️Updates from the first-round action at Royal Birkdale️Ewan Murray’s preview | Official leaderboard | Mail ScottThe weather. The wind will pick up a little towards the end of the morning. Nothing particularly dramatic, but it’ll inconvenience the later starters more than the early groups, with everything pretty still at the moment.James Nicholas putts up from the side of 1.
A decent effort that limits the damage to bogey. It’s par for Matthew Baldwin, while the confident drive of Thomas Detry leads to the first birdie of the week: a wedge to eight feet, and a right-to-left slider rolled in. Mixed fortunes for the members of the opening group of the 154th Open Championship!
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