The Open 2022

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.

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.

American Cameron Young is seven under on the opening day of the 150th Open.

With little wind and a dry, fast-running course organisers the R&A did their best to hide pins on the greens in order to provide some protection to the 7,313-yard Old Course. He then reeled off three successive birdies from the fifth, where he picked up a shot despite his drive losing some yardage after hitting a stone marker in the middle of the fairway which designates the original boundary of the course. But McIlroy was hot on his heels with a birdie attempt to also turn in 31 just sliding by, although he would have been more than satisfied with his four-under outward half.

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.

Day 1 at the 150th Open proved as eventful as anticipated. Here are the things that caught our eye during the first round at St. Andrews.

That was particularly the case through 15 holes, when Els sat a four under for his round and inside the top five on the leaderboard. And while Slumbers was diplomatic when asked if it was his worst nightmare if a LIV player won on Sunday, you get the impression it will be an awkward situation if it were to happen. Perhaps then we shouldn’t have been surprised to see 53-year-old Ernie Els appear on the leaderboard early Thursday at the Old Course. Playing in the Open for the 31st time, the 2002 and 2012 winner was wondering if competing in 2022 might have some special magical symmetry to it. Yet it very well might happen judging from the number of LIV-affiliated players on the leaderboard at day's end Thursday. Three players—Dustin Johnson, Talor Gooch and Lee Westwood—finished with 68s (Westwood despite a double bogey on his second hole) to leave themselves in a tie for fourth place. So whatever happens this week for Matt Fitzpatrick, it’s going to be hard to forget the glow of his U.S. Open triumph at Brookline. Even so, you have to think the Englishman was hoping for more than an even-par 72 in the first round at St. Andrews. It wasn’t like Fitzpatrick hit the ball poorly, but he struggled rolling in any meaningful putts. There were more to come, along with a couple doubles and a frustrating par on the 18th after his drive flirted with the green only to roll back into the Valley of Sin. It all added up to a disappointing 78. Then on the par-4 12th, Hovland attempted to drive the green but found the bunker just short of the putting surface. In between, as you might imagine, there was plenty that went on, with low scores to be had on a relatively tranquil day at the Old Course. And plenty of surprises to be found as well, including nine we felt stood out the most. If Viktor Hovland wins on Sunday, he won’t be able to say the same. On the par-5 14th, he had 30 feet for eagle and settled for par. And on the par-4 16th a six-footer for birdie was also squandered. And in watching him practice, you held out hope that he'd somehow find something to cling to and be able to put on a little bit of a show come Thursday. After all, conditions at St. Andrews seemed to be on the side of the golfer still recovering from his horrific car crash.

The catchphrase plastered all over the Old Course signage this week refers to golf as a whole; St. Andrews being the birthplace and residence of the game, and ...

And that's my responsibility tomorrow is to go ahead and do it. This, of course, is just Woods’ third tournament of 2022 and his third since the single-car accident that nearly cost him his leg. He three-putted the fourth hole, the 11th, the 13th and failed to two-putt from the Valley of Sin just short of the 18th green. It was a struggle for the healthy 26-year-olds; for a 46-year-old with a fused back and significant hardware holding his right leg together, being on your feet for that long is a worst-case scenario. "They were fantastic,” Woods said of the fans. They looked faster than what they were putting, and I struggled with it.” “Yeah, it was a lot easier today, physically, than it has been the other two events, for sure,” he said. He had walked 58 holes at St. Andrews by Tuesday at noon and arrived at the course a full 80 minutes before his tee time on Thursday. A stripey range session, coupled with a baked-out golf course that would reward guile and precision over power, brought a healthy dose of optimism that Woods could contend. It started promisingly enough, with Woods flushing a long iron into the center of the expansive first fairway—only for his ball to rest in a fresh, sandy divot. And as I said, I had my chances to turn it around and get it rolling the right way and I didn't do it.” But I didn't really feel like I hit it that bad, but I ended up in bad spots. “It feels like I didn't really hit it that bad,” Woods said.

American golfer Cameron Young is the leader after the first day of action at St. Andrews in Scotland.

10:54 a.m. – Anthony Quayle, Zander Lombard, John Parry 10:43 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan 8:26 a.m. – Cameron Young, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Robert MacIntyre 8:04 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Seamus Power 7:53 a.m. – John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale 5:53 a.m. – John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey 5:18 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira 4:58 a.m. – Tiger Woods, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Max Homa 4:14 a.m. – Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law 4:03 a.m. – David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith 3:47 a.m. – Kevin Na, Kazuki Higa, Aaron Rai After Round 1, American Cameron Young leads all golfers.

This is not the Wake Forest product's first taste of major championship contention as Young finished in a tie for third at the PGA Championship earlier this ...

10:43 a.m. -- Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan 10:10 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Justin Thomas, Viktor Hovland 8:26 a.m. -- Cameron Young, K.H. Lee, Robert MacIntyre 8:15 a.m. -- Francesco Molinari, Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose 7:53 a.m. -- John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale 5:53 a.m. -- John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey 5:20 a.m. -- Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira 4:14 a.m. -- Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law 4:03 a.m. -- David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith All times Eastern World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is also right in the mix. Joining Young near the top of the leaderboard after Round 1 was world No. 2 Rory McIlroy, who sits two shots back after posting another sterling opening 18 holes for the third time in four majors this year.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — To a man, the players are stoked to be here. The 150th Open Championship, at the Old Course, the Home of Golf? It's storybook stuff.

Yeah, I guess we are used to waiting. "I've been doing this long enough to deal with days like today," Lowry said. Yeah, it was … I felt like everything was like choppy, and it wasn't easy to get into a rhythm. Fortunately, honestly, we all talked a lot, talked to [caddie] Joe [Greiner] a lot. "I felt like I needed to call my PT back and get him to stretch me back out. "I thought we handled those holes fairly well, considering the long wait there. "It's just a joke, isn't it?" The reason behind the slowness is endemic to the Old Course, especially when it's firm. You stay in the fairway, and you’re watching two other groups play golf." ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — To a man, the players are stoked to be here. Their first prolonged wait came on the par-5 fifth tee, when the threesome ahead (Jason Kokrak, Nicolai Hojgaard and Sihwan Kim) was still waiting to hit their tee shots as McIlroy, Schauffele and Morikawa finished out on 4. "We were waiting on groups at tees, waiting on fairways.

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The 2022 Open Championship — or British Open, as the Americans call it — is underway at St. Andrews, the home of golf. The final men's major of the year, ...

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Other contenders include world No1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, 2017 champion Jordan Spieth and last month's US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, who ...

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The 150th Open Championship will feature a record prize fund at St Andrews this week. The total purse has increased by 22% to over £11.6m while the winner ...

He joked about being a “bomber” after Brookline and overpowering the Old Course. He faded at Brookline in the US Open, but did lead after two rounds before ending T-5. If he can rediscover his trademark iron play, he’ll be right there. The world No 1, a Masters champion and four-time winner in 2022. The favourite and perhaps the best player in the world at his best. Players who miss the cut will still be in line to receive a cheque depending on their performance on Thursday and Friday. Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said: “There have been significant changes in prize money over the last year.

2022 British Open tee times for Round 2 on Friday at the Old Course at St. Andrews, featuring Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young and more.

Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 10:54 a.m. – Anthony Quayle, Zander Lombard, John Parry 10:43 a.m. – Dylan Frittelli, Trey Mullinax, Matthew Jordan 8:26 a.m. – Cameron Young, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Robert MacIntyre 8:04 a.m. – Cameron Smith, Brooks Koepka, Seamus Power 7:53 a.m. – John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Cameron Tringale 5:53 a.m. – John Catlin, Jamie Rutherford, David Carey 5:18 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Mito Pereira 4:14 a.m. – Shugo Imahira, Jason Scrivener, David Law 4:03 a.m. – David Duval, Justin Harding, Jordan Smith Among the early wave, only rookie Cameron Young went lower with a round of 64. 3:47 a.m. – Kevin Na, Kazuki Higa, Aaron Rai