The Open Championship R1

Open Championship 2021 R1
July 15-18
Royal St George’s Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
$11,500,000
Round 2, Round 3, Round 4

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Louis Oosthuizen got off to a gread start at the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s, opening with a bogey-free 64, his lowest round in a Major so far this year, to take a one shot lead at 6-under.

Open Championship 2021 R1

“Yeah, probably in my mind the perfect round I could have played. I didn’t make many mistakes. When I had good opportunities for birdie, I made the putts. So yeah, just a very good solid round.

“I’ve learnt over the years playing Major Championships that patience is the key thing and even if you make bogeys, know that a lot of people are going to make bogeys.”

Open Championship 2021 R1

Oosthuizen, who won at the Old Course in 2010, has come second twice in Major Championships this year, at the U.S. Open in June and the U.S. PGA Championship in May and is currently second in the Race to Dubai Rankings.

“It gives me confidence going into Majors knowing that I’m still competing in them and I’ve still got chances of winning,” he said.

“But yeah, once the week starts, I need to get that out of my mind and just focus on every round and every shot. But it definitely puts me in a better frame of mind going into the week.”

Open Championship 2021 R1

2017 champion Jordan Spieth and Brian Harman are tied for second at 5-under ahead of five players tied at 4-under.

Andy Sullivan, Danny Willett, Jack Senior, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood are among those tied at 3-under.

Rory McIlroy bogeyed four holes and birdied four to sign for a 70 and is T48.

Shane Lowry made five bogeys and shot four birdies for a 71 and is T74.

U.S. PGA champion Phil Mickelson signed for an opening 80, the highest opening round score of his career, after producing nine bogeys and no birdies.

Open Championship 2021 R1

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1
1	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	64
T2	Brian Harman	-5	65
T2	Jordan Spieth	-5	65
T4	Stewart Cink	-4	66
T4	Dylan Frittelli	-4	66
T4	Benjamin Hebert	-4	66
T4	Mackenzie Hughes	-4	66
T4	Webb Simpson	-4	66
T9	Byeong Hun An	-3	67
T9	Tommy Fleetwood	-3	67
T9	Justin Harding	-3	67
T9	Collin Morikawa	-3	67
T9	Justin Rose	-3	67
T9	Scottie Scheffler	-3	67
T9	Jack Senior	-3	67
T9	Marcel Siem	-3	67
T9	Andy Sullivan	-3	67
T9	Danny Willett	-3	67
T19	Jaco Ahlers	-2	68
T19	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	68
T19	Paul Casey	-2	68
T19	Corey Conners	-2	68
T19	Ryan Fox	-2	68
T19	Sergio Garcia	-2	68
T19	Viktor Hovland	-2	68
T19	Dustin Johnson	-2	68
T19	Chris Kirk	-2	68
T19	Keith Mitchell	-2	68
T19	Francesco Molinari	-2	68
T19	Brandt Snedeker	-2	68
T19	Daniel van Tonder	-2	68
T32	Abraham Ancer	-1	69
T32	Marcus Armitage	-1	69
T32	Joel Dahmen	-1	69
T32	Rickie Fowler	-1	69
T32	Talor Gooch	-1	69
T32	Lanto Griffin	-1	69
T32	Marcus Kinhult	-1	69
T32	Brooks Koepka	-1	69
T32	Yuxin Lin (a)	-1	69
T32	Guido Migliozzi	-1	69
T32	Joaquin Niemann	-1	69
T32	Xander Schauffele	-1	69
T32	Cameron Smith	-1	69
T32	Cameron Tringale	-1	69
T32	Will Zalatoris	-1	69
T32	Erik van Rooyen	-1	69
T48	Daniel Berger	E	70
T48	Richard Bland	E	70
T48	Dean Burmester	E	70
T48	Rafa Cabrera Bello	E	70
T48	Tony Finau	E	70
T48	Emiliano Grillo	E	70
T48	Russell Henley	E	70
T48	Lucas Herbert	E	70
T48	Max Homa	E	70
T48	Billy Horschel	E	70
T48	Sam Horsfield	E	70
T48	Jazz Janewattananond	E	70
T48	Takumi Kanaya	E	70
T48	Chan Kim	E	70
T48	Kevin Kisner	E	70
T48	Jason Kokrak	E	70
T48	Rory McIlroy	E	70
T48	Ryutaro Nagano	E	70
T48	Victor Perez	E	70
T48	Aaron Rai	E	70
T48	Antoine Rozner	E	70
T48	Kevin Streelman	E	70
T48	Harold Varner III	E	70
T48	Johannes Veerman	E	70
T48	Jimmy Walker	E	70
T48	Matt Wallace	E	70
T74	Keegan Bradley	+1	71
T74	Sam Burns	+1	71
T74	Darren Clarke	+1	71
T74	Bryson DeChambeau	+1	71
T74	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	+1	71
T74	Matt Fitzpatrick	+1	71
T74	Brad Kennedy	+1	71
T74	Kurt Kitayama	+1	71
T74	Shane Lowry	+1	71
T74	C.T. Pan	+1	71
T74	Jon Rahm	+1	71
T74	JC Ritchie	+1	71
T74	Matthias Schwab	+1	71
T74	Henrik Stenson	+1	71
T74	Jonathan Thomson	+1	71
T74	Lee Westwood	+1	71
T74	Bernd Wiesberger	+1	71
T91	Christoffer Bring (a)	+2	72
T91	Jorge Campillo	+2	72
T91	Ricardo Celia	+2	72
T91	Thomas Detry	+2	72
T91	Ernie Els	+2	72
T91	Branden Grace	+2	72
T91	Padraig Harrington	+2	72
T91	Tyrrell Hatton	+2	72
T91	Daniel Hillier	+2	72
T91	Charley Hoffman	+2	72
T91	Matt Jones	+2	72
T91	Rikard Karlberg	+2	72
T91	Ryosuke Kinoshita	+2	72
T91	Adam Long	+2	72
T91	Robert MacIntyre	+2	72
T91	Richard Mansell	+2	72
T91	Shaun Norris	+2	72
T91	Ryan Palmer	+2	72
T91	Ian Poulter	+2	72
T91	Chez Reavie	+2	72
T91	Patrick Reed	+2	72
T91	Justin Thomas	+2	72
T91	Brendon Todd	+2	72
T91	Paul Waring	+2	72
T115	Sam Forgan	+3	73
T115	Abel Gallegos (a)	+3	73
T115	Garrick Higgo	+3	73
T115	Joe Long (a)	+3	73
T115	Troy Merritt	+3	73
T115	Sebastián Muñoz	+3	73
T115	Poom Saksansin	+3	73
T115	Marcel Schneider	+3	73
T115	Adam Scott	+3	73
T115	Jason Scrivener	+3	73
T115	Brendan Steele	+3	73
T115	Gary Woodland	+3	73
T127	Patrick Cantlay	+4	74
T127	Rikuya Hoshino	+4	74
T127	Martin Kaymer	+4	74
T127	Matt Kuchar	+4	74
T127	Romain Langasque	+4	74
T127	Min Woo Lee	+4	74
T127	Alex Noren	+4	74
T127	Aaron Pike	+4	74
T127	Matthias Schmid (a)	+4	74
T127	Laird Shepherd (a)	+4	74
T137	Sam Bairstow (a)	+5	75
T137	John Catlin	+5	75
T137	Jason Day	+5	75
T137	Harris English	+5	75
T137	Lucas Glover	+5	75
T137	Adam Hadwin	+5	75
T137	Cole Hammer (a)	+5	75
T137	Yuki Inamori	+5	75
T137	Richard T. Lee	+5	75
T137	Marc Leishman	+5	75
T137	Haotong Li	+5	75
T137	Michael Lorenzo-Vera	+5	75
T137	Carlos Ortiz	+5	75
T137	Nicholas Poppleton	+5	75
T151	Daniel Croft	+6	76
T151	Joost Luiten	+6	76
T153	Ben Hutchinson	+7	77
T153	Connor Worsdall	+7	77
T155	Deyen Lawson	+10	80
T155	Phil Mickelson	+10	80