THE OPEN 2026: RORY MCILROY TOILS, SUBER TAKES CLUBHOUSE LEAD ON DAY ONE AT BIRKDALE – LIVE
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️Updates from the first-round action at Royal Birkdale ️Official leaderboard | R&A gets tough | And mail us Bob Mac aside, it’s still a wee while until some of the more fancied stars take to the course. Time for a little scene setting, then.
Ladies and gentlemen, on the tee, Ewan Murray … A fast start for Bob MacIntyre! He sends his opening tee shot into the rough down the left, and only just finds the front of the green with his second. But he rolls in a 45-footer and birdie is not a bad way to start the week!
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- Sport | The Guardian: ️Updates from the first-round action at Royal Birkdale ️Official leaderboard | R&A gets tough | And mail us Bob Mac aside, it’s still a wee while until some of the more fancied stars take to the course.
- Sport | The Guardian: Ladies and gentlemen, on the tee, Ewan Murray … A fast start for Bob MacIntyre!
- Sport | The Guardian: He sends his opening tee shot into the rough down the left, and only just finds the front of the green with his second.
- Sport | The Guardian: But he rolls in a 45-footer and birdie is not a bad way to start the week!
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- Topic: SPORT — the feed headline centres on OPEN, 2026, RORY, MCILROY, TOILS.
- Original feed: Sport | The Guardian.
- Published: 16 Jul 2026, 19:59 UK.
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