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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Andy Hampson

Collin Morikawa becomes a spectator as pace of play proves an issue at the Open

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Collin Morikawa joked he became a spectator as the pace of play proved an issue on the first day of the Open at St Andrews.

Some of Thursday’s rounds took longer than six hours as the layout of the Old Course, with its double greens, joint fairways and numerous crossover points, slowed the 156-man field.

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