Fewer than 20% of the Open Championship field of 156 golfers shot under par during Thursday’s opening round at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
South African amateur Christo Lamprecht and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo are tied atop the leaderboard at five-under par with Tommy Fleetwood, a United Kingdom native who grew up 20 miles north of Hoylake.
Fleetwood, 32, played in The Open in 2014, the last time it was held at Royal Liverpool, and missed the cut. This time was much different.
