Postpublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 20 July 2017
Light has barely broken, rain is piddling. But under brollies. cagoules and waterproof hoods, hundreds are stood around the first tee...
Three men are stood with clubs in their hands...
Summary
Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka & Matt Kuchar share clubhouse lead on -5
Rory McIlroy +1, Sergio Garcia +3
Ian Poulter shoots -3 - his best opening round to a major
Justin Rose finishes +1, Tommy Fleetwood +6
Postpublished at 06:36 British Summer Time 20 July 2017
Postpublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 20 July 2017
Birkdale, sorry, Royal Birkdale has hosted some of the most famous moments in the history of the Open Championship.
And it is all happening again. The world's greatest golfers have arrived on the west coast of Lancashire, ready to etch their names alongside Messrs Palmer, Ballesteros, Rose and Harrington...
History beckons...published at 06:30 British Summer Time 20 July 2017
The swagger of Arnold Palmer, conquering the links for his first Open title in 1961...
Image source, Getty ImagesA teenage Spaniard called Seve Ballesteros chopping and conjuring from the sandhills in 1976...
Image source, Getty ImagesJustin Rose, a 17-year-old English amateur, knocking in from 50-odd yards on the last to finish fourth in 1998...
Image source, Getty ImagesA daring 5-wood from 272-yards rolling within four feet, ending in an eagle at the par-5 17th, clinching back-to-back Claret Jugs for Padraig Harrington in 2008...
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