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Ian Chadband

Portrush crawl felt like 12-hour ordeal for Leishman

Marc Leishman struggled with the slow pace of the opening round at the British Open. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Marc Leishman has been left bemoaning a British Open ordeal, the Australian feeling as if he was out on the Royal Portrush Dunluce links "for about 12 hours" amid frustrating delays caused by slow play.

The 41-year-old Australian, who plays on the LIV Golf circuit with his great pal Cameron Smith, reckoned he was used to much speedier rounds on the Saudi Arabian-funded tour than Thursday's seemingly eternal slog in ever changing weather conditions.   

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