CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- An unusually warm and dry British summer has Carnoustie hard and fast and Tiger Woods channeling a bit of 2000 St. Andrews and 2006 Royal Liverpool in assessing the course in advance of The Open.
Those instances account for two of his three Open victories, where in both cases the courses were quite dry and firm. Woods is playing the tournament for the first time since 2015 after missing the past two years due to back issues.
"I have missed not playing The Open in a while because this is our oldest tournament," Woods said.