A local favourite, an Amateur Champion and an afternoon exception lead the way after day one of The 151st Open as Tommy Fleetwood, Christo Lamprecht and Emiliano Grillo each shot a five-under-par 66 at Royal Liverpool.
On a day which started with Royal Liverpool member Matthew Jordan getting the action underway, the course at Hoylake proved a challenge for many – particularly those who found themselves in the afternoon groups.
But South Africa’s Lamprecht, making his Open debut just down the road from Hillside, where he won The Amateur Championship to qualify, showed no such struggles.
With his imposing 6’ 8” frame, Lamprecht mastered the narrow fairways, swerved the devilish bunkers and produced one of the shots of the round to take the clubhouse lead.
He was joined on five-under by Fleetwood, who managed his best opening round at The Open as he looks to lift the Claret Jug and win a first major.
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35 Comments
Yes
Mon Tommy boyo 🙏🏌️
10 MINS????????????????????????????????????? WOWEEE ARENT WE GETTING SHAFTED! RATHER WATCH PAINT DRY.
lovely just finished ashes highlights
Go watch it dry then
Never want to wish someone a bad game but don’t want a liv traitor/player lifting the claret jug again.
I always see Leprechaun when I see his name! And he’s 6-8!!!
Let’s go Tommy!
As an American, I’m always pulling for Jordan, but I would love to see Fleetwood win this. Such a solid guy, and an amazing golfer. Go Tommy!!
We just gonna ignore Morikawa jumping over Phil's bomb of a drive while watching his putt roll in?
Golf not the same without TIGER
BK will come on strong to win it in the end
Be nice to see this stream……….but it is the DP tour and PGA tour………
so cam smith hitting a bad shot is a highlight, seems like the open may have something against the LIV guys
When was the last time 1st round ended with an (A) leading the event? Impressive.
Vamos Grillo
That Sepp Straka chip in on 18 was pure class 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹
No shots from Brooksie??
1:18 guy was about to say right down the dick
My money's on Tommy… dialed in,..it's his time
Damn that amateur stripes it, 194 ball speed !?!?!?!?
My kids are overthere
Get it in before the weather starts acting wicked
Phil 'the Saudi brown-nose' Mickelson is on fire!!! Liv is the best invention since hair in a can – good luck to them;)
lets go christo
Watch out for Grillo. A real sleeper who can roll the rock.
He was a stones throw away from the golden ticket. Better luck next time Jimbo.
Rory always starts his interview with
Yeah amm
Cmon Tommy!
Go Tommy
No LIV
2:02 wtf was that 😂
Unfortunately Tommy will bottle it..not a winner..very likeable though… Wyndham Clarke is really dangerous since winning us open…too early to pick winner though… weather gonna be wet over weekend
I hope Fleetwood can finally get his major. He certainly has been knocking on the door for such a long long time would hate to see him come up short. For such a beautiful golf swing he certainly deserves an Open win. If he doesn't win it how about the big tall feller Christo? That would be pretty cool too. An amateur player winning the open would be awesome too.
lol Rory's divot hit someone on that shot on 2. I don't know how they hit shots with people that close, he practically hit it over their heads.
I get that these guys are really really really good golfers but let's not pretend like they don't also get some really really really lucky bounces lol