I'm absolutely fizzzzing!
My favourite major (yep ahead of the Masters...although I prob said the opposite when the masters was about to start)
So good to have 4 up there representing NZ. They had a good praccy round together on Tuesday and then Foxy looked to have a fun one today/overnight with Min Woo, Rory and another northern hemisphere player.
Interesting course in that the scoring will likely fluctuate massively front 9 vs 9. Front 9 has two of the courses three par 5s yet the back 9 is actually 300 yards longer due to some beast par4s which average about 80 yards longer on the back, than those on the front. Add to this, the back 9 is mainly played in to the prevailing wind! Conditions could be fairly tough too, and not overly warm.
Viewing times aren't too bad in NZ and starts from about 5pm tonight and tomorrow on sky going right through to brekky. I wont be watching all but will probably watch Hillier and Hendry tee off (either side of 6pm tonight) and then follow until Fox tees off just after 11pm.
Would be nice to see all 4 make the cut but could be a challenge. All of them are proven links players though with 3 of them winners of the Muriwai Open (right up there with The Open right, right?) and Hillier having been a runner up there.
Overall winner or top performers for me - Tommy Fleetwood, Robert MacIntyre and I think Scheffler will continue to show some class despite it not being his ideal conditions