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Rose paired with Woods
Golf, 17:44, July 12, 2010 ,
In-form Englishman Justin Rose will play alongside Tiger Woods for the first two rounds of the Open Championship at St Andrews.
Rose is currently ranked 14th in the world after winning two tournaments within five weeks of each other stateside, and he is one of the form players coming into the year's third major.
The 30-year-old had suffered a slump in form and did not qualify to play in either the Masters or the US Open, but his recent resurgence means that he will line up at the home of golf on Thursday.
Woods has won the Open on the two previous occasions that it was played at St Andrews - in 2000 and 2005 - but is currently not in the best form after his well-publicised personal problems.
But he is a big fan of the course and the duo could inspire each other to great things over the first two days in Scotland.
Colombian Camilo Villegas makes up the three-ball, which will tee-off at 9.09am on for their first round and then face an afternoon start on Friday, with a 2.20pm tee time.
Masters champion Phil Mickelson starts his opening round at 2.20pm alongside Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie and South Africa's Retief Goosen.
US Open champion Graeme McDowell teams up with American Jim Furyk and Australia's Geoff Ogilvy.