One star referred to the opening day of the British Open as 'a joke' as Tiger Woods struggled. TheOpen
Woods has never had to leave an Open at St Andrews before the weekend.
"It's the fiddliest Open that I've played. It's the only way I can really describe it," McIlroy said. "OK, the 18th at Carnoustie was like a runway, that fairway. But around the greens here and just all the slopes and undulations and everything, I think as the tournament progresses, you're going to get some funny bounces and it's going to test your patience at times.
"It's the way the golf course is set up. It's how firm it is. The way the golf course is designed ... to get better angles and better lines, you've got to hit across all the fairways. There's nothing you can do unfortunately about it. It's just sad more than anything. It's just ridiculous."Young was a surprise leader only because it's his first time competing on an Open links.
Young figures he knows only a fraction of the secrets to Old Course — no one ever really figures it all out with so many conditions on the ground and in the air — and there was one occasion on the par-5 fifth when he looked at his note in the yardage book: "Hard left is better than right." He went left and made birdie.Players Championship winner Cameron Smith and English qualifier Robert Dinwiddie each had a 67.
Then again, good starts are nothing new this year. He led the PGA Championship after 18 holes and was one shot behind after the first round of the US Open. Both times, he couldn't hold it together until he had fallen too far behind to catch up.Defending champion Collin Morikawa struggled with his putting and had a 72. Morikawa knew how long of a day he was in for when there was a group on the fifth tee, and the group ahead was just starting to walk toward the fairway.
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