Number 1 to tee off with Lawrie and Rose

Tiger Woods will trio up with Paul Lawrie and Justin Rose for the first 2 rounds at Carnoustie this week. The defending champ will link up with the winner of the last Carnoustie major in 1999 (Lawrie) and fourth place (Rose) to try and claim a third consecutive open championship. Lawrie is the last european to win a major and even though he has slumped to 282 in the world there will still be expectations of a good tournament for him. Justin Rose is one of Britains leading hopes coming into the open this year and along with the UK number 1 Luke Donald, all eyes will be on the europeans this year especially the Welsh amateur Llewellyn Matthews who only qualified for the tournament last week.