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'No free lunch': Rebels on majors collision course as golf chief drops brutal hint.

“The continued commentary that this is about growing the game is just not credible and if anything is harming the perception of our sport.” “I believe the (LIV) model...is not in the best long-term interests of the sport as a whole and is entirely driven by money. “We published the conditions of competition for the Open back in January and February,” he said. The R&A followed the lead of the US Open by allowing rebel players to compete in the 150th Open at St Andrews, despite the PGA Tour and DP World Tour moving to ban them. R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said in a press conference in St Andrews on the eve of this year’s Open that banning members of the LIV series was “not on our agenda” despite stinging criticism of the Saudi-backed tour, which he said was “not in the long-term interests of the sport” and “driven by money”. “Players have to earn their place in the Open and that is fundamental to its ethos and its unique global appeal.”

At his annual pre-Open press conference, Martin Slumbers preemptively spoke out against LIV Golf and challenged the notion it was something that would help ...

The potential exists that all four of the organizations could limit the number of players from the World Rankings that compete in their majors, thus limiting the access of LIV golfers to majors. The process generally takes at least a year for approval, with not certainty that it will come in this instance given the divisive nature of the breakaway league. Earlier in the month, the R&A released a statement saying that given the qualifying criteria was published since the start of the year, it would be unfair to have restricted any LIV players from competing so close to the championship. The Open is about having the best players in the world playing, and I want to see who shoots the lowest score come Sunday night.” "In fact, it's many years since he's even been to The Open. So there would have been another reason for that [this year]. It was very clear [we needed to] protect the integrity of this week." The R&A did, however, ask LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, a two-time Open champion, not to attend ceremonial events that several past winners have participated in out of concern he would be a distraction. But given the raging conflict in men’s pro golf between the PGA Tour and the insurgent LIV Golf circuit, that was never going to be the case when he met with the media for his pre-championship press conference on Wednesday. "And I'll welcome them onto the 18th green. Players have to earn their place in The Open, and that is fundamental to its ethos and its unique global appeal.” “But what is on our agenda is that we will review our exemptions and qualifications criteria for The Open. And whilst we do that every year, we absolutely reserve the right to make changes as our Open Championships Committee deems appropriate. “Looking ahead to The Open next year, we have been asked quite frequently about banning players. We believe it undermines the merit-based nature and the spirit of open competition that makes golf so special.”

If you like your Opens with sideways rain, sideways flags and sideways players due to nasty weather, you're going to have to wait until next year at ...

It is Scotland. One happened on Wednesday in the early afternoon, players and fans so surprised they had to scramble for umbrellas. While expected to be sunny, the temperatures won’t be too hot if you will. That doesn’t mean there isn’t the possibility of a pop-up shower. You’ll notice that “dry” is used seven times, and at least once everyday. "There are two seasons in Scotland, June and winter." "If you don’t like the weather in Scotland, wait an hour."

'Hardest shot in golf': The three holes that will make and break the 150th Open champion.

“It really only gets difficult when they put the pin right over the valley of sin, which they generally do at least two or three times in the Open. Usually you just put it 10-20 yards in front of the green and then you’ve got a nasty shot that’s very tricky. “It’s not that far to the out of bounds fence on the right. The conditions will dictate to what club you’re going to try to use off that tee.” “You just have to avoid the bunkers at all cost. You’ve got to avoid that at all cost. “I think you just try to hit the fairway if you can, from there you try to hit it to the front-right edge of the green and then try to get it up and down.

The top 22 players in the field will all have a chance to raise the Claret Jug at the 150th Open.

20. Brooks Koepka (T4 in 2019): Sadly, he is no longer the golfer who dominated the sport from 2017-19, but he doesn't have to be to play a role in this championship. Fleetwood finished T4 at the Scottish Open and T5 at the PGA Championship in May, both of which were in blustery conditions. 8. Patrick Cantlay (T12 in 2018): For a big game hunter, Cantlay has been unable to do just that in major championships, but a quiet T14 finish at the U.S. Open could be the turning point in his career. 17. Tony Finau (3 in 2019): Statistically, Finau should be ranked near the top 10, but his inability to win throughout his tenure on the PGA Tour is a red flag. 15. Max Homa (T40 in 2021): It was a nice debut last year at Royal St. George's and may have served as a launch pad into this year's major championships where he has seen the weekend in all three. The best players in the world tend to rise to the occasion in major championships, and the two-time major winner is no different. 5. Jordan Spieth (Won in 2017): The weekend at the Scottish Open may have been the perfect encapsulation of Spieth as a golfer. WIth nine top-10 finishes in his major championship career, Schauffele's first close call came in 2018 at Carnoustie when he finished T2. He has the game to compete on this stage, and now, he must believe it is his time. 1. Rory McIlroy (Won in 2014): After playing four straight weeks, McIlroy has taken time away from competitive golf and will head into The Open with his latest result a T19 at the Travelers Championship. Unable to defend his 2014 title at St. Andrews due to a ruptured ligament in his left ankle from a "kickabout" with friends, the Northern Irishman's relationship with the Home of Golf is an odd one to say the least. The Spaniard finished in a tie for third last year at Royal St. George's and impressed over the course of the final 54 holes, playing them in 12 under after opening with a round of 1 over. 3. Jon Rahm (T3 in 2021): He fell off the pace over the weekend at The Renaissance Club, but Rahm is about as sure as a sure thing in the world of golf. 2. Scottie Scheffler (T8 in 2021): While he was one of many premier players to miss the cut at the Scottish Open, Scheffler has proven capable of bouncing back from poor outings.

The R&A's chief executive issued a stark warning to the players and did little to disguise his disdain for the new Saudi-backed series.

In June, the chief executive of the United States Golf Association, which controls the U.S. Open, said that the group would “re-evaluate” the criteria it uses to set that tournament’s roster. “We are absolutely determined to ensure that this goes down in history as about the 150th Open,” he said. Tiger Woods used part of a news conference on Tuesday to denounce LIV, and he joined Rory McIlroy, another Open winner, in endorsing the decision to banish Norman from St. Andrews this week. On Tuesday, it said that LIV Golf, which draws much of its financing from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, had asked this month for “inclusion” and that it was beginning to review the application. “We will hold totally true to the Open being open to anybody. We decided that we didn’t want the distraction.” The group that oversees the Official World Golf Ranking system, which factors in results from nearly two dozen tours worldwide, could do much to settle the debate, or at least drive it in one direction or another. “This is a golf tournament. “I never said the best golfers will not be able to play,” Slumbers said. A change, though, could narrow their number and perhaps weigh on younger players who do not have major-championship wins to their names and are choosing between LIV and more traditional paths. And if other major tournaments take similar action, as two have already suggested they might, players could be forced to pick between millions in guaranteed money or the possibility of playing for their sport’s most historically cherished honors. John Daly is playing at St. Andrews this week because he won an Open and is 60 or under, and Aaron Jarvis is in the field as the year’s Latin America amateur champion.

The 150th Open Championship gets underway Thursday, July 14 at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. Nicknamed “The Home of Golf,” the course is home ...

10:21 a.m.-5:20 a.m. – Patrick Cantlay, United States; Sam Burns, United States; Mito Pereira, Chile. 9:59 a.m.-4:58 a.m. – Tiger Woods, United States; Matt Fitzpatrick, England; Max Homa, United States. 9:04 a.m.-4:03 a.m. – David Duval, United States; Justin Harding, South Africa; Jordan Smith, England. 7:31 a.m.-2:30 a.m. – Talor Gooch, United States; Shaun Norris, South Africa; Wyndham Clark, United States. 5:31 a.m.-10:32 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, United States; Chris Kirk, United States; Takumi Kanaya, Japan. 2:52 a.m.-7:53 a.m. – John Daly, United States; Bryson DeChambeau, United States; Cameron Tringale, United States. 5:20 a.m.-10:21 a.m. – Will Zalatoris, United States; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Tony Finau, United States. 4:47 a.m.-9:48 a.m. – Jason Kokrak, United States; Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark; Sihwan Kim, United States. 3:36 a.m.-8:37 a.m. – Zach Johnson, United States; Billy Horschel, United States; Corey Conners, Canada. 2:41 a.m.-7:42 a.m. – Patrick Reed, United States; Tom Hoge, United States; JooHyung Kim, South Korea. 1:57 a.m.-6:58 a.m. – Dean Burmester, South Africa; Chan Kim, United States; Brandon Wu, United States. 2:30 a.m.-7:31 a.m. – Phil Mickelson, United States; Lucas Herbert, Australia; Kurt Kitayama, United States.

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A look at who will be left standing with the Claret Jug in their grasp after the 150th edition of The Open Championship.

I'm overjoyed to watch him work the ball both ways in this thumping Scottish wind as he tries to take home his first Open Championship and second major of the year. He's one of the handful of best iron players in the field, and though there are obvious concerns about the putter and short game, he's a much better lag putter than a short one. Spieth has some unfinished business from 2015 when he fell one shot short of a playoff, and his contention last week at the Scottish Open -- although not a great facsimile for the Old Course -- portends more contention this weekend at St. Andrews. Odds: 16-1 Schauffele might have the best all-around game in the world, which is massive at Open Championships. Ripping off a third consecutive tournament win on Sunday at St. Andrews would not be surprising in the least. A crispy golf course is ready for the world's best this week, and hopefully, we will get an all-time Open in the process. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- The time has come to select a champion, or in this case a pool of champions.

The anticipation for the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews is real, from players to officials to fans as golf tries to soak up some much-needed and ...

They try to strategize for a course that has a habit of blowing strategy into the North Sea. As Rory McIlroy remarked, “It's going to be a game of chess this week.” It is a place that turns atheists into believers, and cynics into dreamers. Or how the course spills into town, and no matter what bar you duck into it feels like half the 17th grandstands decided to join. The reason greens are called “greens” here is they are the only things relatively green on the course. There is Spieth, who was this close from completing the third leg of the Grand Slam that same year before the Road Hole had other plans. The challenge is knowing when the wind is friend or foe … or recognizing it can be both. They marvel at the sky, watching flags in perpetual extension, and though the Open is played on the ground the air cannot be ignored. Their job is a game, yet it is still a job and most tend to treat it as such. Judging by the grins and spirited chatter of those who milled in the area, or from the players and caddies who look up and down and around when they make their ways up to the green, they feel the same way. Precision and power, the two tenets of the modern game, take a backseat to vision, artistry and feel. “This is a lot of fun.” As many times as it’s broadcast on television, or framed in clubhouses around the world, or visited by those lucky enough to make the pilgrimage, the convergence of course and town and villagers and history is so picturesque and poignant it seems too perfect to be true.

The Open Championship 2022 at St. Andrews Old Course, round one LIVE (3.30pm) —. Australia's top-ranked male golfer Cameron Smith says he enters this year's ...

“And again, at St. Andrews, if he does his deal, he’s one of the best iron players to ever play, if not the best. Speaking on Sirius XM on Wednesday, Couples said: “I talk to him every night and when he tells me things, you know, some are top secret. It would be awesome to win an Open here,” he said. But when he talks about his game, he says, ‘I am driving it really, really well. Woods pulled out of the PGA Championship after three rounds due to his leg, then skipped the US Open to prepare for The Open. By his own assessment, Smith has “played the best golf of his life” this year and is no stranger to contending at the majors with four top-five finishes since making his 2015 debut.

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.

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.

Scoring has been good. Just over 50 players are under par. Cameron Young remains the leader after his 64 in his Open debut. ___. 5 p.m.. Rory McIlroy ...

They also decided on a new trophy — the claret jug. 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 flamboyant Englishman began his round by coming within a few yards of going out-of-bounds. With a third-place finish at the Scottish Open last week, Kim underlined his liking of links. He was promoted to first alternate after Rikuya Hoshino replaced Justin Rose, who withdrew because of a back injury just before he was due to start his round. The American missed the cut in five of his first six majors. Cameron Smith of Australia is in the clubhouse after a 67. Young two-putted for birdie at No. 18 to complete a clean card in his first competitive round at the home of golf. After his double bogey on the opening hole, Woods made another double bogey on No. 7 after hitting into a bunker on an adjacent fairway. McIlroy says he feels in control of his game and that gives himself a little more freedom. He still went out in 5-over 41 and already was 13 shots out of the lead.

The Australian shot a stylish five-under par 67 to finish the first round in third spot, three strokes short of American leader Cameron Young.

"Standing on the first tee at St Andrews in an Open is something that I've only dreamt of doing as a kid, and for it to all come real and to have the support I did out there today was pretty cool." - Smith is just three shots off the lead after his best-ever start to The Open with a three-under-par 67 Cameron Smith is hoping to parlay his best start at a British Open into a long-overdue first Australian triumph at St Andrews in more than 60 years.

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.

'I need to do it': Gruelling Tiger mission laid bare as star limps to round one shocker.

I need to do it.” That’s my responsibility tomorrow is to go ahead and do it. There were sparks of the old Woods in back-to-back birdies on the ninth and 10th, as well as a 376 metre drive at the 15th, to the delight of huge galleries following the American’s every shot.

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.

'Let it go, dude': How fiery exchange, bizarre contradiction exposed 'tense' golf war truth.

“But I think the general public just want to go out there and see good golf no matter where it’s played or who is playing it.” You’re creating issues where there aren’t. You want to do it that way, fine.” The LIV players will talk the LIV Tour up, the PGA Tour players who aren’t on the LIV Tour will talk the PGA Tour up and put down the LIV Tour ... I don’t pay much (attention) to people’s opinions.” Pressed further, Mickelson snapped back: “Let it go, dude. Let it go. “I get to have golf in my life on a scale that’s fun, exciting and different and lets me play and compete and still do things outside that I still want to do.”

Star's bizarre 4.30am Tiger wake-up, Mickelson ends 11-year feud with Aussie gun: Oz Open Wrap.

His round featured eight birdies and four bogeys in a rollercoaster start to his tournament. In the video, Phil Mickelson denies the youngster an autograph on course. It woke me up at 4am; it was a good wake-up call I guess. But his 4am wake-up was more than a little bizarre, with Lee revealing he was woken by video of Tiger Woods’ victory at the 2000 Open at St Andrews on his laptop. “I was watching Tiger in 2000 St Andrews before I closed the laptop at 8.30pm and fell asleep, but it was playing when it was closed somehow. I’ll probably watch five or six episodes of that this afternoon.

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.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- After Rory McIlroy made par at the 4th hole Thursday en route to his 66 in the first round of the 2022 Open Championship, ...

The patience has a payoff, though, and it could come come Sunday for Rory because there is no greater reward in golf than winning the most consequential Open at the Home of Golf. It's a long week, and McIlroy is laboring to stay in the moment. And three to see if the best player of his generation can resuscitate the green boxes on his major championship Wikipedia page. It's easy to push the future out of your mind when it's way out in the distance. It's much harder when you're three 68s away -- on a golf course you've owned -- from the best win of your career. Waiting, however, might mean they get one of him with the Claret Jug on Sunday instead of him striding home in second place on Thursday. McIlroy hit a mediocre wedge off the thinnest of lies, though, and labored to make 4. At the PGA, he was six strokes worse in Round 2. After six consecutive years of bumpy first-round play, McIlroy has been awesome in three of the first four opening rounds at majors this season. I never got a chance to go to the champions dinner. A commotion stirred behind them as a group of fans yelped about missing out on the only photo they desired: Rory bouncing across the Swilcan Bridge toward whatever the hell the next three days have in store. He hung back with playing partners Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele as a traffic backup more reminiscent of Los Angeles than St. Andrews ensued on the hole ahead.

A week which started so well turned sour for Tiger Woods, whose opening-round 78 put him 14 shots adrift of leader Cameron Young, who is three clear of ...

“It didn’t feel too great to be honest because of the bad start,” said Scott, who faces a quick turnaround for his morning tee-time of 8.14am (5.14pm AEST) after taking more than six hours to complete his round. Johnson joined the group on four-under with a birdie at the 18th and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler also finished on that mark in the next three-ball. He made his first move on the second hole, draining a huge putt from the raised part of the green on the second hole. Jason Scrivener had a decent day of it, too, playing in the more difficult afternoon conditions and finishing at level par. Robert Dinwiddie of England joined Smith at five-under as one of the last players to complete his round. I don’t think that I played a perfect round of golf.

Following his five-under 67 at the Old Course, the Aussie revealed his afternoon plans, and they sound ideal.

Could mean he's binge watching "Peaky Blinders," could mean he's literally cruising around the town and having a few beverages, or it could mean he's going to bed early. Two things: A. I don't watch "Peaky Blinders" but I do know it's based in Europe (Britain, specifically), so the fact he's watching that in Europe, at the damn Open Championship, is a little too on brand. B. "Cruisy night" is such a perfectly Australian way to describe a lowkey evening.

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.

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 ...

12:15 p.m.. Cameron Young might be justifying all the pre-event talk of record low scores at St. Andrews. Young rolled in a birdie putt from four feet at No. 12 ...

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. Rose finished tied for fourth as an amateur at Royal Birkdale in 1998. Meanwhile, Justin Rose and Alex Noren are both out of the British Open, but only one of them will be playing this week. The flamboyant Englishman began his round by coming within a few yards of going out-of-bounds. With a third-place finish at the Scottish Open last week, Kim underlined his liking of links. He was promoted to first alternate after Rikuya Hoshino replaced Justin Rose, who withdrew because of a back injury just before he was due to start his round. ___ The American missed the cut in five of his first six majors.

While some players received a cool reception at the Old Course, others were embraced.

He was right there, when Lawrie got this 30th Open at the Old Course off and running. Lawrie can also get a coveted Old Course tee time whenever he likes, and he didn’t even need the honorary membership for that. The clubhouse, the imposing R&A stone fortress, was behind him, as Lawrie finished and later when he talked to reporters. He can go to the bar there for a meal or a refreshment. He was watching when Jean van de Velde made a 7 on the 72nd hole of the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie. Lawrie would win in a three-man playoff, and by virtue of his victory, he has been invited to every Open since. You can hit it in the burn, on the road, on the beach. But the sea was there. For one thing, Mickelson revealed that score to reporters upon completing his round, and the R&A website confirmed it. He did win last year’s PGA Championship. His name is on the claret jug, alongside Lawrie’s and John Daly’s (73) and Francisco Molinari’s (73). Lawrie enjoyed a 2 (driver to 5 feet) on the home hole and signed for 74. Lawrie, an unpretentious, working pro in an era when even the caddies can sound as if they work in corporate communications, had his yellow ball on a white tee. Yes, the fairway is wider than a soccer pitch is long, and he was hitting a 3-iron. But Lawrie was about to do something nobody had ever done: hit the first shot of this 150th British Open.

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

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.

Tiger Woods is heading into Saturday morning's second round of The Open knowing it may be the final time he plays the iconic St Andrews.

I think that’s important to do,” said the 33-year-old, who will not tee off until mid-afternoon on Friday. Only seven in the field shot a worse score than Woods in the first round, leaving one of the game’s all-time greats down in 146th and needing a drastic turnaround in his second round to extend his tournament into the weekend. In a sad end to a marathon day where he was in the final playing group, Woods walked to the 18th green with only a small group of fans cheering on. His round of 78 is his equal worst ever round at the The Open in 22 starts. Woods endured a miserable return to the British Open as the three-time champion laboured to a six-over-par 78 to leave his chances of making the cut looking slim. Tiger Woods has suffered a humiliating start to The Open and suddenly he could be walking off the course for the final time.

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Poulter miraculously managed to save par on the opening hole. When made aware of the boos he received, Poulter quipped, “Oh, my gosh, I have heard not one heckle. In 18 holes, not one noise.