but luckily the us team had kelly slater to save samuel ljackson's blushes...league champion undoubtedly hit the shot of the day. he was in trouble down the left of the fairway but managed to pull out this shot, which just unluckily hit the pin. so the action starts in earnest on friday butjust what is in store for the players? our golf correspondent iain carter and commentator conor macnamara have been out exploring the course. down there on the putting green over the next week, some of the best golfers on the planet will be honing their skills, and look at this, the view overlooking the first tee. iain carter, you are lucky enough to travel all around the world, so many golf events, there is nothing quite like this. this is absolutely incredible, the view here and the size of the grandstands, normally first tees are intimate affairs, but this isjust fast, something like 6000 seats, and a very, very demanding tee shot as well. you can see the water down the left, rough down the right, this is a tee shot not for the faint—hearted. down the right, this is a tee

but one man who struggled to look the part for once was actor samuel ljackson. drive ending up in the rough on the left hand side. that is not a mess up. that is kelly slater, the surfer who rescued things luckily for team usa. what a cracking shot that was. jackson had a slightly struggled before him. kelly's letter came in to save his partner. —— kelly slater came in. boxer billyjoe saunders has been fined £100,000 and given a severe reprimand about his future conduct after a social media video from him, which the police described as ‘sickening' — and just a warning there's some flash photography coming up saunders has apologised for the video — in which he tells a woman he will give her drugs to perform a sex action. the british board of boxing control has found him guilty of bringing the sport into disrepute. the fine will go to charity. it was poorjudgement on his behalf and he has a responsibility and he knows that. he has apologised and apologies can be accepted. you can't let things like that happen as a boxer and a high—profile sportsmen not to take adv