Intro:

Robert Karlsson, Victor Riu and Michael Hoey discuss qualifying for the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, which is held from 17-20 July. Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell retained his French Open title on Sunday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Karlsson:

"It hasn't really sunk in yet, but it's... I'll obviously I'll have to look into flights now and where I'm going to stay and all these sort of things, but it'll be good, I'm looking forward to it. It's a great golf course and I've played there before in 2006, so it's good."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Victor Riu:

"Yeah, I'm very very excited, it's for me the most beautiful tournament in the world. To play every year with world class players, it's fantastic, and even I really like the course. I played (there) when I was younger, the British boys there, and I really like this course so yeah, I'm very happy."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Hoey:

"Last time I played the British amateur there, Mikko Ilonen beat me in the quarter-final, so it was a great course then and I'm looking forward to seeing some of the holes again and hopefully playing good, like I did then, but it's going to be a tough test, we'll see what the weather brings, but it's just exciting."