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July 21, 2023

The Open 2023

Matt Wallace (+4) is out, with plenty of work to do.

Otaegui is the best player based on the leaderboard, the Spaniard is -4 and already through two holes.

Walking with Rory: The sights and sounds of an Open round with McIlroy

Come on Roryyyy.

The simple refrain soundtracks every round of golf Rory McIlroy plays. When that round is on home shores and the stakes are as high as they are at the 151^st Open Championship at Hoylake, it becomes almost incessant.

The bigger the moment or the greater the shot produced, the more elongated and insistent that second syllable becomes.

Come on Roryyyyyyyyyy.

Luke Baker walks 18 holes with Rory McIlroy at Hoylake:

Walking with Rory: The sights and sounds of an Open round with McIlroy

Rory McIlroy is a golfer who uniquely captures the public’s imagination. Luke Baker finds out what it’s like to walk 18 holes with the Northern Irishman

Overnight leaderboard

Here’s a reminder how the top of the leaderboard looked overnight. It makes very pretty reading for Tommy Fleetwood.

-5 Fleetwood, Lamprecht, Grillo

-4 Rozner, Otageui, Harman

-3 Cink, Clark, Noren, Homa, Sharma, Stewart

-2 Spieth, Jordan, Migliozzi, SW Kim, Bjork, Wilson

The Open 2023: Tee times and schedule for Round 2

Tommy Fleetwood will look to continue his impressive play in round 2 after he rode a wave of home support to the top of the leaderboard and Rory McIlroy battled back from a poor start in the Open Championship on Thursday.

Roared on by a partisan crowd at Royal Liverpool, Fleetwood carded an opening 66 to share the clubhouse lead with South African amateur Christo Lamprecht and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo on five under par.

Antoine Rozner, Adrian Otaegui and Brian Harman are all a shot behind, with former champion Stewart Cink – who denied Tom Watson a fairytale victory in 2009 – part of a group on three under which includes US Open champion Wyndham Clark.

Here are the tee times for the second round at Royal Liverpool:

The Open 2023: Tee times and schedule for Round 2 including McIlroy and Fleetwood

Golf’s final major of the year, the Open at Hoylake, continues on Friday as Tommy Fleetwood leads the way

Tommy Fleetwood makes flying start as Rory McIlroy fights back at the Open

Tommy Fleetwood rode a wave of home support to the top of the leaderboard as Rory McIlroy battled back from a poor start in the 151st Open Championship.

Antoine Rozner, Adrian Otaegui and Brian Harman were all a shot behind, with former champion Stewart Cink – who denied Tom Watson a fairytale victory in 2009 – part of a group on three under which included US Open champion Wyndham Clark.

McIlroy, who lifted the Claret Jug at Hoylake in 2014, was two over par after 13 holes before making birdies on the 14th and 15th and a crucial par on the 18th after needing two shots to escape a greenside bunker to end at level-par. It is unlikely that McIlroy was aware of the statistic that 50 of the last 52 Open champions have been within five shots of the lead after round one, but a fist pump suggested he certainly felt it was an important finish.

Read the full report of Thursday’s action below: