One of the immediate questions that arose late on Friday night when the R&A opted for the first two-tee start in Open history was who would serve as the Ivor Robson at the 10th tee. There were several humorous guess and ideas thrown out on Twitter, with Adam Sarson even suggesting that the cheery Bubba Watson fill in after missing the cut. But we now have our answer, and it’s Euro Tour official Mike Stewart.
Who will be the Ivor Robson of the 10th tee on Saturday at Hoylake?
The legendary starter at the Open Championship gets a half day for the first time.
The @EuropeanTour's Mike Stewart came back from holiday to be the 10th tee starter in the rain today. Thanks Mike! pic.twitter.com/qWlQlURbPc
— The Open (@The_Open) July 19, 2014 That’s not an enviable position for Stewart, as everyone loves Robson and having your name announced by him on the first tee is one of the great unique parts of this championship. Earlier this week, ESPN had some of the players try and impersonate Robson’s unmistakable call, and the results were wonderful.
Robson, the legendary voice and starter of this major championship, has been a part of the British Open for 40 years and this is the first time he’ll get a half day. He’s usually posted up on the first tee for the 10-plus hours of tee times for the first two rounds, and about seven hours of rolling tee times on the weekend. But he can’t be everywhere at once, so Stewart was shuttled out to the 10th tee, which, like most of these Open links courses, is not near the clubhouse.
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