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Nicklaus & Watson paired together
Jack Nicklaus has been placed with Tom Watson, one of his biggest rivals from a glittering career, for his final British Open appearance at the Old Course this week.
Their "duel in the sun" for the 1977 at Turnberry, eventually won by Watson, was one of the greatest showdowns in Open history. Up-and-coming Briton Luke Donald completes the trio for the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday.
Tournament favourite Tiger Woods, who won the last time the Open was staged at St Andrews in 2000, has been drawn with Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal and Australian Robert Allenby.
American Todd Hamilton will embark on the defence of his title with British Ryder Cup player Lee Westwood and twice-U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen of South Africa.
Most eyes, though, will be on 65-year-old Nicklaus, who made his debut in golf's oldest major in 1962 and is retiring after this week's event.
Nicklaus is determined to play all four rounds. "I want to finish my career on a Sunday, not a Friday," said the American who has won 18 major titles, including three British Opens. He won at St Andrews in 1970 and 1978.
"There isn't a better place for me to go out. St Andrews is one of my two favourite golf places in the world. The other is Augusta and it's fitting that my last two majors should be in Augusta back in April and now St Andrews."
He will begin his final challenge at 0747 local time (0647 GMT) with Watson and Donald.
Ernie Els, the Open winner in 2002, and runner-up in a play-off with Hamilton last year at Troon, plays with in-form Darren Clarke, who tied for second place in the Scottish Open at the weekend, and American Fred Funk.
06:30 and 11:41 Simon Dyson, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Mark Calcavecchia (USA)
06:41 and 11:52 Joe Durant (USA), Marcus Fraser, Sandy Lyle
06:52 and 12:03 Rich Beem (USA), Peter Baker, (x) Lloyd Saltman
07:03 and 12:14 Jerry Kelly (USA), Craig Parry (Aus), (x) Brian McElhinney
07:14 and 12:25 Retief Goosen (Rsa), Todd Hamilton (USA), Lee Westwood
07:25 and 12:36 Shaun Micheel (USA), Andrew Oldcorn, Peter Hanson (Swe)
07:36 and 12:47 Kenny Perry (USA), Tim Clark (Rsa), Brian Davis
07:47 and 12:58 Jack Nicklaus (USA), Tom Watson (USA), Luke Donald
07:58 and 13:09 Stewart Cink (USA), Thomas Levet (Fra), Peter Lonard (Aus)
08:09 and 13:20 Bart Bryant (USA), Soren Hanson (Den), Alastair Forsyth
08:20 and 13:31 Tiger Woods (USA), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Robert Allenby (Aus)
08:31 and 13:42 Charles Howell III (USA), Stephen Ames (Can), Stephen Dodd
08:42 and 13:53 Bob Tway (USA), Scott Drummond, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
08:58 and 14:09 Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Mark O'Meara (USA), Michael Campbell (Nzl)
09:09 and 14:20 Colin Montgomerie, David Toms (USA), Paul Lawrie
09:20 and 14:31 Zach Johnson (USA), Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra), S K Ho (Kor)
09:31 and 14:42 Davis Love III (USA), Angel Cabrera (Arg), Thomas Bjorn (Den)
09:42 and 14:53 Tim Herron (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Stephen Gallacher
09:53 and 15:04 Adam Scott (Aus), Bernhard Langer (Ger), Scott Verplank (USA)
10:04 and 15:15 Chris Riley (USA), Ignacio Garrido (Spa), (x) Eric Ramsay
10:15 and 15:26 Patrik Sjoland (Swe), Danny Chia (Mal), Sean O'Hair (USA)
10:26 and 15:37 Yong-Eun Yang (Kor), Doug McGuigan, Tino Schuster (Ger)
10:37 and 15:48 Richard Moir (Aus), Peter Oakley (USA), (x) Oscar Floren (Swe)
10:48 and 15:59 Willhelm Schauman (Swe), Euan Walters (Aus), Murray Urquhart
10:59 and 16:10 Simon Khan, Andre Bossert (Swi), David Diaz (Aus)
11:10 and 16:21 David Smail (Nzl), Lars Brovold (Nor), Andrew Butterfield
11:41 and 06:30 Duffy Waldorf (USA), Scott Hend (Aus), John Bickerton
11:52 and 06:41 Tim Petrovic (USA), Robert Rock, Richard Green (Aus)
12:03 and 06:52 Peter Lawrie, Mardan Mamat (Sin), Tom Byrum (USA)
12:14 and 07:03 Ted Purdy (USA), (x) Matthew Richardson, Chris Campbell (Aus)
12:25 and 07:14 Ernie Els (Rsa), Darren Clarke, Fred Funk (USA)
12:36 and 07:25 Nick Faldo, Chad Campbell (USA), Rodney Pampling (Aus)
12:47 and 07:36 Joe Ogilvie (USA), Steve Webster, Nick O'Hern (Aus)
12:58 and 07:47 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ian Poulter, Trevor Immelman (Rsa)
13:09 and 07:58 Tony Jacklin, Greg Norman (Aus), Paul Casey
13:20 and 08:09 Chris DiMarco (USA), Nick Price (Zim), Padraig Harrington
13:31 and 08:20 Mike Weir (Can), David Duval (USA), Alexander Cejka (Ger)
13:42 and 08:31 Vijay Singh (Fij), Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Jim Furyk (USA)
13:53 and 08:42 Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Ben Curtis (USA), Ian Woosnam
14:09 and 08:58 Sergio Garcia (Spa), Tom Lehman (USA), Paul McGinley
14:20 and 09:09 Justin Leonard (USA), Mark Hensby (Aus), Graeme McDowell
14:31 and 09:20 Tadahiro Takayama (Jpn), Fred Couples (USA), Kyoung-Ju Choi (Kor)
14:42 and 09:31 Steve Flesch (USA), Joakim Haeggman (Swe), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn)
14:53 and 09:42 John Daly (USA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Stuart Appleby (Aus)
15:04 and 09:53 Tom Pernice (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Jean Van De Velde (Fra)
15:15 and 10:04 Kenneth Ferrie, David Frost (Rsa), Brad Faxon (USA)
15:26 and 10:15 Pat Perez (USA), Graeme Storm, Peter Fowler (Aus)
15:37 and 10:26 Daniel Chopra (Swe), Bo Van Pelt (USA), Robert Steele (x)
15:48 and 10:37 Richard Barcelo (USA), Sean McDonagh, Maarten Lafeber (Ned)
15:59 and 10:48 Scott Gutschewski (USA), Thammanoon Srirot (Tha), John Wade (Aus)
16:10 and 10:59 Robert Coles, (x) Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Nick Flanagan (Aus)
16:21 and 11:10 Martin Doyle (Aus), Jason Allred (USA), Andrew Marshall
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