British Open 2022

Rory McIlroy called the 150th Open at St. Andrews the "fiddliest" Open, but he made it look easy Thursday with a 6-under 66.

And my ball’s on the fairway, but it’s in a lie where I don’t feel like I can get the leading edge of a lob wedge underneath the ball to get a good enough strike on it. “But I played the right shot so that if I did miss it, it wasn’t in too bad of a spot but I could then get it up-and-down from. McIlroy made it look easy on Thursday, holing a 55-foot downhill birdie putt at the first and stringing together three birdies in a row beginning at the seventh. And I made pars at the holes where you’re sort of looking to make a par and move to the next tee. It continued a positive trend of fast starts at the majors for McIlroy, who previously had opened 65-67 at the PGA Championship in May and the U.S. Open in June. Yeah, I mean I did everything that you’re supposed to do around St Andrews. I birdied the holes that are birdie-able.

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.

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Making the cut will be a difficult task as a round in the mid 60s will be required, but all eyes will remain on Woods. Spieth has the creativity and skill to succeed at St. Andrews, and he will have every opportunity to prove that across his second round. "I did everything that you're supposed to do around St Andrews. I birdied the holes that are birdieable, and I made pars at the holes where you're sort of looking to make a par and move to the next tee. I think I'm going to play really well the next few days." While that means his greatest asset -- his driver -- is taken out of his hands, he will be more than fine with that if the results materialize as they did in Round 1. Instead of letting it bother me too much, and then I try to go for a stupid shot to gain back what I lost." He carried this prowess into the opening round, and it is now time to see if he can replicate it over the next 54 holes. And I think with the humps and hollows, it becomes quite unpredictable and just something that I've learned over the years." He is long and straight off the tee and credits getting over to Scotland a week early as a reason for his success in the first round. I'm happy that, as far as I know, I'm still leading The Open Championship, but it's not going to change how I feel an hour from now. I mean, it might change how I feel on the 1st tee a little bit tomorrow, but I'll forget about it very quickly." The PGA Tour rookie has been tremendous this season, finishing runner-up three times and in a tie for third at the PGA Championship, yet he came into this week having missed his last two cuts.

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“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.

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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.

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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.

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But I didn’t really feel like I hit it that bad but I ended up in bad spots. “I compounded problems with my bad speed on the greens,” he said. Wind gusts hit it and ended up in the burn. It feels like I didn’t really hit it that bad. They looked faster than what they were putting, and I struggled with it.” “I’ll have to shoot 66 to have a chance,” he said. “I had chances to turn it around and I just didn’t get it done. Hit a good tee shot down one, ended up right in the middle of a fresh divot. And every putt I left short. He looked tentative at times from the first tee through the 18th green, a far cry from the presence that radiated during 58 practice round holes where a smile was constant and good shots aplenty earlier this week. But he three-putted from the Valley of Sin. The result?

Rory McIlroy once again got off to a hot start in a major. Can he sustain it?

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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.