“We did it about three weeks ago because we did not want to give the impression that the Open is about hacking out of rough"

An unbylined Times piece on Tiger's first practice round contained this insight into the R&A's widening out of the Turnberry rough.

Dawson confirmed that the first cut of rough had been widened to about six metres instead of five. “We did it about three weeks ago because we did not want to give the impression that the Open is about hacking out of rough,” he said.

Can't wait to see what a difference that extra meter makes.