It’s the final Major of the year as the world’s best golfers bid for the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
You can follow all the action right here over the next few days.
Irish in action:
Rory McIlroy +5 (13)
Shane Lowry (14.59)
Darren Clarke E (1)
Padraig Harrington (14.15)
Tom McKibbin +2 (73)
Liam Nolan (A) (16.05)
It hasn’t been the start Rory McIlroy was looking for at Royal Troon. He’s already eight back from the leader Justin Thomas.
Rory’s birdie putt on the 13th comes up short, resulting in another par.
2011 champion Darren Clarke tees off with a nice drive down the first.
McIlroy found the fairway with his drive on 12. His approach shot misses the green again and his chipping skills will be put to the test again.
Rory McIlroy plays a lovely chip on nine and walks away with par.
There are yells of fore right as he sends his iron into the gorse down the right of the fairway. He gets back on track with a brave second shot, and will have a chance to get up and down to save par.
The Northern Irishman was one of the early starters and he sits in tied 48th position, on +2 after the first round
His tee-shot wasn’t precise enough and it ends up in the sand. He takes two attempts to get out of there, then misses a fifteen footer for bogey and walks off with a double.
He takes two attempts to get out of the sand on the par three eight.
His ball was initially sitting in a very awkward lie and his attempt doesn’t have enough on it, and rolls straight back into the sand.
It sits up better second time around but he’s still in bother, leaving himself with a twenty footer for bogey.
McIlroy’s approach to the ‘postage stamp’ wasn’t accurate enough and eventually after looking like it would on to the top edge, it falls instead into a green-side bunker.