The Open:US Ryder Cup player Boo Weekley has no intention of skipping this week's British Open, despite a lingering shoulder injury. The affable American described his golf as "rubbish" when tying for 64th at the Scottish Open on Sunday after a month's break from the game.

He’s still not right but insists as long as he’s got cortisone he’ll play.

"I'm not very well but no I'm not going to pull out," the 35-year-old American said after playing his first practice round at Turnberry's Ailsa Course today.

"I'm going to play. It's just that I'm not 100 per cent. I've got a torn labrum on my left shoulder, just from hitting shots and playing lots of golf. It's just wear and tear.

"I've had it probably eight or nine years and I've been getting cortisone shots two or three times a year," added Weekley, who prefers hunting and fishing to playing golf.

"I'm going to play until I just can't play no more. Unless they run out of cortisone, we're all right."

The problem flared up again at the PGA Tour's Players Championship in May and Weekley barely picked up a club in the month in June.

"I didn't play no golf," Weekley said. "I think I went out and hit balls two times, and then that was it. And it showed with my next two professional tournaments."

Weekley's shoulder problem may not be the biggest challenge he has to face this week. The thick, and often knee-high, rough at Turnberry has grabbed the attention of every player in the field for the year's third major.

"If you miss the fairway, there's going to be a lot of lost balls here," said Weekley, a popular figure with the golfing media because of his entertaining, homespun views on life.

"There's no doubt about it. You've just got to keep the ball on the fairway. Keep it out of the bunkers and out of that rough. Turnberry is going to be a good test this week."

Weekley has been grouped with Australian Rod Pampling and Britain's Chris Wood for Thursday's opening round.