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To the links for the Western Open!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Writing from Chicago

The launch of this site as a golf-oriented destination for golfers and golf fans commences with the playing of the 105th Western Open, the second under the assumed name of the BMW Championship. Beginning Wednesday, we'll be reporting from Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Mo., just outside St. Louis.

Tiger Woods, soon to be the father of two, is the non-defending champion. Vijay Singh, who has won just about everything in the game except the Western, is the prohibitive favorite. He's won the last two tournaments, he's putting like a 20-year-old, and he plays well in the heat. Did we mention the tournament is just outside St. Louis?

Barring late withdrawals, 69 of the top 70 will be on hand. Woods, of course, is sidelined by his bum knee.

We'll be back tomorrow with a championship preview, looking at the contenders, including Singh, and the key holes on the course designed by Robert Trent Jones and remodeled – for $9.5 million – by son Rees Jones.

-- Tim Cronin

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