The Open round one LIVE: Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tommy Fleetwood compete at Royal Birkdale

Summary

Leader Herbert bogeys 18th to miss out on record-breaking round of 61 at men's major
His eight-under 62 ties lowest score
Burns holes out from bunker at last to also hit 62 and improve to -5
On course: MacIntyre, Scheffler, Fleetwood, DeChambeau
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Rahm leaves it in the jawspublished at 12:24 BST 16 July
Spieth +2, Fleetwood -1, Rahm -1 (8)

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After working a fine right-to-lefter into the eighth green, Jon Rahm comes up short with his birdie try.
Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood both went long in two but tidy up for their pars.
Fleetwood and Rahm are in good shape after eight holes, but Spieth can't afford too many more bogeys or the Birkdale champion from 2017 will start to lose touch quickly.
Postpublished at 12:23 BST 16 July
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf reporter at Royal Birkdale

The only disappointment so far is the lack of homemade Tommy Fleetwood merch in the galleries.
No Fleetwood Mac T-shirts with his face depicted as the Rumours cover.
No Tommy face masks showing that magic smile.
Not even a single long wig representing his flowing locks.
Let’s get that fixed tomorrow, Birkdale.

Great start for MacIntyrepublished at 12:22 BST 16 July
MacIntyre -3 (67), A. FItzpatrick -1 (69)

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Well played Robert MacIntyre! Four birdies and just one bogey for the Scotsman in a very pleasing round of 67, which if the winds gets up as expected this afternoon could turn out to be a very, very handy score indeed.
A decent effort from Alex Fitzpatrick too, who made a couple more errors than his playing partner but also player petty nicely, and was aggressive with it too.
These two can rest up now and you'd expect more of the same off them tomorrow.
Henley back levelpublished at 12:22 BST 16 July
Henley E, Rose +3, Hovland -1 (10)

A brilliant approach leads to a routine birdie and Russell Henley gets the shot back on the 10th that he lost at the ninth.
He's back at level par, with playing partners Viktor Hovland and Justin Rose making par fours.

Brown seizes joint lead at -4published at 12:22 BST 16 July
Brown -4 (17)

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Dan Brown!
His outstanding run of holes continues at the par-five 17th with a fine chip to five feet and a nerveless putt.
That moves him one clear at the top of the leaderboard. Remember, he shot 65 two years at Troon to lead after day one - and a birdie at the last could ensure history repeats itself.
Im flying highpublished at 12:21 BST 16 July
Im -4 (17)

Sungjae Im is going nowhere, well apart from to the top of the leaderboard.
The South Korean makes hay on the par-five 17th, missing right with his second but then getting up and down from the rough to card his fifth birdie of the round.

Postpublished at 12:16 BST 16 July
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, Dechambeau -2 (8)

Oh my word. Where is Tyrrell Hatton going off the ninth tee? The Englishman sails about 70 yards right and gets a huge slice of good fortune to find a path well beyond all the rough.
Bryson DeChambeau is left, while metronome Scottie Scheffler finds the fairway with his tee shot.
Rose turns at three over parpublished at 12:16 BST 16 July
Henley +1, Rose +3, Hovland -1 (9)

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A par at the ninth hole at least stops the bleeding for Justin Rose after a tricky run of four bogeys in five holes. He makes the turn at three over par.
Russell Henley drops a shot though after finding the rough off the tee, while Viktor Hovland closes out the front nine at one under.

Postpublished at 12:12 BST 16 July
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, Dechambeau -2 (8)

Longish birdie putts on the eighth all result in pars for Scottie, Tyrrell and Bryson. A very solid hole for all three.
Par save at seven for Tommypublished at 12:08 BST 16 July
Spieth +2, Fleetwood -1, Rahm -1 (7)

Just! Tommy Fleetwood leaves himself with work to do as 'one of those' putts for par of about six feet on the short seventh, and the ball just about gets home as it's runing out of steam - but he gave it just enough.
Jordan Spieth was up and walking after his birdie putt right off the bat so that never stood a chance, while Jon Rahm's putter continues to misbehave as a wonderful iron shot set him up with four feet for birdie - but again he misses his chance.
The Spaniard has already left a couple of shots out there at least due to his putting.

Postpublished at 12:04 BST 16 July
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf reporter at Royal Birkdale

Another hero’s welcome for Tommy Fleetwood when he strides towards the seventh green. Probably the largest ovation yet.
Surrounded by a steep grandstand, and the natural viewing points of the dunes, this is about as atmospheric as Birkdale gets.
The warm reception reverberated around this picturesque corner of the course.
Brown rejoins leaderspublished at 12:04 BST 16 July
Brown -3 (16)

A fine 14-foot birdie putt from Dan Brown at the 16th gets him back up to three under par and a share of the lead.
It has been an entertaining back nine from the Englishman, with just one par on the scorecard since his seventh hole (six birdies, two bogeys)

'Fitting that Baldwin hit that first tee shot'published at 11:59 BST 16 July
Baldwin +2 (72)
James Gregg
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator at Royal Birkdale

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Since five years ago when the R&A started this ceremonial opening shot, they try and make it special for a homegrown hero or a past champion. It was fitting that Matthew Baldwin hit that first tee shot.
After Baldwin's two-over 72 opening round, he said: "I remember waving at a couple of people, but at the end of the day, your focus is obviously hitting the golf shot, isn't it? There's time to wave at people after, I guess."
Like Tommy Fleetwood, Baldwin grew up in Southport, and he is a member here. The grand stand was packed out and all the way down the first fairway.
What other sporting event do you get that many people cheering on a top-class sport at 06:35?
"I couldn't have asked for more support-wise. It took me back, to be honest," added Baldwin.
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Postpublished at 11:58 BST 16 July
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, Dechambeau -2 (7)

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Talk about a stroke of luck... Bryson DeChambeau clatters his three-wood off the eighth tee and immediately up goes the shout of 'fore left'.
His ball looks to be heading towards the crowds and rope but gets an enormous kick back right and ends up rolling on to the fairway.

Double trouble for Spiethpublished at 11:56 BST 16 July
Spieth +2, Fleetwood -1, Rahm -1 (6)

Oh dear, Jordan Spieth has to stick a six down on the sixth for a double bogey after his trp into the water hazard. The tee shot was the problem but Spieth did what players at this level really shouldn't do and that's make the problem worse.
He got too aggressive on the second shot perched on top of a bunker, when a safer play would have at least taken six out of the equation.
Tommy Fleetwood's nice recovery from the right rough saw him make a safe enough par in the end.
Postpublished at 11:53 BST 16 July
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf reporter at Royal Birkdale

Birkdale doesn’t really have a signature hole, but if you had to pick one which sticks in the memory then I’d say the par-three seventh is up there.
It is just short but devilish. The green has been raised and run offs created, with the donut bunker in the left ready to gobble up any strays.
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Bogey for Schefflerpublished at 11:52 BST 16 July
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, Dechambeau -2 (7)

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Tyrrell Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau both find the seventh green off the tee but Scottie Scheffler, who has been masterful with his longer irons gets his wedge shot all wrong and comes up a little short.
A very thin connection on his chip carries him a good 20 feet past towards the sprinkler covers and it's going to cost him a shot.
No danger of Tyrrell Hatton and Bryson DeChambeau doing the same, with both taking two putts on the green.
Hovland and Rose make bogey at 8published at 11:49 BST 16 July
Henley E, Rose +3, Hovland -1 (8)

An animated Viktor Hovland gestures after missing from six feet for par at the eighth.
The Norwegian cuts a frustrated figure as he heads for the final hole of his front nine.
It's a third straight bogey for Justin Rose too, who needs to turn around his fortunes.

Postpublished at 11:48 BST 16 July
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport golf reporter at Royal Birkdale

When you hit the sixth you can almost sniff the sea. You can certainly see it. But even the binoculars aren’t powerful to pick out the Isle of Man.
This feels like the linkiest part of the course. The dunes are towering, the bunkers cavernous.
Saying that, I’ve already seen two photographers tumble over sandy mounds. Thankfully both human and equipment emerged unscathed.
Keep those eyes down!
Spieth in troublepublished at 11:47 BST 16 July
Spieth E, Fleetwood -1, Rahm -1 (5)

Tommy Fleetwood is off target from the sixth tee and into some crispy brown fescue, but the recovery is immaculate, landing it softy on the green and leaving just 12 feet or so for birdie.
Jordan Spieth is in even bigger trouble though, perched on top of a bunker hitting his second, he thins it into the water hazard and has to take a penalty drop.
We've seen this movie before.

Live. 154th Open Championship

Date:: 16 - 19 July 2026
Course:: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Par:: 70
Yards:: 7,223
Prize Money:: $17,750,000

Rank	Player	Total	Total	Thru	Round 1	Round 2	Round 2	Strokes
1	Lucas Herbert	8 under par	8 under par	finished	70	62	62	132
2	Cameron Young	6 under par	6 under par	finished	67	67	67	134
2	Jackson Suber	6 under par	6 under par	finished	65	69	69	134
4	Sam Burns	5 under par	5 under par	finished	73	62	62	135
5	Matt Wallace	4 under par	4 under par	finished	69	67	67	136
5	Bud Cauley	4 under par	4 under par	finished	68	68	68	136
5	Thomas Detry	4 under par	4 under par	16	67	no score	no score	67
5	Alex Fitzpatrick	4 under par	4 under par	13	69	no score	no score	69
5	Sung-Jae Im	4 under par	4 under par	12	66	no score	no score	66
5	Francesco Molinari	4 under par	4 under par	10	67	no score	no score	67
5	Alex Smalley	4 under par	4 under par	6	67	no score	no score	67
12	J. J. Spaun	3 under par	3 under par	finished	70	67	67	137
12	Shane Lowry	3 under par	3 under par	finished	69	68	68	137
12	Pierceson Coody	3 under par	3 under par	finished	67	70	70	137
12	Ludvig Aaberg	3 under par	3 under par	finished	71	66	66	137
12	M. J. Daffue	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 16:10	67	no score	no score	67
12	Cameron John	3 under par	3 under par	17	70	no score	no score	70
12	Ryo Hisatsune	3 under par	3 under par	6	68	no score	no score	68
12	Bryson DeChambeau	3 under par	3 under par	3	67	no score	no score	67
12	Ryan Gerard	3 under par	3 under par	1	67	no score	no score	67
21	Johnny Keefer	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
21	Sepp Straka	2 under par	2 under par	finished	68	70	70	138
21	Adam Scott	2 under par	2 under par	finished	72	66	66	138
21	Patrick Reed	2 under par	2 under par	finished	72	66	66	138
21	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	2 under par	2 under par	finished	72	66	66	138
21	Collin Morikawa	2 under par	2 under par	finished	68	70	70	138
21	Chris Gotterup	2 under par	2 under par	finished	70	68	68	138
21	Nicolas Echavarria	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	67	67	138
21	Corey Conners	2 under par	2 under par	finished	71	67	67	138
21	Robert MacIntyre	2 under par	2 under par	13	67	no score	no score	67
21	Daniel Brown	2 under par	2 under par	12	66	no score	no score	66
21	Victor Perez	2 under par	2 under par	9	68	no score	no score	68
21	Scottie Scheffler	2 under par	2 under par	3	68	no score	no score	68
21	Jon Rahm	2 under par	2 under par	2	69	no score	no score	69
21	Tommy Fleetwood	2 under par	2 under par	2	69	no score	no score	69
36	Jesper Svensson	1 under par	1 under par	finished	73	66	66	139
36	John Parry	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	68	68	139
36	Shaun Norris	1 under par	1 under par	finished	69	70	70	139
36	Rory McIlroy	1 under par	1 under par	finished	72	67	67	139
36	Patrick Cantlay	1 under par	1 under par	finished	71	68	68	139
36	Jacob Bridgeman	1 under par	1 under par	finished	70	69	69	139
36	Antoine Rozner	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 15:59	69	no score	no score	69
36	Andy Sullivan	1 under par	1 under par	15	70	no score	no score	70
36	Ryan Fox	1 under par	1 under par	14	72	no score	no score	72
36	Matthew Southgate	1 under par	1 under par	12	69	no score	no score	69
36	Joakim Lagergren	1 under par	1 under par	8	68	no score	no score	68
36	Michael Thorbjornsen	1 under par	1 under par	5	70	no score	no score	70
36	Tyrrell Hatton	1 under par	1 under par	3	69	no score	no score	69
36	Nick Taylor	1 under par	1 under par	2	68	no score	no score	68
36	Si-Woo Kim	1 under par	1 under par	2	68	no score	no score	68
51	Sahith Theegala	level par	level par	finished	71	69	69	140
51	Xander Schauffele	level par	level par	finished	71	69	69	140
51	Kristoffer Reitan	level par	level par	finished	69	71	71	140
51	Marco Penge	level par	level par	finished	72	68	68	140
51	Kurt Kitayama	level par	level par	finished	69	71	71	140
51	Casey Jarvis	level par	level par	finished	73	67	67	140
51	Eric Cole	level par	level par	finished	76	64	64	140
51	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	level par	level par	finished	70	70	70	140
51	Laurie Canter	level par	level par	finished	69	71	71	140
51	Michael Brennan	level par	level par	finished	72	68	68	140
51	Kazuma Kobori	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 15:48	70	no score	no score	70
51	Jack McDonald	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 16:10	70	no score	no score	70
51	Kazuki Higa	level par	level par	16	73	no score	no score	73
51	Jordan Smith	level par	level par	11	68	no score	no score	68
51	Hennie Du Plessis	level par	level par	9	70	no score	no score	70
51	Travis Smyth	level par	level par	5	71	no score	no score	71
51	Ben Griffin	level par	level par	5	69	no score	no score	69
51	Russell Henley	level par	level par	4	70	no score	no score	70
69	Aldrich Potgieter	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	72	72	141
69	Peter Uihlein	1 over par	1 over par	finished	73	68	68	141
69	Brooks Koepka	1 over par	1 over par	finished	70	71	71	141
69	Keegan Bradley	1 over par	1 over par	finished	69	72	72	141
69	Thomas Sloman	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:48	71	no score	no score	71
69	Ryutaro Nagano	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:21	71	no score	no score	71
69	Marcus Plunkett	1 over par	1 over par	16	70	no score	no score	70
69	Rickie Fowler	1 over par	1 over par	13	71	no score	no score	71
69	Tom McKibbin	1 over par	1 over par	10	71	no score	no score	71
69	Sam Stevens	1 over par	1 over par	7	71	no score	no score	71
69	Akshay Bhatia	1 over par	1 over par	6	71	no score	no score	71
69	Hideki Matsuyama	1 over par	1 over par	5	72	no score	no score	72
69	Alexander Noren	1 over par	1 over par	4	71	no score	no score	71
69	Viktor Hovland	1 over par	1 over par	4	70	no score	no score	70
69	Maverick McNealy	1 over par	1 over par	1	71	no score	no score	71
84	Bernd Wiesberger	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	71	71	142
84	Sami Valimaki	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	72	72	142
84	Cameron Smith	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	69	69	142
84	Jayden Schaper	2 over par	2 over par	finished	70	72	72	142
84	Aaron Rai	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	71	71	142
84	J. T. Poston	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	71	71	142
84	Matt McCarty	2 over par	2 over par	finished	75	67	67	142
84	Mason Howell	2 over par	2 over par	finished	73	69	69	142
84	Billy Horschel	2 over par	2 over par	finished	71	71	71	142
84	Nicolai Hoejgaard	2 over par	2 over par	finished	72	70	70	142
84	Caleb Surratt	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:59	72	no score	no score	72
84	Frederic Lacroix	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:10	72	no score	no score	72
84	Daniel Hillier	2 over par	2 over par	15	72	no score	no score	72
84	Jake Knapp	2 over par	2 over par	10	71	no score	no score	71
84	Jose Luis Ballester	2 over par	2 over par	9	71	no score	no score	71
84	Rasmus Hoejgaard	2 over par	2 over par	6	71	no score	no score	71
84	Min-Woo Lee	2 over par	2 over par	5	70	no score	no score	70
84	Justin Thomas	2 over par	2 over par	4	70	no score	no score	70
84	Jason Day	2 over par	2 over par	4	73	no score	no score	73
103	Keita Nakajima	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
103	Keith Mitchell	3 over par	3 over par	finished	72	71	71	143
103	Joo-Hyung Kim	3 over par	3 over par	finished	70	73	73	143
103	Wyndham Clark	3 over par	3 over par	finished	73	70	70	143
103	Alejandro De Castro	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:21	73	no score	no score	73
103	Nevill Ruiter	3 over par	3 over par	16	76	no score	no score	76
103	Naoyuki Kataoka	3 over par	3 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
103	Henrik Stenson	3 over par	3 over par	14	68	no score	no score	68
103	Max Homa	3 over par	3 over par	13	71	no score	no score	71
103	Harris English	3 over par	3 over par	6	73	no score	no score	73
103	Kota Kaneko	3 over par	3 over par	5	72	no score	no score	72
103	Jordan Spieth	3 over par	3 over par	2	73	no score	no score	73
115	Joaquin Niemann	4 over par	4 over par	finished	76	68	68	144
115	Michael Hollick	4 over par	4 over par	finished	72	72	72	144
115	Harry Hall	4 over par	4 over par	finished	77	67	67	144
115	Matthew Fitzpatrick	4 over par	4 over par	finished	72	72	72	144
115	David Howard	4 over par	4 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:48	74	no score	no score	74
115	Baard Bjoernevik Skogen	4 over par	4 over par	16	73	no score	no score	73
115	Michael Kim	4 over par	4 over par	15	73	no score	no score	73
115	Andrew Novak	4 over par	4 over par	14	73	no score	no score	73
123	Haotong Li	5 over par	5 over par	finished	72	73	73	145
123	Max Greyserman	5 over par	5 over par	finished	76	69	69	145
123	Alistair Docherty	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
123	Jack Buchanan	5 over par	5 over par	finished	73	72	72	145
123	Joseph Dean	5 over par	5 over par	14	72	no score	no score	72
123	Martin Couvra	5 over par	5 over par	12	74	no score	no score	74
123	Stewart Cink	5 over par	5 over par	8	74	no score	no score	74
123	Justin Rose	5 over par	5 over par	4	75	no score	no score	75
123	Brian Harman	5 over par	5 over par	2	74	no score	no score	74
132	Tim Wiedemeyer	6 over par	6 over par	finished	73	73	73	146
132	Adrien Saddier	6 over par	6 over par	finished	77	69	69	146
132	Stuart Grehan	6 over par	6 over par	finished	77	69	69	146
132	Daniel Berger	6 over par	6 over par	finished	76	70	70	146
132	Ren Yonezawa	6 over par	6 over par	Round 2 tee time 15:59	76	no score	no score	76
132	Sam Bairstow	6 over par	6 over par	17	72	no score	no score	72
132	Matthew Baldwin	6 over par	6 over par	16	72	no score	no score	72
132	David Duval	6 over par	6 over par	12	73	no score	no score	73
132	Lev Grinberg	6 over par	6 over par	10	71	no score	no score	71
132	Angel Ayora	6 over par	6 over par	9	72	no score	no score	72
132	David Puig	6 over par	6 over par	1	74	no score	no score	74
143	Darren Clarke	7 over par	7 over par	finished	73	74	74	147
143	Jeong-Woo Ham	7 over par	7 over par	Round 2 tee time 16:21	77	no score	no score	77
143	Ji-Ho Yang	7 over par	7 over par	16	77	no score	no score	77
143	Mateo Pulcini	7 over par	7 over par	9	75	no score	no score	75
147	Daniel Bradbury	8 over par	8 over par	9	74	no score	no score	74
147	Scott Vincent	8 over par	8 over par	8	75	no score	no score	75
149	Francesco Laporta	9 over par	9 over par	finished	74	75	75	149
149	Padraig Harrington	9 over par	9 over par	finished	80	69	69	149
149	Gary Woodland	9 over par	9 over par	10	78	no score	no score	78
152	Tiger Christensen	10 over par	10 over par	finished	75	75	75	150
152	Matthew Jordan	10 over par	10 over par	14	77	no score	no score	77
154	Austen Truslow	12 over par	12 over par	17	79	no score	no score	79
155	Fifa Laopakdee	13 over par	13 over par	12	75	no score	no score	75
-	James Nicholas	no score	no score	Withdrawn	75	no score	no score	75