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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

Tom Kershaw
Royal Portrush
Thursday 18 July 2019 15:27 BST
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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.

Follow the live scores below.

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5th hole

Harrington (-2) joins the leaders! There's a great deal of support for the Irish and Northern Irish players here as evidence by the cheer for Harrington as his birdie putt of five dropped. 

Four of the ten players under par are either Irish or Northern Irish and the crowd are loving it.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:01

On the tee

Here comes the Postman. Ian Poulter starts his round with draw that lands dead centre in the middle of the fairway.

He's partnering Sungjae Im and Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:06

4th hole

Alex Noren's impressive start continues as he picks up his second birdie in four holes to join the leaders at 2-under.

10th hole

Sugrue's (a) (-2) approach on the 10th sets him up for a straight forward birdie putt and he gets back to 2-under. 

Darren Clarke (-2) and Charley Hoffman (-1) both make par.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:09

BEEF! 

He shoots into the lead with an eagle on the second. A long putt over the green turns from right-to-left in the last couple of feet and rolls in off the flagstick. 

Beef takes a share of the lead at 2-under.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:12

2nd hole

It's all happening on the second. Beef's playing partners Kyle Stanley (-1) and Robert MacIntyre (-2) both make birdies.

MacIntyre has two birdies from the opening two holes.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:14

On the tee

Henrik Stenson finds the middle of the fairway, Xander Schauffle hits the first cut.

Graeme McDowell gets the loudest roar of the day as he finds the second cut. G-Mac is a proper homegrown boy at Portrush having been born and raised here.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:19

7th hole

Langasque takes the outright lead and becomes the second player today to reach 3-under with a birdie on seven.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:20

Here's a look at Beef's eagle on two. A good tee shot on the third has left him with a birdie putt there as well 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:21

11th hole

The par-4 11th takes it's toll on Darren Clarke (-1) and James Sugrue (a) (-1) as they both drop a shot. Charley Hoffman (-1) continues his solid round. 

6th hole

Mickelson (+2) drops another shot on the sixth, he looks off his game in his round so far, leaving both chips and putts short of the hole.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:26

1st hole

Xander Schauffle (-1) opens his account with a well worked birdie. He could be a contender this week as he's having a very consistent year with impressive performances in the majors.

G-Mac (evs) tidies up a testing putt for par, Stenson joins him with a four of his own. 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 09:30

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