The Open 2019: Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy toil as JB Holmes takes unlikely lead at Royal Portrush
Re-live all the action from the first day of the 148th Open Championship as the final major of the year got underway at Northern Ireland’s Royal Portrush for the first time in 68 years.
Rory McIlroy was hotly fancied by the home crowd to be among the front-runners, but a quadruple bogey on the opening hole set the tone for the fan favourite, as a triple-bogey on th elast saw him finish the day eight-over-par, 12 shots off the lead and in a share of fourth-last.
The likes of Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke - who got The Open underway early this morning - are also attempting to win another major on home soil, something that Irishmen have not had the chance to achieve since 1951 when Portrush first held the Championship. Tyrrell Hatton and Tommy Fleetwood led the charge for a first English winner at The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992. The pair both posted a three under 68 to peg a crucial foothold after a hectic first day in Northern Ireland.
PREVIEW
What time does it start?
Day one at The Open gets underway at 6:35am, with the final group due to tee off at 4:16pm.
Where can I watch it?
The Open will be shown live in its entirety on Sky Sports Golf, with highlights on BBC Two from 8pm.
Predictions
Rory McIlroy is the frontrunner at 8/1 on home turf where he set a course record 61 while he was just 15 years old.
Brooks Koepka (10/1) and a pack at (14/1) including Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, and Tiger Woods are also tightly bunched behind. At 25/1, American Xander Schauffele represents a good value for money bet after last year’s near-miss.
Tee times
All times BST (ET + 5 hours), (a) denotes amateur
0635 D Clarke, (a) J Sugrue, C Hoffman (USA)
0646 E Grillo (Arg), Sung Kang (Kor), (a) T Thurloway
0657 A Sullivan, C Bezuidenhout (Rsa), A Levy (Fra)
0708 C Kim (USA), Z Lombard (Rsa), (a) B Wu (USA)
0719 R Sterne (Rsa), R Langasque (Fra), (a) M Schmid (Ger)
0730 P Harrington, M Fitzpatrick, A Putnam (USA)
0741 B Watson (USA), E Pepperell, R Cabrera Bello (Esp)
0752 P Mickelson (USA), S Lowry, B Grace (Rsa)
0803 A Noren (Swe), M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), S Locke
0814 W Simpson (USA), S Garcia (Esp), CT Pan (Tpe)
0825 R Palmer (USA), A Pavan (Ita), D Frittelli (Rsa)
0836 K Stanley (USA), R MacIntyre, A Johnston
0847 M Korhonen (Fin), O Wilson, (a) C Knipes
0903 I Poulter, Sunjae Im (Kor), K Aphibarnrat (Tha)
0914 H Stenson (Swe), X Schauffele (USA), G McDowell
0925 Li Haotong (Chn), R Knox, B Wiesberger (Aut)
0936 J Kokrak (USA), C Syme, A Connelly (Can)
0947 Z Johnson (USA), D Duval (USA), C Conners (Can)
0958 F Molinari (Ita), A Scott (Aus), B DeChambeau (USA)
1009 R McIlroy, P Casey, G Woodland (USA)
1020 H Matsuyama (Jpn), R Fowler (USA), Kevin Kisner (USA)
1031 J Furyk (USA), Si Woo Kim (Kor), J Walker (USA)
1042 L List (USA), A Bjork (Swe), P Waring
1053 S Imahara (Jpn), N Lashley (USA), B Hebert (Fra)
1104 M Horikawa (Jpn), C Shinkwin, G Porteous
1115 P Meesawat (Tha), M Baldwin, J Senior
1136 T Lehman (USA), J Niemann (Chl), M A Jimenez (Esp)
1147 Byeong Hun An (Kor), J Campillo (Esp), C Wood
1158 J Dahmen (USA), A Arnaus (Esp), D Papadatos (Aus)
1209 S Cink (USA), R Sabbatini (Svk), Innchoon Hwang (Kor)
1220 E Van Rooyen (Rsa), K Kitayama (USA), J McLeod (Aus)
1231 R Fox (NZ), S Norris (Rsa), Dongkyu Jang (Kor)
1242 T Hatton, K Mitchell (USA), T Pieters (Bel)
1253 T Fleetwood, J Thomas (USA), T Olesen (Den)
1304 B Koepka (USA), L Oosthuizen (Rsa), S Sharma (Ind)
1315 B Horschel (USA), J Janewattananond (Tha), A Wise (USA)
1326 J Spieth (USA), M Leishman (Aus), D Willett
1337 C Smith (Aus), A Hadwin (Can), D Lipsky (USA)
1348 P Lawrie, C Reavie (USA), J Harding (Rsa)
1404 (a) T Kanaya (Jpn), T Lewis, B Stone (Rsa)
1415 L Glover (USA), J Luiten (Ned), N Bertasio (Ita)
1426 E Els (Rsa), JB Holmes (USA), A Ancer (Mex)
1437 B Snedeker (USA), L Westwood, B Harman (USA)
1448 T Finau (USA), L Bjerregaard (Den), J Rose
1459 D Johnson (USA), J Day (Aus), K Bradley (USA)
1510 T Woods (USA), M Wallace, P Reed (USA)
1521 J Rahm (Esp), M Kuchar (USA), P Cantlay (USA)
1532 K Streelman (USA), D Redman (USA), R Rock
1543 A Otaegui (Esp), Y Ikeda (Jpn), I Benitez (Mex)
1554 P Kizzire (USA), Sang Hyun Park (Kor), Y Inamori (Jpn)
1605 Y Fujimoto (Jpn), Doyeob Mun (Kor), A Wilson
1616 G Charoenkul (Tha), Y Asaji (Jpn), A Turner