The ups and downs of John Daly

John Daly holed out from the fairway for eagle. Three holes later, he was botching chips on his way to a triple bogey. His opening round of the British Open was loaded with ups and downs, just like his career. The linescore: Three birdies and an eagle through the first 11 holes, three bogeys, a double bogey and a triple bogey on the last seven. He went from in the lead to a tie for 74th.

• Mark Calcavecchia played Carnoustie with his own set of golf clubs for the first time yesterday. The former British Open champion was among several players who had luggage problems on the trip to Scotland, but Calcavecchia had a double-whammy. Not only did he not get his golf clubs, he didn't get his clothes. He was thrilled to be using his regular set when he teed off yesterday. As for the clothes, Calcavecchia got so desperate he asked to borrow pants from Carl Pettersson, and was shocked to hear the Swede's waist size was 36.

"He must be wearing those way below the belly line," Calcavecchia said.

• This was a pretty tame round by Phil Mickelson's standards in the British Open -- two birdies, two bogeys, 14 pars, nothing particularly memorable in an even-par 71. Although he didn't shoot himself out of the Open, he knew it could have been better. Mickelson at least learned that his left wrist his stronger. He found thick rough off the tee on the final hole and had to gouge out a wedge that barely got back to the first cut. He wound up with a bogey.

Digits

70 - Rod Pampling's score after the first round, one better than in 1999 when he had the first-round lead

86 - Pampling's second-round score in 1999