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The ultimate main of the yr has begun with the working of the 152nd Open Championship. The match is being held at Royal Troon in Scotland, eight years after a memorable final-round duel between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson captured the joy of the crowds the final time it was held right here.
Brian Harman returns as defending champion following a surprisingly dominant six-shot victory at Royal Liverpool final yr, with the American now having the prospect to change into the primary participant since Padraig Harrington to win back-to-back editions of The Open.
World No 1 and two-time Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is the pre-tournament favorite. He performs his first competitors since his Vacationers Championship victory final month and is chasing a seventh win in 11 begins. Rory McIlroy leads the British hopes after his US Open heartbreak and insists he’s ‘nearer than ever’ to a fifth main title.
The final six males’s majors have all been gained by People, with PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele and US Open victor Bryson DeChambeau additionally within the combine.
Observe dwell protection of the 152nd Open Championship under:
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-4 Lowry; -3 Thomas, Brown; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose,
Dan Brown, the 29-year-old Englishman, has moved to tied second with a birdie on the tenth.
Sonia Twigg18 July 2024 19:18
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-4 Lowry; -3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Jordan, Henley, Hughes, Brown
Schauffele narrowly misses one other birdie try however he’ll faucet in for par.
Woods has a par try on the fifteenth, and he makes it to remain on +6.
Scheffler can’t discover the gap on the birdie putt, and he takes par. Spieth lastly finds the birdie on the thirteenth although, and he’s again to degree par.
Lowry seems to increase his early lead with a birdie on the 14th, and he’s inches extensive along with his effort from simply off the inexperienced.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:59
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-4 Lowry; -3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Schauffele, Jordan, Henley, Hughes, Brown
Fitzpatrick sinks a simple putt for the birdie on the thirteenth, and he strikes into the chasing pack on -2.
Morikawa, who’s fallen to thee over, sinks a superb putt to achieve one shot.
Koepka, who’s moved again to -1, makes the green along with his tee shot on the fifteenth.
Scheffler’s strategy shot on the thirteenth is sweet, and he’ll have a slim likelihood at a birdie. Spieth tries to emulate it and it’s not a nasty effort, although it’d be a formidable birdie if he had been to make it.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:51
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-4 Lowry; -3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Schauffele, Jordan, Henley, Koepka, Hughes, Brown
Schauffele has bogeyed the 14th and he drops again to 2 below, nevertheless it gained’t part him an excessive amount of.
Scheffler has the putt for par on the twelfth, nevertheless it’s miscued and he’ll bogey to return to even.
Woods continues to be seeking to claw some floor again as he begins the fifteenth on +6.
Lowry, who birdied the final gap to maneuver again into the outright lead, chips onto the inexperienced from the tough and has an amazing alternative for the up and down.
On the fifteenth, Koepka lands his putt narrowly extensive, and he’ll be on par as soon as extra at -1.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:44
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:32
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-3 Thomas, Schauffele, Lowry; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Jordan, Henley, Koepka, Hughes, Brown
Scheffler tees off on the thirteenth and it carries for 260 yards however lands within the tough.
Woods tees off on the 14th as he approaches the top of a fairly depressing day, and he makes the inexperienced nevertheless it’ll be exhausting to do higher than par.
Lowry’s third shot on the twelfth is chipped onto the inexperienced, however he’s one other who’ll do nicely to higher a par.
Schauffele tees off on the 14th, and he overruns the inexperienced. He might simply drop a shot right here.
Jaime Montano, the beginner who began the day with an eagle, lands a birdie on the eighth to go to even.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:30
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-3 Thomas, Schauffele, Lowry; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Jordan, Henley, Koepka, Hughes, Brown
It hasn’t occurred for Cam Younger but in the present day, however he lastly will get the birdie to get again to even.
Straka misses the birdie try on the 18th and he’ll end the day on -1.
And Scheffler has his first birdie in what looks like perpetually, sinking the putt on the eleventh to take himself to -1.
On the 14th, Schauffele misses the birdie shot however he ought to make par to remain three below.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:24
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-3 Thomas, Schauffele, Lowry; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Jordan, Henley, Koepka, Hughes, Brown
Straka is again right into a little bit of type as he approaches the top of the day, sinking a birdie putt on the seventeenth to take him again into the crimson.
Koepka’s strategy on the thirteenth lands simply extensive of the inexperienced, however Jason Day misses the birdie alternative on the sixteenth to remain on two over.
Schauffele has the prospect to seize the lead on the thirteenth, however he misses the birdie putt and stays within the joint lead.
Woods has a par try from deep within the inexperienced, nevertheless it skims the opening and he’ll be as much as +7.
Scheffler tees off on the difficult par-three eleventh, and it’s a secure shot.
Woods tees off on the thirteenth and it’s higher from the 15-time main winner, touchdown pretty centrally and setting him up for the strategy.
Shane Lowry has moved into an outright lead after sinking a 20-foot putt that takes him to -4! He slices his tee shot on the twelfth although, and he’ll have to flee the tough.
Scheffler may have a slim likelihood at a birdie after his strategy shot lands a couple of toes from the pin. Spieth has an excellent higher likelihood as his shot lands nearer, with the American seeking to transfer from +1.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:19
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-3 Thomas, Schauffele, Lowry; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Jordan, Henley, Koepka, Hughes
Scheffler makes his seventh par in a row on the tenth, and he stays on even. Spieth manages to avoid wasting par on the identical gap after placing a pitch to inside a couple of toes and getting the putt.
Woods might solely handle the double bogey on the eleventh, and he’s on +6 now.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 18:02
The Open 2024: Newest updates
-3 Thomas; -2 Noren, Hojgaard, Rose, Henley, Schauffele, Jordan, Hughes, Montojo
Spieth’s strategy shot on the tenth lands inside a couple of toes of the pin, and he ought to make par from there.
Grillo, who was on -2 at one level, has double bogeyed and can return to even.
Scheffler skims the birdie try however he’ll make par.
Schauffele has the birdie try on the eleventh, and he sinks it superbly to maneuver up alongside Lowry with a joint lead at -3.
Chris Wilson18 July 2024 17:53