Open Championship

The Sporting News is following Tiger as he makes his way through the legendary Old Course at St. Andrews. Follow along with us.

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Tiger Woods' opening round at the Open Championship got off to a disastrous start as he double bogeyed the 1st hole.

With a wedge in his hands, Woods blasted his ball out of the divot on his approach shot, sending sand flying into his eyes. When Woods tapped in the ensuing putt, the scoreboard reflected a sobering reality. After dropping short of the hazard and pitching his fourth shot to three feet, he left himself with just over three feet for bogey. The announcers made note of a slight smirk on Woods’ face as he approached and saw where his ball had ended up. Woods tipped his cap as the crowd exploded in applause. If Woods was going to win a major in 2022, the Old Course would almost certainly be the venue.

That gave him a two-shot lead in the clubhouse from McIlroy, whose 66 included three straight birdies between the fifth and seventh holes. Young, ranked 32nd in ...

All I heard was clapping," said Poulter.Former Open champion Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood are also among the LIV series members at St Andrews. More dropped shots followed at the third and fourth. I think that's important to do," said the 33-year-old, who will not tee off until mid-afternoon on Friday. The LIV model, he said on Wednesday, "is not in the best long-term interests of the sport as a whole and is entirely driven by money". Open organisers the R&A opted not to ban the rebels, in contrast to moves made by the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour. McIlroy was the favourite for the Claret Jug coming into the week, and the Northern Irishman, who won the Open in 2014, lived up to his billing in the opening 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.

A long, windy and fast day at St. Andrews has recalibrated expectations entering the final 54 holes at the Old Course.

This was not a young Cat, pacing up and down the side of the sea, readying for the kill. 9. Tiger at sunset: Walking the final three holes with Tiger Woods on Thursday -- as the sun bowed below the Old -- was quite an experience. Irishman Paul Dunne led after 54 holes in 2015, and American Jordan Nieburgge went on to finish in the top 10 that same year. Some of that was because the Old baked as the day advanced, and some of it was because the wind whipped late and it was legitimately cold by the time the last group was finishing. "I think the media are stoking it up and doing as much as they can to aid that," he said. "I think the general public just want to go out there and see good golf no matter where it's being played or who's playing it." "It's the way the golf course is set up. 3. Wave on wave: The Old Course played harder and harder and harder as Thursday wore on. "I don't know [if experience in contending at the PGA Championship helps]," said Young. "I think any time you're around the lead in a major championship or any PGA Tour event, frankly, you get more and more comfortable every time. Scheffler to be feared at the top of the leaderboard. That changes with a win at St. Andrews given Scheffler would join Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Tiger Woods as the only golfers with five wins including the Masters and The Open in the same year. The big-bopping former Wake Forest Demon Deacon contended at this year's PGA Championship and has been one of the best neophytes on the PGA Tour all season.

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Editor's note: The R&A operates The Open Championship and controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. For more information on how to watch this week, please visitThe Open Championship's website. HOW TO FOLLOW (All times ET) Round 2 of The Open Championship takes place Friday from legendary St. Andrews in Scotland where PGA TOUR rookie Cameron Young held the lead at 8 under after the opening round. - The Old Course at St. Andrews is the host venue for The Open Championship. (Keyur Khamar/PGA TOUR) How to Watch The Open Championship, Round 2: Live streaming, live scores, tee times, TV times

The 150th Open Championship is scheduled to tee off at the home of golf, St Andrews' Old Course, in Scotland on Thursday.

The former UCLA men's golf standout finished the first round of The Open Championship in an eight-way tie for 27th after shooting a 2-under 70. Cantlay is No. 5 ...

Since then, though, Cantlay has has tied for 41st and missed the cut at his last two trips to the Open. Leaving UCLA after two award-winning seasons, Cantlay was the top-ranked amateur in the world in both 2011 and 2012. Cantlay parred the first two holes, only to three-putt on three and get stuck with a quick bogey. His tee shot wound up going 366 yards and sailing over the green, forcing him to take a drop. A 95-yard approach that wound up 7 feet from the hole got Cantlay rolling, though, as he finally came through with a birdie on seven. Cantlay has one PGA Tour win in the 2022 season – following three wins and a Ryder Cup victory in 2021 – but his success in the majors has not exactly followed the same pattern.

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.

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Cameron Young leads the field after a blistering debut first round at the 150th Open Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland on Thursday.

I had my chances to turn it around and get it rolling the right way and I didn't do it." By his own recent high standards, Fitzpatrick also endured a difficult evening, bogeying three times to finish even for the opening day. Later, one of his stray drives fractured the hand of a PGA Tour employee, who returned to the course in a sling. I just needed to take ownership of it again," he added. After teeing off at 2:59 p.m. local time, Woods and his two playing partners -- compatriot Max Homa and newly crowned US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick -- did not finish their round until just over six hours later. Everything feels like it's in good shape ... nice and quiet, which is a nice way to be. "Everything feels very settled," McIlroy told reporters." Crowds flocked to follow his round and roared each of his three birdies as if he was once again contending at the top of the leaderboard yet, as Woods recognized Wednesday, this is his new "difficult" reality. "I might struggle tomorrow. But I think it's just important for me to take tomorrow as it comes and do what I can." Barring a "too cute" second shot that led to his sole bogey of the round at the 13th, the four-time major winner was content with a good day's work. I might shoot 64 again.

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