Wayne D's Blog

Canadian golf fans don't despair, www.TSN.ca has published their broadcast schedule for the 2010 British Open and so far has only announced live streaming coverage of holes 9, 10 and 11 from the Old Course at St. Andrew's. The streaming will start when groups arrive at the ninth, TSN has said more details will follow.now says live streaming will start at approximately 3:30am est/12:30am pst. TSN's live streams are available at http://www.tsn.ca/live/golf/BritishOpen2010/.

The Brits are big golf fans and as one would expect the BBC is streaming live coverage of all four rounds of the Open on the BBC Sport website for British golf nuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/sport/golf/?sort=dateavailable. The BBC is offering wall to wall 2010 Open golf coverage with live streaming running 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. BST (British Summer Time) on Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. BST on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. BST on Sunday. BBC Sports will not only stream their live TV coverage they will also live stream holes nine, ten and eleven each day. Canadian's will need to use a service like http://hotspotshield.com/ (free) or www.witopia.net (paid) to access the BBC Sports British Open live golf streams. BST is currently 5 hours ahead of EST.

Watchlivegolf.com offers a 1 year package of live golf streaming for $12.95 but after reading through their FAQ I'm not so sure I'd be willing to gamble with my money. Their FAQ says
"We at watchlivegolf.com do not provide streams of any live golf coverage from our website. Nor do we provide links to download software from any illegal sites. Instead, we provide links to the best live golf streaming available online. These links come courtesy or third party providers where the streaming live golf videos are legal practice." I found one review at http://judgespot.com/review/watchlivegolf.com that said the site was a scam so be prepared to kiss your $12.95 goodbye. If anybody tries please come back and leave a comment.

While you are waiting for the Open to begin TSN has a video flyover of each hole of The Old Course at St. Andrews to whet your appetite here http://watch.tsn.ca/2010-british-open-on-demand/2010-british-open-hole-by-hole-flyover/#clip323782

Thanks to Anosmia for releasing the picture that graces this article under a Creative Commons license http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferboyer/180863929/