The Open Championship 2001

Woods, who won last year's event at St. Andrews by eight shots over Ernie Els and Thomas Bjorn, will play in a group with Angel Cabrera of Argentina and Thomas Levet of France. The trio will tee off at 9:01 a.m. local time (4:01 a.m. et). Woods' group will be the 12th to tee off on Thursday. On Friday, his group will tee off at 1:47 p.m. local time.

Last year, Woods became only the fifth golfer in history - and the youngest - to complete the Grand Slam by winning all four majors. He went on to win the U.S. PGA Championship and earlier this year at the Masters, Woods became the first player to hold all four major titles simultaneously.

Woods was still an amateur in 1996 when the British Open was last played at Royal Lytham & St Annes. He tied for 22nd in that event.

Tom Lehman, who won the title in 1996, will play in a group with Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Jose Coceres of Spain on Thursday and Friday.

Since Lehman's victory, 14 bunkers have been added to the course, bringing the total to 196. Several alterations were made to other holes and many poplar trees were removed from the course.

Lehman's best finish this year was second at the Sony Open in Hawaii in January. He hasn't won an event on the PGA Tour since January of 2000 at the Phoenix Open.

South African Retief Goosen, bidding to become the first European Tour member since Tony Jacklin more than 30 years ago to win the U.S. and British Opens in the same year, will tee off with Frank Lickliter and Barry Lane just after 1 p.m. local time Thursday.

Goosen, who last month won the U.S. Open by defeating Mark Brooks in an 18- hole playoff, is one of the biggest international attractions in the 156- player field. Goosen warmed up for this event by winning the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond last week.

Els, whose best-ever finish at the British Open came last year, will tee off with Dudley Hart and Ian Woosnam. Els finished in a tie for sixth at The Masters earlier this year and his only major titles came at the U.S. Open in 1994 and '97.

David Duval also has an early tee time Thursday, as he plays with Steve Elkington and Jose Maria Olazabal. Duval equaled his best performance at a British Open last year, tying for 11th place. Since tying for sixth at the British Open in 1995, Elkington has missed the cut three times and last year tied for 60th. Olazabal's best result at the British Open was in 2000 when he tied for fourth. He missed the cut from 1997-99.

Vijay Singh has the honors of playing with five-time British Open winner Tom Watson Thursday and Friday. Both are in a group with 21-year-old Australian Adam Scott.

John Daly, the 1995 British Open winner, will tee off at 12:30, just before Phil Mickelson's group. Daly tied for third at last week's Scottish Open. He's missed the cut in his last two trips to the British Open in 1998 and 2000.

Gary Player will participate in his final British Open. The 65-year-old first won a British Open in 1959 and added two more titles (1968, 1974). He will tee off in the morning with David Toms and Paul Lawrie.

0700 and 1146 H Tanaka (Jpn), D Howell, D Smyth

0711 and 1157 M Roe, R Chapman, J Hugo (Rsa)

0722 and 1208 J Durant (USA), T Izawa (Jpn), S Dyson

0733 and 1219 T Bjorn (Den), B Faxon, C Franco (Par)

0744 and 1230 S Katayama (Jpn), D Paulson (USA), J Rose

0755 and 1241 M Calcavecchia (USA), P Price, S Stricker

0806 and 1252 P Harrington, J Huston (USA), S Maruyama (Jpn)

0817 and 1303 E Els (Rsa), I Woosnam, D Hart (USA)

0828 and 1314 J Leonard (USA), MA Jimenez (Spn), (x) M Hoey

0839 and 1325 G Norman (Aus), M O'Meara (USA), P McGinley

0850 and 1336 B Langer (Ger), S Flesch (USA), B Rumford (Aus)

0901 and 1347 A Cabrera (Arg), T Woods (USA), T Levet (Fra)

0912 and 1358 A Coltart, M Campbell (Nzl), JP Hayes (USA)

0923 and 1409 D Duval (USA), JM Olazabal (Spa), S Elkington (Aus)

0934 and 1420 S Appleby (Aus), F Couples (USA), C Montgomerie

0945 and 1431 J Furyk (USA), D Clarke, P O'Malley (Aus)

0956 and 1442 P Lawrie, D Toms (USA), G Player (Rsa)

1007 and 1453 R Mediate (USA), P Fulke (Swe), D Frost (Rsa)

1018 and 1504 B Gay (USA), D Lee, S Leaney (Aus)

1029 and 1515 B Andrade (USA), F Jacobson (Swe), G Turner (Nzl)

1040 and 1526 D Chand (Fij), G Ogilvy (Aus), G Brand Jnr

1051 and 1537 N Sato (Jpn), O Karlsson (Swe), A Balicki (Fra)

1102 and 1548 M Wiebe (USA), G Birch, (x) J Kemp

1113 and 1559 D Wilson (USA), W Riley (Aus), M Sanders

1124 and 1610 C Paulson (USA), (x) D Dixon, P Curry

1135 and 1621 M Pilkington, M Brier (Aut), G Rankin

1146 and 0700 N Fasth (Swe), J Kelly (USA), T Taniguchi (Jpn)

1157 and 0711 J Van de Velde (Fra), A Cejka(Ger), J Aguero (Spa)

1208 and 0722 S Hoch (USA), J Parnevik (Swe), T Odate (Jpn)

1219 and 0733 N Price (Zim), L Westwood, (x) J Quinney (USA)

1230 and 0744 J Daly (USA), T Teshima (Jpn), E Romero (Arg)

1241 and 0755 P Mickelson (USA), R Allenby (Aus), N Faldo

1252 and 0806 M Brooks (USA), M Weir (Can), R Jacquelin (Fra)

1303 and 0817 R Goosen (Rsa), F Lickliter (USA), B Lane

1314 and 0828 L Roberts (USA), A Oldcorn, P Lonard (Aus)

1325 and 0839 V Singh (Fij), T Watson (USA), A Scott (Aus)

1336 and 0850 J Coceres (Arg), T Lehman (USA), R Karlsson (Swe)

1347 and 0901 C Perry (USA), S Jones (USA), R Sabbatini (Rsa)

1358 and 0912 S Garcia (Spn), B May (USA), J Bickerton

1409 and 0923 C Pavin, B Vaughan (Rsa), M Gronberg (Swe)

1420 and 0934 D Love (USA), G Orr, B Mayfair (USA)

1431 and 0945 S Lyle, D Waldorf (USA), M McNulty (Zim)

1442 and 0956 S Cink (USA), B Estes (USA), S Kjeldsen (Den)

1453 and 1007 S Ballesteros(Spn),C DiMarco(USA),A Baddeley(Aus)

1504 and 1018 S Verplank (USA), H Stenson (Swe), B Charles (Nzl)

1515 and 1029 M Gogel (USA), T Jacklin, J Maggert (USA)

1526 and 1040 B Chamblee (USA), G Owen, S Vale

1537 and 1051 J Ogilvie (USA), S Hansen (Den), M Cort

1548 and 1102 N Ozaki (Jpn), (x) M Griffiths, M McGuire

1559 and 1113 K Sutherland (USA), M Ilonen (Fin), N Green (Aus)

1610 and 1124 D Smail (Nzl), S Callan, (x) S Wilson

1621 and 1135 R Green (Aus), R Coles, N Vanhootegem (Bel).

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