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

Summary

Leaders: -4 Brown, Im (66), DeChambeau -17
Clutch of players at -3 including MacIntyre
Fleetwood, Scheffler & Hatton on course
15:15 McIlroy, Schauffele, M Fitzpatrick
Full round one tee-times

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Postpublished at 13:08 BST
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, DeChambeau -3 (11)
Graeme Storm
Two-time European Tour winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Beautiful wedge shot out of a divot from Bryson DeChambeau. He controlled the spin and did everything he needed to do to look at a birdie chance.
DeChambeau had a difficult putt. It looked like it would snap from right to left. He maybe put too much pace into it.
Postpublished at 13:07 BST
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, DeChambeau -3 (11)
Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Royal Birkdale

I thought we might see three birdies, but none of these players could capitalise.

Chances missedpublished at 13:07 BST
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, DeChambeau -3 (11)

Amazing. Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton all have very makeable birdie putts over on the 11th green and none of them are able to dunk them in.
The furthest was BDC from 11 feet. World number one Scheffler was inside six.
'Crosswinds going to make it tough'published at 13:07 BST
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

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It has changed direction. It is now coming from the north and the greens have started to firm up.
Those crosswinds are going to make it tough. Ball striking is going to be the most important thing.

Gerard joins leaderspublished at 13:05 BST
Gerard -4 (9)

Oh yes!
Ryan Gerard is very much in the groove. He follows a birdie at the eighth by sinking a tramliner at nine and joins the leaders on four under.
A glorious front nine of 30.
Straka's remarkable streak continuespublished at 13:04 BST
Straka E (1)

Sepp Straka starts his opening round with a par at the first. So what? I hear some of you cry.
Well, the big Austrian has now made 22 consecutive pars in Open Championship golf after making par on all 18 holes in his final round at Royal Portrush last year.
He started his run on the 16th in his third round at Portrush, finshing last year's event with 21 straight pars, to which he's added another at Birkdale - so let's see how long he can go!
He's gone 30 holes in The Open without making a bogey.

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I don't mind the Open going to Ireland, but not further afield. Also it must always be on a links course.
Andrew, Gloucester
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Sloppy bogey for Fleetwoodpublished at 12:57 BST
Spieth +2, Fleetwood E, Rahm -1 (10)

"Ugh, Tommy!"
Fleetwood is disgusted with his approach from the fairway at the 10th. His ball is bullied by the wind in the sky and he comes up well short.
Out with the putter, his judgement of pace is sound but he's shoved it out to the right a bit and has a tricky wee seven-footer for par.
Misses it! Fleetwood's first dropped shot and he slips back to level par.
In the thick stuff off the tee, Jon Rahm muscles his second to the back of the green and takes two from there to secure his four, which is matched by Jordan Spieth.

'Rose has been really scrappy'published at 12:53 BST
Henley E, Rose +4, Hovland E (12)
Oliver Wilson
Former Ryder Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Justin Rose was clinical for his first three holes. Then his approach play is where it is going wrong. He has just been really scrappy. When he is hitting his putts, he comes out of it straight away. His approach play is not dialled in.
Birdie for Rose, bogey for Hovlandpublished at 12:53 BST
Henley E, Rose +4, Hovland E (12)

Justin Rose made his 10-foot birdie putt to get back to four over par, but playing partner Viktor Hovland is punished for an errant tee shot on the par-three 12th and drops back to even par.

'Thankfully, I started holing some putts'published at 12:52 BST
Brown -4 (66)

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Dan Brown, who is currently tied at the top of the leaderboard, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live:
"It will be nice if it stays up there. I felt good. The last two-three months, I have been hitting the ball really well, but not been holing anything. Thankfully, I started holing some putts on the last nine to 10 holes.
"The eighth kick-started the day, but I would say the first seven holes were pretty boring to be honest. I struggle to adapt to life in America a little bit.
"I have swapped and changed putters a little bit. I have gone back to the original one that I have had for the last couple of years. Hopefully, it carries on working."
'The wind has picked up'published at 12:48 BST
Chris Jones
BBC commentator on Radio 5 Live at Royal Birkdale

The wind has picked up and that could be a factor for those players on the back nine.

Birdie for DeChambeaupublished at 12:47 BST
Scheffler -3, Hatton -2, DeChambeau -3 (10)

That wiped its feet. Scottie Scheffler's par putt on the 10th drops. Just.
Bryson DeChambeau's mammoth tee shot pays dividends as he chips to three feet and then rolls in for a three. So far, so good for the two-time US Open winner.
Double bogey for Rosepublished at 12:46 BST
Henley E, Rose +5, Hovland -1 (11)

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It's been a disappointing day for Justin Rose so far and there are more problems for him on the 11th.
Rose goes long with his approach, he needs two attempts to find the green and two putts to find the cup.
The Englishman drops back to five over for the day - but he's got a 10-footer left for birdie on the par-three 12th to get one of those shots back.

Gerard going great gunspublished at 12:45 BST
Gerard -3 (8)

Ryan Gerard is enjoying the early stages of his Open Championship debut.
The 26-year-old American's sole PGA Tour win came at the brilliantly named Barracuda Championship last year, an event which ran opposite to the Open at Royal Portrush.
He's in the big leagues now and taking advantage, with birdies at two, three and eight.
How do you plot around Birkdale?published at 12:45 BST

Ken Brown gives us a masterclass in getting round the links.
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'Take on the hazard, reap a reward'

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I think - and I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking this - that the PGA Championship should be a global competition held all around the world. Having 3 majors exclusively in America is too much. And anyway, don’t Ireland have their own Open Championship on the European tour?
Ross, Falkirk
'Played better than I scored'published at 12:42 BST
Fitzpatrick -1 (69)

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After a one-under 69, Alex Fitzpatrick has been reflecting on the state of his game:
"I felt like I played a little better than what I scored. Hit a couple bad shots coming down the stretch, which was a little frustrating, especially not birdieing either of the par fives.
"My game is in a completely different spot than I was three years ago, and I feel like my golf the past three months shows that I can compete in big tournaments."

Im & Brown set the pacepublished at 12:40 BST
Im -4 (66), Brown -4 (66)

We have new joint clubhouse leaders. Sungjae Im and Dan Brown, who were both in the top 10 at Royal Troon a couple of years back, sign for rounds of 66.
McDonald joins crowd at -3published at 12:40 BST
McDonald -3 (5)

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The Scots are turning up at Birkdale today.
After Bob MacIntyre's excellent three-under earlier, compatriot Jack McDonald has joined him, after just five holes.
The 33-year-old missed the cut on his only other Open appearance in 2024, but is in good shape so far here.

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 1	Strokes
1	Daniel Brown	4 under par	4 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:47	66	66	66
1	Sung-Jae Im	4 under par	4 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:47	66	66	66
1	Bryson DeChambeau	4 under par	4 under par	17	no score	no score	no score
4	Thomas Detry	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 11:41	67	67	67
4	Robert MacIntyre	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:25	67	67	67
4	Francesco Molinari	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 13:09	67	67	67
4	Alex Smalley	3 under par	3 under par	Round 2 tee time 14:09	67	67	67
4	Ryan Gerard	3 under par	3 under par	16	no score	no score	no score
4	M. J. Daffue	3 under par	3 under par	14	no score	no score	no score
4	Laurie Canter	3 under par	3 under par	12	no score	no score	no score
11	Henrik Stenson	2 under par	2 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:14	68	68	68
11	Jordan Smith	2 under par	2 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:58	68	68	68
11	Victor Perez	2 under par	2 under par	Round 2 tee time 13:31	68	68	68
11	Joakim Lagergren	2 under par	2 under par	Round 2 tee time 13:42	68	68	68
11	Ryo Hisatsune	2 under par	2 under par	Round 2 tee time 14:09	68	68	68
11	Scottie Scheffler	2 under par	2 under par	17	no score	no score	no score
11	Tyrrell Hatton	2 under par	2 under par	17	no score	no score	no score
11	Maverick McNealy	2 under par	2 under par	15	no score	no score	no score
11	Antoine Rozner	2 under par	2 under par	14	no score	no score	no score
20	Alex Fitzpatrick	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:25	69	69	69
20	Matthew Southgate	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 12:36	69	69	69
20	Ben Griffin	1 under par	1 under par	Round 2 tee time 14:31	69	69	69
20	Nick Taylor	1 under par	1 under par	16	no score	no score	no score
20	Si-Woo Kim	1 under par	1 under par	16	no score	no score	no score
20	Jack McDonald	1 under par	1 under par	13	no score	no score	no score
20	Matt Wallace	1 under par	1 under par	12	no score	no score	no score
20	Shaun Norris	1 under par	1 under par	9	no score	no score	no score
20	Joo-Hyung Kim	1 under par	1 under par	6	no score	no score	no score
20	Pierceson Coody	1 under par	1 under par	5	no score	no score	no score
20	Jayden Schaper	1 under par	1 under par	3	no score	no score	no score
20	Patrick Reed	1 under par	1 under par	2	no score	no score	no score
32	Andy Sullivan	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 11:52	70	70	70
32	Hennie Du Plessis	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 13:20	70	70	70
32	Michael Thorbjornsen	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 13:53	70	70	70
32	Min-Woo Lee	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 14:31	70	70	70
32	Russell Henley	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 14:42	70	70	70
32	Viktor Hovland	level par	level par	Round 2 tee time 14:42	70	70	70
32	Justin Thomas	level par	level par	17	no score	no score	no score
32	Jon Rahm	level par	level par	16	no score	no score	no score
32	Tommy Fleetwood	level par	level par	16	no score	no score	no score
32	David Puig	level par	level par	15	no score	no score	no score
32	Kazuma Kobori	level par	level par	15	no score	no score	no score
32	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	level par	level par	13	no score	no score	no score
32	Sahith Theegala	level par	level par	12	no score	no score	no score
32	Michael Brennan	level par	level par	12	no score	no score	no score
32	Sepp Straka	level par	level par	11	no score	no score	no score
32	Keith Mitchell	level par	level par	11	no score	no score	no score
32	Jackson Suber	level par	level par	9	no score	no score	no score
32	Keegan Bradley	level par	level par	8	no score	no score	no score
32	Haotong Li	level par	level par	7	no score	no score	no score
32	Billy Horschel	level par	level par	6	no score	no score	no score
32	Kristoffer Reitan	level par	level par	3	no score	no score	no score
32	Bud Cauley	level par	level par	3	no score	no score	no score
32	Adam Scott	level par	level par	2	no score	no score	no score
32	J. T. Poston	level par	level par	2	no score	no score	no score
32	Chris Gotterup	level par	level par	2	no score	no score	no score
32	Sam Burns	level par	level par	2	no score	no score	no score
32	J. J. Spaun	level par	level par	1	no score	no score	no score
32	Aaron Rai	level par	level par	1	no score	no score	no score
32	Shane Lowry	level par	level par	1	no score	no score	no score
32	Brooks Koepka	level par	level par	1	no score	no score	no score
62	Max Homa	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:14	71	71	71
62	Rickie Fowler	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:25	71	71	71
62	Jake Knapp	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:58	71	71	71
62	Lev Grinberg	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:09	71	71	71
62	Tom McKibbin	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:09	71	71	71
62	Jose Luis Ballester	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:20	71	71	71
62	Travis Smyth	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:53	71	71	71
62	Sam Stevens	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:09	71	71	71
62	Akshay Bhatia	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:20	71	71	71
62	Rasmus Hoejgaard	1 over par	1 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:20	71	71	71
62	Alexander Noren	1 over par	1 over par	17	no score	no score	no score
62	John Parry	1 over par	1 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
62	Ryutaro Nagano	1 over par	1 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
62	Kurt Kitayama	1 over par	1 over par	11	no score	no score	no score
62	Sami Valimaki	1 over par	1 over par	10	no score	no score	no score
62	Bernd Wiesberger	1 over par	1 over par	9	no score	no score	no score
62	Matt McCarty	1 over par	1 over par	8	no score	no score	no score
62	Corey Conners	1 over par	1 over par	8	no score	no score	no score
62	Marco Penge	1 over par	1 over par	7	no score	no score	no score
62	Michael Hollick	1 over par	1 over par	7	no score	no score	no score
62	Mason Howell	1 over par	1 over par	6	no score	no score	no score
62	Johnny Keefer	1 over par	1 over par	5	no score	no score	no score
62	Jesper Svensson	1 over par	1 over par	4	no score	no score	no score
62	Jack Buchanan	1 over par	1 over par	4	no score	no score	no score
62	Lucas Herbert	1 over par	1 over par	3	no score	no score	no score
62	Collin Morikawa	1 over par	1 over par	1	no score	no score	no score
62	Nicolai Hoejgaard	1 over par	1 over par	1	no score	no score	no score
89	Matthew Baldwin	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 11:41	72	72	72
89	Daniel Hillier	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 11:52	72	72	72
89	Ryan Fox	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:03	72	72	72
89	Joseph Dean	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:14	72	72	72
89	Angel Ayora	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:31	72	72	72
89	Kota Kaneko	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:53	72	72	72
89	Hideki Matsuyama	2 over par	2 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:31	72	72	72
89	Jason Day	2 over par	2 over par	17	no score	no score	no score
89	Jordan Spieth	2 over par	2 over par	16	no score	no score	no score
89	Caleb Surratt	2 over par	2 over par	14	no score	no score	no score
89	Frederic Lacroix	2 over par	2 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
89	Alejandro De Castro	2 over par	2 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
89	Cameron Smith	2 over par	2 over par	11	no score	no score	no score
89	Darren Clarke	2 over par	2 over par	9	no score	no score	no score
89	Harry Hall	2 over par	2 over par	7	no score	no score	no score
89	Aldrich Potgieter	2 over par	2 over par	4	no score	no score	no score
105	Michael Kim	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 11:52	73	73	73
105	Andrew Novak	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:03	73	73	73
105	David Duval	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:36	73	73	73
105	Harris English	3 over par	3 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:20	73	73	73
105	Brian Harman	3 over par	3 over par	16	no score	no score	no score
105	David Howard	3 over par	3 over par	15	no score	no score	no score
105	Casey Jarvis	3 over par	3 over par	8	no score	no score	no score
105	Keita Nakajima	3 over par	3 over par	5	no score	no score	no score
113	Martin Couvra	4 over par	4 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:36	74	74	74
113	Daniel Bradbury	4 over par	4 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:20	74	74	74
113	Stewart Cink	4 over par	4 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:42	74	74	74
113	Thomas Sloman	4 over par	4 over par	15	no score	no score	no score
113	Eric Cole	4 over par	4 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
113	Tiger Christensen	4 over par	4 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
113	Stuart Grehan	4 over par	4 over par	11	no score	no score	no score
113	Joaquin Niemann	4 over par	4 over par	10	no score	no score	no score
113	Adrien Saddier	4 over par	4 over par	9	no score	no score	no score
122	James Nicholas	5 over par	5 over par	Round 2 tee time 11:41	75	75	75
122	Fifa Laopakdee	5 over par	5 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:47	75	75	75
122	Mateo Pulcini	5 over par	5 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:31	75	75	75
122	Scott Vincent	5 over par	5 over par	Round 2 tee time 13:42	75	75	75
122	Justin Rose	5 over par	5 over par	Round 2 tee time 14:42	75	75	75
122	Ren Yonezawa	5 over par	5 over par	14	no score	no score	no score
122	Jeong-Woo Ham	5 over par	5 over par	13	no score	no score	no score
122	Max Greyserman	5 over par	5 over par	12	no score	no score	no score
122	Padraig Harrington	5 over par	5 over par	7	no score	no score	no score
131	Matthew Jordan	7 over par	7 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:03	77	77	77
132	Gary Woodland	8 over par	8 over par	Round 2 tee time 12:58	78	78	78
-	Ludvig Aaberg	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:04	no score	no score	no score
-	Wyndham Clark	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:04	no score	no score	no score
-	Cameron Young	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:04	no score	no score	no score
-	Matthew Fitzpatrick	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:15	no score	no score	no score
-	Rory McIlroy	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:15	no score	no score	no score
-	Xander Schauffele	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:15	no score	no score	no score
-	Jacob Bridgeman	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:26	no score	no score	no score
-	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:26	no score	no score	no score
-	Tim Wiedemeyer	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:26	no score	no score	no score
-	Daniel Berger	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:37	no score	no score	no score
-	Patrick Cantlay	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:37	no score	no score	no score
-	Nicolas Echavarria	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:37	no score	no score	no score
-	Alistair Docherty	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:48	no score	no score	no score
-	Francesco Laporta	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:48	no score	no score	no score
-	Peter Uihlein	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:48	no score	no score	no score
-	Sam Bairstow	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:59	no score	no score	no score
-	Cameron John	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:59	no score	no score	no score
-	Austen Truslow	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 15:59	no score	no score	no score
-	Baard Bjoernevik Skogen	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:10	no score	no score	no score
-	Naoyuki Kataoka	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:10	no score	no score	no score
-	Marcus Plunkett	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:10	no score	no score	no score
-	Kazuki Higa	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:21	no score	no score	no score
-	Nevill Ruiter	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:21	no score	no score	no score
-	Ji-Ho Yang	level par	level par	Round 1 tee time 16:21	no score	no score	no score