Rory Leads with Tiger Close at The Open Championship

by Jeff Skinner

If the morning flight at The Open Championship is any indication we are in for one heck of a tournament.

Clear skies, warm temperatures and a lack of wind made the Royal Liverpool course so very gettable this morning. And excuse the grammar, but it was got.

So far there are 34 rounds in the house at par or better and another dozen ready to close out under par.

The big names did their share to add so much excitement to the opening day. Rory McIlroy sizzled with a six under 66 to hold the lead as of now and Sergio Garcia and Jim Furyk are two back at -4.

To many the biggest story of the day was Tiger Woods carding a three under 69 in his return to majors championship after an 11month hiatus. Woods started off horribly by going bogey, bogey but battled back with a 33, four under par on the back nine.

He is currently tied for eighth with Rickie Fowler among others.

Hoylake wasn’t easy for everyone as Woods’ playing partner Angel Cabrera struggled to a four over 76 and Patrick Reed blew up with a six over 78 which included a painful triple bogey eight on the eighteenth.