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In the movie "Tin Cup," a driving-range pro by the name of Roy McAvoy has a chance in the second round of the U.S. Open to break the all-time scoring record in a major championship. Little did we know that a pro by nearly the same name would come thisclose to actually doing so.

Rory McIlroy, the 21-year-old phenom who shot a final-round 62 in May to win the Quail Hollow Championship, shot an opening-round 63 at the British Open on Thursday. He is the first player to ever go that low in the first round of this tournament, and he becomes the 22nd player to shoot that low in a major championship, doing so with a closing birdie he made dead center on 18.

[Photos: See images of the 21-year-old Irish phenom]

If John Daly's opening round was heavy on the appetizers, light on the entrées, as was Tiger Woods' brilliant 5-under 67, McIlroy's was the complete opposite. Only 1-under through eight

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When the 1995 British Open champion was introduced on the first tee on Thursday, Old Tom Morris was probably rolling in his grave. Floral-print pants? Turquoise hat?! Yellow grips?!? Was this guy here for the Open or some sort of outdoor fashion show?

That was probably the last time Morris would be questioning John Daly's place on this golf course. A birdie on the first and then a birdie on the second in what could best be considered as super scoring conditions at St. Andrews had Big John off to a great start. But that was only the beginning.

[Photos: See John Daly in his wild floral pants]

Before most people were awake on this side of the pond, Daly had carded seven birdies in 11 holes. He would par the next five holes, hitting the lip three times with putts all from good spots on the green. If anything, Daly was standing on the 17th tee frustrated with his round, not happy he was

If you don't get the game of golf, you don't get the obsession with St. Andrews. "It looks like a goat track," some people might say. "It's pretty flat," others might complain. "It isn't even pretty," the blasphemous might utter.

To truly understand the beauty of the Old Course at St. Andrews, and the entire town for that matter, is to get what it must feel like for golfers to come home. Not "home" in the sense of the word, but more like home in the sense of your happiness. The town of St. Andrews is focused on one thing and one thing only, and that's golf. You can't walk around a corner without a pub sporting the game or a shop trying to sell you cheaper merchandise.

As you round the corner in your rental car (and hopefully you've made it that far driving on the wrong side of the road, through corners that make driving through the Rockies seem comfortable), the entire town greets you with a smile. You see the famed links almost instantaneously, along with some of the other great

The British Open is this week, at the home of golf. Luckily, I used to caddie at the Old Course, and will be breaking down a few of the important holes throughout the week. We already tackled No. 1, No. 5, No. 11 and No. 14. Now we will look at the most famous hole in golf, the par-4 17th, playing 495 yards.

It isn't just the most famous hole in the world, but it might be one of the toughest. Carnoustie has the 18th, Augusta National has Amen Corner and St. Andrews has the Road Hole, a test of golf so tough that they made the 18th easy just so you could have a break on your way in.

This year will be the first time that St. Andrews has used a new tee on the Road Hole, pushed back some 40 yards, onto the regular driving range for the St. Andrews Links.

The new tee has brought about a ton of controversy amongst the locals, and is going to change the hole dramatically for the players. First, players are forced to hit driver, a change from Tiger Woods and his choice for a fairway metal for

The British Open is this week, at the home of golf. Luckily, I used to caddie at the Old Course, and will be breaking down a few of the important holes throughout the week. We already tackled No. 1, No. 5 and No. 11. Now we will look at the 14th, the second par-5 on the course, measuring 618 yards.

They call it Long, and for good reason. It isn't the same par-5 that the British Open used to play. Tees have been moved so far back, that when you play a regular round at St. Andrews, you must walk your player around the corner just so they can see the tee that the professionals play from. It is so far off the beaten path that it is literally on the Eden Course, one of the other six tracks St. Andrews Links owns.

If strategy is a factor in any hole at the Old Course it is this one. The first challenge? Avoiding the four Beardies Bunkers off the tee. They are only 250 yards out from the back tees, but if the wind is into the players, it will play more like 295. That means that they will

The British Open is this week, at the home of golf. Luckily, I used to caddie at the Old Course, and will be breaking down a few of the important holes throughout the week. We already tackled No. 1 and No. 5. Now we will look at the all important 11th, a par-3 playing 174 yards.

There are only two par-3s at St. Andrews, with the 11th being by far the more difficult of the two. Sitting just 174 yards out, with a tee perched as high as any point on the golf course, a player can hit anything from a pitching wedge to a 4-iron, depending on how the wind is blowing.

The 11th is interesting for a number of reasons. First, it crisscrosses the par-4 7th hole, making a regular day at St. Andrews look like some kind of golfing parade. Players are all over the place between these two holes, making the wait for this tee shot all the more difficult. Second is the dreaded Strath Bunker, arguably the toughest bunker on the entire golf course because it sits dead in the center of the line off the tee.

Before EscaladeGate hit us in November of 2009, golf experts were looking at the lineup for this season's major championships with a very Tiger-friendly forecast.

We had Augusta National, Pebble Beach and St. Andrews. Of Tiger's 14 major championships, seven came at those three venues. Now, with two down and one to go, Woods is majorless in 2010, something anyone would have agreed was strange, but strange has been the calling card of Woods' year so far.

Now, at St. Andrews, Tiger faces his most important golf tournament ever.

The reasoning is written on the walls. Tiger is playing a golf course that he has absolutely destroyed, and continues to talk about like it is a relative. Earlier this week Tiger was asked to pick the four venues he'd most like to play for major championships.

"I'd probably pick St. Andrews all four times," he said.

This week, at this course, Tiger is expected to win. He's the odds-on favorite. He's (still) the top-ranked golfer in the world. He has won two of

A few weeks back, I was in St. Andrews, checking out some of the changes to the most famous hole in golf, the par-4 17th. Called the Road Hole, 17 is known for a ton of things; the tee shot over the shed, the Road Hole Bunker, and the skinny green that forces you to hit a nearly perfect second shot.

In 2010, however, it is known for something completely different, and new: a tee some 40 yards back. The hole is now measured at 495 yards, and if there is wind into the face of players, players will have to play up the second-hole fairway, playing the hole like a par-5.

Below is a video we shot for the event, showing just how far back the tee is on 17, and what exactly players will be facing when they come to this famed piece of grass.