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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

Tom Kershaw
Royal Portrush
Thursday 18 July 2019 10:27 EDT
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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 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:28

Teeing off in five minutes time, the coolest man in golf; Miguel Angel Jimenez

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:31

A beautiful long putt on 11 sends Simpson into the lead: 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:33

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.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:40

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.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:42

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.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:50

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. 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:52

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.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 11:55

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.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 12:05

Langasque completes his round

Frenchman Romain Langasque (-2, 69) leads in the clubhouse with a 2-under par round of 69 despite dropping a shot on 17.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 12:08

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