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Live scores, updates and highlights from the first round of the historic 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Only three golfers have top-15 finishes in the first three majors of 2022: Rory McIlroy, Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick. The latter of the three, of course, is coming off his first major victory as Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open last month. The last six major champions have all been under the age of 30 at the time of their triumphs. And then there's Zalatoris, who has finished inside the top eight of majors an astounding six times since 2020; however, he was forced to withdraw from his one and only Open appearance last year. Hideki Matsuyama (then 29), Jon Rahm (then 26), Collin Morikawa (then 24), Scottie Scheffler (25), Justin Thomas (29) and Matt Fitzpatrick (27) have reigned supreme on golf's biggest stages as of late. With a star-studded field playing, the Old Course serving as a historic backdrop and the pressure on given this is the final major of the year, the 150th Open Championship is already shaping up to be one to remember. Links specialist Jordan Spieth will attempt to capture the fourth major championship of his career, while the hottest name in the game, Xander Schauffele, will look to breakthrough for his first. The Old Course at St. Andrews offer golfers final chance at glory in 2022. It's almost time.— The Open (@TheOpen) #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/tHSZPzhnNN July 14, 2022 CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights below. 👇 Pin positions for Round 1 of— The Open (@TheOpen) #The150thOpen📝 pic.twitter.com/ZbF0t1b0Ev July 14, 2022 The wait is finally over.— The Open (@TheOpen) @PaulLawriegolfgets a landmark Championship under way🏌️ #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ZEjzpuUtnu July 14, 2022 'What a shot from DeChambeau'— The Open (@TheOpen) #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/4C3nzQxoRA July 14, 2022

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Justin Rose has withdrawn from The 150th Open ahead of his opening round at St Andrews, with Rikuya Hoshino a last-minute addition to the field.

Watch The 150th Open throughout the week live on Sky Sports' dedicated channel. Live coverage begins on Thursday from 6.30am live on Sky Sports The Open. I've been getting around the clock treatment but it just doesn't feel ready to compete in this prestigious championship."

Ford during the Monaghan Irish Challenge event in Castleblaney, Ireland, on October 6, 2018. Luke Walker/Getty Images. CNN —.

The experience, the potential paycheck, and the opportunities it may spring for future DP World Tour events; Ford cites plenty of reasons to be excited about the week. "The tournaments they've walked around with me, they've been able to watch every shot and there haven't been too many people around. Competing on a European Tour event gave the Englishman a huge confidence boost, but by 2013 he was close to walking away from the sport. "It's emotional because of the way my family has supported me. He shot an eagle en route to picking up those four lost strokes to finish 5-under and qualify as event winner, two shots clear of second place. Having only picked up a club for the first time aged 10, it wasn't until he had finished school at 18 he threw himself into pursuing golf full-time.

The Northern Irishman will join last year's champion Collin Morikawa and the form player, Xander Schauffele, who has won back-to-back events heading into this ...

Supporters have converged on St Andrews today and are roaring the players on. Just on the front left and a two putt would keep him at -4 On to the 3rd A good links shot by McIlroy on the 3rd. I’ve been getting around the clock treatment but it just doesn’t feel ready to compete in this prestigious championship.” The 15-time major winner has denied claims he will retire after this week’s championship, but admits it could be his last time gracing the Old Course. While Rory McIlroy enters the week as the favourite after renewed hope he can add to his four majors after an eight-year drought.

Defending champion Collin Morikawa goes out at 09:58 BST (local time) with four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and the in-form Xander Schauffele for company.

"The fairways, I think right now, are faster than the greens. "On 10, I hit a six-iron from 120 yards. You get the winds like we did today, it's a helluva test.

Ian Poulter is a man who plays his finest golf when he has fire in his veins. Being booed on the first tee at St Andrews for playing the Saudi-backed LIV ...

Any jitters from his reception on the first had clearly gone. Then, as he reached the turn at the ninth, Poulter produced the magic that had once made him so loved. Ian Poulter is a man who plays his finest golf when he has fire in his veins. Not that you'd have been able to tell at the time. Saudi golf rebel Ian Poulter is BOOED on first tee of The Open and nearly skews his tee shot out of bounds... From zero to hero!

LIV Golf rebel Ian Poulter was booed on the first tee as the 150th Open Championship began at St Andrews.

"I just think with the way the golf course is playing and how firm and fast it is, it's just going to get super tricky by the end of the week." The 53-year-old Scot, winner in 1999 at Carnoustie and originally given the honour of teeing off first on the Old Course 12 years ago, was first off at 6.35am. The 46-year-old is one of 24 players in the field who have signed up to the controversial Saudi-backed breakaway series and was the first of those to go out in the morning.

Ian Poulter is delivering his usual dose of drama, and it's all good at the British Open. The flamboyant Englishman began his round by coming within a few yards ...

They also decided on a new trophy — the claret jug. That’s the original trophy of the British Open. He used a yellow golf ball and found the wide fairway. Paul Lawrie of Scotland, the Open champion from 1999, was selected to hit the first shot of this historic week that is all about the 150th edition at the home of golf. There it was Thursday morning on the first tee at St. Andrews as golf’s oldest championship began. Meanwhile, Justin Rose and Alex Noren are both out of the British Open, but only one of them will be playing this week.

The 41-year-old suffered a back injury in practice on Wednesday, the final session ahead of the start of the major tournament at St Andrews.

Justin Rose has withdrawn from this week's Open before the first round due to a back injury Justin Rose has withdrawn from the 150th Open before the first round due to injury, with the former world No 1 quickly replaced by Rikuya Hoshino. Justin Rose is OUT of The Open at the last minute as the former world No 1 withdraws before the first round at St Andrews after suffering a back injury in practice on Wednesday

Seamus Power -1 (5) · Rory McIlroy (9.58am) · Shane Lowry (10.09am) · Darren Clarke (1.37pm) · Pádraig Harrington (2.48pm).

The Scot sits on +2. - 10:59 - 11:00 as the ball inevitably rolls into the back bunker. Lowry's playing partner Hovland is in the same bunker but has a nightmare lie. The Norwegian has played a beauty from the back of the green.

Ian Poulter's first nine holes at the Open Championship began with boos and ended with a spectacular eagle putt across the width of the ninth green.

A birdie at the sixth saw him get under-par before this miraculous putt vaulted him into the lead, this time with the support of those surrounding the ninth green. Poulter is one of the players who've joined the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit and a group of spectators at St Andrews made clear their feelings as the Englishman began his round just after 7am on Thursday. Ian Poulter's first nine holes at the Open Championship began with boos and ended with a spectacular eagle putt across the width of the ninth green.

Rory McIlroy adds a second birdie. The pre-tournament favourite failed to reach the par-five second in two blows, but completes a smart up-and-down. A safe ...

DeChambeau claimed earlier this week that he reckons he has a chance to drive the par 4s at 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 and 12. The American seems to like a fast start in this event. Rory McIlroy casually pours in a 55-foot putt for birdie at the 1st! McIlroy has to lean on his putter to escape with a par at the 2nd hole. Can Straka add to that trend Hmmm. An Austrian journalist by the 1st tee says Straka is struggling a bit this week. Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Lee was in the first group out today alongside Paul Lawrie and the Scot, who was given the honour of hitting the opening shot, finishes on a high, tapping in for eagle after driving the green. Meanwhile, Shane Lowry makes a first birdie of the day at the 5th, but he is two over for the round. He’d made an excellent birdie at the par-four 17th, the much-feared Road Hole, but could not make further headway at the easier 18th, even after driving to the back of the putting surface on the short par-four. Birdie number four for Rory McIlroy! It comes at the short par-four 7th and it moves him into a share of second. A safe start from the Northern Irishman. Nods of approval in the media centre.

Ian Poulter took to the tee at The Open this morning but received a hostile response from some of those in attendance due to his ties with the controversial ...

Players have to earn their place in the Open and that is fundamental to its ethos and unique appeal. "Professional golfers are entitled to choose where they want to play and accept the prize money that is offered to them," Slumbers added. We will hold totally true to being open to anybody, but we will look at whether it is an exemption or through qualification." In fact, he has now gained some momentum as he pulled off a remarkable shot of 160 feet at hole nine to go three under par and is now tied for fourth place. The reception seemed to have a negative impact on the 46-year-old who almost inexplicably missed the widest fairway in golf with his mid-iron heading well left across the 18th fairway. Golf star Ian Poulter was greeted with boos when he took to the tee at The Open on day one.

The 46-year-old is one of 24 players in the field who have signed up to the controversial Saudi-backed breakaway series.

“I just think with the way the golf course is playing and how firm and fast it is, it’s just going to get super tricky by the end of the week.” “I think with the condition of the golf course, with a little bit of breeze, you can bomb it around here and hit driver and get it close to the greens, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to make birdies from those positions,” was the Northern Irishman’s assessment. On the eve of the tournament R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers insisted banning LIV Golf rebels from next year’s Open is “not on the agenda”, but has not ruled out changing the championship’s entry criteria.

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Watch Featured Group coverage each day via our live stream, with full coverage from The 150th Open throughout the week live on Sky Sports' dedicated channel. Sky Sports has round-the-clock coverage from the historic Old Course live on Sky Sports' dedicated Open channel, with the Featured Group action one of several bonus feeds available via the red button and the Sky Sports app. Live streams from St Andrews also available of Featured Holes and On The Range, with round-the-clock coverage from the final men's major of the year live all week on Sky Sports' dedicated Open channel.

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Who is playing in The Open 2022? Are there highlights from The Open 2022? How to watch The Open 2022? How to live stream The Open 2022 When is The Open 2022? The 150th tournament of the historic and iconic golf tournament has returned to the Old Course of St Andrews for the 30th time.

Collin Morikawa, the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year, will be joined by Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, two of the hottest players over the last couple ...

10:54 a.m. -- John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey 9:15 a.m. -- Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law 9:04 a.m. -- David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith 5:42 a.m. -- Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan 5:09 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland This trio is scheduled to begin its journey towards the Claret Jug just shy of 5 a.m. and is followed closely behind by 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry and current PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas. 3:25 a.m. -- Cameron Young, K.H. Lee, Robert MacIntyre 2:52 a.m. -- John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale All times Eastern Scotland weather can flip on a script, but if the forecast remains true, players will be presented ideal scoring conditions in the opening round at the Old Course. Woods' rounds this week at St. Andrews are must-watch affairs given this may be Tiger's last legitimate chance to win an Open at St. Andrews. Pour some more coffee and tune in early because the 150th Open Championship is already underway with most of the East Coast of the United States just waking from their slumber.

Ian Poulter was booed on the first tee at St. Andrews and proceeded to hook his ball so far left it almost went out of bounds.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland—The defectors to LIV Golf have received a chilly reception at the Open Championship. They were kept off the pre-week interview schedule and put in pairings away from the marquee groupings. But the message was loud and the message was clear: Once a hero in this part of the world for his Ryder Cup performances, Poulter is anything but at this 150th Open Championship. But even against that backdrop, what happened at the first tee on Thursday to Ian Poulter was downright stunning, as he was booed on the first tee at the Old Course.

Overflowing with history and crowds for its 150th anniversary, this British Open at St. Andrews also might have a few ghosts strolling the fairways.

There’s history in that, of course — Nicklaus won here twice, in 1970 and 1978 — just as there’s history everywhere except maybe the “glampground” near the course, what with “glamping” relatively new. Otherwise, it all goes back to Allan Robertson, whose death in 1859 led to the birth of the Open concept beginning in 1860. “It wasn’t long after that,” he said, “that the stands went up. When the sunshine comes and the TV presenters describe it with the mandatory adjective “glorious,” everyone might nod. Out at No. 13 not far from the little marsh with the mud and the gulls next to tee No. 12, the marshals come from Ladybank, about 20 minutes away. He comes from nearby Lundin — not that other London — and because local clubs such as Crail and Leven manage certain holes, the Lundin Links club members will keep things sane this week at No. 3. “I can see how the course can play a million different ways, depending on the weather,” said defending Open champion Collin Morikawa, making his St. Andrews debut. What surprised me most is all the space off the tee where you’re trying to play into other fairways or just weird stuff like that.” It’s everywhere and everything, or as golf philosopher Eldrick T. Woods put it, “It feels more historic than it normally has, and it’s hard to believe that.” Otherwise it might not look all that much different from previous Opens here, with 2015 the most recent, but it certainly feels like a whole lot of more. Now that the Open has reached No. 150, its celebrated sesquicentennial, it’s more evocative than ever to view the grave of “Young Tom,” a sculpture of whom stands ready to hit a ball that looks somewhat buried. The Open has come back here, and the town of 16,800 with its university students from the world and its craggy golfers from nearby has gone into a mighty festival.

The anticipation for the 150th Open Championship has been literally years in the making, the R&A returning to the Old Course at St. Andrews and sparing no ...

4:39 a.m.: Is three holes too early into a round to proclaim a #59Watch? OK, it is, but J.T. Poston, who got into the field at the Open off his win last week at the John Deere Classic, is three under through three holes after a trio of birdies. 6:26 a.m.: If you're name is Cameron, you're more than likely picking the Old Course apart on Thursday. Cameron Young is the solo leader, and he just gave himself a great look at birdie at the par-3 11th. 4:57 a.m.: And we have our first player to four under—Min Woo Lee—after making a eagle on the par-5 14th hole. 6:00 a.m.: Brown, the Stanford junior from England, joins Kim, Cam Smith, and Young at the top of the leaderboard. 7:22 a.m.: Cameron Young is still your leader at seven under, but the buzz is beginning to build in the Rory McIlroy group. 6:52 a.m.: We were sort of kidding about the Vince Carter "it's over" GIF, but another birdie for Cameron Young at the 12th has made things get a little real. 7:47 a.m.: McIlroy fails to birdie the gettable ninth hole and he remains at four under, three off Young's lead. 7:51 a.m.: Strong finish from Bryson DeChambeau, who drove it short of the 18th green, putted it up to about 13 feet past the hole and poured in the left-to-right birdie putt. Cam Young, who has the round of the day so far, must've been holding his breath as his tee shot on the iconic 17th hole at the Old Course kept moving more and more right. Cameron Smith just drove the 18th green and has a long look at eagle, while back at the ninth, Justin Thomas and Viktor Hovland both make birdie to reach two under. He grabs the (very early) clubhouse lead with a strong 5-under 67 to open his Open Championship. What an amazing debut at the Old Course in The Open ... the extremely talented 25-year-old made that look easy.

Collin Morikawa returns as defending champion after his win at Royal St Georges in 2021; Tiger Woods chases a historic 16th major victory; Rory McIlroy, ...

Cameron Young caught fire early in his Open debut, going out in 31 and reached 8-under after birdies at 11, 12 and 18 to shoot 8-under 64 – leaving him ...

Power hit 2-iron past the pin on 18 to set up a birdie. But his momentum derailed with a double on the 12th when his drive found an awkward spot in a pot bunker. He settled for a 1-over 73 after a bogey-birdie combo at the finish. After another bogey at 4, he fought his way back to level par with birdies at 5, 9 and 10. Couple of birdies in the first five there and really set the tone for the day. And just nice to get off to a good start.

Ian Poulter insisted he was unaffected by booing from the St Andrews crowd as he bounced back from a nightmare start to impress during the opening round of ...

I get to have golf in my life and competitive golf in my life on a scale that is fun, exciting, different, and lets me play and compete but still do the things outside that I want to do." I couldn't be happier." "I just didn't want to make a big deal about it, so I said fine. Getting off to a nice start is good, but it's links golf - there's a lot of golf to play." "I don't play golf very well distracted, so having levels of distraction there is never easy. I'm staying out of the way.

Tiger Woods has built his summer around The 150th Open at the Old Course at St. Andrews.

He pulled a mid-iron for his approach and produced a crisp strike with a smooth follow-through, but the ball landed on the back portion of the green, some 60 feet past the hole. He tapped in for a disappointing double bogey to begin The 150th Open. He was short-sided on his pitch shot and played to approximately 15 feet left of the hole, leaving a lengthy putt to save par. From 113 yards, Woods' ball landed short of the burn and one-hopped into the water. Woods' lag was magnificent, the ball tracking the whole way before grazing the left edge and settling a foot past. His ball started left of center and he motioned for it to move right; the ball eluded trouble and settled in the short grass. Woods' birdie putt held a solid line but stopped 10 feet short of the hole; he slightly dropped his head as he traversed to mark his ball. His birdie putt was left the whole way, but he tapped in for par, albeit a disappointing one. He buckled his knees in despair before resetting to make the bogey comebacker. He selected putter for his lengthy birdie effort, up and over a mound, but he didn't put enough pace on it; the ball stopped 10 feet short of the hole. From 231 yards, Woods took a fairway metal and produced a high fade, appearing pleased with the strike and walking after it. Hole 5 (par 5, 531 yards): Woods took driver on the reachable par 5, understanding the need to make up some shots quickly if he hopes to work his way back into realistic contention.

Rory McIlroy is just two shots off the clubhouse lead following his first round at the Open Championship at St Andrews following a sensational round of 66.

“So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. That’s really my first memory of here.” I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly. “I came with my parents in 2010 so I would have been 13,” Young said. We played here, the New, the Old. We played Kingsbarns, Carnoustie, Gullane, Crail; I’m probably missing one or two. “Started off tremendously with a bonus on the first, birdied the par five (fifth), a couple of the short par fours and then on the back nine you pick off a couple on the 14th and 18th.

Phil Mickelson has revealed that discussion about his not attending this week's events for past champions in the buildup to the Open Championship was ...

“I couldn’t be happier. “All I heard was clapping,” said Poulter. “I made the right decision for me,” he said. “I certainly respect his opinion,” Mickelson said. I get to have golf in my life and competitive golf in my life on a scale that is fun, exciting, different, and lets me play and compete but still do the things outside that I want to do. “I just didn’t want to make a big deal about it, so I said: ‘Fine.’ We both kind of agreed that it would be best if I didn’t.”

Tiger Woods skipped the U.S. Open to make sure he was ready for The Open at St. Andrews. We have you covered for Round 1.

His first putt, a 35-footer for birdie, proved his struggles with speed on the greens are ongoing. He knew he missed it when he hit and started to walk after it as he went by on the low side. Woods could not help but laugh as he walked off the ninth green. And he had the one-handed follow-through at the seventh. He has done that a lot to start The Open. Another poor iron shot was followed by another poor lag putt. His approach shot settled forever from the hole. Instead of a legitimate chance at getting a shot back, Woods had to play defense and safely navigated a two-putt par. He had just 109 yards in and missed the green short and right. On the hard ground, it spun back and settled 24 yards from the hole. But Woods had a club too much and flew the flag by 50-60 feet. Then his opening tee shot, a trademark stinger, landed in a divot in the middle of the miles-wide fairway at the first hole. He then chunked his second shot from the tough lie into the burn in front of the green.

Rory McIlroy continued to eradicate his first-round hoodoo in majors after making a strong start to his bid for a fifth major title at The 150th Open.

"I think we worked our way around the golf course really well," Young said. That's really all I can control." It might change how I feel on the first tee a little bit tomorrow, but I'll forget about it very quickly. Tomorrow's an important run, just to go out and back up what I've done today." "I was maybe trying to be a little bit too cute with the second shot on 13, but apart from that, missed it in the right areas, areas where you can get it up-and-down from. "I think that's important to do.

Rory McIlroy makes the game look easy when he's in the mood. If it hadn't been for the grandstands, and the tens of thousands of fans, you'd never have ...

McIlroy has subscribed to a lot of different theories in the eight years since he won his last major, has tried muscling up, tinkering with his swing, taken on a couple of different gurus, even delved into self-help. At the 614-yard 14th, he unleashed such a mighty drive that he was able to play a wedge into the green. At the 17th there was another of those pivotal little moments, when he found himself 85 yards out but with such a tricky lie that he was worried he was going to thin the ball into downtown St Andrews. “I chipped a little gap wedge down there and I pulled it. He made his one bad mistake at the 13th, when he tried to get too cute with a chip from behind a greenside bunker and whizzed the ball a good 60ft beyond the hole, but he corrected it by rolling the putt right up to the cup for a tap-in bogey. He had made his first of the day on the opening hole, with a 30ft putt that set his morning up like ham and eggs in bed. It meant players spent a lot of time leaning on their clubs in between using them and had to snap in and out of focus when they finally stepped up to address the situation they had been stewing on for the last few minutes.

In the first round of the 2010 Open Championship at the Old Course at St. Andrews, McIlroy shot 9-under 63, matching the lowest score ever in a single round at ...

Now, he has a chance to let his game do the rest of the talking. McIlroy was the defending Open champion the last time the tournament was played at St. Andrews in 2015. He was eighth at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills after shooting 65 in the first round; he shot 67 in the opening round and tied for fifth at the U.S. Open. It's one of the highest achievements that you can have in golf." At the U.S. Open in June, McIlroy said he was taking a hard line against LIV Golf because "it's the right thing to do." "I don't know if a golfer's career isn't complete if you don't, but I think it's the holy grail of our sport," McIlroy said. He has been able to block out the noise when it mattered most. He finished second at the Masters and shot 8-under 64 in the final round. "I believe that my best days are still ahead of me, and I think theirs are too," McIlroy said before the U.S. Open. "So that's where it feels like you're taking the easy way out. McIlroy, 33, has won twice on tour -- the CJ Cup at Summit in October and the RBC Canadian Open in June -- to climb to No. 2 in the world. While McIlroy seemed to understand why aging players, including his friends and former Ryder Cup teammates Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell and Lee Westwood, left the tour to accept multimillion-dollar signing bonuses from LIV Golf, he has been more critical of younger players who have jumped. McIlroy shot 8-over 80 in windy conditions the next day and ultimately tied for third, but those remarkable opening 18 holes were the beginning of his stardom.

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- Featured Holes -- 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Featured Groups -- 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Featured Groups -- 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. CBSSports.com is thrilled to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of The Open all week beginning with Round 1. - Featured Holes -- 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Featured Groups -- 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Featured Holes -- 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Featured Groups -- 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. That was until Rory McIlroy snuck in between them with a tremendous start of his own as he shot 4 under on the front to finish with a 66 to place him two shots behind Young entering Friday's second round. - Featured Holes -- 5:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This week marks the 30th occasion in which the Old Course is playing host to The Open, and given the anniversary, location, tremendously talented field, presence of Tiger Woods and state of the game, many are referring to this event as one of the most important majors in history. Young posted a stunning, bogey-free 8-under 64 to take the solo lead, going 5 under across the front and 3 under on the back.

Rory McIlroy celebrated making a fantastic start to the "fiddliest" Open of his career as his delayed return to St Andrews proved well worth the wait.

It's not middle of the field. It's not the end of the world. "I got off to the worst possible start and fought back well," the 2019 champion said afterwards. "After a bad tee shot on the second I didn't really do much wrong after that. Harrington, conqueror of Carnoustie and Royal Birkdale all those years ago, sits in the pack on -3 in a tie for 13th. However, birdies on the 5th, 9th and 10th saw him clamber back to even par.

At The Open, the weather can be a factor. With temperatures in the upper 60s and rain expected, the fashion at the event is littered with turtleneck ...

Phil Mickelson eschewed a collared shirt and complemented his black quarter-zip with black T-shirt. It was quite the talk of social media during the round. He missed the cut at last month's U.S. Open. It has been featured in the country's legends and poetry. As often happens at The Open, the weather can be a factor. The thistle is the national flower of Scotland. According to the Scotland Tourism Board, the flower has long been a part of Scottish history. With temperatures in the upper 60s, the fashion at the event is littered with turtleneck sweaters, half-zips galore and hoodies.

On a cool but relatively calm day on the seaside links, Rory McIlroy looked completely unburdened as he began in earnest – an opening 66 – his pursuit of ...

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America's Cameron Young took the first-day lead with 64 while Rory McIlroy shot a 66 as Lee Westwood brushed off Tiger Woods' opinion on LIV.

Cameron Smith posted a 67, as did Robert Dinwiddie in the dying embers of play. On his Open debut, the New Yorker rattled off eight birdies for a 64. Scottie Scheffler, the world No 1, retains hope of producing a Masters and St Andrews Open double this year after a 68 in the most testing of the day’s conditions. McIlroy may be uncomfortable with such a position – he excels at professional golf, not politics – and the R&A could never possibly be seen to favour an Open contender, but glory for the Northern Irishman in St Andrews would have broader meaning. The scale of physical discomfort for the 46-year-old was again clear as he slumped to a 78 – six over par. So it might have looked easy, but there’s certain parts of the round that are challenging.” “I have no idea,” said a perplexed Poulter, who had just signed for a 69. He was to win the Open at Hoylake that year. The LIV renegades lurk with intent. “It never feels easy,” said McIlroy. “There’s little parts of the round where it shows you where you’re at with everything mentally and physically. In the red corner: the PGA and DP World Tours. In the blue corner: LIV Golf and its Saudi Arabian-backed disruption plan.

Tiger Woods' bid for a historic 16th major title and third St Andrews success has turned into an unlikely battle just to make the cut after a disappointing ...

Watch The 150th Open throughout the week live on Sky Sports' dedicated channel. And that's my responsibility tomorrow is to go ahead and do it. But I didn't really feel like I hit it that bad but I ended up in bad spots. ended up right in the middle of a fresh divot. They looked faster than what they were putting, and I struggled with it. Hit a good tee shot down 1,

Playing in the afternoon wave, which had windier and much more difficult conditions than what the morning group faced, Tiger Woods carded a 6-over 78 in the ...

Looking at it at the beginning of the year, end of last year when I was rehabbing, trying to see if I could do it, but somehow I was able to play two of the major championships in between then and now, which was great. And just didn't do a very good job of it." Walking off the green, Woods smiled, licked his finger and motioned it like a slam dunk. He made another bogey with a three-putt on the par-4 13th. Then Woods made another birdie on the par-4 10th hole. He drove his 379-yard tee shot through the green, chipped to about eight feet and made a birdie putt to move to 5-over. "It feels like I didn't really hit it that bad," Woods said. Woods, a two-time winner of The Open at St. Andrews in 2000 and 2005, was tied for 146th among 156 players in the field after the first round. "Guys did it [Thursday] and that's my responsibility [Friday] to go ahead and do it. Need to do it." But I didn't really feel like I hit it that bad, but I ended up in bad spots. By the time it ended about six hours later, Woods had carded a 6-over 78.

TIGER WOODS ENDURED a miserable return to the British Open as the three-time champion laboured to a six-over-par 78 at St Andrews on Thursday to leave his ...

He dropped a shot on the 16th but finished in style with a birdie on the 18th. Of the other later Irish contenders, qualifiers David Carey from Dublin and Ronan Mullarney from Galway finished level par and one-over respectively. The recent US Senior Open champion carded five birdies and two bogeys in his round.

PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young made his Open Championship debut with an 8-under 64 at St. Andrews. Rory McIlroy shot a 66 and is in second after the first ...

"Xander and I talked about it. Scheffler tried to explain just how fast the links were playing by suggesting the ball was rolling faster on the fairways than on the greens. "It's the way the golf course is set up. He has had one of the better rookie seasons on the PGA Tour, and the 25-year-old New Yorker is not the least bit daunted by the stage. McIlroy looked free as ever at St. Andrews, his first time back for the Open since 2010. Young played smartly and took advantage of the birdie chances. Defending champion Collin Morikawa struggled with his putting and had a 72. "The way the golf course is designed ... to get better angles and better lines, you've got to hit across all the fairways. Just two months ago, he contended into the final hour of the PGA Championship until finishing one shot out of a playoff. "It's the fiddliest Open that I've played. "OK, the 18th at Carnoustie was like a runway, that fairway. Young and McIlroy didn't have to contend with as much wind in the morning, though St. Andrews has seen far stronger gusts over its centuries of golf.

The three-time Open champion, including two on the Old Course at St. Andrews, was six over par after the first round that started with a double bogey on the ...

For now, he is what he never wanted to be: a ceremonial golfer, a major star but no longer a major threat, walking the same fairways and greens but no longer making the same birdies and eagles. “Very, very meaningful,” he said of his return to St. Andrews. Woods added, “This was always on the calendar to hopefully be well enough to play it. You could see it and hear it all afternoon — and there was plenty of time to see and hear it — as he navigated the Old Course and fans lined up, often four rows deep behind the ropes with their cellphones held aloft to take pictures of him, even at a distance. Returning to St. Andrews was one of his primary motivations when he chose to resume his career, making a late decision to take part in this year’s Masters where he shot an opening-round 71 before fading to 47th. Woods first came here in his teens, too, playing the 1995 Open Championship as a 19-year-old amateur who was still coming to grips with the quirks and charms of links golf. He delivered again in 2005 when the Open returned to St. Andrews as he won by five shots and then followed that up by winning the Open in 2006 at Royal Liverpool in bone-dry conditions that turned the fairways into fast-running thoroughfares. He responded by using irons off the tee for control and maintained it beautifully until he had finished off the victory and wept on the shoulder of his caddie, Steve Williams, overcome by his feelings for his father, Earl, who had died just a few weeks before the tournament. He chose not to play in the U.S. Open with an eye on being ready for St. Andrews. Yes, I did have bad speed on the green, but I didn’t really feel like I hit it that bad. Guys did it today, and that’s my responsibility tomorrow, is to go ahead and do it.” Woods’s shot splashed down after one bounce, and he ended up missing a short putt and starting his tournament with a double bogey. “I told myself, ‘Don’t hit it flat and don’t blade it,’” Woods said.

The US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick complained: 'Six hours, it's just a joke,' and defending Open champion Collin Morikawa was also unimpressed.

“It’s the way the golf course is set up. The way the golf course is designed. So I think, especially the first two days when it’s the full field, it’s to be expected.

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Rory McIlroy sits just two shots off the lead after the opening round of The 150th Open, as Tiger Woods struggled on his St Andrews return.

Watch The 150th Open throughout the week live on Sky Sports' dedicated channel. "Looks like I'm going to have to shoot 66 tomorrow to have a chance," Woods admitted. I did everything that you're supposed to do around St Andrews. It's another good start at a major, three in a row for me now, and I'm looking forward to the next few days."

LIV Golf is not going away. Just check the leaderboard at The Open. But the LIV players aren't the only big storylines heading into Round 2.

"I just noticed in the practice rounds I was just barely getting the ball to the hole. "For me, I'm just showing up and trying to play good golf. "The LIV players will talk up LIV. The PGA Tour players that aren't on the LIV tour will talk the PGA Tour up and put down the LIV tour." For me, I'm just out here trying to play good golf." "I'm just trying to keep myself in position, avoid the bunkers, and just stay in position, really," Scheffler said. He has been in the top 10 in 15 of the past 18 rounds at majors going back to 2021. So anything inside 15 feet, I was really trying to hit it two, three feet past the hole just to give it a chance to go in." The cut for The Open includes the top 70 scores and ties. At the Masters in April, Woods said he needed a couple of hours to get his body going before playing a round. "It's not comparable because that was team golf [at LIV] and this is not team golf," Gooch told ESPN, when asked to compare the two events. And it was a long, slow day." It also didn't include a single LIV player in the pre-tournament news conference schedule, nor the featured pairings for the opening round Thursday.

America's Cameron Young held the lead thanks to firing eight birdies in a flawless 64.

The Open debutant, whose only experience of the Old Course was in the St Andrews Links Trophy almost a decade ago, belied his inexperience to lay down an early marker. Winds will be between 5mph to 10mph, with gusts up to 15mph. Having taken a tight line down the right-hand side, close to the Old Course Hotel, he had 195 yards to the flag. Round of the day St Andrews’ famous Road Hole has caused countless calamities for players over the years but Yorkshireman John Parry made it look simple. Shot of the day

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The iconic Old Course at St Andrews has multiple shared greens and some shared fairways, while many of the par-fours are driveable off the tee for longer ...

"So I think, especially the first two days when it's the full field, it's to be expected. "Got to 14, waited on the tee for a while," Homa explained. It's just ridiculous." The way the golf course is designed. It's the way the golf course is set up. Fitzpatrick on taking six hours to complete his opening round: "This just shouldn't be happening ever in golf."

That took the 35-year-old Yorkshireman to four under par alongside South Korea's Si Woo Kim and two-time major winner Dustin Johnson, who had recovered from a ...

I’ve been playing well, I’ve been swinging the club well, and I think it’s better if I don’t think about it that much and I just go out and play golf and try to shoot some good scores on one of my favourite golf courses in the world.” Calcavecchia, who lifted the Claret Jug at Troon in 1989, struggled to an opening 83 and played his first 14 holes in seven over par to remain in last place on 18 over. Armitage began the day seven shots off the pace following an opening 71, but picked up birdies on the fifth, sixth and ninth to reach the turn in 33.

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Rounds were taking six hours on day one of the 150th Open Championship.

The group to just finish took 6 hours and 5 minutes to complete 18 holes at #TheOpen. And it’s not slow play. What happened to penalising slow play?July 14, 2022 6+ hour pace of play here?That’s slower than a charity scramble where 80% of the golfers play once a year. "You stay in the fairway, and you're watching two other groups play golf. Xander and I talked about it, we're watching more golf than we ever have. Tiger Woods' group went out at 2.59pm local time and were approaching the final green six hours later, by which point the grandstands featured plenty of empty seats.