I first noticed this during last years open. The announcers, especially the esteemed and Peter Alice and one of the younger Brit announcers (sorry, didn't get his name) make so many mistakes that it seems unbelievable sometimes. As I said I saw it happen many times last year and this year while only half paying attention I've caught them saying someone was 4 under par when in fact they were 4 over and 1 over par when in fact they were 1 under, as well as getting one golfer confused with another at one point, and a few times getting the hole number or what stroke to par on the hole the golfer was playing. It seems to happen a lot.
I've seen the occasional mistake like those on a U.S. PGA telecast but it is immediately corrected by the offending announcer as someone else points it out to him... not on these ESPN Open broadcasts with BBC announcers... they just let the errors fly right by.
Also, are there any trees or lakes in Britain? Every Open I remember watching (and I try to watch all the majors) are in (what I guess links courses are) what looks like a treeless pasture with not a drop of water to hit over... ever. The only water seen is the sea beside the course. I realize that the difficulty comes in the undulating greens, and hog-backed never level fairways, the wind, cold, rain, and the deep pot bunkers, but come on, is there a course with a tree or lake on it anywhere over there?
All the courses look desolate from the aerial shots. Compare with Augusta or Pebble Beach...
Anyway, as I said, not meant to offend but the biggest major in the game seems like it should have better announcers and a more picturesque venue.
) then you have an allround test of golf which is tough to beat. We have fantastic inland courses which are tree lined and many courses do have water hazzards (often streams or small rivers), not many have the huge lake systems popular in hotter climates as we get enough rain naturally! 
