Perfect practice partnerships: D Duval & T Wood

A quick look at some of the practice partnerships on Monday at the Open Championship. D Duval and T Wood was one of Jezz Ellwood's picks.

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Just had a quick scan of some of Monday's practice pairings and spotted one or two interesting ones…

7.30 – D Duval and T Wood – not quite the mouthwatering blast from the past it might at first seem as there is an all-important ‘s’ missing from the second surname. So not a reunion of the Nike pair who once battled for the world no.1 spot, but rather Double D and Australian qualifier, Timothy Wood

8.15 – Daniel Wardrop, John Daly, Daniel Gaunt Must have been a great moment for the young Englishman and young Australian to suddenly find themselves warming up for the 138th Open in the company of the ever-newsworthy 43-year-old. One to tell the grandchildren

10.00 – Paul Broadhurst and Peter Baker The old Midland chums would have been able to converse in broadest Brummie without fear of not being understood

12.00 Nick Faldo, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood Last year’s surprise Open package found himself in lofty company. Suspect Sir Nick would have comfortably been the shortest off the tee (and perhaps the most badly dressed?)

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Jeremy Ellwood
Jeremy Ellwood
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Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf

Jeremy is currently playing...

Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft

3 wood: Srixon ZX, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 50g shaft

Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft

Irons 3- to 8-iron: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Irons 9-iron and PW: Honma TWorld TW747Vx, Nippon NS Pro regular shaft

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Putter: Kramski HPP 325

Ball: Any premium ball I can find in a charity shop or similar (or out on the course!)

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