Carnoustie, Scotland • The eve of the British Open felt like cramming for a final exam, a multiple choice one with no obvious answers.
Thomas hit a tee shot on the third hole Wednesday afternoon that rolled across the humps in the fairway and kept right on rolling. It looked as though it would run into a bunker, or maybe even the handle of a rake leaning on the left edge of the bunker. It missed both and eventually came to a stop 232 yards away.
Tiger Woods doesn’t see many occasions to hit driver because of how far the ball is rolling across tight links grass that looks dead.