Cameron Smith of Australia is in the clubhouse after a 67. Rory McIlroy, the 2014 champion, and the 52-year-old Ernie Els, who lifted the claret jug in 2002 and ’12, were 5 under midway through their back nines. 14 - before his eighth birdie of the round at the last. Young made five straight pars - including three-putting at the par-5 No. The American was 7 under after 12 holes and looked set to challenge the lowest 18-hole score at a major championship, Branden Grace’s 62 at the British Open in 2017. 18 to complete a clean card in his first competitive round at the home of golf. Among the players on his tail are a couple of former champions. But he has played only seven competitive rounds this year.Ĭameron Young opened his first British Open by shooting 8-under 64 to take a three-stroke clubhouse lead at St. He made the cut in the Masters and PGA Championship. This is the third major of the year for Woods. Woods hit into the burn in 2015 and only made bogey. He took a penalty, pitched over the burn and badly missed a short putt. And then he caught too much turf with his club and the ball bounced before disappearing into the famous stream that winds along the fairway. Woods received a cheer so loud it could be heard hundreds of yards away. He hit his second shot into the Swilcan Burn. Andrews the same way he did the last time. Tiger Woods has started this British Open at St. 7 after hitting into a bunker on an adjacent fairway. After his double bogey on the opening hole, Woods made another double bogey on No. He says he expects to give a better account of himself. McIlroy says he feels in control of his game and that gives himself a little more freedom. At both majors, it was the third round that got away from him. He was only one shot behind after one round of the U.S. McIlroy had the 18-hole lead in the PGA Championship. With a birdie on the last hole, McIlroy has opened with a 66 and trails PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young by two shots. Rory McIlroy is off to the start he wanted at St. Cameron Young remains the leader after his 64 in his Open debut. Woods made a pair of key putts to keep it from being worse. He made another double bogey by hitting into the bunker on the wrong hole while playing the seventh.Īlong the way, he was missing well to the left off the tee. He hit into the Swilcan Burn on the first hole and missed a short putt to take double bogey. The start was as bad as he could have expected. He still went out in 5-over 41 and already was 13 shots out of the lead. Woods got up-and-down from behind the green on the par-4 ninth hole for his first birdie of the day. He still has a long way to go to get out of the hole he dug for himself on the Old Course at St. Tiger Woods finally has a birdie on his card at the British Open. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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