McIlroy’s first tee shot at his home Open went out of bounds, striking a fan and cracking the screen of her cellphone. His next tee shot hit the deep rough, and he found tangled, unplayable greenside rough on his approach shot, leading him to take a drop. There were no tournament-winning expectations on David Duval, the 2001 British Open champion. Duval’s tee shot on the hole was feared lost, so he hit a provisional, and then another. Emiliano Grillo of Argentina aced the 13th hole, the first hole in one at the British Open since 2016.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2019 03:22 UTC