The Open 2019 LIVE leaderbord: Rory McIlroy nine off lead as Shane Lowry leads the way and Tiger Woods begins
Follow the latest scores from the 148th Open Championship as the final major of the year returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest scores from The Open live as the first day at Royal Portrush gets underway.
The 148th Open Championship returns to Northern Ireland for only the second time in the tournament’s grand history, 68 years after first visiting Portrush in 1951, and features a heavily-packed Irish contingent of Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell and plenty others.
But a number of Americans arrive at the final major of the year heading the pecking order, with Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods both hotly fancied after their recent form – the former unstoppable in majors over the last two years and latter claiming his 15th major at the Masters.
But there are plenty of other names in the mix from closer to home, with former world No 1 Justin Rose and in-form Englishman Matt Wallace among those to watch, while Jon Rahm is expected to challenge for his first major victory.
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Justin Rose (-2) finishes with a par on the 18th. Three birdies and a bogey in a 2-under round of 69. It's been an up and down day for Justin, full of imaginative shots and a few mistakes but he goes into the clubhouse,just three back.
Tony Finau (-3) completes his round as well. No shots dropped in a round of 68 and three birdies made. It's been a good effort from the American and he's set well for tomorrow.
John Rahm (-4) comes into trouble on the 15th but settles for a bogey 5. He drops a shot and falls one back. On the 16th Rahm misses a putt for birdie but manages to hold onto par.
The wheels were just threatening to come off for Rahm (-4) as he found the bunker with his second shot, his third was a cracker though, chipped onto the green and left about two feet from the hole.
Jason Day finishes his round in the red at 1-under par. An eight par streak was broken on the last hole with a bogey five.
His playing partner Dustin Johnson (+1) suffered a similar fate but finished the wring side of the par line.
Day One of the 148th Open Championship is winding down, seven groups remain on the course but it's unlikely anyone will catch JB Holmes.
Not impossible but unlikely.
It's over for Tiger Woods (+7) he's been far from his best today and his round can be summed up with the final par putt. Another miss that led to a drop shot.
Matt Wallace (+2) dug in deep and took back control of a round that could have gotten away from him. He goes in with a 73 and a chance to make the cut tomorrow.
John Rahm finishes his round. He drops two shots in the last four holes and drops back into the chasing pack at (-3). A bogey on the last inflames his Spanish passion and he's disappointed with the way that he finished.
A round of 68 with six birdies and three bogeys sets Rahm up for the chase on Friday.
Leaderboard Update:
Holmes -5 (66)
Lowry -4 (67)
Rahm -3 (68)
Garcia -3 (68)
Koepka -3 (68)
Westwood -3 (68)
Fleetwood -3 (68)
Five more players sit on -3 including Inamori and Turner who are still out on the course
Ashton Turner (-3) heads into the last four holes, statistically four of the top five hardest holes on the course today.
He's the only player left on the course with a chance to reach leader JB Holmes at (-5). As he's off first tomorrow we'll bring you an update on how his finals holes went.
For now though, I'm signing off but I'll be back at 6:30am with all the action from Day Two of the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
See you then!
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