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Day one document, diagnosis and moreFirst round leaderboardThat’s all from us in an instant. Robert Dinwiddie has made a late pass up the leaderboard and true into a tie for third place with Cameron Smith.
We’ll scramble away you with the overnight standings, which create very shapely discovering out for the leader, Cameron Young, and Rory McIlroy. Thanks for discovering out and join us as soon as more on Friday morning.
-8: Young (F)
-6: McIlroy (F)
-5: Smith (F), Dinwiddie (F)
-4: Brown (F), Kitayama (F), Westwood (F), Kennedy (F), Hovland (F), Gooch (F), D Johnson (F), Scheffler (F)
Rahm puffs out his cheeks and does a mock break-putter-over-knee action as he misses his birdie putt. That’s a 1-over 73.
Spieth safely knocks his rapid birdie into the outlet and a 1-below 71 is just a few form of platform although 33 gamers are in the meanwhile ahead of him.
Jon Rahm went formulation prolonged and left along with his drive at 18 and gets (free) reduction from some concrete steps.
The Spaniard drops his ball and nearly does a miniature tumble because the prolonged day takes its toll. He in the end pulls the trigger and hits a low-working chip to about eight feet.
Spieth, from the Valley of Sin, knocks his first putt to about three feet although he’s likely to be jittery with those.
Jon Rahm (+1) and Jordan Spieth (Evs) will strive to sugar slightly disappointing days with birdies at 18 although neither procure the inexperienced on the driveable par-four closer.
Inspire at 17, Patrick Cantlay (-1) does a terrific job along with his prolonged first putt and would possibly possibly possibly well create par.
Six hours and 18 minutes after he teed off, Tiger holes out for a 6-over 78. A round that started along with his opening tee-shot discovering a divot from which he hit his 2nd into the Swilcan Burn. That double bogey origin obtained worse from there and 78 is his joint-worst round in an Open. Quiet, he raises his cap to the light appreciative galleries and the next day is another day.
Playing accomplice Matt Fitzpatrick signs for a 72 in his first round in a valuable since successful the US Open closing month.
Tiger Woods acknowledges the crew after a complex day on the ragged direction. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PAPadraig Harrington birdies the closing for a 69. Effectively played sir. A round of immense craft and guile. It puts him tied for 13th.
Inspire on the 18th tee, Tiger nails one and for a in fact transient moment his ball appears to be heading straight for the flag to provide us indubitably one of the necessary absolute most sensible moments in Open historical past.
As a substitute, the ball remembers it’s now not Tiger’s day, runs out of velocity and does a U-flip off the slope and attend into the fairway.
Max Homa finds himself in an now not attainable place in the Toll road Hole bunker and wants two swipes to get out. Si Woo Kim used to be in a identical place earlier and did this.
If Spieth is pissed off, Jon Rahm has steam coming out of his ears. His putt from 15 feet at 16 pulls up honest rapid and left and the Spaniard launches true into a elephantine driver swing along with his putter. Rahm stays at +1.
Spieth’s birdie putt at 16 threatens the outlet nonetheless honest trickles left so the American, who started with a 65 when he won at Royal Birkdale in 2017, stays at -1.
Jon Rahm is in a terrific mood on 16. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty ImagesA pissed off groan from Jordan Spieth as his wedge to 16 doesn’t salvage motivate from the wind as instructed and trickles away to a tier under the flag. Here is a round that would possibly possibly possibly well light either scramble with the float away or finish up slightly promising. He’s at -1 and in a tie for 34th.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler speaks to the click after his spectacular 4-below 68, in the meanwhile honest ample for tied fourth. He’s asked what used to be the hardest half of the afternoon.
I feel seeking to establish where the ball used to be going to roll out to.
No, severely, it used to be honest so firm accessible, and the wind used to be blowing. It used to be honest playing tricky. It’s tricky to get the ball shut to the outlet.
There’s just a few holes where I don’t know if it’s imaginable to even hit the fairway, be pleased ought to you’re going to eliminate the bunkers out of play, that that you would possibly possibly possibly well possibly’t hit the fairway. So we’re roughly honest seeking to manage our formulation around the golf direction and play into certain spots.
I’m honest seeking to eliminate myself in place, eliminate some distance from the bunkers, and honest finish in place, in fact. That’s all I’m seeking to enact.
Tiger’s disaster continues as he misses an eight-foot par putt at 16. He appears to the heavens earlier than taking in the fact that his ranking is now +6.
Talking of archaic Open champions, 1989 Troon winner Designate Calcavecchia is now propping up the table on +11, a shot worse than 2001 Lytham hero David Duval. Gargantuan champions of their day nonetheless this has been a tough ragged afternoon.
Oh Padraig! Harrington used to be a dispute of motive in the construct-up, pronouncing ratings wouldn’t be as miniature as many were suggesting. The 2-time Open champ additionally talked about his bask in formulation and it’s been working effectively for most of the day.
But a tiddler drifts by on the honest at 16 and the bogey drops him attend to 2 below. Quiet a terrific chance to submit one thing in the 60s though and it’s worth noting that he’s the most efficient Open champion this century to shoot over 72 in round one nonetheless light scramble on to bid the Claret Jug. That used to be at Royal Birkdale in 2008 when he opened with a 74.
What separated Cameron Young from all americans else in an instant? Resolution: his iron play.
Smith hit all 18 greens in regulation for the first time in his profession and, now not surprisingly, ranks 1st in Strokes Won: Manner. He’s additionally 25th in SG: Placing and 1st for SG: Around The Inexperienced.
These are the stats from datagolf, whose model, sorry to bid, offers Tiger honest a 6.4% chance of setting up the minimize. Woods would possibly possibly possibly well easiest par 15 although he’s in first rate place off the tee at 16 after taking a line more down the third fairway than the one he’s supposed to be aiming at.
Cameron Young leads after some very perfect iron play. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianJordan Spieth putts up the hill for eagle at 14 nonetheless leaves himself five feet for birdie. He misses it left, tossing his putter into the air and catching it after a elephantine 360.
Spieth stays at -1 nonetheless will light bear his peer on another birdie or two over the final four holes. The wind has died down entirely now because the shadows lengthen over St Andrews.
Tiger does indeed tap in for birdie at 14 after which, displaying honest stamina (he teed off effectively over five hours prior to now), hits a luscious at ease go into the fairway at 15.
Let’s explore, play these closing four in two below to get at +3 after which scramble low on Friday. The minimize projection is around even par/-1 so it’s now not now not attainable. As I write this, Tiger floats an iron to the 15th and he’ll bear about 25 feet for birdie.
19.58pm BST leaderboardStill the identical top three nonetheless some movement in in the attend of…
-8: Young (F)
-6: McIlroy (F)
-5: Smith (F)
-4: Brown (F), Kitayama (F), Westwood (F), Kennedy (F), Hovland (F), Gooch (F), D Johnson (F), Scheffler (F), Theegala (13), Dinwiddie (11)
“Slash”, shouts Jon Rahm as he in the end gets to drive on the par-five 14th after a prolonged motivate the tree. His ball hasn’t finished quite so much of listening in an instant nonetheless this time it appears to obey and he’ll hope to scheme up a terrific eagle chance from there. He wishes to establish aside his foot down a miniature bit after playing the first 13 holes in even par.
Up on the inexperienced, Tiger has a 75-foot putt for eagle from the very fringe of the inexperienced. He sends the ball on its formulation up and over a hill and it’s beautifully judged. Birdie incoming, although it’s one that can eliminate him to +5.
And now we bear another participant at four below, Eire’s Ronan Mullarney. The 27-365 days-ragged is a archaic R&A Foundation scholar and is aware of the direction effectively: “I’ve played at St Andrews a series of events prior to now in conjunction with in The R&A Pupil Sequence and the St Andrews Hyperlinks Trophy. There’s no excuses for now not vivid the place!” That local files is serving him effectively to this point.
Here’s another fact: Mullarney has easiest played 10 holes! Blimey, the tempo is slow. Sky commentator Andrew Coltart, who is aware of St Andrews effectively, reckons there would possibly possibly be set two hours of daylight left.
Ronan Mullarney light has a prolonged formulation to scramble in his first round. Photograph: Richard Sellers/PASome of the later starters are making inroads on what has been a slightly static leaderboard for the old few hours.
Two-time valuable winner Dustin Johnson birdies the closing for a 68, Scottie Scheffler fits him with a par and Sahith Theegala joins them on -4 after a birdie at 12. Theegala has been one thing of a cult broad title on the PGA Tour this season, his easy-going nature and attacking golf nearly taking him to wins at the Rupture Administration Phoenix Open and the Travelers Championship. He’s additionally been labelled a ‘kingmaker’. When Theegala slipped up in Phoenix, it allowed Scheffler to in the end develop his first eliminate, sparking a trot that took the Texan to world Quantity 1. In an analogous device, Theegala’s double bogey at the final hole in closing month’s Travelers Championship let in Schauffele to ranking his first person PGA Tour eliminate since 2019 and that’s additionally been the catalyst for a burst of victories.
Scottie Scheffler takes iron at 18 and offers it the gargantuan lean after blocking off his tee shot out honest. For a reduce up 2nd, he’s fervent it’s flirting with the out of bounds fence nonetheless his ball lands, straightens out and rolls safely ample rapid and honest of the inexperienced. He pitches across the placing floor to about 18 feet. He’ll bear that to shoot 67.
Ten birdies to this point on the Toll road Hole and Scottie Scheffler has a 25-footer to eliminate a peep at and create it 11. Not to be nonetheless the sphere Quantity 1 would possibly possibly possibly well light knock that in for par after which he’ll head to the par-five 18th with a golden chance to flip his contemporary ranking of -4 to -5 and join Cam Smith in third.
A 3-putt from Tiger at 13 and that’s another shot gone. A wry smile as his par effort from 15 feet stays left. Woods now +6 and in a tie for 148th.
Scottie Scheffler . Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty ImagesThanks Matt. Hundreds of spectators light accessible although they’re now not getting as worthy bang for their buck as they did this morning.
With the total double greens and adjoining fairways, play can grind to a finish at events. Rounds are in fact taking over six hours! Not immense.
Xander Schauffele spoke about it after ending his 3-below 69 and that used to be earlier than the inserting around in fact kicked in. “I was now not expecting to lend a hand on shapely worthy every hole on the attend nine. I believed we handled those holes slightly effectively, brooding relating to the prolonged wait there. But yeah, I bet when it’s firm and the ball’s rolling out to 400 yards, all americans’s going to lend a hand.”
Inspire on the 12th, immense contact from Spieth. His chip from attain the gorse runs shut and he converts the birdie to get attend to 2 below for the day. Playing accomplice Jon Rahm three putts from off the inexperienced and stays one below. He’s cutting a pissed off and mopish figure. With that, I’ll surrender to Dave and explore you all the next day.
19.01pm BST leaderboardCan Scottie Scheffler break the grip of the tip three? No. He dribbles a 15 foot birdie are trying wanting the outlet at the 16th. He stays four below.
-8: Young (F)
-6: McIlroy (F)
-5: Smith (F)
Extra gorse disaster for Jordan Spieth. It’s the third time in four holes, nonetheless this most up-to-date is, be pleased the first, unlikely to be as opposed because the heart example. This time his drive at the 12th bounces by device of the inexperienced and threatens to affix the inexperienced spikes and branches, nonetheless as an different pops attend out. A tough chip to return, nonetheless a birdie is the prize if he gets it up and down.
A horribly forlorn moment for Sergio Garcia. His formulation to the 17th flies by device of the inexperienced. His subsequent shot, a putt, crosses the footpath, ascends the grassy slope, doesn’t slightly get to the tip, then dribbles attend past him. Extremely, he has no valuable championship top 10 get since he won the Masters in 2017. He makes a triple bogey seven, is four over par, and has miniature hope of breaking that awful speed soon.
Photograph: Warren Little/Getty ImagesHere’s a miniature bit of a livid stat. Since 1939 there were 15 winners of an Open on the Dilapidated Direction and each single indubitably one of them used to be within three blows of the lead after 18 holes. Beautiful news for the tip trio and extra explanation for Scottie Scheffler, now the most efficient man out on the direction at four below or better, to sneak another birdie or two.
Bogey for Spieth. No slither for him at the 10th and he slips attend to at least one below. Nor can he get his tee shot at the par-three 11th shut. A tough stretch for him.
An American pass on the leaderboard. Dustin Johnson and Scottie Scheffler both circle a birdie quantity at the par-five 14th to get to four below for the day. Within the period in-between, TV’s Rich Beem stories that the wind is choosing up.
In right fact, the 10th tests Jordan Spieth’s fortitude. He opts now not to play the shot, which used to be doubtlessly now not attainable honest-handed, and take away a penalty fall as an different. Unless he holes from around 30 feet he’s going to lose a shot to the cardboard.
Jordan Spieth and his caddie on 10. Photograph: Oisin Keniry/R&A/Getty Photos
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