this time around was guilty all things quest for a first title of the season along with england's justin rose who's coming off to victory is in his last two tournaments including a win in pennsylvania earlier this month where tiger failed to the families title colombia's this is also in their group just as world number three in the west who has finished in the top three of the last four majors however the englishman could struggle this week during a. fortnight ago. it's obviously told me i love playing and you know give it to my parents and so. you know. you know. for seven days or so. you know i still feel fresh and ready to go this week and well prepared. but even if westwood fails to perform there is a strong feeling among players that a british player could be crowned champion arlen's portrayed harrington is aiming for a hat trick of open wins himself but knows it's going to be a stealth as. it's a more open field there's more guys who are just more guys who could believe they could we do sweet that maybe any open championship for the. last ten years and of course the main man in the fiel

i love the fact that justin rose is on a roll. love the fact that westwood has won. >> well i think you hit it right there. justin rose is the hot golfer, he's one twice, almost three times. he had an opportunity to win a third tournament and, of course, he won very big the at&t a couple weeks ago and he has been playing some great golf. of course we remember when he broke on the scene at the british open back in 1998, he was just a young man at 17 at royalbergdale and he struggled up until this year and now he has it going. lee westwood is one of the best golfers in the world. unfortunately he has a calf problem. he said today he probably wouldn't be playing in this championship if it weren't the open so he's down. but we also have rory mcelroy who won at quail hollow where tiger woods missed the cut and so he is a guy who's going to have to be contended with as well. steve striker and, of course, ernie elz won a couple times this year. so it looks to be a turnment that's wide open. els. today they couldn't play because they were