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I am up late and was channel surfing and stumbled on The Golf Channel's coverage of The Open Championship from Royal Port Rush in Northern Ireland. Old-timer and native son Darren Clarke was -2 through 3 holes.
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I did notice that the sun did come out again. And yes, it may be something that will happen off and on throughout the tournament. That is the nature of the Open Championship. It's the luck of the draw. It's rare for the golf tournaments in the US to have weather that varies so much for the field.I'm not sure it will be harder for the afternoon players. The rain made the course much softer and at the moment it's sunny (obviously the rain can come back at any moment).
I heard the commentators say on one of Koepka's shots that earlier in the day his ball would have rolled over the green rather than sticking pin high as it did.
I haven't been watching long enough to know if the wind is much different now than it was earlier. But even if the wind is blowing a bit more, it might be offset by the softer, more receptive, greens.
At +8 it looks like Rory will be struggling to give the hometown folks something to cheer about. His local knowledge and experience on that course didn't seem to help much.
7-over on two holes is never a recipe for success in any tournament, anywhere.Rory was all over the place today.
1 bogey
1 double bogey
1 triple bogey (18th hole)
1 quadruple bogey (1st hole)
2 birdies
12 pars
Terrible start and finish.
He shot 13 on the par 5 7th hole. Octuple bogey?