England's Justin Rose insists he has grown used to the circus which comes with playing alongside Tiger Woods and believes a home crowd will be a great leveller at Royal Lytham this week.
For the fourth time at The Open the 31-year-old has been drawn with the three-time champion, with Spain's Sergio Garcia making up the group for the opening two days.
But while earlier in his career Rose may have been put off by the bigger galleries and associated distractions, he has now learned to take it all in his stride.
"Tiger has been on tour a long time now and a lot of guys have had a chance to play with him regularly," he said.
"No doubt there was a time when it was not necessarily a great draw but it has settled down a little bit and you get used to it.
"At first you are out of your comfort zone but if you get into a nice bubble and you are playing well all that goes away - but if you are struggling you notice more of that so it is up to me to go out there, get into a good rhythm and play well.
"I've won some big tournaments, played in some big tournaments and been at the highest end of the game for a while now.
"You get more and more comfortable and have confidence in yourself and that ultimately is what makes it easier.
"For me the Open Championship is more of a level playing field than playing with him in the States from how the crowd feel."
The first time Woods and Rose were paired 10 years ago produced scenes rarely witnessed before at the championship.
Woods had just won The Masters and US Open and was seeking the third leg of an unprecedented Grand Slam of all four majors, and virtually every camera at Muirfield was trained on him as he started.
Rose, fourth as a 17-year-old amateur in 1998, had just won his first two European Tour titles and he out-scored the American 68-70 in the first round but neither challenged for the title as Rose came 22nd, with Woods 28th after horrendous weather on the Saturday when he shot 81.
They were also paired together in 2007, at Carnoustie, and St Andrews two years ago, and will tee off at 9.42am in the first round on Thursday and then 2.43pm on Friday.
While that familiarity may not have bred contempt, Rose admits he and Woods like to stay in their own 'bubble' on the course, although that does not mean there will be silence on the fairways.
"I have always said Tiger is a really good playing partner because he is complimentary on good shots and is willing to have conversations," he added.
"He really is a lot more easy-going on the course than a lot of other guys, to be honest.
"No doubt he is single-minded and there won't be a lot going on but there will be moments when you have a laugh and a joke about something as we have a bit more in common these days.
"With him, majors are what he is about and it is what he has been doing for the last 10 years.
"These events for him are big, as they are for all of us, and he will definitely have his game face on and we won't be chin-wagging all the way around - that is not how I play my game either.
"I am easy-going and fairly relaxed but at the same time we are going about our business.
"It is amazing how guys will do their own thing and there is no real sociable hanging out and relaxing.
"You don't see Tiger a lot at the venue and he seems to turn up straight from the car park to the range.
"There won't be an atmosphere either way, it won't be good, it won't be bad."
The tee times for the 2012 Open Championship.
First round:
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times BST - (x) denotes amateurs)
0630 Barry Lane, James Driscoll (USA), Garth Mulroy (Rsa)
0641 Matthew Baldwin, Adilson Da Silva (Bra), Tadahiro Takayama (Jpn)
0652 Rafael Echenique (Arg), John Huh (Kor), Kodai Ichihara (Jpn)
0703 Todd Hamilton (USA), Sandy Lyle, Mark Calcavecchia (USA)
0714 Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Greg Chalmers (Aus)
0725 Chad Campbell (USA), John Daly (USA), Michael Hoey
0736 Justin Leonard (USA), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Simon Khan
0747 David Duval (USA), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
0758 Robert Rock, Stephen Ames (Can), Kyle Stanley (USA)
0809 Stewart Cink (USA), Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Johnson Wagner (USA)
0820 Jamie Donaldson, Bill Haas (USA), Y.E. Yang (Kor)
0831 Davis Love III (USA), Tim Clark (Rsa), Paul Lawrie
0842 Adam Scott (Aus), Matt Kuchar (USA), Alan Dunbar
0858 Nick Watney (USA), Vijay Singh (Fij), Ian Poulter
0909 Darren Clarke, Ernie Els (Rsa), Zach Johnson (USA)
0920 Lee Westwood, Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn), Bubba Watson (USA)
0931 Graeme McDowell, Dustin Johnson (USA), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn)
0942 Tiger Woods (USA), Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia (Spa)
0953 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Tom Watson (USA)
1004 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
1015 Jason Dufner (USA), Martin Laird, Kevin Na (USA)
1026 Daniel Chopra (Swe), James Morrison, Joost Luiten (Ned)
1037 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Troy Matteson (USA), Thomas Aiken (Rsa)
1048 Brad Kennedy (Aus), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Steven Tiley
1059 Warren Bennett, Aaron Townsend (Aus), Grant Veenstra (Rsa)
1110 Sam Walker, Dale Whitnell, Elliot Saltman
1131 Steven O'Hara, Bob Estes (USA), Brendan Jones (Aus)
1142 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi), Scott Pinckney (USA), Nick Cullen (Aus)
1153 Steven Alker (Aus), Lee Slattery, Russ Cochran (USA)
1204 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Tom Lehman (USA), Greg Owen
1215 Marcel Siem (Ger), George Coetzee (Rsa), Chez Reavie (USA)
1226 Lucas Glover (USA), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra)
1237 Paul Broadhurst, Charles Howell III (USA), Richard Sterne (Rsa)
1248 Carl Pettersson (Swe), K.t. Kim (Kor), Gary Woodland (USA)
1259 Paul Casey, Ben Curtis (USA), Trevor Immelman (Rsa)
1310 Richard Finch, Mark Wilson (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa)
1321 Harris English (USA), Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
1332 Angel Cabrera (Arg), K J Choi (Kor), Ross Fisher
1343 Sang-moon Bae (Kor), Jonathan Byrd (USA), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)
1359 Hunter Mahan (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), John Senden (Aus)
1410 Bo Van Pelt (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Toshinori Muto (Jpn)
1421 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley (USA)
1432 Rickie Fowler (USA), Padraig Harrington, Manuel Trappel (Aut)
1443 Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
1454 Steve Stricker (USA), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Anders Hansen (Den)
1505 Peter Hanson (Swe), Retief Goosen (Rsa), Robert Allenby (Aus)
1516 Koumei Oda (Jpn), Jim Furyk (USA), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)
1527 Marc Leishman (Aus), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Alexander Noren (Swe)
1538 Jbe Kruger (Rsa), Andres Romero (Arg), Richie Ramsay
1549 Ted Potter, Jr. (USA), Ian Keenan, Andrew Georgiou (Rsa)
1600 Troy Kelly (USA), Morten Orum Madsen (Den), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)
1611 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Justin Hicks (USA), Ashley Hall (Aus)
Second round:
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, all times BST - (x) denotes amateurs)
0630 Steven O'Hara, Bob Estes (USA), Brendan Jones (Aus)
0641 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi), Scott Pinckney (USA), Nick Cullen (Aus)
0652 Steven Alker (Aus), Lee Slattery, Russ Cochran (USA)
0703 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Tom Lehman (USA), Greg Owen
0714 Marcel Siem (Ger), George Coetzee (Rsa), Chez Reavie (USA)
0725 Lucas Glover (USA), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Gregory Havret (Fra)
0736 Paul Broadhurst, Charles Howell III (USA), Richard Sterne (Rsa)
0747 Carl Pettersson (Swe), K.t. Kim (Kor), Gary Woodland (USA)
0758 Paul Casey, Ben Curtis (USA), Trevor Immelman (Rsa)
0809 Richard Finch, Mark Wilson (USA), Branden Grace (Rsa)
0820 Harris English (USA), Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
0831 Angel Cabrera (Arg), K J Choi (Kor), Ross Fisher0842 Sang-moon Bae (Kor), Jonathan Byrd (USA), Alvaro Quiros (Spa)
0858 Hunter Mahan (USA), Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel), John Senden (Aus)
0909 Bo Van Pelt (USA), Francesco Molinari (Ita), Toshinori Muto (Jpn)
0920 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley (USA)
0931 Rickie Fowler (USA), Padraig Harrington, Manuel Trappel (Aut)
0942 Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson (USA), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus)
0953 Steve Stricker (USA), Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Anders Hansen (Den)
1004 Peter Hanson (Swe), Retief Goosen (Rsa), Robert Allenby (Aus)
1015 Koumei Oda (Jpn), Jim Furyk (USA), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe)
1026 Marc Leishman (Aus), Brandt Snedeker (USA), Alexander Noren (Swe)
1037 Jbe Kruger (Rsa), Andres Romero (Arg), Richie Ramsay
1048 Ted Potter, Jr. (USA), Ian Keenan, Andrew Georgiou (Rsa)
1059 Troy Kelly (USA), Morten Orum Madsen (Den), Anirban Lahiri (Ind)
1110 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Justin Hicks (USA), Ashley Hall (Aus)
1131 Barry Lane, James Driscoll (USA), Garth Mulroy (Rsa)
1142 Matthew Baldwin, Adilson Da Silva (Bra), Tadahiro Takayama (Jpn)
1153 Rafael Echenique (Arg), Kodai Ichihara (Jpn), John Huh (Kor)
1204 Sandy Lyle, Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Todd Hamilton (USA)
1215 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind), Alejandro Canizares (Spa), Greg Chalmers (Aus)
1226 John Daly (USA), Chad Campbell (USA), Michael Hoey
1237 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Justin Leonard (USA), Simon Khan
1248 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra), David Duval (USA), Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
1259 Stephen Ames (Can), Robert Rock, Kyle Stanley (USA)
1310 Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa), Stewart Cink (USA), Johnson Wagner (USA)
1321 Jamie Donaldson, Bill Haas (USA), Y.E. Yang (Kor)
1332 Davis Love III (USA), Tim Clark (Rsa), Paul Lawrie
1343 Adam Scott (Aus), Alan Dunbar, Matt Kuchar (USA)
1359 Vijay Singh (Fij), Ian Poulter, Nick Watney (USA)
1410 Ernie Els (Rsa), Darren Clarke, Zach Johnson (USA)
1421 Lee Westwood, Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn), Bubba Watson (USA)
1432 Dustin Johnson (USA), Graeme McDowell, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn)
1443 Justin Rose, Tiger Woods (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
1454 Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Tom Watson (USA)
1505 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Thomas Bjorn (Den), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)
1516 Martin Laird, Jason Dufner (USA), Kevin Na (USA)
1527 James Morrison, Daniel Chopra (Swe), Joost Luiten (Ned)
1538 Troy Matteson (USA), Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Thomas Aiken (Rsa)
1549 Brad Kennedy (Aus), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Steven Tiley
1600 Warren Bennett, Aaron Townsend (Aus), Grant Veenstra (Rsa)
1611 Dale Whitnell, Sam Walker, Elliot Saltman
