know-how.

“So far I've been able to execute [my strategy] the way I want to and not get myself in too much trouble,” Scott said. “But if that doesn’t happen over the weekend, I can certainly lean on his experience to help guide me around a little bit.”

Williams toted the satchel in 13 of Woods’ 14 major wins.

VIDEO: Tiger Woods' Unbelievable Birdie At 2012 British Open

After two rounds, Tiger Woods is officially stalking the leaders at the 2012 British Open. And all it took was a little classic Tiger magic to do it.

Woods finished his day at Royal Lytham & St. Annes with a fantastic chip-in birdie from a deep bunker off the 18th green that gave him his second consecutive 3-under 67 of the week. After landing in the pot bunker, Woods blasted his ball out of the sand and just over the high bunker wall, and it rolled softly in to a loud roar from the crowd.

And it got a traditional Tiger Woods fist pump:

Woods now sits at 6-under entering the weekend, four shots behind Brandt Snedeker and three back of Adam Scott.

It was just Woods' second birdie on the back nine at the Open Championship this week, and it helped him break away from a pack of five golfers tied for fourth at 4-under.

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2012 British Open Leaderboard: Tiger Woods Alone In Third Again

Tiger Woods has a ways to go to get to the top of the 2012 British Open leaderboard. But he's staying at the head of the pack chasing Brandt Snedeker and Adam Scott.

A birdie on the par-4 16th hole at Royal Lytham & St. Annes got Tiger back to 2-under for the day and 5-under for the tournament, cancelling out a bogey on the par-5 11th. It was also Woods' first birdie on a back nine hole at the Open Championship this week, which may help him build confidence on that rough stretch of holes heading into the weekend.

Tiger has plenty of work to do to catch Snedeker, who sits at 10-under after two rounds, and Scott, who is 9-under. But if he can continue tearing up the front nine — Woods is 6-under on the first seven Royal Lytham holes through two rounds — he may be able to make a run at the leaders and apply some pressure.

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British Open 2012: Tiger Woods Opens With 3-Under, Now Alone In Third Place

Tiger Woods started his second round of the 2012 British Open in steady fashion Friday, hoping to close the gap between himself and current-leader Brandt Snedeker, who is at 10-under par. After playing solid golf on his opening nine holes, Woods has done exactly that.

Tiger began his second round at 3-under par after shooting a 67 on Thursday, but found himself seven shots behind the tournament leader. After birdies at holes No. 4 and No. 6, however, Woods has reached 5-under par for the tournament and sits alone in third place. He now enters his back nine holes, where he shot a disappointing 1-over 37 during Thursday's round.

As the weather remains wet and playing conditions remain slow, Woods should have ample opportunity to narrow the gap between himself and Snedecker before his round is finished.

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British Open 2012 Leaderboard: Luke Donald Shoots 68, Protecting World Ranking

Official World Golf Ranking top golfer Luke Donald is playing for a bit more than the Claret Jug this week at the 2012 British Open; he's also doing his best to protect his No. 1 ranking atop that prestigous list.

Donald's second round of 68 helped move him up the leaderboard and into the top-10 for the tournament on Friday morning. He recorded five birdies to go along with three bogies during his up-and-down round, and he now finds himself at 2-under par, eight shots behind second round leader Brandt Snedecker (10-under).

If Donald finishes outside of the top 30 golfers this week and Tiger Woods finds a way to win major number 15, Woods will surpass Donald on the OWGR list and regain the top spot for the first time in over three years. Regardless, Woods has a chance to move up in the rankings should he finish better than Donald, Westwood or McIlroy this week at Royal Lytham.

British Open Leaderboard 2012: Brandt Snedeker Finishes With 5-Stroke Lead

Friday's second round of the 2012 British Open in Lancashire has seen an unexpected competitor shoot to the top of the leaderboard and establish early dominance. At the end of his second round of play, American golfer Brandt Snedeker is sitting at 10-under and has a five-stroke lead on the field.

Snedeker shot 6-under for the day with six birdies -- including four on his front nine -- and no bogeys. Paul Lawrie is at 5-under (even for the day) through eight holes, and Adam Scott is tied for second place at 5-under through six holes on Friday.

Tiger Woods is still holding at 3-under and tied for sixth place on the leaderboard, as he is at even par through his first two holes.

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Phil Mickelson Will Make Early Exit From 2012 British Open After Shooting 78

In hopes of straightening out a swing that has gone horribly wrong, Phil Mickelson made a “very rare” pilgrimage to Tiger Woods’ domain following Thursday’s 3-over 73 finish. Despite his appearance on the practice range following a competitive round, however, Lefty will make an early exit from the 2012 British Open after a second-round 78.

The lasting image of Mickelson’s Open Championship will be of him on his knees searching for his ball in the deep rough on the eighth hole on Thursday, but Friday’s ugly three-putt for a double bogey six on No. 13 pretty much summed up his short week.

Then there was Mickelson turning around to try to lift his ball, lodged against the steep face, out of a green-side bunker on 14. But when things go awry, they really go sideways. Because Phil’s switch-hitting effort left the ball still in the sand but this time against the left lip.

“At this stage of the game, you’re a professional, you’re a major champion, you have pride,” ESPN’s Sean McDonough intoned after Mickelson posted yet another double bogey following his sand struggle, “but you probably want to go home.”

All of that was after coach Butch Harmon said that what he and Mickelson’s caddy Jim Mackay spied about their man’s game -- positioning the ball a tad too far forward in his stance and opening his shoulders, which caused the club to drop inside and led to some really sloppy ball-striking -- should be a quick, easy cure.

“It just felt a touch off,” Mickelson told reporters Thursday. “When I'd hit one solid, it was a pull‑hook. And we're going to go work on it and see if we can get it fixed.”

They didn’t.

“He just doesn’t have it, didn’t have from the get-go yesterday, and hasn’t had it for a couple of months,” Curtis Strange said. “In his last seven rounds of competitive golf, he has not broken par once, and that’s just a complete lack of concentration.”

Whatever it is, Mickelson, who left the course at 11-over -- 21 (!) shots behind leader Brandt Snedeker -- will have a couple more days than he would have liked to work on what ails him.

British Open 2012: Rory McIlroy Shoots 75, Will Likely Miss Cut

Former major winner and young golf superstar Rory McIlroy has finished his second round of the 2012 British Open, and things are not looking good for the Northern Irish lad. After a solid 67 in his first round -- which put him in serious contention for the tournament -- McIlroy stumbled to an abysmal 5-over-par 75 in Round 2.

McIlory is in serious jeopardy of missing the cut in his second straight major championship should his competitors continue to fire low scores on another wet and forgiving Royal Lytham & St. Annes golf course on Friday. The current cut line is slated at 1-over par, which McIlroy would miss by a single shot.

Brandt Snedeker is still leading the tournament at 10-under par and is flirting with major tournament history should he manage two more birdies in his round, thus giving him an 8-under 62 on the day.

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British Open 2012 Leaderboard: Brandt Snedeker Lights Up Royal Lytham

With Brandt Snedeker on an absolute tear in his second round at Royal Lytham, the oddsmakers have upped his chances of winning the British Open. At 6-under par through 13 holes on Friday, the American who started the day two shots back of Adam Scott and is now 10-under has moved up to 6-1 odds to lift the Claret Jug on Sunday, according to Ladbrokes.

While Tiger Woods -- who ended his first round at 3-under and just three strokes back of 18-hole leader Scott -- remains the favorite at 5-1, Snedeker’s incredible start to his fourth Open Championship boosted his odds from 150-1 when the week began.

Whether Snedeker -- who is flawless through 30 holes and who would shoot a 64 should he par his way in -- is able to keep up his torrid pace as the weather worsens, one thing seems certain: He seems a shoo-in to make his first cut in the Brits’ national tourney.

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British Open 2012: TV Schedule, How To Watch Online And More

Second-round play at the 2012 British Open begins at 1:30 a.m. ET on Friday, and night owls will have multiple ways to catch all the action from Royal Lytham.

2012 British Open: Tee Times And Groupings For Friday

The second round of The Open Championship gets underway early Friday morning, with nearly 10 full hours of tee times determining who makes the cut for the weekend.