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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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1st hole

Lombard (evs) and Wu (A) (evs) both par the first.

Chan Kim (+2) takes the Andy Sullivan route and double bogeys.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:27

2nd hole

Two glorious shots from Levy set him up with an eagle putt. He sends it across the green and misses the hole to the left. Should make birdie though.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:29

On the tee

There's a loud cheer for Padraig Harrington as he gets underway on the first with a good drive down the middle of the fairway. 

He's playing with Matthew Fitzpatrick, who finds the rough, and Andrew Putnam, who hits the fairway.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:33

2nd hole

Levy (evs) misses his short birdie putt and has to settle for par. So too does Bezuidenhout (evs).

Andy Sullivan (+3) bogeys the second as the rain starts to come down.  

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:35

4th hole

A missed birdie chance for Sugrue (A) (-1) keeps him at 1-under on the fourth. Clarke (-2) and Hoffman (evs) both make par.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:36

1st hole

Sterne (evs) and Langasque (evs) finish the first with 4s. Matthias Schmid (A) (+1) bogeys.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:41

On the tee

Bubba Watson, Eddie Pepperell and Rafa Cabrera Bello all tee off on the first to good applause, Cabrera Bello the only one to find the second cut.

What a group this is to follow.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:43

2nd hole

Wu (A) (evs), and Kim (+2) both par the second hole. Zander Lombard (-1) goes into the red with a birdie

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:45

3rd hole

Bezuidenhout (evs) and Levy (evs) continue their run of pars but Andy Sullivan (+2) gets a shot back with a birdie on the third.

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:47

5th hole

Charley Hoffman (-1) breaks his run of pars with a step in the right direction making three on the fifth.

Sugrue (a) (-1) safely makes par but Darren Clarke's rollicking start continues as he moves to 3-under with another birdie. 

Michael Jones18 July 2019 07:49

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