Up next for PGA...The British Open which begins tomorrow

The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland will come alive with first round play on Thursday, July 15th. Wednesday's Champion Challenge, which is a four-hole exhibition format of 26 of the past winners was cancelled wednesday due to weather which dealt driving rain and winds at St. Andrews.

Coverage for The British Open will be on ESPN for all 4 rounds. This begins at 4 am thursday and runs through 3 pm, with the same schedule for Friday. Saturday coverage will be 7 am through 2:30 pm and Sunday's final round 6 am through 1:30 pm. All times are ET. With the time zone changes, players will be teeing off at 1:30 am ET on thursday. Even though it's not 1:30 am in Scotland, it still sounds brutal. Let's hope the weather holds out, as it is known to be windy & rainy for this time of year.

Lee Westwood will be getting his practice in after a recent leg injury. He was found to have ruptured the Plantaris muscle. This first developed as a very swollen calf, which doctors initially thought could be a blood clot. Luckily, that wasn't the case however, Lee has been resting it up (which is the only real treatment at this time), in hopes to make a real run at the British Open. For what seemed like a sore achilles during the past several months, was likely the Plantaris muscle slowing rupturing since it adjoins and goes clear down to the ankle at it's insertion site. Good Luck to you Lee!

Additional talk is about the one and only Tiger Woods. Will he be focused. Will he have his A game. Will he be able to keep the words of recent hecklers out of his mind. Only Tiger knows. One thing is for sure, he's not going to St. Andrews to aim for 2nd place! I anticipate we will see a very focused man at this years British. And, whether he gets one step closer to catching Jack Nicklaus or not; he remains driven by the game and the inspiration and fortitude of the game his father helped instill in him.