2010 British Open Round 1

2010 Quail Hollow Championship winner Rory McIlroy recorded a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead by two strokes over Louis Oosthuizen at the 2010 British Open Championship, equaling the lowest score in Major Championship history. 

McIlroy is one of eight players to card a 63 at the British Open and the first to do so in the opening round.

John Daly’s 6-under 66 on Thursday equals his best round at the British Open (second-round 66 en route to a T14 finish in 1993). It is his eighth round in the 60s at the Open, and third at St. Andrews (first-round 67 in 1995, second-round 69 in 2005).

Tiger Woods posted a 5-under 67 in his bid for his 15th Major Championship victory. In his two previous Open Championship victories at St. Andrews, he opened with rounds of 67 (2000) and 66 (2005).

Woods hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation on Thursday for the first time since the third round of the 2008 Buick Invitational and the first time in a Major since the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont. The last time he hit all 18 greens in regulation was the final round of the 2006 WGC-American Express Championship.

Defending champion Stewart Cink opened with a 2-under 70.

Ernie Els carded a 3-under 69 on Thursday, pulling within one of Nick Faldo for the most sub-70 scores at the British Open (37 – Faldo, 36 – Ernie Els, 33 – Jack Nicklaus). Faldo opened with a 72 on Thursday.

After missing the cut in his British Open debut in 1989, Els has finished outside of the top 30 just once (T34-2005) in 18 consecutive appearances, including 12 top-10s and eight top-5s.

Phil Mickelson opened with a 1-over 73. The 2010 Masters champion has just one top-10 in 12 previous professional starts at the British Open (3-2004).

Seventy-three players carded under-par scores on Thursday, the most at the British Open since 1970.

 

 

 

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