The Open - Round 1 2018-07-19

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Thu 19th July 2018 (UTC)

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League
PGA Tour

Season
2017-2018

Round
1

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Carnoustie Golf Links

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The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It was first played in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. The Open has always been held in the United Kingdom and is the only major played outside the United States. It is administered by The R&A. The Open is currently the third major of the year, between the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, and is played in mid-July.
The Open was first played on 17 October 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. The inaugural tournament was restricted to professionals and attracted a field of eight golfers who played three rounds of Prestwick's twelve-hole course in a single day. Willie Park Sr. won with a score of 174, beating Old Tom Morris, by two strokes. The following year the tournament was opened to amateurs; eight of them joined ten professionals in the field.

Rory McIlroy began his bid for a first major in four years with an opening-round 69 as Tiger Woods finished level par at Carnoustie on his Open return. Northern Ireland's McIlroy, 29, sunk three birdies to leave him three shots behind leader Kevin Kisner. American Kisner, 34, carded an eagle and four birdies in a five-under 66.
Woods, at his first Open since 2015, was two under after 12 but ended with a 71, while defending champion Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose are one over. World number one Dustin Johnson saw his chances harmed by a triple bogey on the par-four 18th to finish with a five-over 76.

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Result List

Result Description
round 1 top 20

1 /Kevin Kisner /USA/ 66 /-5
T2 /Erik Van Rooyen/ SA /67 /4
T2 /Tony Finau /USA /67 /-4
T3 /Zander Lombard/SA /67 /-4
T3 /Brandon Stone /SA/68 /-3
T3 /Ryan Moore /USA/68 /-3
T3 /Brendan Steele /USA/68 /-3
T4 /Matthew Southgate /ENG/69 /-2
T4 /Danny Willett /ENG/69 /-2
T4 /Rory McIlroy /NI/69 /-2
T4 /Sung Kang /SK/ 69 /-2
T4 /Pat Perez /USA/69 /-2
T4 /Jon Rahm /SP/69 /-2
T4 /Zach Johnson /USA/69 /-2
T4 /Chez Reavie /USA/69 /-2
T4 /Justin Thomas /USA/69 /-2
T4 /Russell Henley /USA/69 /-2
T5 /Luke List /USA/70 /-1
T5 /Kevin Chappell /USA/70 /-1
T5 /Patrick Cantlay /USA/70 /-1

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