The Open

[sparky]

Three golfers from the British and Irish Isles at the top of the leader board.

Lowry - 7 Clubhouse
Brown -5 14
Rose -4 10
Scheffler, Horschel and Burmester on -2 in the clubhouse.

Shane Lowry, the 2019 Open Champion, must be the favourite if he can hold it all together. Justin Rose, who tied for 2nd in 2013 and finished 4th way back in 1997, has been here before too.

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Few players went around in less than par today.

Clubhouse scores

Lowry -7
Brown -5
Rose -5
Scheffler, Herschel and Burmester -2
Schauffe, Day, Conners, Cantlay -1
Jordan Evens

Best player still out there is Niemann on Evens past 15.

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Fox the best of the Kiwis on 4 over.

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A host of big names are going to miss the cut.

[KiwiPie]

Spare a thought for Aguri Iwasaki. Hovering around the cut line with 7 holes to play - goes double bogey, quintuple bogey, sextuple bogey (13 shots gone in 3 holes) and finishes with a triple bogey to shoot 91 and be officially last.

[nostrildamus]

@canefan said in The Open:

Royal Portrush l

Home

Royal Portrush Golf Club is the home to the world famous Dunluce Links, one of the most challenging golf courses in the world.

not bad!

[Smudge]

@JK said in The Open:

Dan Brown is your clubhouse leader after round 1 alone at -6

Impressive bogey free round

It's fair to say there's more Angels than Demons in Dan Brown's scorecard there.

[sparky]

Shane Lowry drops two shots in heavy rain on the iconic Postage Stamp hole. Opens it all up.

Horshal, Brown and Lowry tied for the lead on 6 under, Schauffle on 5 under, Rose on 4 under, Lawrence and Burns who posted 65 today in the club house on 3 under, Henley, Scheffler and Burmster are also on 3 under.

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Horshal and Lowry sharing the lead on 6 under. Some battle this.

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Dan Brown is now leading the Open.

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Conditions bloody difficult.

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Daniel Hillier not totally out of it on 2 over. An excellent 68 from him today.

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Dan Brown has a shocker on the 18th after a tough round in rough conditions.

Horshal leads by one on 4 under. Anyone of 24 golfers within 6 of a lead will fancy this tomorrow.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/major-championships/leaderboard

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Weather doesn't look too smart tomorrow. Paris will feel like birdies on the back 9 late tomorrow afternoon.

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Not that it matters much, but Ryan Fox scored a final round 67.

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Seven golfers within one shot of the lead on the Sunday afternoon.

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Xander Schauffele's made his move. Will it be decisive or is there another twist in this?

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Xander Schauffele three clear with three to play. Very much his to lose.

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Xander Schauffele is going to get his hands on the claret jug. A brilliant last round 65.

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Best Kiwi was Hillier in 19th.