Thursday, December 2, 2010

Stage Set For Australian Open Start

Sydney - December 1, 2010: Despite a heavy rain on Wednesday, the stage is set for the opening round of the Australian Open presented by Century 21 at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.

The action gets underway on the 10th tee from 7.15am with marquee group John Daly (USA) joined by two time champion Aaron Baddeley and Marc Leishman. Following them are five-time Australian Open champion Greg Norman with fellow Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples (USA) and JBWere Masters champion Stuart Appleby.

In the afternoon, fans will get their first glimpse of defending champion Adam Scott at 12.10pm on the first tee paired with Geoff Ogilvy and China's No. 1 Liang Wenchong.

Marquee groups:

Morning:

7.15am, 10th Tee, John Daly, Marc Leishman, Aaron Baddeley
7.25am, 10th Tee, Greg Norman, Fred Couples, Stuart Appleby
7.35am, 10th Tee, Nathan Green, Rod Pampling, Takuya Taniguchi

Afternoon:

12.00pm, 1st Tee, John Senden, Craig Parry, Peter Senior
12.10pm, 1st Tee, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Liang Wenchong
12.20pm, 1st Tee, Nick O’Hern, Peter O’Malley, Kim Do-Hoon

The Australian Open presented by Century 21 is the penultimate tournament on both the PGA Tour of Australasia and OneAsia.

The tournament will be showcased on OneAsia's television platform with live coverage for four hours a day across all four tournament days, and broadcast to over 260 million homes in more than 40 countries.

Full coverage of both events will be available domestically on Network Ten, as well as internationally on ESPN Star Sports, Jupiter Golf Network, SBS Golf Channel, Fox International, Sky Sports NZ, ESPN3 & America One in the USA, ViaSat & Bloomberg Television among others in Europe.

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