The Open 2019 LIVE leaderbord: Rory McIlroy nine off lead as Shane Lowry leads the way and Tiger Woods begins
Follow the latest scores from the 148th Open Championship as the final major of the year returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest scores from The Open live as the first day at Royal Portrush gets underway.
The 148th Open Championship returns to Northern Ireland for only the second time in the tournament’s grand history, 68 years after first visiting Portrush in 1951, and features a heavily-packed Irish contingent of Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell and plenty others.
But a number of Americans arrive at the final major of the year heading the pecking order, with Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods both hotly fancied after their recent form – the former unstoppable in majors over the last two years and latter claiming his 15th major at the Masters.
But there are plenty of other names in the mix from closer to home, with former world No 1 Justin Rose and in-form Englishman Matt Wallace among those to watch, while Jon Rahm is expected to challenge for his first major victory.
Follow the live scores below.
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Leaderboard Update:
Lowry and Simpson vie for the top spot on 4-under. Both look comfortable on the course with Lowry's bogey on 11 the only shot dropped between them.
Lowry -4 thru 13
Simpson -4 thru 11
Noren -3 thru 11
Langasque -3 thru 15
Pepperell -3 thru 12
MacIntyre -3 thru 10
Kisner -3 thru 4
Teeing off in five minutes time, the coolest man in golf; Miguel Angel Jimenez
6th hole
Molinari (evs) drops a shot on the sixth, his birdie putt was quite aggressive and he left himself with 8-9 foot for par which he missed.
5th hole
McIlroy (+5) miraculously saves par on five after finding the deep rough off the tee. That might just turn his round around.
Here comes Sergio!
Since the drop shot on the ninth Garcia has responded well on the back nine. Par, birdie, birdie!
He's just one shot back.
15th hole
Three birdies on the back nine including one on 15 brings Bubba (-1) back into the red with three holes to play.
17th hole
Langasque (-2) ends a run of four straight pars with a bogey on the 17th.
New Leader
Webb Simpson (-5) rolls in a long shot over the green on the par-3 13th to take the lead outright and become the first man to reach 5-under today.
12th hole
Dylan Frittelli (-3), from South Africa, slowly moves up the leaderboard with back-to-back birdies on 11 and 12. He was the last man into the tournament with a win at the John Deere Classic last week.
9th hole
Drop shots on 6 and 9 drops Xander Schauffle (-1) back to 1-under for a front nine of 35.
10th hole
Graeme McDowell (-2) moves thru 10 with another par, no drop shots yet for G-Mac.
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