by Rory McIlroy looked like the show was delivered over the thousands that had gone to Royal Portrush to cheer their expected returned heroes, only for his offer for the open tour in the first round to collapse on the back nine in the space of four holes.
The northern Irish from one hour down to Holywood, due to obligations for the PGA tour and on his last visit to the competition in 2019, rarely comes home after missing the cut.
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After reducing his sights at 3:10 p.m. with a four-end-saving goal, he recovered when he was improving the three-shot improvement six years ago when he went out of the borders to have a lot of 10 deep into the anticipation.
The 61, which he shot on this course as a 16-year-old, was never on the rise, but three under 10 after only hit two fairways, the view raised the view of an unforgettable first day.
But in the course of the next four holes, this spacer demanded three bogeys before the tee, including one of the simplest hole in the course, the Par-Five 11. And only a 12-foot-saving rescue on the 15th pleasure.
There was an urgently needed birdie from a similar distance in the penultimate hole after leaving off the tee again, and although his 44-foot gave the trophy for a 69 goal on the 18th, the fans were happy home, her husband only three of the pace.
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This was determined by Mcilroys Ryder Cup teammate Matt Fitzpatrick, the 67 of which is the lowest opening round of his main career, the world number 354 Jacob Skov Olesen, China Li Haotong, South African Chris Bezuidenhout and American Harris English.
Fitzpatrick, a former US Open Champion, continued his upward trend after the top 10 results in his last two events after an otherwise disappointing season despite a joint-achth place on May’s US PGA.
The Sheffield Golfer started with a 22-foot-EAGLE putt in the second hole, but the highlight was a slam-dark chip for birdie from the steep shore on the treacherous accident corne-par-three 16.
“I felt that the players were the lowest that I felt in my career,” said Fitzpatrick, who had been the first English winner of the Open since Nick Faldo in 1992, said that he had missed the cut at Sawgrass in March.
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“Statistically speaking, it could also be the worst run that I played. I just didn’t feel good or knew where to go.
“Today I just had the feeling that I did it well, the approach game was good and packaged and packed well. It was just an all -round, good day.”
Oleses, a Danish left-hander who won the amateur championship in Ballyyliffin in Ireland last summer, only became professionally in November after he earned his DP World Tour Card.
This meant that the 26-year-old had to sacrifice his amateur exceptions for this year’s champions and US Open. So this was only his second appearance at one of the most important events of the Golf after his debut at Troon 12 months ago.
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But he did not regret his decision after going through the qualification for fourteen days ago.
“I think it would have been another decision if I was 19 at that time, but it has always been a dream of mine,” he said.
“I had already made the decision before I even went to the second stage of the Q school that it was a child’s play to become a professional.”
Scottie Scheffler number one in the number one world recently missed a Birdie Putt that would have given him a share of the lead, but his 68 was the lowest score of a player who has reached three or less fairways in the opening in the past 25 years.
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“If it rains sideways, do you think it is not so easy to get the ball into the fairway. Thank you for all pointing out that,” said the reigning US PGA champion.
When asked if there was a shot with which he was really satisfied, he replied: “No.”
The English duo Tyrrell Hatton and Matthew Jordan, one of only two players in the field with top 10 open surfaces in the past two years, were also three under the 52-year-old compatriot Lee Westwood, who marked his 30th anniversary at the tournament with a 69-year-old tournament.
