The 2011 Open coverage on the BBC

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BBC Sport will bring you comprehensive coverage of the 140th Open Championship at Royal St George's in Sandwich.

Hazel Irvine presents the BBC TV coverage with expert commentary and analysis from Peter Alliss, Ken Brown, Mark James, Wayne Grady, Andrew Cotter and Jim Nantz.

Coverage begins on Wednesday, 13 July on BBC Two with a half-hour preview programme from 2320 BST.

Live TV coverage begins on Thursday at 0900 BST and continues throughout the competition with around 40 hours of live action.

BBC Red Button has a comprehensive package; Freeview viewers can access live video with leaderboard; satellite and cable viewers can select a three-hole option covering holes 14, 15 and 16; plus a daily 30 minutes highlights package and live play outside of network coverage at the weekend.

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The Open course from the air

The BBC Sport website will carry the TV and Red Button coverage (for UK users only) and will also have a live text commentary starting at the beginning of play every day, plus video clips of the best moments, reports and photos.

There will also be blogs, texts and tweets (#bbcgolf) for the audience to have their say.

All live coverage will also be available on BBC iPlayer , as well as the evening highlights programme.

BBC Radio 5 live's coverage is hosted by John Inverdale and comes from the course from 10am on Thursday and Friday and 12pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Iain Carter heads up the commentary team alongside John Murray, Clare Balding and Alistair Bruce-Ball. Former Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher, Mark Roe, Andrew Coltart and US expert Jay Townsend will provide the analysis.

Radio 2 Breakfast show host and golf fanatic Chris Evans will once again be out and about to bring you the colour of the event.

To start the week there will be a 5 live Open preview programme on Wednesday from 1900-2100 BST.
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