Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport at Royal Portrush

Richard Teder only started playing golf by chance after his auntie won some vouchers in a tennis competition.

That was 14 years ago.

And now, at the age of 20, he's making Open Championship history by becoming the first Estonian to play the sport's oldest major.

The amateur qualified in some style too, with a 70-yard chip-in to win a play-off in final qualifying at West Lancashire.

"I've never lost in a play-off so I knew I was pretty safe," Teder laughed in the immediate aftermath.

The shot - his second on a par-four hole - was an instant hit on social media and Teder himself can't stop watching it.

"I've watched it a million times," he told BBC Sport. "I watched it today. I just couldn't believe it went in."

Scottie Scheffler may have won three majors and an Olympic gold medal in his career but the 29-year-old started his Open Championship week by questioning why he even plays golf.

The American won this year's US PGA Championship to add to his two Masters titles and victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He has been world number one for 112 consecutive weeks and has earned more than £65m in prize money on the PGA Tour but these are not figures that Scheffler wishes to dwell on.

"This is not a fulfilling life," he said.

"It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.

"There are a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to number one in the world, and they're like, 'what's the point?'

"I really do believe that because, what is the point? Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis."

You can read more and watch Scheffler's press conference here

Tom McKibbin joined Northern Ireland major winners Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke out on the course on Tuesday morning.

The trio caught up with BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson

It's been a busy couple of days at Royal Portrush so let's get you up to speed with anything you might have missed so far this week.

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It's the final day of practice at Royal Portrush before the start of the 153rd Open Championship.

We're due to hear from Justin Rose today, as well as a press conference from the R&A.

We'll bring you all of those across the day on this very page.

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