The Open Championship First Round: LIVE leaderboard and updates from Royal Troon

Bradley +2 (6)

It's a slow start for the newly-appointed 2025 US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.

He's 2-over par thru six holes, which is not the best start given he's played some of the easiest holes at Troon. 

Bradley is still hoping to compete in the 2025 US Ryder Cup team as a player.

But many people including Rory McIlroy suggest a player-captain role is not possible these days with everything that comes with the responsbility. 

If Bradley keeps playing like he is today though, he won't have to even worry about that. 

Rose -2 (F)

Rose comes up just shy with his 20-footer for birdie on 18.

It's a tap-in par though and the Englishman currently finds himself in a tie for the lead on 2-under par. 

Rose won his sole major to date at the 2013 US Open at Merion.

He has come close before at The Open, most notably a T2 in 2018. 

Rose famously burst on the scene holing out with a wedge shot on the 72nd hole as a fresh-faced amateur 26 years ago at the 1998 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

Thomas -2 (17)

JT sends a dart into the par-3 17th.

He converts the birdie putt from five feet and moves into a logjam share of the lead at 2-under par.

B. DeChambeau +5 (8*)

It's a torrid start for Bryson and he's now playing the Postage Stamp. 

And his tee shot is awful. 

He's missed right and will be lucky to escape with a par. 

"Oh, come on Bryson," he says as he marches after his golf ball. 

"You get the impression he would rather be anywhere else than here at the moment," adds Sky Sports commentator Nick Dougherty. 

Rahm E, MacIntyre E, Fleetwood +2 (8)

Superb tee shots from three members of Europe's Ryder Cup winning team. 

Each golfer is within 15 feet and two walk off the hole with a birdie. 

Fleetwood manages to get one back, as does Rahm. 

Can MacIntyre follow? Nope. His golf ball kisses the edge. 

Sighs from the crowd. 

It's fair to say the Scot got the biggest cheer of the day at the devilish par-three before he hit his tee shot. 

J. Thomas -1 (13)

Things are going south quickly for Thomas, who slices his tee shot right into the thick stuff at the 13th. 

His approach comes up short and his chip had too much heat on it. 

His par putt stops about one foot short and that's another bogey for the American.. 

DeChambeau +5, T. Kim +2, Aberg E (6)

It's all going wrong for the American. 

He plays the longest hole on the course atrociously and looked visibly irked as he trudges off the green with his caddie Greg Bodine. 

Thomas -2 (12)

Who saw that coming? 

Not me. 

JT makes a double bogey six at the 12th after a losing his tee shot. 

It looked like he was going to limit the damage, setting up a four-footer to salvage a five. 

But he inexplicably misses and drops back to two-under alongside Russell Henley, Alex Noren, and Justin Rose. 

Noren has the clubhouse lead, courtesy of a 69 earlier. 

Hovland E, Harman -1, Theegala +1 (5)

The Norwegian began the year all over the place with his game. 

He sacked his long-time swing coach, Joe Mayo, at the turn of the year. 

But he reunited with the instructor before the US Open and is playing some good stuff again. 

All three players miss the putting surface at the par-three fifth and pay the price with bogeys. 

European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is praising Justin Rose in the commentary booth. 

The experienced Englishman made his way to The Open through final qualifying a few weeks ago. 

Rose has started superbly and is two-under after 13 holes and in a tie for second. 

It is a knock on your ego, Donald tells Sky Sports of going through qualifying, but it gives you a real boost when you do. 

McIlroy E, Hatton E, Homa +2 (4)

Sociable stuff from the trio at the fourth with each player within about five yards of each other. 

After laying up, all three find the putting surface but nobody takes advantage. 

Hatton's birdie putt up the hill is short and McIlroy's drifts by. 

J. Thomas -4 (11) 

JT wants to keep it together on the back nine now but he's just pulled his tee shot at the 12th miles left into a gorse bush. 

The hot mics picked up exactly how he felt about it... 

Fleetwood +2, Rahm +1, MacIntyre E (5)

The par-three fifth claims two more victims in Fleetwood and MacIntyre. 

The Englishman missed left and didn't have a huge amount of green to work with, leaving himself 20 feet to save his par. 

Rahm is also in the bunker, but a sensational shot sets up a gimme. 

MacIntyre has six feet for his par but misses. 

Empathetic groans from the crowd...

DeChambeau +3, Aberg -1, Kim E (4)

What is going on with Bryson? 

He's made complete hash out of the par-five fourth. 

Three lip outs in the first four holes mean he's going the wrong way very quickly. 

McIlroy E, Homa +2, Hatton E

McIlroy never misses from inside four feet does he?! 

He's back to level. 

Credit must go to his playing partner Hatton for his escape act at the third hole. 

He found the ditch with his tee shot and, after his drop, knocked his approach just outside of McIlroy's.

McIlroy +1, Homa +2, Hatton E (3*)

From 116 yards, McIlroy sends a wedge into the third hole. 

Can he knock it close? Of course. 

There's some unreal check on that and he's got a great look to get back to level par... 

DeChambeau +2, Aberg -1, Kim +1 (3)

DeChambeau has dropped two shots already and his approach, from 298 yards, into the par-five fourth is in the thick rough. 

He'll have a decent angle into the green, depending on his lie... 

J. Rahm +1, Fleetwood +1, MacIntyre -1

Ordinarily Rahm would like his lips when standing on the tee box at a par-five. 

But this is The Open and danger is always looming. 

He misses the green with his third shot and has to go backwards, leaving himself off the green and a 30-foot bump-and-run to save par. 

He misses and trudges off the green, muttering to himself. 

Meanwhile Tommy Fleetwood's long-range effort to get back to level stops agonisingly short. 

MacIntyre goes close for a birdie, too, but misses.