Intro:

Players competing in the Open Championship were looking ahead on Tuesday to doing battle at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside for the 'Claret Jug'.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Bubba Watson  (on Royal Liverpool):

"We played yesterday, played the course yesterday. I love it. It's in great shape. Perfect weather right now. Rumour is there's rain coming in tomorrow, but….. looking forward to it. You always look forward to this event, you always look forward to coming over and playing what golf's all about. You know, the imagination, the different shots you can play, accept the flop shot unless it's hard into the wind, but it's fun. So I've been practising a little bit, hitting a lot of irons off the tees and, looking forward to the week to get started."