a little local knowledge come in handy. matthewjordan grew up playing this links. he came through qualifying and will now hit the first tee shot on thursday. it s an amazing honour. um, i m sure the first tee, no matter what,| was going to be special, . but obviously to have this, you know, as a kid growing up, i used to wake up early, - you know, it s half six and - that was the open commencing and that was it done. so, um, i ve got fond memories. so, to have this, as you say, honour is brilliant. who hits the last shots come sunday will likely etch their name into an illustrious history. who that might be is anybody s guess. that s why they call it the open. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. but from me and the rest of the team here, it s goodbye.
the first tee shot was hit around 6:30 this morning, and watching all the action today our sports correspondent, andy swiss. bright skies, big crowds, and huge anticipation. as the golf world descended on the wirral, a local lad got the ball rolling. on the tee from england, matthewjordan! matthewjordan has played at hoylake since he was seven, and the qualifier set the early pace with a round of 2 under. dispatched further to the target. but soon an even more unlikely name led the way south african amateur christo lamprecht. this is astonishing. 6 8 , and making a big impression. as for the defending champion, well, australia s cameron smith made a wobbly start. but he too is beginning to find his touch.
and breaking. a little local knowledge come in handy. matthewjordan grew up playing this links. he came through qualifying and will now hit the first tee shot on thursday. it s an amazing honour. um, i m sure the first tee, no matter what,| was going to be special, . but obviously to have this, you know, as a kid growing up, i used to wake up early, - you know, it s half six and - that was the open commencing and that was it done. so, um, i ve got fond memories. so, to have this, as you say, honour is brilliant. who hits the last shots come sunday will likely etch their name into an illustrious history. who that might be is anybody s guess. that s why they call it the open. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that s bbc.co.uk/sport. but from me and the rest of the team here, it s goodbye.
it s tough, we pleaded yesterday in the wind it s tough, we pleaded yesterday in the wind was 30 and 40 mph and it was not the wind was 30 and 40 mph and it was not the the wind was 30 and 40 mph and it was not the type of day you want to havea was not the type of day you want to have, not was not the type of day you want to have, not much room for error out there have, not much room for error out there and have, not much room for error out there and it have, not much room for error out there and it will be really exciting finished there and it will be really exciting finished opening championships. it s finished opening championships. [its hard to finished opening championships. hard to see finished opening championships. it s hard to see everything is fair or unfair but if it is, if it s unfair, it s on fed everybody because that s golf and that is life. golf and that is life. anything but sim . le, golf and that is life. anything but simple. do golf and that is
loyal you have problems with that when you stand on the first tee alongside a defector who s come back. the washington post reports the talks had taken place in secret only a small number of people were aware that the merger was imminent. mckenzie hughes tweeted, nothing like finding out through twitter that we re merging with a tour we never said we d do that with. do the players who still have moral objects to partnering with a compuntry like saudi arabia, they have any recourse here? no. if you re an olympic athlete and you don t think the ioc should have put an olympic in putin s russia or tricwice in beijing. you re not aligning yourself with them, you just go. same with a soccer player if he objects where fifa puts the world cup. but if you re a professional