2015 Open Championship 1st Round Notes And Comment Thread

The Open is here and coverage kicks off at 4 am ET in the United States, with ESPN on for a whopping 11 hours Thursday and Friday. Multiple alternate feeds are available, including @TheOpen's Road hole feed and featured groups in morning/afternoon waves.

The full lineup is viewable here and you'll need the WatchESPN app to view on mobile devices.

With Jordan Spieth's Grand Slam request, subscribers to the Longhorn network will also be able to watch Spieth's featured group Thursday. 

The announce lineup is the same:

Mike Tirico and analyst Paul Azinger will call the play from the main booth adjacent to the 18th fairway. Hole announcers will be Curtis Strange, Sean McDonough and Scott Van Pelt, with Tom Rinaldi conducting player interviews.
 
On-course reporters for the morning players will be Andy North (with Jordan Spieth group), Billy Kratzert (with Bubba Watson group) and Dottie Pepper (with Tiger Woods group). For the afternoon session, Kratzert will follow the Phil Mickelson group and Judy Rankin will be with the Justin Rose group.
 
Later in the afternoon, Van Pelt and North will move to the booth, with Rinaldi and Dottie Pepper moving to hole announcer positions. Gene Wojciechowski will conduct player interviews. For the afternoon session, Kratzert will follow the Phil Mickelson group and Judy Rankin will be with the Justin Rose group.

The Open's official site includes extensive live coverage, though I'm not sure what is available in the USA. Check it out here and please let me know. And if you are looking for background sound only, The Open's live radio broadcast is most enjoyable.

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