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.
Follow the live scores below.
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Leaderboard Update:
Romain Langasque takes a one shot lead into the eighth. 17 players are under par for their rounds.
Langasque -3 thru 7
Pepperell -2 thru 6
Lowry -2 thru 6
Noren -2 thru 5
MacIntyre -2 thru 3
Johnston -2 thru 3
2nd hole
Sungjae Im (-2) makes a four on the par-5 second to earn back-to-back birdies and a share of the lead.
8th hole
Langasque (-2) found some trouble on the eighth and drops a shot.
4th hole
The fourth is the undoing of both Beef (-1) and MacIntyre (-1) drop shots see them move back to 1-under.
12th hole
Darren Clarke (-2) and James Sugrue (a) (-2) give the crowd some more to cheer as they both make birdies on 12.
Very similar rounds for the two of them today with four birdies and two bogeys a piece.
What a shot!
Scotland's Connor Syme (-1), in trouble off the tee, sends his third onto the green, gets the required side spin and rolls into the hole from the fairway.
2nd hole
More cheers from the home crowd, this time for Graeme McDowell (-1) who finishes a steady second hole with a birdie.
13th hole
Charley Hoffman (-2) finds his second birdie of the day on the fourth hole of the back nine. It's been a long wait for Hoffman but he's not dropped a shot yet in his round.
Here comes the Champion
Francesco Molinari makes his way to the first tee. The reigning champion will be playing with Bryson DeChambeau and Adam Scott.
1st hole
Three decent tee shots from Molinari, DeChambeau and Scott, Molinari's just finding the first cut.
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