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Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Cameron Smith, Ernie ...

Earlier in the day, Ernie Els was tied with Smith and McIlroy for second place. In fourth place, Lee Westwood is in a six-way tie with amateur Barclay Brown, Kurt Kitayama, Brad Kennedy, Victor Hovland and Paul Casey at 4 under. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. One of the most exciting weeks in golf in recent years is here, with the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews. Young had eight birdies, with five of those coming on the front nine, and no bogeys to get off to an impressive start at the tournament. Rory McIlroy holds the sole spot in second after birdieing the final hole to shoot a 6-under 66.

The top of 150th Open Championship leaderboard is stacked, but you'll find Tiger's name at the other end.

Making the cut will be a difficult task as a round in the mid 60s will be required, but all eyes will remain on Woods. Spieth has the creativity and skill to succeed at St. Andrews, and he will have every opportunity to prove that across his second round. "I did everything that you're supposed to do around St Andrews. I birdied the holes that are birdieable, and I made pars at the holes where you're sort of looking to make a par and move to the next tee. I think I'm going to play really well the next few days." While that means his greatest asset -- his driver -- is taken out of his hands, he will be more than fine with that if the results materialize as they did in Round 1. Instead of letting it bother me too much, and then I try to go for a stupid shot to gain back what I lost." He carried this prowess into the opening round, and it is now time to see if he can replicate it over the next 54 holes. And I think with the humps and hollows, it becomes quite unpredictable and just something that I've learned over the years." He is long and straight off the tee and credits getting over to Scotland a week early as a reason for his success in the first round. I'm happy that, as far as I know, I'm still leading The Open Championship, but it's not going to change how I feel an hour from now. I mean, it might change how I feel on the 1st tee a little bit tomorrow, but I'll forget about it very quickly." The PGA Tour rookie has been tremendous this season, finishing runner-up three times and in a tie for third at the PGA Championship, yet he came into this week having missed his last two cuts.

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14:59 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Max Homa (US), Tiger Woods (US) 14:04 David Duval (US), Justin Harding (SA), Jordan Smith (Eng) 07:52 John Daly (US), Bryson DeChambeau (US), Cameron Tringale (US)

A week which started so well turned sour for Tiger Woods, whose opening-round 78 put him 14 shots adrift of leader Cameron Young, who is three clear of ...

“It didn’t feel too great to be honest because of the bad start,” said Scott, who faces a quick turnaround for his morning tee-time of 8.14am (5.14pm AEST) after taking more than six hours to complete his round. Johnson joined the group on four-under with a birdie at the 18th and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler also finished on that mark in the next three-ball. He made his first move on the second hole, draining a huge putt from the raised part of the green on the second hole. Jason Scrivener had a decent day of it, too, playing in the more difficult afternoon conditions and finishing at level par. Robert Dinwiddie of England joined Smith at five-under as one of the last players to complete his round. I don’t think that I played a perfect round of golf.

THE OPEN is back and what a special one we have lined up in 2022 as it's the 150th edition.The world's biggest golf stars, including Tiger Woods, Rory.

Also being probably the biggest British favourite is something that always hangs over the British players in an Open Championship that when you have that favourite role, it's not that easy to deal with all the time.Thomas Bjorn It's not about playing perfect golf, it's about playing really smart golf and know your limitations of how to play that golf course. He knew how to play it. He's putting a lot of demand on that body. Tiger will be fine physically. I think St Andrews is demanding on the brain. I don't feel like there's any extra attention on me.Scottie Scheffler I'm here to play golf. I'm not going to listen. All I heard was clapping. - Kurt Kitayama -4 (18) - Barclay Brown -4 (18)

Other contenders include world No1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, 2017 champion Jordan Spieth and last month's US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, who ...

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A six-under from McIlroy is two off leader Cameron Young, while Poulter is part of a mighty pack on three-under after the first round.

Although it needed special permission from The R&A for him and his father, a club pro in upstate New York, to play off the back tees. And since a tied-sixth finish in Abu Dhabi at the start of the year, there was no form of note before his defection. “I would have been 13,” he recalled of his Scottish vacation. “If I listen to a lot of nonsense, then I’m going to get distracted. It did not help him much as he finished tied 138th when missing the cut. All I heard was clapping.”

Live scores, updates and highlights from the second round of the historic 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews.

That was actually the first and only major championship at which Young has made a cut (0-4 otherwise), though he's sure to double that up at St. Andrews, whether he goes on to become Champion Golfer of the Year or not. The 25-year-old former Wake Forest golfer has yet to win a tournament on the PGA Tour, but a T3 finish at the PGA Championship a couple months ago raised eyebrows about his long-term potential. The hope entering the 150th Open at St. Andrews was that Tiger Woods would some way, some how play himself into contention in what may be the 15-time major winner's last time playing his favorite course. Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/BgVpjHQj02 July 15, 2022 Round of the day so far belongs to one of the LIV golfers. Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/ayLK6urQEk July 15, 2022 Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/uA4BWBkAuS July 15, 2022 Follow live scores 👉 https://t.co/TobaIOE3aN #The150thOpen pic.twitter.com/cMJCPZs8e3 July 15, 2022 CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights below. Tying the lowest first round ever recorded by a first-timer in The Open, the Wake Forest product will look to finally enter the winner's circle as he has finished runner-up on three different occasions this season. Meanwhile, others such as Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and Matt Fitzpatrick will be fighting just to make the cut. With a star-studded field playing, the Old Course serving as a historic backdrop and the pressure on given this is the final major of the year, the 150th Open Championship is already shaping up to be one to remember.

Here's where things stand currently at St Andrews during Round 1 of the 2022 British Open.

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The 150th Open Championship from St Andrews continues with Day 2 action , with Rory McIlroy just 2 shots off the lead and Tiger Woods out in the morning ...

To day two of The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. I'm Fergus Bisset and I'll be taking you through the first couple of hours of the action. A westerly to start with and maybe a spot of rain, the wind switching to a northerly later in the day. I got it up in the wind a bit from about 50 yards and it too fell in the water. Ryan Fox has just got one to back up on the 2nd... Yesterday I said I'd never seen it before when Kurt Kitayama bounced it off the railway sleepers on the edge of the Swilcan Burn and it came straight back towards him... It really is only just on the green over the Swilcan burn. It's just the way it is on The Old Course because of the crossovers and the fact players are often hitting onto adjacent fairways. He needed to get it over a large mound to reach the pin... I heard a rumour that one of them faked having a hole-in-one on the 8th, just for the photo opportunity! I attended the BOSS golf day in the build up to The Open.. It was a crazy affair with something like 50 influencers (which I am not by the way) descending on the Old Course. There was one chap in a string vest doing somersaults on the 1st tee.. I once played with a chap who thinned his drive along the ground, it hit into one of the forward tee markers, pinged back over our heads and out of bounds.. It's day two of The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews. Cameron Young of the USA leads the way after round one following a superb 64.

The 150th British Open is under way at the Home of Golf, the Old Course at St. Andrews. Follow here all day for updates.

Rory McIlroy is the betting favorite as he tries to end an eight-year major drought, though +1000 seems like a short number with such a stacked field. He gave a shot back at the 8th. His best finish in the Open is second in 2008, four shots behind winner Padraig Harrington. Xander Schauffele, a winner in his last two starts on the PGA Tour, is the second favorite at +1400. Here's a quick look at the favorites and notables, according to the SI Sportsbook: Here are some other notable groups (all times eastern): The 2012 U.S. Open champion finished T19 at last year's British Open and his best finish in the championship is a T12 in 2018.

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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – It was past 8 p.m. as Rory McIlroy made the eastward turn toward St. Andrews' final hole, walking out of the shadows cast by the Old ...

McIlroy said he isn’t concerned with the names who stand atop major leaderboards, even if they are THE PLAYERS champion, a two-time major winner, the world No. 1 or some of the game’s rising stars. Friday’s raucous roars would simply serve as an appetizer for the reception that McIlroy would receive with a win Sunday, following the footsteps of European legends like Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo in crossing the Swilcan Bridge en route to lifting the Claret Jug. Five hours earlier, McIlroy had doffed his cap in a show of respect directed at Tiger Woods as Woods walked down St. Andrews’ finishing hole for what may be the final time. They compete with the knowledge that their accomplishments will be remembered for generations, serving as inspiration and worthy of enshrinement. “It doesn’t matter what name is beside the 13 under.” There’s a bit of hyperbole to that statement. Greatness is McIlroy’s lone concern at this point in his career. Woods calls St. Andrews his favorite course in the world. Three years ago, his countrymen tried to cheer him to the weekend in the Open’s return to Northern Ireland, a tournament whose significance extended far beyond golf. The grandstands couldn’t fit all the interested observers who wanted to see him finish his round. He’d just made an unlikely birdie on the Old Course’s most penal hole, the one that forces players to overcome both a blind tee shot lined with O.B. and an approach shot over a sand-filled pit. McIlroy was in contention this time, though, just three shots off the lead.

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Wind gusts hit it and ended up in the burn, and start off with a double. “The greens were very firm but slow and it’s an interesting combo. Need to do it.” And every putt I left short. And it was a long, slow day.” “I think I had maybe four or five three-putts today. Watch every round of The 150th Open Championship 15th - 18th July EXCLUSIVELY LIVE on FOX SPORTS available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now > “Hit a good tee shot down one, ended up right in the middle of a fresh divot and I hit a good shot. “Standing on the first tee at St Andrews in an Open is something that I’ve only dreamt of doing as a kid, and for it to all come real and to have the support I did out there today was pretty cool,” he said after round one His round of 78 leaves him in strife, although Woods did play the final 11 holes of the round at even-par and was cruelled by 36 putts for the day. Watch every round of The 150th Open Championship 15th - 18th July EXCLUSIVELY LIVE on FOX SPORTS available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now > Smith said his first competitive round at the Old Course gave him “goosebumps” while there were “plenty of Aussies in the crowd” wishing him on.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is three back at 8-under-par after shooting his second straight 68 on Friday. And Australian Adam Scott, the Masters champion ...

The 25-year-old Young had never even made a cut at a major until he finished third in May’s PGA Championship. He trails Smith by four shots at the moment, while first-round leader Cameron Young is two back. Dustin Johnson, one of the more high-profile players to resign his PGA membership and join the breakaway LIV Golf tour, had earlier rocketed into first with a 5-under-par 67.

Smith predicts that this weekend The Old Course will be even more of a firm and fast challenge.

“I feel like I put myself in a good position going into the weekend. “Rather be in second than tenth,” he said of being in contention yet again. “I just get up there and really feel it.” “Once it started breaking pretty good, about 10, 15 foot out, I thought it would have a chance,” he said. Smith described his putting technique as trying to see the ball just drip in the front door of the cup. “Got off to a really hot start,” he said.

Cameron Smith sets a record half-way aggregate at St Andrews, while ignorance was bliss for the early Open clubhouse leader Dustin Johnson.

“I think one thing that cannot be questioned is the quality of players that are there. As was the overnight rain that took the menace out of the Old Course’s baked fairways. First round leader Cameron Young rolled in a ten-footer at the last for a 69 to book a Saturday pairing alongside Smith in the final group. Johnson is a fabulous talent, among players of the modern era behind only Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in PGA Tour victories. I feel like I put myself in a good position going into the weekend. Sergio Garcia was round in 66 on day two to reach three under par, Lee Westwood opened with a 68 on Thursday and Ian Poulter a 69. Had a lot of support the first couple of days and really can’t wait for the next couple.” There’s a lot of Aussies in the crowd, it seems like. “I spent a bit of time talking to folks back home and watched two or three before I went to sleep. He just follows the money and lets everyone else negotiate the fallout. Smith began his second round with a hat-trick of birdies, signalling an aggressive intent to make the Claret Jug his first major trophy. He carried that from into the Masters a month later where he contended early before Scottie Scheffler hit the turbo on day two.

Chief among those golfers is Dustin Johnson, the LIV Tour's top-rated golfer in the World Golf Rankings (No. 18). He ended his second round atop the leaderboard ...

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There's a new leader at the 150th Open Championship, and it's a familiar face whose been on top plenty this season.

Viktor Hovland may have a say in this matter as well as he just holed out for eagle on the par-4 15th to also reach 9 under. This week will mark his best chance to date to capture one of the four big ones as he came in with a bit of momentum having finished inside the top 15 at the U.S. Open and is within reach of the lead. Instead, dropped shots on the easy par-4 ninth and par-4 12th squandered any momentum as he finished with a round of 2-under 70. Raising a trophy alongside Xander Schauffele at the Zurich Classic, Cantlay also boasts six top-five finishes in 2022, including last week at the Scottish Open. Despite his consistency, there are those critical of Cantlay as he has yet to match his talent level to production in major championships. After that, kind of once we made the turn, I made a good swing on nine, and after that I hit most of my shots close to how I wanted to. T3. Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland (-10): There is a bit of a Spiderman meme going on with these two as Hovland reminds me of a young McIlroy to an extent. He will begin the weekend five strokes off Smith's lead but has proven to be comfortable coming back from a significant margin as his victories at the Phoenix Open and Arnold Palmer Invitational featured weekend runs. 2. Cameron Young (-11): The Open debutant began his second round with a bit of nerves as he made bogey on his second hole of the day. Yet, in order to succeed, the two will need to swap places as Hovland could use a bit more patience and discipline and McIlroy a bit more freedom. Five of the last six 36-hole leaders at The Open have gone on to win, and Smith should give a fine effort over the weekend in continuing this trend. For a player who has done a bulk of his major championship damage solely at Augusta National, Smith has taken exactly what works at the Masters and implemented it in this year's Open. The second round of the 150th Open Championship featured a little bit of everything on Friday. It began with fans sending Tiger Woods off in the grandest of fashions as the 15-time major winner's playing career at St. Andrews may have come to a close with a missed cut this week.

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“I think one thing that cannot be questioned is the quality of players that are there. As was the overnight rain that took the menace out of the Old Course’s baked fairways. First round leader Cameron Young rolled in a ten-footer at the last for a 69 to book a Saturday pairing alongside Smith in the final group. Johnson is a fabulous talent, among players of the modern era behind only Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in PGA Tour victories. I feel like I put myself in a good position going into the weekend. Sergio Garcia was round in 66 on day two to reach three under par, Lee Westwood opened with a 68 on Thursday and Ian Poulter a 69. Had a lot of support the first couple of days and really can’t wait for the next couple.” There’s a lot of Aussies in the crowd, it seems like. “I spent a bit of time talking to folks back home and watched two or three before I went to sleep. He just follows the money and lets everyone else negotiate the fallout. Smith began his second round with a hat-trick of birdies, signalling an aggressive intent to make the Claret Jug his first major trophy. He carried that from into the Masters a month later where he contended early before Scottie Scheffler hit the turbo on day two.

Rory McIlroy believes he is in a “great position” to end his eight-year wait to win another major championship after two rounds of the British Open.

12:55 Cameron Smith (AUS), Cameron Young (USA) 12:35 Dustin Johnson (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA) 8:35 Billy Horschel (USA), Cameron Tringale (USA) 8:15 Jason Kokrak (USA), Justin Thomas (USA) 5:45 Kevin Kisner (USA), Trey Mullinax (USA) I think he deserves, and we deserve him, to have another crack at it.