Summary

  • McIlroy leads by six shots on -16 after a round of 68

  • Fowler -10; Garcia -9; D Johnson, Dubuisson -8; E Molinari -7

  • Manassero, Scott, Karlsson, Furyk, Schwartzel -6

  • Selected: Clarke, McDowell, Warren, Rose -5; Mickelson -1; Woods +3

  • A two-tee start for first time in Open history because of the weather

Live Reporting

Andy Cryer, Ben Dirs and Luke Reddy

  1. Coetzee on first hole

    George CoetzeePA

    Commentator Peter Alliss says: "George has a comfortable build. Built for comfort. Not speed."

  2. Garcia gets his round under way

    Now, can this week be his time? Sergio Garcia tees off on one at six under and in with a shout of finally breaking his major duck.

    He has been close before. Not a great start as he finds the rough and just keeps his fingers crossed he gets a favourable lie. Playing partner Rickie Fowler (-6) has no such trouble, nor does Ryan Moore (-6).

  3. Edoardo Molinari (-5) in safely for par on three after back-to-back birdies. Justin Rose (-3) sets up another chance for birdie on four.

  4. Rob Hodgetts
    BBC Sport at Hoylake

    "Rory McIlroy firing red-headed drivers into the gun-metal sky. Not the actual driver, just lots of balls. The whip crack of each one ricocheting down the range. You can tell he's hitting it well when he does that little shuffle with his feet after the follow through.

    "When he's had enough he strides down the range, eyes forward even when someone shouts out some encouragement. He does allow himself a quick eyes left at boyhood idol Tiger Woods and exchanges a quick word with Woods's caddie Joe LaCava. Only Woods left."

  5. Up and down start for Matteo Manassero as he makes a second birdie in a row on four. The Italian started with back-to-back bogeys but returns to where he started today, two under.

  6. Poor start for Bjorn

    They arrive like buses. Denmark's Thomas Bjorn goes the entire back nine without a bogey on Friday. He's got two from two holes on Saturday. Tidy it up Thomas.

  7. Get involved

    Paul Wake: Jimmy Walker is Davis Love III in disguise!!

    Paddy Emmerson: If there is going to be a remake of the 3 musketeer's, surely you would cast Victor Dubuisson. A living caricature of a musketeer.

    It seems a few of you are golfing on a mission to find golfing lookalikes.

  8. Jimmy Walker lands his approach pin high on on the second as he looks good for birdie following a par save on the first. Walker should move to five under.

  9. Birdie for Rose

    Justin Rose birdies three from about 10 feet. The Englishman moves to three under.

    A trio of South Africans Louis Oosthuizen (-6), Charl Shwartzel (-6), and George Coetzee (-5) are playing together and underway on one. Oosthuizen finds the deep rough, Coetzee the bunker and Schwartzel shows them how it is done straight down the fairway.

  10. Peter Alliss
    BBC Sport commentator

    "The Italians are known for it, masters of the bunker shot."

  11. In from the bunker

    Get in! Edoardo Molinari shows his genius from the bunker as he chips in from the bunker on two for successive birdies. Up to four under for the Italian.

  12. The bunker on one is finding a few victims today as Robert Karlsson (-4) lands in the sand with his second.

  13. Keegan Bradley up to three under with two birdies in the first six holes, while Stephen Gallacher gets a shot back at three to return to two under.

  14. Where could McIlroy blow up?

    The stumbling blocks:

    Hole 2: Par four averaging 4.35 shots has claimed 108 bogeys this week and 12 double bogeys or worse.

    Hole 7: The hardest hole on the course takes around 4.4 blows to get through on average. Just 13 of the 924 birdies across the course this week have come on this drag.

  15. Jimmy Walker saves par brilliantly. His bunker shot isn't great on one but he putts into the middle of the hole from 20 feet to stay at four under.

  16. Rob Hodgetts
    BBC Sport at Hoylake

    "An early putt and some vigorous gum chewing for Tiger Woods. He has a good laugh about something with Jimmy Walker and then sweeps off to the front of the clubhouse to get a courtesy car over the road to the range. Setting up between Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia, he begins with a few gentle wedges. Current coach Sean Foley is manning the umbrella, former guru Butch Harmon yards away with Fowler and Dustin Johnson. Rory McIlroy out on the far left with coach Michael Bannon. Still raining."

  17. We are already into the contenders. Jim Furyk (-5), Robert Karlsson (-4) and Marc Warren (-5) are underway on one. Karlsson away safely, Warren into the galleries and Furyk looks in a horrible position off the fairway.

  18. Back-to-back birdies for Cabrera

    Back-to-back birdies at the start for Angel Cabrera, on 10 and 11, and he is now in the red for the championship. If only his first day hadn't been such a horror show, he would have been well in this.

  19. Good start Byeong-Hun An as he moves to three under with a second birdie of the day at three.

  20. Jimmy Walker, jacket off, lands his approach on the first deep in the bunker. He is four under but scrapping to save par straight away. Birdie for Edoardo Molinari on one to move to four under.