The Open

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.

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Justin Rose has withdrawn from The 150th Open ahead of his opening round at St Andrews, with Rikuya Hoshino a last-minute addition to the field.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

The 150th British Open is under way at the Home of Golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews. Follow here all day for updates.

Rory McIlroy is the betting favorite as he tries to end an eight-year major drought, though +1000 seems like a short number with such a stacked field. He gave a shot back at the 8th. His best finish in the Open is second in 2008, four shots behind winner Padraig Harrington. Xander Schauffele, a winner in his last two starts on the PGA Tour, is the second favorite at +1400. Here's a quick look at the favorites and notables, according to the SI Sportsbook: Here are some other notable groups (all times eastern): The 2012 U.S. Open champion finished T19 at last year's British Open and his best finish in the championship is a T12 in 2018.

The Englishman was among the early tee times and looked visually taken aback by the frosty reception from the Scottish crowd. The 46-year-old responded by ...

Whilst the PGA and DP World Tour continue to challenge those that take part in the Saudi-backed Series, the R&A adopted a different stance. "Looking ahead to The Open next year, we have been asked quite frequently about banning players," he said. "I am committed to playing around the world like I have done for so many years so it is a shame if they view this as different. Poulter's allegiance to the Greg Norman-fronted venture is therefore seen by many as a choice of financial riches ahead of Ryder Cup legacy and future captaincy. It’s a power struggle and it’s just disappointing." The Englishman was among the early tee times and looked visually taken aback by the frosty reception from the Scottish crowd.

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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.

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 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

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.

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.

England's Justin Rose withdrew from the 150th Open Championship just ahead of his scheduled tee-time in Thursday's first round, organisers announced.

Rose, 41, won the US Open in 2013 and came tied second in the British Open at Carnoustie in 2018. "On the fourth hole yesterday during my practice round, I made a swing with my driver and started to feel pain in my lower back," Rose posted on Twitter on Thursday. England's Justin Rose withdrew from the 150th Open Championship just ahead of his scheduled tee-time in Thursday's first round, organisers announced.

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.

Erik van Rooyen has withdrawn from The 150th Open with a neck injury. The South African will be replaced by England's Aaron Rai who reportedly drove up from ...

The South African was the second player on the day to withdraw following Justin Rose who was struggling with a lower back injury. This year there were some positive signs with a T4 in Dubai and a top 15 at Sawgrass but he has since struggled with form and fitness – the withdrawal signs off a miserable major year for van Rooyen after missing the cuts in the year's first three majors and now not even teeing off in Scotland. Erik van Rooyen has withdrawn from The 150th Open with a neck injury.

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, ...

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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.

DAY ONE of The 150th Open is now underway with Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm among the favourites.

He shocked many by lining up for both The Masters and the PGA Championship - both of which were difficult walks for Woods and his damaged leg. He hit a pretty bad shot as well!" The 15-time major winner had made St Andrews his main personal goal for this year making his comeback after the near-fatal car crash in February 2021. There might not have been a packed crowd at St Andrews in the early hours of the morning, but there was still some in attendance in time to watch Ian Poulter tee off and he got a frosty reception at the start of his round. This is the first time he's ever playing The Open and the only other time he made the cut at a major was at this year's PGA Championship when he finished tied-third. With the dry conditions, the ball was expected to bounce several yards down the fairway and leave him with a short shot into the green for the par-five. Rory McIlroy is chasing history at The Open this week - and he incidently hit a historic landmark on the Old Course during his opening round. He got off to a strong start and the driver was working well heading into the fifth, where he crushed his tee shot to carry 286 yards. The American has missed a couple chances to extend his lead over the field and Cameron Smith has now finish his round with a birdie on the 18th. The 150th Open Championships are now underway at St Andrews with Tiger Woods back at the home of golf and the scene of his two victories back in 2000 and 2005. And Woods certainly knows his way around St Andrews having won twice at the Old Course. The likes of Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm Xander Schauffele will all be hoping to stop Woods from winning a 16th major. DAY ONE of The 150th Open is now underway with Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm among the favourites.

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 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.

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.

Tiger Woods is back at a major championship, vying for his fourth British Open title and third at St. Andrews, the “home of golf.” Follow along for live ...

Follow along for live updates on Woods’s first round and all the other happenings at St. Andrews. He began his first round on Thursday with a double bogey after hitting his second shot into the Swilcan Burn, the course’s famous stream, and then missing a short bogey putt. Woods has had a quiet year inside the ropes as he’s made his way back from a devastating car crash in February 2021.

Tiger Woods has teed off at St. Andrews. Tracking his first round at the British Open as he seeks his fourth title.

Tiger hit the fairway to the left off the tee. Tiger save the hole for par Tiger hits the tee shot and it lands on the left side of the fairway.

Making his first professional appearance since pulling out of the PGA Championship after the third round in May, the 15-time champion would have hoped for a ...

What is the incentive to go out there and earn it in the dirt?' What these players are doing for guaranteed money, what is the incentive to practice? They will never get a chance to experience this right here. 'Some of these players may never even get a chance to play in major championships. On that occasion he managed to rescue a bogey, but went one shot worse this time around. Tiger Woods made a horror start to the 150th Open as he found the water on the opening hole.

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 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.

The Open Championship leader wanted to make sure that people understood his success story wasn't as surprising as it may look on paper.

He was in contention at the PGA Championship and is now out in front at The Open. "I lived on the lower course out there," Young explained. He shot a bogey-free round and carded a sterling 64 to put him at 8 under for the tournament.

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.

The Open started Thursday with Ian Poulter getting booed and with Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young getting off to hot starts on the Old Course.

He made a long birdie putt on the 1st hole and rattled off three straight birdies on 5, 6 and 7 to jump to four under, tied for second and three behind Young. He made consecutive birdies on 5, 6 and 7 and got to three under on his round with a birdie on 12. Tiger Woods headlines the afternoon wave, teeing off at 9:59 a.m. ET (2:59 p.m. local) alongside U.S. Open champ Matthew Fitzpatrick and Max Homa. They are the first of three straight marquee pairings. He has five top 10s this season and has been the runner-up three times, but is still looking for his first win. Other notables: Cameron Smith is four under through 13, and Bryson DeChambeau is three under after 15. It likely won’t stand at the end of the day (he’s already been usurped by Cameron Young), but it’s a solid start for the kid.

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.

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.

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.

1:55 p.m.. Cameron Young opened his first British Open by shooting 8-under 64 to take a three-stroke clubhouse lead at St. Andrews. Among the players on his ...

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.

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.

The Northern Irishman's six-under-par first round left him just two shots behind afternoon clubhouse leader Cameron Young of the United States, ...

And that's where I feel most comfortable." "I came in here playing well, and I've played this golf course well over the years. Everything feels like it's in good shape," he said.

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.

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.

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

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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"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.

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

Cameron Young seized the lead in the first round of the 150th British Open at St Andrews on Thursday after an outstanding eight-under-par 64, ...

I think that's important to do," said the 33-year-old, who like Young will not tee off until the afternoon on Friday when forecast morning showers are expected to have passed. All I heard was clapping," said Poulter. ST ANDREWS - Cameron Young seized the lead in the first round of the 150th British Open at St Andrews on Thursday after an outstanding eight-under-par 64, while Rory McIlroy sits two strokes back but Tiger Woods endured a woeful afternoon on his return to the Old Course. His dropped just one shot at the par-four 13th and his score matched that in the opening round on his way to victory at Hoylake eight years ago. Cameron Young seized the lead in the first round of the 150th British Open at St Andrews on Thursday after an outstanding eight-under-par 64, while Rory McIlroy sits two strokes back but Tiger Woods endured a woeful afternoon on his return to the Old Course. 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.

Cameron Young of the United States stormed into the lead with an eight-under-par 64 in the first round of the 150th British Open at St Andrews.

More dropped shots followed at the third and fourth. All I heard was clapping," said Poulter. I think that's important to do," said the 33-year-old, who will not tee off until mid-afternoon on Friday. 78 - Richard Bland, Stewart Cink (USA), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Tiger Woods (USA) 70 - Patrick Cantlay (USA), Thomas Detry (BEL), Ernie Els (RSA), Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Lucas Herbert (AUS), Robert MacIntyre Els sits tied for 27th alongside Dylan Frittelli who also shot 70.

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He made it two in a row by landing his approach shot at the par-4 10th 4 feet from the pin. He finished with five bogeys along with the two doubles. "Over the course of a career or a round?" Woods' first tee shot found a divot in the fairway, and upon hitting his approach, he had to turn his head away to keep from soil blowing into his eyes. Yes. Yeah, over the course of a career, yes. He ended the day tied for 146th out of 156 golfers in the field.

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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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78 - Richard Bland, Stewart Cink (USA), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Tiger Woods (USA) 70 - Patrick Cantlay (USA), Thomas Detry (BEL), Ernie Els (RSA), Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Lucas Herbert (AUS), Robert MacIntyre 68 - Barclay Brown, Talor Gooch (USA), Viktor Hovland (NOR), Dustin Johnson (USA), Brad Kennedy (AUS), Scottie Scheffler (USA), Lee Westwood, Kurt Kitayama (USA)

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That was actually the first and only major championship at which Young has made a cut (0-4 otherwise), though he's sure to double that up at St. Andrews, whether he goes on to become Champion Golfer of the Year or not. The 25-year-old former Wake Forest golfer has yet to win a tournament on the PGA Tour, but a T3 finish at the PGA Championship a couple months ago raised eyebrows about his long-term potential. The hope entering the 150th Open at St. Andrews was that Tiger Woods would some way, some how play himself into contention in what may be the 15-time major winner's last time playing his favorite course. Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/BgVpjHQj02 July 15, 2022 Round of the day so far belongs to one of the LIV golfers. Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ayLK6urQEk July 15, 2022 Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/uA4BWBkAuS July 15, 2022 Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/cMJCPZs8e3 July 15, 2022 CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights below. Tying the lowest first round ever recorded by a first-timer in The Open, the Wake Forest product will look to finally enter the winner's circle as he has finished runner-up on three different occasions this season. Meanwhile, others such as Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and Matt Fitzpatrick will be fighting just to make the cut. 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.

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."