08:59
Song calling the tune
Song -3 (7)
It's a third birdie of the day for the South Korean who curls home a left to righter from 12 feet.
Song now moves to 3-under par and one shot ahead of Noren, Hojgaard and Thomas.
Dan Brown leads The Open in the first round
The Open Championship First Round: LIVE leaderboard and updates from Royal Troon
Welcome to live golf scores, updates and commentary from the first round of The Open Championship at Royal Troon.
LIVE: THE OPEN LIVE SECOND ROUND SCORES AND UPDATES FROM ROYAL TROON
The opening day of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon belongs to qualifier Dan Brown.
Brown, 29, fired a flawless first-round 65 on his Open Championship debut at the Ayrshire Links to open up a one-shot lead on 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry.
The Englishman came through Final Qualifying at West Lancs earlier this month in the same tournament where Sergio Garcia missed out.
Brown, who won the ISPS Handa World Invitational last season on the DP World Tour, birdied the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 11th, 16th and 18th in a bogey-free 65 to hit the front in his first-ever major start at the 152nd Open Championship.
"It did get dark out there and got a little bit tricky but the wind dropped as well," said Brown.
"You've got those bright yellow scoreboards out there so it's hard to miss, but I felt comfortable with my game out there.
"I'm very excited, but you've got to keep your feet on the ground, so I'm just going to go out and do the best I can [tomorrow]."
Brown is now seeking to become the first player since Keegan Bradley at the 2011 US PGA to win in their major debut.
Shane Lowry
Former Open champion and links specialist Lowry, 37, also carded a bogey-free round
Lowry went round in a 5-under 66 and also finished his round like Brown with a birdie-three on the tough par-4 18th.
Justin Thomas finds himself in solo third on 3-under par.
The two-time US PGA champion had a mixed bag featuring seven birdies, two bogeys and a double on the 12th.
US PGA champion Xander Schauffele is also off to a solid start following a 2-under 69.
Scottie Scheffler
World No.1 Scottie Scheffler is another big name firmly in the mix as he goes in search of a third career major title and first Claret Jug.
Scheffler birdied the last, tapping home from a foot, to card a respectable 1-under 70.
That sees him lie T11 after day one.
Elsewhere, it was a day to forget for two legends in the game, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods.
Rory McIlroy
McIlroy slumped to a dismal round of 7-over 78.
It's now coming up to a full 10 years since McIlroy last won his fourth major title at the 2014 US PGA.
The World No.2 made just one birdie on the round at the 3rd.
He bogeyed the 1st, 10th, 15th and 18th, and made two doubles on the 8th and 11th.
Tiger Woods
Woods also struggled to find any form, finishing the day on 8-over par.
Having not played much competitive golf in the lead-up to today, expectations were low, but by his own high standards, it was a very disappointing day for the 15-time major champion.
The halfway cut is expected to fall around the 5 or 6-over par mark on Friday evening, so the likes of Woods and McIlroy will need to put their foot down in the second round if they are to be around for the weekend.
Another player to struggle in the first round was US Open Bryson DeChambeau, who despite making eagle on the 16th went round in a 5-over 76.
Despite its short length, Troon's famous Postage Stamp 8th hole dished out some serious scorecard damage today.
McIlroy, Clark, and Morikawa all walked off with a double bogey, proving that par-3 holes don't have to be long to be tough.
The Open Championship First Round Leaderboard | |
D.Brown | -6 |
S.Lowry | -5 |
J. Thomas | -3 |
A. Noren | -2 |
N. Hojgaard | -2 |
J. Rose | -2 |
18 Jul 2024
09:11
Song to 4-under par
Song -4 (8)
It's another birdie for Song.
The South Korean sends a dart into four feet on the Postage Stamp par-3 8th.
He tucks it away for a fourth birdie of the round.
Song is a relative unknown in the field to many golf fans this week.
He ranks 221st in the world.
09:06
Wallace holes out for eagle
Wallace -3 (4)
Matt Wallace holes out with a wedge from outside of 100 yards on the par-5 4th.
It moves the Englishman into a tie for the lead with Song.
08:54
Leaderboard update
| Alex Noren | -2 (9) |
| Younghan Song | -2 (6) |
| Nicolai Hojgaard | -2 (5) |
| Justin Thomas | -2 (4) |
| Tom McKibbin | -1 (8) |
| Calum Scott (am) | -1 (8) |
| Jesper Svensson | -1 (7) |
| Adam Scott | -1 (5) |
| Francesco Molinari | -1 (4) |
| Justin Rose | -1 (3) |
| Sungjae Im | -1 (3) |
| Matt Wallace | -1 (3) |
| Zach Johnson | -1 (1) |
| Santiago De La Fuente (a) | -1 (1) |
| Aaron Rai | -1 (1) |
08:30
Rose birdies 3rd
Rose -1 (3)
Justin Rose sends a dart into the 3rd and then converts the four footer to move into a big group of players on 1-under par.
Lots of birdies to be had on the opening holes it would seem so far in the early wave.
08:18
JT chips in for birdie on 2
Thomas -1 (2)
Justin Thomas chips in from the right side of the green at 2 to move to 1-under par.
08:05
Nicolai Hojgaard birdies 2nd
N Hojgaard -1 (2)
European Ryder Cup star Nicolai Hojgaard has just chipped in for birdie on the 2nd to move into a group on 1-under.
07:51
First man to 2 under
Song -2 (3)
South Korea’s Younghan Song has just curled in a 19 footer on the 3rd to become the first player to 2-under par.
Alex Noren, Adam Scott and former Open champion Francesco Molinari are one back on 1-under par thru the early stages of their round.
07:41
Adam Scott holes a bunker shot
Scott -1 (1)
Adam Scott has continued where he left off last week and splashed out of sand for a brilliant birdie on the par-4 1st.
The Australian moves into a tie for the lead.
07:24
Taxi for Todd
It’s a horror start for Todd Hamilton, who won The Open at Troon in a playoff over Ernie Els in 2004.
Hamilton just bogeyed the 3rd and then tripled the 4th.
It sends the American veteran to 4-over par.
07:20
We have our first birdie of the day
Japan’s Ryosuke Kinoshita rolls in the first birdie of the first round so far. He drains a 34 footer to move into the lead on 1-under par.
06:56
Thursday pin positions
We've just been handed the pin position sheet for Thursday's first round at The Open.
Check them out here:
06:55
The Open remembers Ivor Robson
The golf world is paying tribute to Ivor Robson at this week's 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon.
Robson, a man with one of the most distinctive voices in golf, died last October at the age of 83.
This week marks the first time The Open has been staged without Robson in the world.
Robson was the official starter at The Open for 41 years.
His passing was met with an outpouring of affection from players and golf administrators alike.
Robson also acted for over 40 years as the DP World Tour's official starter with his 'on the tee' message delivered in his cultured brogue at famous golf venues around the globe.
Ivor sent the world's best players on their way in a wonderful career – from Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods, from Arnold Palmer to Seve Ballesteros, from Tom Watson to Rory McIlroy.
Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said:
"We are deeply saddened to hear of Ivor's passing. As official starter at The Open for over 40 years, his voice was instantly recognisable and synonymous with the Championship for players and millions of golf fans worldwide.
"He was popular and well respected among all golfers who played in The Open and I know that they will share in our sadness at this news. On behalf of all of us at The R&A, I would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to his wife of 61 years, Lesley, and the Robson family."
06:52
We're off and away
Justin Leonard, Todd Hamilton and Jack McDonald have just got The Open underway here at Royal Troon.
It's pars all round for the opening three-ball.
