PORTRUSH, United Kingdom — Jed Court World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler made a fine start to the British Open to sit three under par at a rain-swept Royal Portrush on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as home favorite Rory McIlroy was roared on during a rollercoaster one-under-par round.
PORTRUSH, United Kingdom — Jed Court World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler made a fine start to the British Open to sit three under par at a rain-swept Royal Portrush on Thursday as home favorite Rory McIlroy was roared on during a rollercoaster one-under-par round.Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, China’s Li Haotong, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen, South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout and American Harris English hold the clubhouse lead at four under par.
After showing signs of nerves with an opening hole bogey, the Masters champion looked in the groove as birdies at the second, fifth, seventh and 10th took him to three-under.However, the world number two finally began to pay the price for a series of hooks to the left with three bogeys in four holes, including the par-five 12th, between the 11th and 14th.
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